Can multiple files be saved to specific pixel dimensions & specific file size automatically in a batch?

[DRDRDR]

HI,

I want to run an action to save multiple files at once, to 1500 px x 2000 px, with all files equalling 1 Meg.

I have tried in Save for Web, to "optimise to file size" however this still only relates to a single file, or the first files attributes, and seems as though it can not be translated to run across multiple images in an action. Is there a way to do this automatically in photoshop CC?

[maxwyss]

As far as I know, it is not possible to predict the final file size, as file format and compression do depend a lot on the content of the images.

A first step in the direction would be the Image Processor script.

Hope this can help.

[JJMack]

1500x2000 is a 3:4 portrait aspect ratio.  Image that do not have a 2:4 aspect ratio would need to be cropped to a 3:4 portrait aspect ratio. Before fitting to 1500x2000px. Landscape  and wide panoramas will not crop well to a portrait aspect ration the composition will be very different.

File size depends on how well the image compresses.  Jpeg file uses a lossy image compressor. That has a quality setting a high quality setting produce larger files then lower quality settings.  I find I can not see with my poor eyes any difference in image quality between a quality 10 file and a quality 12 file.  So I never save a quality 12 quality 10 file are quite a bit smaller than a quality 12 file.

Image with a lot of fine detail do not compress as well as images the have large areas of smooth colors.  I created two identical 1500x2000ps image which were nothing more than a spectrum gradient.  To the first one I added a large amount of noise so it would contains a tremendous amount of detail. I the save out jpeg files for the two images using quality 10, 8, 5, 3. and 0. So you would get the idea, At quality 0 the noisy image jpeg file was over 2MB in size where the smooth gradient jpeg quality 10 was only 232KB the young girl quality 10 was 765KB.