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I apply text (event info, signature, etc) to photo at the end of action just after image has been resized (reduced size for web). If I run this action while in Photoshop, it works as expected - HUE, Curves, Resize, add Text to photo, Save. However, when that action is run via batch or droplet, the text is really small. I shoot thousands of photos a month and use actions all the time without issue until now. Of course, it is likely something I'm doing or is misconfigured but with the action working fine within photoshop, I am a little baffled.
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I don’t think that someone will be able to help without your action file or screenshot of the action panel with expanded commands
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Are the files you run the Action of of exactly the same pixel dimensions and resolution as the file you created the Action on?
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Please also provide the files of an old result and a new (and faulty) result for comparison.
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So batch or droplet result in an incorrect action output... on the same file when compared in Photoshop with the action manually run?
I'd try Image Processor or Image Processor Pro or Picture Processor to see if these scripts run the action correctly on bulk images.
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We are missing informations to help you with your problem. There is already mentioned that resolution can be important. You can not record variable font size for different resolutions but you can change resolution inside Photoshop before any other step. There are two solutions:
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Text size you add to a document must be appropriate for the document size. The step records the text size you used adding text to some size document. That action step recorded you text some size you chose for your document size. The Actions step will always add that size text. A trick I use in actions is to add the text layer to a document that has of width of 8"??? What I do is use an Image size step before adding the texts layer where resample is not checked and I set the document with to 8". I Have Photoshop set the appropriate Print resolution. The action then add the texts layer with text sized for an 8" wide image the text size I chose recording the action. The Image Size step does not change your image at all. Not a single pixel is changed all that photoshop did was set the appropriate Print PPI.
Wrote a simple action script utility to save and restore a document print resolution. The I can run in the action before the Image size step and after the add text layer step in it is important bot to change the document print resolution. Adobe add a bug the Scripting support in Photoshop 2015.5. The get Around this bug I add Garbage to document info meta data field via Photoshop Script event manager even handlers for new and open events if Garbage in not in the field the handler will add the garbage. That garbage being there allow met scripts toe work correctly. Adobe allows my scripts to restore the field to Garbage the Adobe Bug prevent my scripts from restoring the field to nothing to empty its default state.
Apparently some Adode engineer believe braking photoshop helps other applications I wonder what product they work on. Why is preventing me fron removing my data helping some application. The only Adobe Application I use is Photoshop. It not helping Photoshop.
So I fix Garbage with Garbage.