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will31841323zyal
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August 23, 2023
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Need to save a RAW file in (3) formats at once

  • August 23, 2023
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Howdy.

Long time photoshop user. been asked to complete an automation of sorts for saving a RAW files in (3) specific formats.

they would be: TIF - High Resolution 300DPI - sRGB, Print Ready JPG 300DPI - CMYK, Web Ready JPG 96DPI sRGB.

can someone please give me the step by step on how to do this? then i can just recall this function when needed and have these files outputted. thank you in advance

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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August 27, 2023

@will31841323zyal 

 

I have created the similar script in that other topic. It would only need minor adjustments for your needs.

 

However:

 

TIF - High Resolution 300DPI - sRGB

You can set the workflow options in ACR to render from raw to both sRGB and 300ppi, so it would just be case of saving in TIFF format, however, the format options are not known.

 

Print Ready JPG 300DPI - CMYK

Again, the 300ppi resolution would be set when the original raw render is opened into Photoshop. The CMYK ICC profile is unknown, what "flavour" of CMYK do you require? What are the JPEG save options?

 

Web Ready JPG 96DPI sRGB

What is the maximum pixel dimension for either the width or height? 96ppi is irrelevant for web images. What type of quality level are you looking at for the JPEG save options?

 

You will notice in the other topic, I asked for screenshots of the required save options so that this would be clear.

 

    Stephen Marsh
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    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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    September 9, 2023

    @will31841323zyal – Are you still out there?

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    August 23, 2023

    The easiest way is in Lightroom Classic.

     

    EDIT: oops, missed the CMYK part. LrC can't do that.

    Conrad_C
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    Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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    August 24, 2023

    The Save Image command in Camera Raw can fulfill almost all of the requirements.

    Format: You can choose TIFF or JPEG.

    Resolution: You can specify a pixel density in PPI without resampling.

    Color space: You can select an RGB or CMYK profile.

     

    The only thing it’s missing is something Lightroom Classic has: Multi-instance export of each file.

     

    It’s frustrating. Adobe offers multiple batch workflows, but most of them cannot fulfill all of the requirements, even though the requirements are very common and standard.

    • Camera Raw can export each selected file through only one preset per run.  
    • Lightroom Classic can export multiple instances to different presets, but doesn’t support CMYK profiles for export. 
    • Bridge Export panel and Bridge Workflow workspace looked promising, but they only support setting the PPI if you resample, and they do not support CMYK profiles. 

     

    Camera Raw could be used if presets were set up, but it would have to be in three runs:

    1. Select all images. 

    2. Click More Image Settings button, and from the submenu, choose the preset for TIFF sRGB 300 ppi.

    3. Click More Image Settings button, and choose the preset for JPEG CMYK 300 ppi.

    4. Click More Image Settings button, and choose the preset for JPEG sRGB 96 ppi.

    All the images would be loaded into the Camera Raw export queue, to process until all are finished.

     

    In the end, it looks like the best way is going to be some form of scripting.

    A Photoshop action could probably be put together, but it might run slower than a script.

     

    Edit: Is it possible to script Camera Raw so that it iterates through three Save Image presets on the images selected in Bridge?

      Stephen Marsh
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      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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      August 23, 2023

      Two options come to mind:

       

      1) A custom script 

       

      2) Recording the Image Processor Pro script into an action 

       

      https://sourceforge.net/projects/ps-scripts/files/Image%20Processor%20Pro/v3_2%20betas/

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        will31841323zyalAuthor
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        August 23, 2023
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        Two options come to mind:

         

        1) A custom script 

         

        2) Recording the Image Processor Pro script into an action 

         

        https://sourceforge.net/projects/ps-scripts/files/Image%20Processor%20Pro/v3_2%20betas/


        By @Stephen Marsh

        Do you have any custom scripts that can be tweaked to match the above criteria?  Im sort of lost when it comes to that.

         

        thank you so much for your time

        Stephen Marsh
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        Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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        August 23, 2023

        The Image Processor Pro option can save up to 10 "sets" of images using different formats and settings in a single run. By recording this into an action, you have a pretty slick solution to save multiple files in a single click.

         

        There are many tutorials on using IPP if you search the internet, either text/screenshot based or video:

         

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDikzV3TLFw

         

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