Expert: LizaL - 12/1/2006

Question
I have numerous files that I want to change the orientation from landscape to portrait.  Do you know of a way I can make a 90 degree tilt in each photo, without having to do each picture individually? The photos are in Dell photo format,  I have Photoshop Elements, but am a novice user.  

Answer
Hi Derby,

What you need to do is set up an Action, and run it. We're talking about an automated process here.

But I don't use Photoshop Elements, so I can't advise you as to the commands. I use Actions quite a bit in Photoshop CS, but I don't want to guide you down the wrong path. So here's a link to a tutorial on how to use Actions in Elements:
http://hiddenelements.com/actions_whitepaper.html

If you have problems understanding this, or need some help, please post back and I'll help you work it out. But this looks to be a pretty concise explanation.

What you're doing, basically, is setting up a series of commands that Elements will run automatically. You're recording these commands and they'll be "played back" later, when you run the action. It's like setting up a macro.

Here's a link to where I've answered this question for Photoshop users -- maybe this will help you too.
http://little-works.com/all_experts/actions.html

And here's a movie I did that shows how to use this -- but remember, this is for Photoshop.
http://little-works.com/all_experts/actions.mov

These things that I've done for Photoshop will show you the *premise* behind using Actions, but you'll need to follow instructions for Elements.

Hope this helps, and post back if you need clarification --

Lisa