BATCHING IN PHOTOSHOP!

So, lets say you have 24 photos and you have to down res them all, or maybe put a border on each and every one of them. You want to do that to the whole lot? Yes! But sortof NO! You want the computer to do it for you! Anyways, in the spirit of sharing, Amelia told me how to do it and now I pass it on to the land of the Fatal Error...

Here goes...

Example for greyscale/200dpi/7cm wide

-In photoshop open one of the images you plan to batch
-WINDOW-VIEW ACTIONS
-CREATE NEW SET(tab)
-Name the set- use an obvious name
-CREATE NEW ACTION (tab)
-Name the action- similar to above
-Press RECORD
-Red dot comes up
-Begin actions to be recorded:

IMAGE/IMAGE SIZE/WIDTH 7cm
Change resolution to 200dpi
(check that actions palette is writing the actions as you go)
IMAGE/MODE/GREYSCALE/OK
IMAGE/ADJUST/AUTOLEVELS
FILTER/SHARP/UNSHARP MASK/>200%

-HIT THE STOP BUTTON (the square black dot)
-close file, do not save


To start batching process:
-FILE/AUTOMATE/BATCH/choose set/check action
-SOURCE/open folders or import files-choose files
-supress colour profile
-DESTINATION/FOLDER/Choose folder (on a PC it must be an existing folder- you can't create a new one at this stage)
-If you want to convert TIFF to Jpeg include SAVE AS as the last action and then tick the "OVERRIDE SAVE IN COMMAND" in this dialogue box
-tick all compatability options
-OK
-Then it should start!!

Thanks go to Ameila P for this tutorial. Whoot to you!