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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

10/16/2005 08:29:04 PM · #1

I took a trip to BC this past summer, and took over 1000 images, mostly snapshots of family and friends. I want to quickly edit them (crop, levels, colours, resize) and don't want to spend hours opening then editing and saving these images.

Is there a software (or PS action) that would automatically open the image, allow me to do some mods, save to a specific folder then move on to the next image?

Any help would be great. Thanks.

alanfreed

Nikon Z9

10/16/2005 08:37:29 PM · #2

Well, Photoshop has "actions" that allow you to record a series of events. That can help. Not sure if other programs have similar functions.

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

10/16/2005 08:37:39 PM · #3

well not sure how much you exactly want to do.. But have you ever used actions in photoshop. You can make a new action, edit an image and record what you are doing then stop it now you have an action for how you want your 1000 images to be edited then you would simply go to automate and batch in photoshop then select your action. This is cool because it edits all your images with the action that you just made.

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon

10/16/2005 08:42:08 PM · #4

I use actions already. I also use automate to do certain things, but not sure I would want the same modification done to each of the images. Ideally I would want the action to do only the opening and saving, but allow me to make different mods to each pic.

Know what I mean?

wmprkg

Nikon D70

10/16/2005 08:51:41 PM · #5

You can assign an action to a key stroke and that should speed things up a bit. You can also make you action to include all of the steps you want to take from open to save and have it stop when ever you want customize some settings and then continue the action from there. You can automate it further by telling PS to apply the action to every image in a certain folder. That will do the "opening" for you.

Spork99

OM System OM-1

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

10/16/2005 09:14:21 PM · #6

Some things are just going to take some time if you want them done to their best.

crank2o

10/16/2005 09:21:57 PM · #7

Why don't you just create a new "processed" folder and COPY all 1000 of your images there. Then open a batch of 5-15 (depending on your CPU, memory, etc), process the way you like, hit "save" and close.
That'll at least relieve you of the trouble of having to select the new save-location of every image each time.

downtherabbithole

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

10/16/2005 09:26:03 PM · #8

I think there may be some photo orginizing software that does this. I know I have used at least one that does, though I don't remember the name of it.

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

10/16/2005 10:26:43 PM · #9

Originally posted by mariomel:

What I find is that, usually for a specific "shoot" the images will all have the same basic needs for processing. So I set up an action that takes care of those "basic needs" and have a Stop command recorded in the action. From there, I finish the image by hand (dodge & burn, specific levels adjustment, etc). Then I hit play and the action picks up where it left off. It can save the image or do whatever I deem appropriate for the finishing process.

I think that sounds a lot like what you were describing, no?

mandyturner

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

10/16/2005 10:31:46 PM · #10

I have Microsoft Digital Imaging Pro 10, and you can edit a ton of photos at once. You just pick which ones you want to edit, put them in the batch edit page and crop, resize, etc. This comes in very handy, you can even check each picture before you do the edit to make sure that the crops and other edits are what you want before saving.

SJCarter

Canon EOS-7D

10/16/2005 10:56:54 PM · #11

U2 Mandy? I had no idea... I completely agree that MS Digital Image Pro 10 can handle the load quite well and easily. Microsoft can do 'some' things well. :-)

mandyturner

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

10/16/2005 11:00:23 PM · #12

what do you mean by 'some' things?

hankk

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon

10/17/2005 09:00:56 AM · #13

Digital Photo Pro allows you to do that. Version 2 was recently made available on Canon's website.

jab119

10/17/2005 09:54:03 AM · #14

Ulead Photo Explorer does this

you select several pics (cant do 1000 at once) maybe 20 to 50, all depends on your CPU speed and amount of system memory.

then select Adjust image and you have the following options

adjust only the first image
adjust each of hte images seperately
adjust the first image then automatically apply the same edit operations to the other selected images

you can download a 30 day fully functional trial version here

Photo Explorer

James

Message edited by author 2005-10-17 09:55:07.

10/17/2005 11:05:03 AM · #15

Originally posted by dwterry:

So I set up an action that takes care of those "basic needs" and have a Stop command recorded in the action. From there, I finish the image by hand (dodge & burn, specific levels adjustment, etc). Then I hit play and the action picks up where it left off.

God, I'm so stupid...I couldn't figure out how to restart the action. Of course...play will restart it. Duh!

Thanks for all the suggestions. Photoshop is my prefered editing software, so I'll create myself an action to open, pause for editing, then save and move on to the next one.