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January 27, 2022
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Creating automation/droplet for batch resizing and putting on background

  • January 27, 2022
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Hello, 

Could someone please help me with an automation? I routinely need to resize images to 1080x1080 on a blackbackground (with the long edge extended to 1080). I can't figure out how to automate this so that I can drop the images on a droplet, have them open, resize, and then save. Can anyone help? Doing it manually is so frustrating. 

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Stephen Marsh
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Community Expert
January 27, 2022

First is the action, there are only 2 key steps for the resizing:

 

1) File > Automate > Fit Image commad 1080 x 1080 px

 

2) Image > Canvas Size command 1080 x 1080 px with black extension colour (presuming flattened file input)

 


You may also need to add a save as step if you require different settings or formats.

 

The Droplet settings will depend on your workflow, I am guessing that the action steps are the sticking point? More on Droplets/Batch here:

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/processing-batch-files.html

 

When recording the action, start with a larger image than 1080 px.

 

Stop recording after recording the fit image step. 

 

Setup a canvas that is not 1080 x 1080 px.

 

Start recording again, then resize the canvas to 1080 x 1080 px, stop recording.

 

This is not a linear recording, you need to prime the action steps from different sized images, so that the recording and then playback works as required as a linear process on the final images.

 

Hope this makes sense.

 

If you are not working on flattened images, or a mixture of flattened and layered images then the process is different but similar.

Bojan Živković11378569
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February 1, 2022

Just to add: if action is enlarging/adding to canvas dimensions it will probably add canvas color - if there is Background layer in the Layers panel. You can choose which color but also avoid that if you want transparent pixels. Befors using Canvas Size ensure that Normal not Background layer is present (at the bottom if its not the only layer) in the Layers panel. Record step to promote Background layer to normal before using Canvas Size.

 

There is also reference point in Canvas Size dialogue which can be used to add canvas extension selectively.

Participating Frequently
March 9, 2022

IT WORKED!!!! I have been struggling with this for SO LONG!! THANK YOU ALL!!! 

 

Now, a follow up...can I somehow send the action and droplet to my colleague?