Expert: John Afon - 6/28/2006

Question
Hi,

How do I automate a batch of pictures on the new Adobe photoshop CS2 for web uploading.

on the older version I used to be able to automate pictures in batches for large and small. I can't seem to find that feature.  

Thanks, menachem

Answer
Hi Menachem
To use the action in batch mode, you would go to File -> Automate -> Batch. You'll see the dialog box.
In the dialog box, simply select the set and the action you just created. For the source, choose the folder that contains the images you want to process. For the destination, choose another folder for Photoshop to output the rotated images. (You can choose "Save and Close" to have Photoshop save them in the source folder, but I don't advise it... it's too easy to make a mistake. It's much safer to use two folders and then delete the original files after you've made sure your batch processing was successful.) For errors you can either have the batch proccess stop, or create a log file of the errors. When you hit OK, you can just sit back and watch while Photoshop does all the work for you!
Once you have an action and you know how to use the batch command, you can use it anytime you have several photos you need to rotate. You could even do an another action to resize a folder of images.

Regards

John