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Multiple Droplets in one pass?

May 5, 2012 8:25 PM

Hello,

 

I've been using Photoshop for a while now, since v.5.5. I'm not new to Actions, batches, droplets and the like. However, I've run into the need to process mulitple files, in a multitude of ways and seem to be hitting a roadblock.

 

The current workflow is to take a folder of JPEGs and drop them onto a droplet that turns them into "Antique" look, I repeat the dragging-dropping process again with a Black & White Droplet, then again with a Sepia droplet. Ultimately I'd LOVE to combine the 3 steps into one: dropping the images onto a single droplet (or whatever it takes) and return to have 3 folders full of my derivative images.

 

My colleaugues idea was to add a "revert" step into the original action, do the next steps, revert, etc. This works fine on a SINGLE image—when run solely as Action—but fails when batching because of the saving as a jpeg step.

 

Any solutions come to mind to make this ENTIRE thing work?

 

Thanks!

280 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: kevincbrock, May 6, 2012 5:17 PM
 
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  • R_Kelly
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    1. R_Kelly,
    May 5, 2012 9:43 PM   in reply to kevincbrock
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    A droplet would get quite complicated doing that, probably.

    If your using cs5, then a script such the Image Processor Pro should work:

    (about the middle of the page)

     

    http://russellbrown.com/scripts.html

     
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    2. c.pfaffenbichler,
    May 6, 2012 3:03 AM   in reply to kevincbrock
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    but fails when batching because of the saving as a jpeg step.

    Did you check »As a copy« when you recorded the save step in the Action?

     
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    3. R_Kelly,
    May 6, 2012 10:11 AM   in reply to kevincbrock
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    An example of actions for the droplet using a snapshot instead of revert and a flatten step in each action.

    (my example actions are short so they fit in a screenshot)

     

     

    droplet-1.png

     

     

     

    droplet-2.png

     
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  • kevincbrock
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    4. kevincbrock,
    May 6, 2012 5:17 PM   in reply to R_Kelly
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    Alright, I was having some unpredictable results a second ago... however, I just started from scratch again and best I can tell this is working. At least on my simplified test at my home. I'll hopefully be able to re-create my success once I'm back at the office computer.

     

    Thanks for the guidance. I KNEW this had to possible—one way or another.

     

    I hope to post again once I know this technique is up-&-running on the machine that matters!

     

    Thanks again.

     
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