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Olympic Workflow Script is Up - As Well as a Transmit Script
Vincent Laforet, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 7:08 PM on 03.21.06 |
->> Apple will officially release detailed instructions and their version of the script shortly.
For now I wanted to put up a quick page with instructions up on my site for everyone to download. If you've never used Automator - all you really need to do is go through each step and make sure that the paths are not pointing to a greyed out folder (just create the folders yourself wherever you want on your machine and use the + and - keys in that step's window to point the script to the folders you created.) Hopefully the instructions are good enough for you to follow allong if you've never used Automator before. As I mentioned Apple will release much better documentation shortly.
The address is: http://www.laforetvisuals.com/resources/script.html
If you look on the left side of a the screen - you'll see a "NEW" link - with a quick script I created for those who use Transmit from Panic (http://www.panic.com/transmit/) there are many uses to this little script. One is to apply it to a "hot folder" or any folder you designate on your finder, or to save this script as a finder script or droplet.
If you save this workflow and apply it to a folder - whenever a file is dropped into it (from Aperture's "Export Version as" menu for example) it will automatically start to transmit the file in the background. When the file lands on your server - the computer will "speak" and tell you "Files Done!" or whatever you want to type into the script window... it's pretty fun.
If you save this workflow as a finder plugin - simply right-click on a jpeg file, folder or pretty much anything in the finder or control-click (same thing) and go to the Automator menu at the bottom of the pull down menu - select the Transmit script and the files will automatically start to upload.
If you save this workflow as a droplet - any file or folder your drop onto it will also automatically be updated.
The script will then move the files to a "Sent" folder (that you create and can name whatever you want it to be - once the pix are sent the script will label the photos in green to let you know the photos were sent successfully.)
Hope this helps some of you out there - I know it allows me to work so much faster on deadline (I hate having to poke around and drag and drop files into Fetch and losing track of what was sent etc.)
And if you get pretty comfortable with Automator - you can do so much more. For example you can have the original files copied to an "original" folder, then copied to a "transmit folder" - have those copies downsized and compressed for faster transmission times - that way you can save your originals at extremely high compression settings and keep them forever and send the smaller (resized and/or more highly compressed files) quickly while on deadline.
Feel free to shoot me an e-mail. And to post improved versions of the script for everyone to use. The possibilities are pretty endless with Automator... (Automator comes with every version of Tiger it's built into the OS) I'm going to be on the road for the next three weeks so I'll do my best to answer questions. Trying to help one another amongst this board is likely better as I'm sure a lot more of our members are significantly more adept at Automator than I am.
Cheers - Vincent
p.s.: I've also been using Apple Remote Desktop to browse my Aperture Library remotely... I browsed a friends Aperture Library in Florida today (via regular cable modem) and was able to browse his entire library and export the files from his computer right onto my computer... pretty cool stuff. Well worth looking into (and you don't need a static IP - simply go to: http://whatismyip.com/ and you can start browsing your computer remotely. Or use Ipanema - a small app that e-mails you your IP address as it changes to your Mail program if you're on the road for a long time.) http://www.ifthensoft.com/ This is great if you're on the road often (like me) and know your file is sitting on your computer back at home - and you can't get to it... with Apple Remote Desktop you can browse your computer remotely and pretty much control it remotely... even on a regular connection - the faster the better of course. Your computer needs to be on at home of course - and Apple Remote Desktop has to be enabled in your Sharing Preferences in your System Preferences... |
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Sean Gallagher, Photographer, Photo Editor
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St. Louis | MO | USA | Posted: 7:22 PM on 03.21.06 |
->> re: dynamic ip addresses
http://www.dyndns.com/ also allows you attach a DNS name to your IP address at home (e.g. mycomputer.dyndns.org). The website also has instructions on how to install a program that will keep that record updated whenever your IP changes. that way you can always remember your home computer's address! |
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Kevin M. Cox, Photographer, Assistant
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Round Rock (Austin) | TX | US | Posted: 8:31 PM on 03.21.06 |
| ->> Thank you for the detailed info Vincent! I'm sure this will come in very handy for many photographers. |
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