Resizing an image in a graphics editor is not a difficult task. However, if you need to process one hundred or two hundred files, there is a desire to automate this process. Photoshop's batch mode can help with this.
Necessary
- - Photoshop program;
- - files for processing.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare photos for processing. To do this, create a new folder and move the files you want to shrink into it. Create another folder where you will save the processing results.
Step 2
Begin by writing down a series of commands that will be used to process each of the photos. To do this, use the Create new action button located at the very bottom of the Actions palette. If you do not see this palette in the program window, open it with the Actions option from the Window menu.
Step 3
Enter a name for the recorded action in the Name field. It is not necessary to do this, by default the program will assign the name Action 1 to the created sequence of actions, but a more specific name will allow you to freely navigate the created actions later. Click on the OK button.
Step 4
Start recording, in fact, the action by clicking on the Begin recording button. It's a round icon at the bottom of the Actions palette.
Step 5
Follow the sequence of commands you need to resize the photo. In other words, open one of the files, the size of which you need to reduce using the Open option from the File menu, call the image size settings window using the Image Size option from the Image menu, enter new values for the size and resolution of the picture and click the OK button.
Step 6
Save the file to the folder you created for the processed photos using the Save As option from the File menu. Close the saved picture window.
Step 7
Stop recording the action by clicking the Stop recording button in the Actions palette.
Step 8
Configure batch file processing options. The processing settings window is opened by the Batch option from the Automate group of the File menu. In the window that opens, select the name of the just recorded action from the Action drop-down list.
Step 9
Specify the files to be processed. To do this, select the Folder item from the Source list, click the Choose button and specify the folder where the photos are located.
Step 10
Specify a location to save the processing results. Do this by selecting Folder from the Destination list and clicking the Choose button. Check the Override Action “Save As” Commands checkbox. Without this checkbox, you will have to manually confirm the file saving parameters for each image.
Step 11
Start batch processing by clicking on the OK button.
