4 Replies Latest reply: Sep 13, 2010 1:14 AM by MTSTUNER RSS

    droplets don't open

    bbxrider11 Community Member

      i have previously created droplets in cs7 and then run them in imageready 7.0

      now all of a sudden when I go to  open newly created droplets in imageready I'm getting

      dropletNotOpen.jpg

      I can still open the droplets previously created in previous sessions

       

      they are still created the same way as the previous ones that worked

      in cs7

      create new action

      start recording

      do some stuff

      stop recording

      file/automate/create droplet

      start imageReady

      file/open

       

      any ideas what might be causing this to  happen?

        • 1. Re: droplets don't open
          MTSTUNER Community Member

          That looks like you are creating a droplet photoshop 7 proper and not ImageReady.

          The droplets and actions created in photoshop are not compatible with ImageReady.

           

          ImageReady doesn't have an automate menu. In ImageReady you can create droplets

          from the actions or optimize palettes.

           

           

          MTSTUNER

          • 2. Re: droplets don't open
            Noel Carboni Community Member

            Are you using a modern OS (e.g., Vista or Windows 7)?  If so, there was a thread some time back in which it was reported that permissions issues were at fault with droplet problems.  They were solved, as I recall, by running the exe as Administrator or lowering the UAC level.

             

            -Noel

            • 3. Re: droplets don't open
              bbxrider Community Member

              thanks for the replies, Ok so its imageReady, and I can create a droplet and drop

              a folder and get my pics processed

              but still would like to get a few things figured out.

              1. when I did this before I thought there was some way to open the droplet itself in imageReady

              and tweak the steps within it and then run it with the tweaks, right from within imageReady

              2, I don't see anywhere to control the where the processed files are saved? when I drop the folder

              onto the droplet it saves the new versions of the files in the same folder and creates some names

              of its own choosing. Ideally I would like to be able to specify an output folder and a naming mask

              or just use the original file names

              • 4. Re: droplets don't open
                MTSTUNER Community Member

                To edit your droplet in ImageReady, File>Open Recent or File>Open and choose your droplet.

                 

                After you open the droplet, double click at the top where it says batch options

                to change where the files will be saved. Then File>Save, to save the changes you

                have made to the droplet.

                 

                I don't think you can run the droplet from inside ImageReady, you have to drop your files

                or folder into the droplet in the location you saved it to.

                 

                The photoshop help that came with ps7 has some stuff about ImageReady.

                 

                 

                im-open-droplet.png

                 

                 

                im-batch-options.png

                 

                 

                 

                MTSTUNER