Chapter 16
Streamlining Your Work in Photoshop
IN THIS CHAPTER
Working with Actions and the Batch command
Using the new Search panel
Creating contact sheets and PDF presentations in Photoshop
Scanning multiple images in one pass
Scripting in Photoshop
A lot of the work that you do in Photoshop is fun — experimenting with filters, applying creative adjustments, cloning over former in-laws, that sort of thing. A bunch of your work, though, is likely to be repetitive, mundane, and even downright boring. That’s where automation comes in. If a task isn’t fun to do, if you need to speed things up, or if you need to ensure that the exact same steps are taken time after time, automation is for you.
I begin the chapter with a look at Photoshop’s Actions and the Batch command, which enable you to process many files automatically. I’ll then introduce the new Search feature. Next, I take a look at PDF Presentation and Contact Sheet II (used to show and print multiple images on a single page). ...
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