Droplets are cool

"Not so quick" wrote in news:KdPEb.31196
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Any interesting ideas for using them?

Here’s mine: save your avi file to sequence
and add Photoshop filter to entire movie,
reassemble.

Receive digital shots from client in email, drag to droplet. Resizes to 350 dpi (no resample), convert to CMYK, save as Tiff, place in Indesign document.

Amazing how much time that saved me.

Hello…when you say "save avi to sequence" do you mean save optimized as a gif? I still can’t figure out how to apply the photoshop filter to the whole avi. Could you please give a step-by-step approach? I’d really appreciate it. I’ve fiddled around with "droplets" but I’m still unsure how to use them.
Cheers,
Paul

"Eric Gill" wrote in message

"Not so quick" wrote in news:KdPEb.31196
$:

Any interesting ideas for using them?

Here’s mine: save your avi file to sequence
and add Photoshop filter to entire movie,
reassemble.

Receive digital shots from client in email, drag to droplet. Resizes to

350

dpi (no resample), convert to CMYK, save as Tiff, place in Indesign document.

Amazing how much time that saved me.

"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

Hello…when you say "save avi to sequence" do you mean save optimized as

a

gif? I still can’t figure out how to apply the photoshop filter to the

whole

avi. Could you please give a step-by-step approach? I’d really appreciate it. I’ve fiddled around with "droplets" but I’m still unsure how to use them.
Cheers,
Paul

"Eric Gill" wrote in message

"Not so quick" wrote in news:KdPEb.31196
$:

Any interesting ideas for using them?

Here’s mine: save your avi file to sequence
and add Photoshop filter to entire movie,
reassemble.

Receive digital shots from client in email, drag to droplet. Resizes to

350

dpi (no resample), convert to CMYK, save as Tiff, place in Indesign document.

Amazing how much time that saved me.

Use the program Virtualdub, or something like it to save your avi file as a sequence of bmp files. Each bmp file will be a frame of the avi file.

Open one of the files in Photoshop. Go to the actions menu and create an action that does what you want.

Open the automate submenu on the file menu and choose
the action you just created to make a droplet. Save the
droplet in the folder above where the bmp files are. Go to the folder where the droplet is and drag the folder with the bmp files in it onto the droplet which will be an .exe file.

The resulting files can be opened in Virtualdub and saved as an avi file. The avi files can be saved as bmp and reassembled in Media Studio Pro and probably others. If you don’t have them VirtualDub is free and can be downloaded from:
www.dvdrhelp.com

"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

Hello…when you say "save avi to sequence" do you mean save optimized as

a

gif? I still can’t figure out how to apply the photoshop filter to the

whole

avi. Could you please give a step-by-step approach? I’d really appreciate it. I’ve fiddled around with "droplets" but I’m still unsure how to use them.
Cheers,
Paul

If that isn’t clear, post again and I’ll try to be clearer. : -)

"Not so quick" wrote in message

"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

Hello…when you say "save avi to sequence" do you mean save optimized

as

a

gif? I still can’t figure out how to apply the photoshop filter to the

whole

avi. Could you please give a step-by-step approach? I’d really

appreciate

it. I’ve fiddled around with "droplets" but I’m still unsure how to use them.
Cheers,
Paul

If that isn’t clear, post again and I’ll try to be clearer.

Thank you very much for the info. I have virtualdub, so I’ll try your method. I think I follow it, but I’ll get back to you if there’s a problem. Many thanks,
Paul

"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

"Not so quick" wrote in message

"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

Hello…when you say "save avi to sequence" do you mean save optimized

as

a

gif? I still can’t figure out how to apply the photoshop filter to the

whole

avi. Could you please give a step-by-step approach? I’d really

appreciate

it. I’ve fiddled around with "droplets" but I’m still unsure how to

use

them.
Cheers,
Paul

If that isn’t clear, post again and I’ll try to be clearer.

Thank you very much for the info. I have virtualdub, so I’ll try your method. I think I follow it, but I’ll get back to you if there’s a

problem.

Many thanks,
Paul

Update: it doesn’t seem possible to save as bmp in virtualdub..can you suggest another software? Why bmp? can it be jpg? I did create an action and droplet for a single image…so this part is understood. Cheers,
Paul

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"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

"Not so quick" wrote in message

"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

Hello…when you say "save avi to sequence" do you mean save

optimized

as

a

gif? I still can’t figure out how to apply the photoshop filter to

the

whole

avi. Could you please give a step-by-step approach? I’d really

appreciate

it. I’ve fiddled around with "droplets" but I’m still unsure how to

use

them.
Cheers,
Paul

If that isn’t clear, post again and I’ll try to be clearer.

Thank you very much for the info. I have virtualdub, so I’ll try your method. I think I follow it, but I’ll get back to you if there’s a

problem.

Many thanks,
Paul

Update: it doesn’t seem possible to save as bmp in virtualdub..can you suggest another software? Why bmp? can it be jpg? I did create an action

and

droplet for a single image…so this part is understood. Cheers,
Paul

Try Vitrualdubmod.
dvdrhelp.com

It works on mine. It ‘s a different menu option
than the save as though. It’s a little further down
on the File menu, under "Save image sequence". I’m not sure why it isn’t under the regular save
menu. I looked in Nandub too and that has a
save as image sequence too, so you might be
missing the menu item.

Let me know if it works or not. The open image
thing is on the regular open menu, one of the options.

Hi again…thanks for taking the time to reply. Now…

Use the program Virtualdub, or something like it to save

your avi file as a sequence of bmp files. Each bmp file will be a frame of the avi file.

Yes…silly me, the "save as a sequence" command was there..I’m blind!!

