I was just wondering, is there a way to batch crop a bunch of files? I've scanned a whole bunch of approximately 4x6 photos as .tiff files, I know I'll be cropping from the same general area. I am using Photoshop CS4.
Thanks a bunch!
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Yes. Just set up an action to crop an image, and then you can automate the task across many files. You should google a tutorial to find more information.
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Yes this will work a good site is *Commercial Link Removed* or http://www.wonderhowto.com among many others. Lots of great photoshop hints in these sites. If all else fails youtube has bailed me out in times of need as well :)
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ps hope posting those links were ok Niko.
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What jerl Said... However you need an individual action for the vertical crops and the horizontal crops. Start by taking any image and creating a new action in the actions palette. Then do the crop and stop the action (when you create an action it records stuff) then go to file>automate and use the action. Also you can do it in camera raw but it will take a buttload of memory and time for the computer to catch up.
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Nice idea, I would to the following on the action:
- duplicate the image twice
- On the first copy run the "landscape crop"
- On the second copy run the "portrait crop"
- Save both copies with a different name.Now run the action as a batch on the photos you want to translate.
@kanuck: Thanks for sharing the links. from Linda I know some Photoshop DVDs.. but the other link is new for me.. good to learn :)
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Yes they are very useful I even FAVed them for when I do blending or for tricky layer masking :)
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Thank you for your help guys, I'm going to check this stuff out later today.
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I just realized that there might be an easier way to do it- just go to automate, straighten and crop.
Thing is, I scanned the photos very very neatly. I don't think it'll be able to detect it so well. In fact, it pops up error.
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Humm thats going to be tricky because as TIFF files it will be slowwwwww and steady for sure. Sounds like print file eh? Maybe you might have to take a image quality hit and scan them as JPEGS first to get them into CS4 without an error message? Keep us posted because this a good problem to hear about and I know I have some mid to late 90s film stuff I'd like to scan and run through Lightroom 3.2 and then CS4 as well.
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If you're images are crooked, you can use the ruler tool to straighten them out. Click and hold on the eyedropper tool and you'll see a fly-out menu where you can choose the ruler. "Measure" a straight-line area on your image and then go to the image rotate function and choose ARBITRARY. Photoshop will have already filled in the proper positive or negative rotation angle needed to straighten the image out.
Unless you need to process A LOT of images, instead of batch-processing through an action, set the marquee tool's style to fixed size or fixed ratio and crop areas to a given size or aspect ratio more precisely. It will be a process done on an image-to-image basis, but it's a much more accurate crop.
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Hi,
Your "Actions" can be interactive, too. For example, you can run a batch on a folder that 'Calls' a ruler for a photo, continues to rotate for the horizon, run custom crop, save as, then then next photo then the next call for the ruler for the horizon.
It isn't terribly complicated to make these Actions with the interactions, either. I would advise making a droplet to do the Action (read the help file for which features you'll need to keep active in the windows - that's important), and drag and drop the folder with the TIFF files on the droplet.
My best,
Mike
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