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01/23/2007 04:44:22 PM · #1 |
OK, at the end of next month (February) I have an event shoot that I'll be printing portraits as well. No problem with that.
What I am coming up against is finding an easy way to print the portraits with a logo and even title on them without having to edit every one of them in photoshop as that would take waaaaaaaaay to long.
I've played with Picasa and Fireworks but neither were the answer.
Anyone know of or use a program/utility that makes this a cinch, or at least smoother that PS?
I'm using PS CS2 and a canon printer fwiw.
TIA!
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01/23/2007 05:39:41 PM · #2 |
do you want a unique title on each one? Because then you'd have to do them all by hand I'm afraid...
otherwise you should make an action with what you want. open up bridge and select all the images you want to do. open tools> photoshop> image processor and then you set the action and whatever else you want. it will run them for you :0)
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01/23/2007 06:21:09 PM · #3 |
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01/23/2007 07:14:55 PM · #4 |
| You could probably do it by making a template using layers (one layer for your logo, one for text, etc.). Then all you need to do is pop each picture into the template and you're done! |
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01/23/2007 07:15:13 PM · #5 |
Thanks guys,
It will be the same title/logo on each one so I suppose it would be possible to use Actions for it. Don't suppose you can help a little further there. :)
DW, thanks for the tip on Fotofusion. I'll have a shot at it tonite and see how it goes.
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01/23/2007 08:08:19 PM · #6 |
Actions are fairly simple. To create one:
1. Go to your actions tab (next to the history tab).
2. Click "create new action", which is the same symbol they use for new layer and things like that (looks like a sheet of paper lifting off a pad).
3. Give your action a name and choose where to store it. (If you want it anywhere other than default actions you'll need to create another folder prior to step 2 by clicking on the little folder icon).
4. Click Record.
5. Do everything you want included in your action. This can include pretty much anything as far as I can tell, including opening, saving & closing.
6. Click Stop (the square icon).
Once you've got an action there are a handful of ways to use it on a batch of photos. I like to go through Bridge:
1. Open the containing folder in bridge.
2. Select the photos you want to process.
3. Click "Tools", then "Photoshop", then "Batch...".
4. In the Play box, choose your action.
5. Make sure source is set to Bridge and check the boxes next to "Override Action Open Commands", "Suppress File Open Options Dialogs" and "Suppress Color Profile Warnings" (otherwise it gets confused by dialogs that pop upon opening a file, this includes the Camera RAW window if your images are raw).
6. For destination choose "Folder", choose a destination folder, and tell it how you want the new files titled in the boxes below (the last box must be "extension").
7. Check the box next to "Override Action Save As Commands" (otherwise it will save everything with the filename of the image you built your action with)
8. Set Errors to "Stop for Errors".
9. Click OK
Assuming I haven't forgotten anything, you should now have processed photos. Note that the Bridge batch processing I described requires (I think) actions that include a save command (and a close command makes life easier). You may need to play around with the settings a bit. It took me a little while to figure out how to get it to output the files exactly how I wanted. A lot of things are counterintuitive, i.e. overriding the save as doesn't seem to make sense, but it's not really ignoring the whole command, just the where and what you're saving it as part. It still follows the quality level you set when you made your action.
edit: To clarify what I mean by "Do everything you want included in your action.", basically you want to process one image in the way you want them all processed while the actions manager is "recording".
Message edited by author 2007-01-23 20:09:44. |
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01/24/2007 07:27:03 AM · #7 |
Actions will work for the same piece of text across the image.
If you want each image to display it's own unique title, then you need scripting - already built in to CS2 I believe. A bit of googling and manipulation of the (very limited) VB code you find should get you there! |
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