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1. Re: Need one Action to resize Portrait or Landscape orientation image
Jeff Schewe Jan 1, 2012 9:55 PM (in response to bkoopers)bkoopers wrote:
How can I create one Action that will work for both Landscape and Portrait images (setting the longest dimension to 800 pixels keeping the other dimension in proportion)?
Record the action using the Automate plug-in Fit Image and set the Width and Height to 800 pixels.
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2. Re: Need one Action to resize Portrait or Landscape orientation image
bkoopers Jan 1, 2012 10:18 PM (in response to Jeff Schewe)Thanks. I did not know that the "Fit Image" function existed or where to find it (even after you told me about it) so I did a google search and found a video tutorial on it here:
http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-fit-image-in-photoshop-video
which says it is under "File-Automate-Fit Image".
On the above webpage, somebody commented that instead of using "Fit Image", you can also use "Image-Image Size" and set the width and height to an identical percentage that matches the required reduction and that works too. So now I have two ways to do the reduction of both orientations with a single Action!
Thanks for your help.
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3. Re: Need one Action to resize Portrait or Landscape orientation image
Jeff Schewe Jan 1, 2012 11:10 PM (in response to bkoopers)bkoopers wrote:
On the above webpage, somebody commented that instead of using "Fit Image", you can also use "Image-Image Size" and set the width and height to an identical percentage that matches the required reduction and that works too.
No, actually, that won't work...try it yourself. Image Size hard codes a specific image resizing. Fit Image is what you need to use.
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4. Re: Need one Action to resize Portrait or Landscape orientation image
bkoopers Jan 2, 2012 2:50 PM (in response to Jeff Schewe)Jeff Schewe wrote:
No, actually, that won't work...try it yourself. Image Size hard codes a specific image resizing. Fit Image is what you need to use.
OK, I just tired it. I created two Actions (one using "Fit Image" set to 800 pixels and another using "Image Size" set to 17.4216% to reduce 4592 to 800 pixels). I ran each Action against a mix of portrait and landscape orientation images and the results were identical and correct (the larger dimension was reduced to 800 piexels and the smaller to 532 pixels).
Since all my master images are 4592x3056 (or 3056x4592), the 17.4216% reduces to 800x532 (or 532x800). If I had a mix of different size master images, then 17.4216% would not result in 800 pixels. In that case, I would need to use "Fit Image" to get 800 pixels or I would need a new Action with a different percentage.
In conclusion, you are correct. "Fit Image" is what I should use so it will result in 800 pixels regardless of the master image size. Thanks for your help.
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5. Re: Need one Action to resize Portrait or Landscape orientation image
Van Middleton Jun 20, 2013 8:21 PM (in response to bkoopers)It's complicated - I used the "Fit Image" command, then filled in both height and width with the same (longest side) dimension. I also added a border and sharpened them. You can use them for free, i put them up on my site here.

