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Photoshop CS Automator Actions 3.0
Freeware \| Version: 3.0 \| Action id: 370 Author: Ben Long \| Developer's Web Site Company: Complete Digital Photography Input Type: Anything Result Type: Anything Category: Graphics-Imaging Click here to View Screenshot
With the Photoshop Action Pack, you can execute complex batch operations that are impossible with Photoshop's own internal Actions. Because Automator can control much more than just Photoshop, you can automate entire photography and graphics production pipelines. For example, you can use Automator and the Photoshop Action Pack to batch process the manipulation of your images and then automatically upload the results to a server, or archive them to a CD or DVD. Arbitrary Rotate, which rotates an image by any amount (as opposed to the 90° increments provided by Preview’s Rotate command). Change Mode, which lets you change the mode of a document to any of Photoshop’s standard modes. Flatten Document, which flattens a layered file. Unsharp Mask, which provides access to Photoshop’s standard Unsharp Mask plug-in. Gaussian Blur, which provides access to Photoshop’s standard Gaussian Blur. NTSC Colors, which applies Photoshop’s NTSC Colors filter. De-Interlace, which applies Photoshop’s De-Interlace filter. Monochrome Gaussian Noise, which applies Photoshop’s Add Noise filter, with Gaussian and monochrome hard-wired. The Amount value is editable. Close Document. Closes the currently open document. Edit IPTC Info. Lets you edit the basic IPTC information - Document Title, Author, Author Title, Description, Description Writer, Keywords, Copyright Status, Copyright Notice, Copyright Info URL. UPDATED 5/17/05. Added the additional IPTC fields supported by Photoshop’s AppleScript dictionary. UPDATED 6/4/05 Added the option to replace or append data so that you can control whether empty fields in your workflow wipe out existing tags in your document. Flip Canvas. Applies Photoshop’s Flip Canvas command. Provides options for Vertical, Horizontal, or Both. Auto Levels. Applies Photoshop’s Auto Levels command. Desaturate. Desaturates the current document. Despeckle. Applies Photoshop’s Despeckle filter. Clouds. Applies the Clouds filter. Save as TIFF. Saves the current document as a TIFF file. (Updated on 5/3/05) New Photoshop Document. Creates a new, empty Photoshop document of a specific size. Do Action. Executes one of Photoshop’s internal Actions. Rename from EXIF. Renames a file based on its EXIF information. Updated: 5/6/05 9:24 am. Fixed a bug that was causing some EXIF tags to not come through into the file name. Updated: 5/7/05 12:33 am. Added options for changing separator characters and placement of EXIF info. Updated: 6/19/05 9:47 am. Added options for sequential numbering, and changing the date formats. Also fixed a bug so that the action now correctly handles multiple files that end up generating the same name. Fixed a bug that sometimes placed extra spaces at the beginning of file names. Open. Opens a Photoshop document. Invert. Inverts the current document. Load Selection. Loads an existing selection. Deselect. Deselects in the current document. Fit Image. Executes Photoshop’s Fit Image script which automatically constrains an image within particular dimensions. Ideal for batch scaling images to particular dimensions without having to perform separate operations for portrait and landscape images. Requires that you activate GUI Scripting, using the new AppleScript Utility located in Applications>AppleScript. Filter From EXIF. Filters the current batch of pictures based on EXIF criteria. Allows you, for example, to only process images shot at a particular ISO. Filter From Orientation. Filters the current batch based on each image’s orientation. Both this and the Filter from EXIF Actions can provide a workaround for Automator’s lack of logic and branching. This Action works off of image dimensions rather than EXIF orientation tags, since not all cameras provide them, and since Photoshop tends to change them during Save As operations. Assign Color Profile. Lets you assign a color profile to the current document. Provides choices of none, current workspace, or any of Photoshop’s standard RGB, CMYK, or Grayscale profiles. Assign Epson 2200 Profile. Lets you assign any of the color profiles that ship with the Epson Stylus Color 2200. (Creating these actions is really easy, so I’m game for requests for other popular printers.) Filter by Aspect Ratio. Lets you filter a batch of images by their aspect ratio, so that only those that match your chosen ratio are passed on to the rest of your workflow. Resize Image. Re-sizes the current image using bicubic resampling. I had put off doing an Image Size action since you can always resize images using Preview’s resize Action. However, if you’re performing other tasks in Photoshop, it will be faster to resize there, rather than going through an extra save and open to get into another app. Updated 5/19/05 Updated so that you can now adjust any one parameter without adjusting the others. So, you can change resolution only, or change the size of one dimension while leaving the other alone. Finally, you can change dimensions without changing resolution. Updated 5/24/05 Now performs proportional resizing. Enter either length or width, and it’ll calculate the other. Updated 5/25/05 Fixed a bug in the proportional resizing mechanism. Now calculates the correct size when working on batches of different-sized images. Sorry bout that. Filter by Color Mode. Lets you filter a batch of images by their color mode, so that only those that match your chosen mode are passed on to the rest of your workflow. Filter from IPTC. Filters your images by IPTC tags, so that only those that match your specified tags are passed on to the rest of your workflow. Filter by Size. Filters the current batch based on image size, so that only those files that match your specified size are passed on to the rest of your workflow. Rename from IPTC. Renames images based on their IPTC tags. Save as JPEG. Saves the current image as a JPEG file.
Release Notes: Version 3.0 of the Action Pack includes 11 new actions - Add Layer, Add Empty Adjustment Layer, Add Graphic Watermark, Channel Mixer, Duplicate Current Layer, Paint Daubs, Photo Filter, Resize to File Size, Scale to X by 10%, Swap Colors, Exposure, and Reduce Noise. In addition, Version 3 now allows you to open any Camera Raw files supported by the version of Photoshop that you’re using. When opening Raw files using the Action Pack, Photoshop will automatically read any previously stored conversion settings and convert your document accordingly. This means you can now use an Automator workflow to batch process raw files that you’ve already configured in Camera Raw. Version 3 of the Action Pack also includes many new features to facilitate non-destructive editing, such as the creation of Adjustment Layers. CS2 users now have access to Photoshop’s Save for Web feature from the Action Pack, for creating highly optimized JPEG and GIF files. May 31, 2006: Version 2.2 adds full compatibility with Intel-based Macs (with version 2, roughly a dozen actions were unfunctional on Intel Macs) as well as 2 new actions and more. A full list of bug fixes and feature changes is included here, and you’ll also find a copy in the included 61-page manual. March 10, 2006: Version 2.0 of the Action Pack includes a dozen new actions and an entirely new architecture that completely eliminates several shortcomings of the first version. Version 2 also packs a number of bug fixes, and many existing actions sport new features. A full list of bug fixes and feature changes is included, and you’ll also find a copy in the included 61-page manual.
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