Batch positioning

[bunda1961]

Morning All,

I have a series of images of shoes (~150).  Due to variations in size of the shoes the white space around each of them varies.

Is there a way to arrange so that each shoe is the centre of each frame with a consistent gap between the edges of the frame and top/sides/bottom of the shoe?

Hopefully the two images convey my meaning a little more clearly.

Essentially, I am seeking to place the centre of the boot/shoe in the centre of the frame and crop to that effect in a batch process.

Failing that, any suggestions that would make manipulating these images a little quicker would be gratefully received.

Regards,

Jeremy

[john beardsworth]

No, there's no way to do that automatically.

I would though suggest that you keep the filmstrip large, so you can review the positioning of the series. Or use a second screen with the grid on it?

In Crop, changing the crop overlay may help - see Tools > Crop Guide Overlay. And working in AutoSync mode would be the fastest way to crop multiple images simultaneously.

[bunda1961]

OK, John, thanks for that.  I feared that might be the case.

[effeegee]

If you aren't starting with the image 'centred' in the frame I can't see how to do it. If centred and you need to finish with a 'standard' canvas size irrespective of the image dimensions then LR2Mogrify plug-in can be used for export - adding borders  (or not) in your examples in white to finish with consistent  dimensions in each file. For instance I use it to create square images 2048x2048 for Instagram irrespective of the starting aspect ratio and resolution.

[bunda1961]

The whole point, Effeegee, is that the image isn't centered, hence the question.