Rotating Batch of Photos

[alanneilh]

Hello, I am using PSE 15.  I find that I constantly have a batch of photos that require rotation, usually 90 degrees to the right.  I can do them one at a time, but I cannot see how to do a batch of them.  Sometimes I have anywhere from 50 to 100 that need to be rotating, and then saved.  thanks!

[Jeff Arola]

You could use the Organizer for that so the rotation is lossless (done with the metadata)

In the Organizer select the photos then go to Edit>Rotate Selected Photos 90° Right

If the photos are jpegs then resaving them could degrade the quality.

[alanneilh]

Hi Jeff, thanks so much for the answer.  I"m afraid I am not super-proficient with organizer.  I did go into the ORGANIZER program, and I was able to simultaneously  rotate two photos, but I could not find a SAVE option.  THere was a SAVE METADATA option and I did that, but it did not change the rotation in my file folder. is there something else I need to do?

[Jeff Arola]

What operating system are you using?

What file type are the photos that need rotation?

[alanneilh]

I am using Windows 7 and they are JPEG files. In all honesty I don’t understand why it isnt a more simple task within the elements program itself. I was able to do it very easily with Corel paint and so I reinstalled that program I did exactly what I needed in about three seconds (I.e. wrote a script With batch processing capabilities).

I’ll still continue to use elements 15 but I just find it amazing that I couldn’t write a script or do some type of Batch processing with the adobe Photoshop elements program.