Batch Cropping???

[Fidelis]

Ok Emma, U.K Lady, any other of you PS Gurus, I need some help here! I shot a wedding last week mostly using film but some digital files too & I'm wanting to crop my digital images down to 8x6 instead of the normal 9x6 format. I need my digital files to match the dimensions of my film files, so can I batch crop to get this job done quicker, is there such a thing as batch cropping???

I need to know ASAP, P L E A S E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emma. :)

[u.k. lady]

Yes Em ,there is a way
look under file > automate.You can customise your cropping and anything else by creating an action or look at the picture packages further down from the batch command
hope this helps
call me if you need any more help

love
Jacqui

[u.k. lady]

Had a quick look at the picture package and cant see the size your looking for, so I think your best bet is to create an action and then batch process it that way.

Jacqui :D

[Fidelis]

Thanks Jacqui, I'll go see what I can do!

Emma. :)

[Fidelis]

Ok I've set up a sharpen action which was fine, I've been to automate to set up a batch to start sharpening more pics but the menus are a little confusing, not sure what I'm supposed to be putting in as source & as destination folders??? Also when it comes to cropping the actual pics I know I can record this too from what you've already said sis but is there anyway of measuring the crop before you actually crop the pic, I need to make sure I crop these pics to exactly 8x6 inches???

Thanks in advance for your PS Wisdom,
Emma :)

[u.k. lady]

okay ,source should be the folder you want the action to apply( ie your pics you want sharpening) and then set up another folder for your destination so the ones that have been processed will be sent there to the destination folder.You should still then be able to keep the origianl file untouched.
Make sure in your action you have a duplicate so your not altering the original.
use the crop tool in your action and set it at the top of the tool bar to 8X6 make sure it is set to the dpi your lab requires some labs let it fall naturally others 300dpi ,see what your says .Hope this helps ya sis

[Fidelis]

Thank you Thank you Thank you SIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emma. :)

[Fidelis]

Ohhh how exciting I've just completed my first batch of sharpened images, thanks for your great advice sis, you sure are a PS Genious!!! Now gotta go crack the cropping, I bet I could have just recorded a second action couldn't I & it would've done it all together, oh well gotta learn little by little! This PS stuff makes my brain hurt sometimes!!!

Thanks again Jacqui!

Emma. :)

[u.k. lady]

Hooray for you :D It's so exciting when you learn something new ,especially with this baby ,It has hidden magical powers you never new about :D
Yes you could save it as all one action ,you know for next time though,it's all a learning process .I learn something new about it every day ,it is sooooo my best friend :D I bet the couple will be really pleased with them ,cant wait to see them back from the printers ,please show me before they go completely ,pretty please

[mekstamper]

Do you two live close to each other or quite a bit long distance? I love your sisterly banter!!

[u.k. lady]

We are just round the corner would you believe it :D but we cant fit two computers in one room and neither of us has a lap top, plus we love hanging out with you guys, right sis :D

Gotta go and feed kids they are wasting away :D

[Emma]

:)

Glad you got it figured out. There is a super simple way too, though. No actions required, and you have a lot of control to which portion of the image you save in the crop. This works best for a small number of images, since you do each one individually.

Open all your photos. Choose the Crop Tool. Enter all the desired numbers into the box (8x6 inches, and 300 or 72 for web graphics). Drag the crop bounding box and with the numbers you entered the proportions are contrained to that number, and when you commit, the photo will be resampled in the size you specified.

NOW, to do the rest: the numbers you entered in the box are still there when you select a different photo. AND if you change the settings, you can easily set them to any existing photo by opening it and clicking Front Image on the Options Bar. That enters in the crop info from that image that you can then have in the box to crop multiple images.

Click on another photo, and all the numbers will still be in the box. Drag the bounding box again. It can be smaller or larger than the previous box, it doesn't matter because the image will be resampled to be exactly the same size.
This lets you get close-ups or wider shots from the same camera angle. And of course you're aware of quality loss if you enlarge too much, but within reason this is a great tool to get a bunch of pics exactly the same size while choosing exactly what you want inside the bounding box.

I love this tool for scrapping too, when I want to make a grid of photos the same size but choose exactly what I want to crop on each photo.

Since you have a huge batch of photos to crop, the action Jacqui mentioned would probably be a better choice, especially since you don't care what gets cropped off. But after you do the batch, if there are some that have a bad crop from the automation, you can go back and do the leftovers with the Front Image button.

Have fun!

[u.k. lady]

Excellent Emma,see I didnt think of that ,so glad there are lot's of different views ,it helps learning so much quicker.