Was wondering.
When I take photos while on vacation, I usually shoot at high res (3872x2592). However, when I want to post online, I usually want to compress the picture to 800x600. Is there a way in Adobe Photoshop to create some sort of script so i can resize all my pictures without me going through and opening resizing, save as select the quality, and repeat over and over?
Thanks in advance!

 

Search your Help files for 'Droplets'.

http://www.digitalphotobook.net/tutorials/.../actions_9.html

Basically a set of actions compiled into an .exe.file. You can then drag and drop groups of files onto the .exe and it'll batch process them.

Another great tools is Jasc Image Robot. It contains lots of the common Photoshop filters and commands which you can apply when batch processing.

http://www.softlookup.com/display.asp?id=5184

 

Or just create and run an action within Photoshop - resizing is simple enough not to go to the extra wossname of droplets imo.

 

ditto.

I have two resize actions, one for landscape shots and another for portrait shots since I add a border while resizing. Google "photoshop automation" and it'll give tutorials on how to create a batch action.

 

I'll have to check that out later. I just noticed that my picture quality drops significantly when i just rigt click the jpg and resize picture that route.

thanks everyone!! i hope i can figure this out!

 

I make great use of a bit of freeware called porta - from here

Its a really useful app for creating galleries but I also use it for generating multiple resized graphics files.

Well worth a look

Peter

 

if i'm not worried about quality I use IrfanView as it has a useful / quick / easy batch tool

if I am, then I use PS, Alt + I, R, Enter, enter the size, Enter. Doesn't take long, but the post resize sharping takes a bit longer and is image specific.

 

http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial/Photo...ize-Images/9206

I can't imagine how much time I've saved over the years using the batch tool resizing all my images *and* renaming them. I generally have about 200-400 photos to resize and then upload. Normally, that'd easily take an hour. Now I just the batch and go do something else.

 

Essentially the same thing is built into IrfanView, but it's free.

 

Are you taking RAW images? If so, you can batch process the files using Adobe Bridge (if you have that).