Automation

If your anything a hobbyists with Photoshop as I am, you may find yourself experimenting with a new technique or mixing filters. I usually start with a prefab document size. Here is a great way to help simplify this new document preset with minimum clicks. Define a

Here is a simple batch processing method using the File > Automate > Batch command that enables you to bypass the Action Process requirement so you can perform manual output sequential batch processing. Step 1: Create a ‘donothing’ Action Go Window>Actions to bring the Actions Palette to the

Utilize Photoshop (CS2 and above) Events Script Manager combined with a simple Action to automate stroking paths. Create New Document Start with a File>New Document Preset of your choice. (I used 500×500/White Background) Go Window>Layers to bring the Layers Palette to the foreground. Go Window>Actions to bring the

Remove A Notifier You can remove a custom notifier (such as the SAVEFORWEB listed above) event from the drop-down list by deleting the Script Events Manager.xml preference file from in the Photoshop preferences folder. To locate the Script Events Manager.xml: XP ‘DRIVELETTER:Documents and SettingsUSERPROFILEApplication DataAdobePhotoshop9.0Adobe Photoshop CS2

A great new automation and productivity tool shipped with Photoshop (CS2) is the Scripts Events Manager. Essentially this tool combines Javascripts and/or Actions to coincide with unique Photoshop Events Documented as notifiers). The new manager can take these two powerful processes and apply them to routine events,

The Problem: When you use a color profile different than sRGB, the color of your images do not look right when opened in a non color managed application, like a web browser. A solution is to convert your images to sRGB before you use Save For Web.

Here’s a few simple steps to automate crop and straighten from scans. To begin place a few images on your flatbed scanner. My scanner is a HP Scanjet 3570c. Note: My scanner has a Slide/Negative slot at the roof of the Scanner lid so I placed a

Here is a great way to automate Optimizing a folder of images uses an ImageReady Droplet. (Requires a pre-set of images in a distinct folder) Open any image in ImageReady, or if you already have an image open in Photoshop, click the last icon on the Toolbar