3 Replies Latest reply: Aug 8, 2013 3:49 PM by areohbee RSS

    How can I apply an image adjustment to all files in a folder?

    pickfordpictures Community Member

      How do I apply an edit to every file in a folder?  Every time I need to do this, I end up flailing around for 10 minutes before I can finally get it to work.  Or, sometimes I give up and manually paste the copied settings to each file one at a time.  It seems a no-brainer that "copy settings" followed by "paste settings" to all files selected would do the trick.  Or "copy settings" foillowed by "Sync settings."  But it doesn't work.  What am I missing?

        • 1. Re: How can I apply an image adjustment to all files in a folder?
          areohbee Community Member

          1. select folder (folder pane on left).

          2. select all files (e.g. Ctrl/Cmd-A).

          3.a. In grid mode, use quick develop for relative (and coarse) adjustment of critical settings.

          3.b. In develop module, enable auto-sync, then make absolute adjustments to be applied to all - dont' forget to turn auto-sync off afterward.

           

          Note - you can also copy/paste and use manual sync - which work as expected for me. If you're still having trouble with those, we may need to talk some more...

           

          Rob

          • 2. Re: How can I apply an image adjustment to all files in a folder?
            pickfordpictures Community Member

            Thanks, Rob.

             

            Excellent point about remembering to disable auto sync after you are finished. Even though I know that, I occasionally forget.  I once had a folder of 150 images of different-sized artwork, plus 150 virtual copies.  The master images had all been individually cropped to the artwork borders, while the virtual copies had been left uncropped.  I made a global density adjustment, then noticed an image that needed a crop adjustment.  Without remembering to disable auto sync, I made the crop adjustment, which was then applied to all files. I was not able to back out of it in History because each image had previously been cropped individually to the borders of each artwork (rather than a global crop for all files).

             

            Do you know a way I might have backed out of that crop adjustment and gone back to the original crops?  I was only able to go back to the uncropped images as they had been imported, or accept the crop for that one image applied to all files in the folder.

            • 3. Re: How can I apply an image adjustment to all files in a folder?
              areohbee Community Member

              pickfordpictures wrote:

               

              Thanks, Rob.

              You bet .

               

               

              pickfordpictures wrote:

               

              Do you know a way I might have backed out of that crop adjustment and gone back to the original crops?

              Here are the (potential) ways I can think of at the moment:

               

              * Undo (if you haven't gone too far since, or exited)

              * edit history (1-by-1)

              * read metadata (if previously saved prior to snafu/oops).

              * restore backup catalog (if no saved metadata).

              * ScrewAutoSync (if fixed number of steps to rollback for all afflicted photos).

               

              Rob