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Batch resize photos . . . for copyright CD
Dianna Russell, Photographer
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Springfield | MO | USA | Posted: 7:21 AM on 02.05.06 |
->> I need some help, again. Please? I searched our archives for batch resize and most of the threads were from 2003. I have also searched the help on PS CS2 and didn’t find anything there either.
There must be a better way to resize images to fit on a CD for the copyright office rather than just copy the folder of full size images to a CD. I don't want to open each image in PS, resize it and then save it to the copyright folder. And, I don’t really care if they are rotated or not either.
All I need is to take the copied image folder and resize the photos within it to a size like say 300 long side at 72dpi -- that should be big enough yet small enough to fit a lot of folders of images on a CD.
I am using PS CS2 and Photo Mechanic 4.3.8 on an iBook with OS 10.3.9 -- do I still need to spend $99. on the Nikon Capture mentioned in the 2003 threads? I don’t want to spend the money if I don’t have to.
Thanks.
Dianna |
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Andrew Mo, Student/Intern, Photographer
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San Diego | CA | USA | Posted: 7:49 AM on 02.05.06 |
->> What format are your images saved in?
An easy and free solution is IRfanview (http://www.irfanview.com/) which will batch resize your images to jpegs. I've never tried IRfanview with raw or tiff files, but for sure it will take your large jpegs and resize them into smaller ones. And best of all, it's free software.
Cheers,
Andrew |
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Harrison Shull, Photographer
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Asheville | NC | USA | Posted: 8:24 AM on 02.05.06 |
| ->> Just write an action for resizing in Photoshop, point it at your folder, and let 'er rip. I have several of these written for a variety of uses including one specifically for resizing for copyright registration. |
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David Johnson, Photographer
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Social Circle (Atlanta) | GA | USA | Posted: 8:26 AM on 02.05.06 |
->> Hi Dianna,
I record an action in Photoshop to accomplish the task you are describing. Actions are similar to macros. You create a new action, give it a name and PS basically records the steps you take. When you are finished with your steps, click the stop button.
For a more detailed explanation, search for "actions" in the photoshop help menu.
Once you have recorded your action, you can use batch processing to have photoshop run that action on all the images within a folder.
Hope this helps some,
David |
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Ed Wolfstein, Photographer, Assistant
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Burlington | VT | USA | Posted: 8:54 AM on 02.05.06 |
->> Dianna:
If you're planning on regularly scheduled submissions, and general archiving to CD or DVD, (non re-sized) a great tool is Archive Creator. You can download a trial (15-day), just check out their website for more info and such:
http://www.rawworkflow.com/products/archive_creator/
It'll resize images to any config you want, and also make thumbnails, etc. in html for easy browsing. It's a clean solution to the whole Archiving / Copyright submission process.
Downside? Only a Windows app. Cost is $60. if you like it.
- Ed. |
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Chris Halper, Photographer
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Toronto | On | Canada | Posted: 9:27 AM on 02.05.06 |
->> You could use Photoshops 'contact sheet' action.
You then have the option of putting a several images, complete with file names in a single jpg file.
You can make the contact file as large as you want, so resolution shouldn't be an issue.
I decided to do it this way because in searching through the SportsShooter archives, I read that in the olden days of film... people would just take a single photo of slides or film in a negative sheet... then send in that photo.
My understanding is you only need to represent the image you took and make it identifiable. Eg... if you created a 6-foot painting, you were not expected to send in a huge replica.
If a contact sheet was good enough in the past... it should be good enough now. |
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Stew Milne, Photographer
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Providence | RI | USA | Posted: 9:29 AM on 02.05.06 |
->> In Photo Mechanic 4.3 you can "Save photos as...". In the diolog box that comes up there is an option to "scale" the photos being saved. You can choose the resolution and size in pixels or inches.
Doing the rersize this way, you don't have to open the images up in PS. Just set it to run and walk waway from your computer.
-sM |
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Alan Look, Photographer
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Bloomington | IL | United States | Posted: 9:59 AM on 02.05.06 |
->> I do it one of 2 ways. I've never convinced myself one is better than the other - at least for copyrighting.
