scripts and actions

[fabbfoto]

I recently bought a couple of scripts from knowhowtransfer. They are  for sharpening and retouching. They are very fast but I have to click a button for every picture. This is not what I can really do because I am working as a portrait photographer in kindergardens where I have to deal with thousands of pictures. I need actions working for me applying certain things automatically to many pictures.

Here is my question: Is there a way to automate a click of a button to start the scripts? I am very excited about any answer because I found nothing so far.

Best Regards

Frank

[Chuck Uebele]

It all depends on the script. You can create an action that runs the script, then use image processor to batch run the action.

[Stephen_A_Marsh · Accepted solution]

In addition to Chuck’s suggestions, there is also the “Script Events Manager” than can trigger a script or action to run when a specific event is met – such as opening a file… so no need to press a button!

Scripts can have almost any keyboard shortcut applied to them if you do wish to press buttons.

Actions can reference scripts and scripts can reference actions:

Prepression: Photoshop – Scripting Actions?

However, if you have to process many images in a short amount of time, I would be looking at a “parametric image editing workflow” such as found in Adobe Camera Raw or Adobe Lightroom, at least as a starting point and then I would only “edit pixels” where necessary.