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bobsaidwzob
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July 12, 2018
Question

Resizing image automation/script

  • July 12, 2018
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I have a bunch of images I am editing manually and would like to know if there is an easier way of doing it. I have a 2d template for various video game consoles. For example, I have a playstation 2 case template with the middle of it empty. The empty portion is where I place the image and resize it so it looks like the actual game case. There are a lot of games I am doing this for and rather than resizing the images manually and taking up a lot of time, I would like to know if there is a script out there where I can have the image automatically fit inside the template. So far the only script I have found it one to fit the entire canvas and not one to fit inside the image.

When I edit the images, I place them as layer 2 so I can resize the images and have them look a lot cleaner.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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      Kukurykus
      Kukurykus
      Legend
      July 12, 2018

      How to fit image in particular frame?

      JJMack
      Community Expert
      JJMackCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 12, 2018

      Photo Collage Toolkit

      Photoshop scripting is powerful and I believe this package demonstrates this here is a video showing a 5 image collage PSD template  being populated with images

      The package includes four simple rules to follow when making Photo Collage Template PSD files so they will be compatible with my Photoshop scripts.

      1. Size the photo collage templates for the print size you want - width, height and print DPI resolution.
      2. Photo collage templates must have a Photoshop background layer. The contents of this layer can be anything.
      3. Photo collage templates must have alpha channels named "Image 1", "Image 2", ... "Image n".
      4. Photo collage templates layers above the background layers must provide transparent areas to let the images that will be placed below them show through.

      There are fifteen scripts in this package they provide the following functions:

      1. HelpPhotoCollageToolkit.jsx - Online Help
      2. TestCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to test a Photo Collage Template while you are making it with Photoshop.
      3. CollageTemplateBuilder.jsx - Can build Templates compatible with this toolkit's scripts.
      4. LayerToAlphaChan.jsx - Used to convert a Prototype Image Layer stack into a template document.
      5. InteractivePopulateCollage.jsx - Used to interactively populate Any Photo Collage template. Offers most user control inserting pictures and text.
      6. ReplaceCollageImage.jsx - use to replace a populated collage image Smart Object layer with an other image correctly resized and positioned.
      7. ChangeTextSize.jsx - This script can be used to change Image stamps text size when the size used by the populating did not work well.
      8. PopulateCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
      9. BatchOneImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Collage templates that only have one image inserted. The Collage or Image may be stamped with text.
      10. BatchMultiImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with images in a source image folder. Easier to use than the interactive script. Saved collages can be tweaked.
      11. PasteImageRoll.jsx - Paste Images into a document to be print on roll paper.
      12. BatchPicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder.  Images Rotates for best fit.
      13. BatchPicturePackageNoRotate.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder.
      14. PopulatePicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template Fill with the same single image and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
      15. PCTpreferences.jsx - Edit This File to Customize Collage Populating scripts default setting and add your own Layer styles.

      Documentation and Examples

      JJMack
      bobsaidwzob
      bobsaidwzobAuthor
      Known Participant
      July 12, 2018

      Thank you for your quick reply. I'm not looking to do a collage though. It's going to be a single image placed inside of the white area. Manually i have to resize the image and skew it so that it fits. I was hoping that there would be a script where I could just drag and drop an image and it would automatically fit to that size. Would your suggestion still work for that?

      I also have these scripts downloaded from a previous project I was doing but could never figure out how to get them running in photoshop. I have them placed in the correct scripts folder on my mac but for some reason don't show up on the drop down.

      Thanks!

      JJMack
      Community Expert
      JJMackCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 13, 2018

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