1. Do as mentioned above and create an action to resize.
2. Create an action with just a "save as" and set the compression level back to about an 8 or 10.
If anyone has a reason why one of those is better than the other for copyrighting, I'm all ears. |
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Greg Ferguson, Photographer
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Scottsdale | Az | USA | Posted: 10:19 AM on 02.05.06 |
->> Photo Mechanic can do it two ways - you can select a bunch of photos, then tell it to scale as it copies...
Or have it create a web gallery and grab the folder of images from that gallery when its done.
The same thing works in Photoshop.
As far as compression levels go, a level-6 jpg compression is adequate. These don't have to be perfect color and accurate. They have to be recognizable. |
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Andy Mead, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 11:19 AM on 02.05.06 |
->> For those of you who send thumbnails to the Copyright Office, what's the minimum size you send?
There has to be a point at which shrinking images can go too far. |
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Joe Andras, Photographer
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Orange County | CA | USA | Posted: 11:31 AM on 02.05.06 |
->> I haven't tried it, but Microsoft offers an "Image Resizer" as one of its free PowerToys for Windows XP. It's on the right column, about five from the bottom:
http://tinyurl.com/2meyw |
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Brian Light, Photographer
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Pennsville | NJ | USA | Posted: 11:35 AM on 02.05.06 |
->> On a Mac I use Easy Batch Photo. I also use it to Batch Watermark my images too. It's fast and inexpensive.
Their website:
http://www.yellowmug.com/easybatchphoto/ |
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N. Scott Trimble, Photographer
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Tempe | AZ | USA | Posted: 12:49 PM on 02.05.06 |
| ->> It's pretty easy to use the Adobe Bridge, go to Tools>Photoshop>Image Processor and it does a batch resize in either or both JPG or TIFF. I set my size to 640 x 480 and it automatically creates a copy of the folder with the reduced size images. Pretty simple! You can have all the photos or just the highlighted ones resize into the new folder. |
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N. Scott Trimble, Photographer
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Tempe | AZ | USA | Posted: 12:50 PM on 02.05.06 |
| ->> Another thought. If you have Mac OS X TIger, I think there is something you can do with the new Automator that makes a seperate action for Photoshop. Google around for tips on that. I have been too lazy to even investigate Automator yet! |
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Joe Andras, Photographer
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Orange County | CA | USA | Posted: 2:18 PM on 02.05.06 |
->> If you're using Windows, definitely try out the ResizePictures tool available from Microsoft. I just installed and tried it out. It's very easy to use.
It works with Windows Explorer by giving you an additional right-click option called "Resize Pictures." The interaction is very similar to what you get when you email pictures to somebody by right-clicking the pictures, selecting "Send To", and then "Mail Recipient."
The default is make smaller copies within the same folder with the size in parentheses,e.g. "DSC_245(Large)", but if you put copies of your photos into a folder for this downsizing purpose, you can safely choose "Resize the original pictures (don't make copies)."
If the smallest standard size of "fits a 240x320 screen" is too big for you, you can select "Advanced" to create a custom size of your choosing. |
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Jason Orth, Photographer
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Lincoln | NE | USA | Posted: 2:59 PM on 02.05.06 |
->> Yes, Irfanview will read, convert and resize RAW files. And it's actually pretty darn quick, too. I find it a lot quicker than PS.
At least I could do it with .CR2 files. If you choose to download Irfanview, also download the plugins which allows conversion of RAW files. |
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Javier Gonzalez, Photographer
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Mayaguez | PR | Puerto Rico | Posted: 4:05 PM on 02.05.06 |
->> Nikon view do that easy. Just select the images and destination and will resize all selected images without affect the original size.
I think you can download from Nikon website for free. |
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Dianna Russell, Photographer
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Springfield | MO | USA | Posted: 12:32 PM on 02.06.06 |
->> Thank you all so much for your responses. THIS is why I like the SportsShooter message board.
I will be trying out several of the suggestions over the next few days as I continue to refine my workflow to include copyright submissions.
I already have some of the software -- CS2/Bridge and Photo Mechanic -- so will be checking out suggestions about them first. But, please keep the suggestions coming if you have any others (mac and pc) so that more people can be helped by this thread.
The first test was with Photo Mechanic. Stew's suggestion about Photo Mechanic works great and it did exactly what I wanted it to. I resized them at 5" on the long side at 72 dpi and that size looks good. And it was fast. I will be upgrading soon. :o)
Thanks again everyone!
Dianna |
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