Open one of the files in Photoshop. Go to the actions menu and create an action that does what you want.

Yes..I did this.

Open the automate submenu on the file menu and choose
the action you just created to make a droplet. Save the
droplet in the folder above where the bmp files are. Go to the folder where the droplet is and drag the folder with the bmp files in it onto the droplet which will be an .exe file.

Yes, I did this too. The files opened up in Photoshop and were processed according to the PS action.

The resulting files can be opened in Virtualdub and saved as an avi file. :

Here’s where I’m confused. The processed bmp files are not (?) able to be opened up in Virtualdub as a group. I clicked on each bmp file and opened it up (file type in the save box=bmp) individually, thinking they would be then joined as an avi. Do you mean I should open each bmp in Virtualdub…save each as an avi file and then reassemble them (ie save as an avi movie)?

The avi files can be saved as bmp and reassembled

Why save again as bmp?

in Media Studio Pro and probably others.

I found a free program called "aviedit" that allows bmp files to be loaded and then exported as an avi movie file.

Hope all this makes sense…again i thank you for all your help. Cheers,
Paul

"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

Hi again…thanks for taking the time to reply. Now…

Use the program Virtualdub, or something like it to save

your avi file as a sequence of bmp files. Each bmp file will be a frame of the avi file.

Yes…silly me, the "save as a sequence" command was there..I’m blind!!

Cool

Open one of the files in Photoshop. Go to the actions menu and create an action that does what you want.

Yes..I did this.

fun huh… Did it take a long time?

[snip[

The resulting files can be opened in Virtualdub and saved as an avi file. :

Here’s where I’m confused. The processed bmp files are not (?) able to be opened up in Virtualdub as a group. I clicked on each bmp file and opened

it

up (file type in the save box=bmp) individually, thinking they would be

then

joined as an avi. Do you mean I should open each bmp in Virtualdub…save each as an avi file and then reassemble them (ie save as an avi movie)?

Try opening the first file in virtualdub. The image sequence choice is on the
file open menu just like avi. For some reason the save as image sequence has its own menu item but the open sequence is on the regular open menu.

: -)

The avi files can be saved as bmp and reassembled

Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound like they should be saved again as bmp. Just the one time.

I found a free program called "aviedit" that allows bmp files to be loaded and then exported as an avi movie file.

You can use this too.

Hope all this makes sense…again i thank you for all your help. Cheers,
Paul

"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

Hi again…thanks for taking the time to reply. Now…

Use the program Virtualdub, or something like it to save

your avi file as a sequence of bmp files. Each bmp file will be a frame of the avi file.

Yes…silly me, the "save as a sequence" command was there..I’m blind!!

Open one of the files in Photoshop. Go to the actions menu and create an action that does what you want.

Yes..I did this.

Open the automate submenu on the file menu and choose
the action you just created to make a droplet. Save the
droplet in the folder above where the bmp files are. Go to the folder where the droplet is and drag the folder with the bmp files in it onto the droplet which will be an .exe file.

Yes, I did this too. The files opened up in Photoshop and were processed according to the PS action.

The resulting files can be opened in Virtualdub and saved as an avi file. :

Here’s where I’m confused. The processed bmp files are not (?) able to be opened up in Virtualdub as a group. I clicked on each bmp file and opened

it

up (file type in the save box=bmp) individually, thinking they would be

then

joined as an avi. Do you mean I should open each bmp in Virtualdub…save each as an avi file and then reassemble them (ie save as an avi movie)?

The avi files can be saved as bmp and reassembled

Why save again as bmp?

in Media Studio Pro and probably others.

I found a free program called "aviedit" that allows bmp files to be loaded and then exported as an avi movie file.

Hope all this makes sense…again i thank you for all your help. Cheers,
Paul

Did the droplet for Photoshop finally work? : -)

"Not so quick" wrote in message

"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

Hi again…thanks for taking the time to reply. Now…

Use the program Virtualdub, or something like it to save

your avi file as a sequence of bmp files. Each bmp file will be a frame of the avi file.

Yes…silly me, the "save as a sequence" command was there..I’m blind!!

Open one of the files in Photoshop. Go to the actions menu and create an action that does what you want.

Yes..I did this.

Open the automate submenu on the file menu and choose
the action you just created to make a droplet. Save the
droplet in the folder above where the bmp files are. Go to the folder where the droplet is and drag the folder with the bmp files in it onto the droplet which will be an .exe file.

Yes, I did this too. The files opened up in Photoshop and were processed according to the PS action.

The resulting files can be opened in Virtualdub and saved as an avi file. :

Here’s where I’m confused. The processed bmp files are not (?) able to

be

opened up in Virtualdub as a group. I clicked on each bmp file and

opened

it

up (file type in the save box=bmp) individually, thinking they would be

then

joined as an avi. Do you mean I should open each bmp in

Virtualdub…save

each as an avi file and then reassemble them (ie save as an avi movie)?

The avi files can be saved as bmp and reassembled

Why save again as bmp?

in Media Studio Pro and probably others.

I found a free program called "aviedit" that allows bmp files to be

loaded

and then exported as an avi movie file.

Hope all this makes sense…again i thank you for all your help. Cheers,
Paul

Did the droplet for Photoshop finally work? : -)

Yes..many thanks!

Cool. You’re welcome.

"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

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"Paul Burdett" wrote in message

Hi again…thanks for taking the time to reply. Now…

Use the program Virtualdub, or something like it to save

your avi file as a sequence of bmp files. Each bmp file will be a frame of the avi file.

Yes…silly me, the "save as a sequence" command was there..I’m

blind!!

Open one of the files in Photoshop. Go to the actions menu and create an action that does what you want.

Yes..I did this.

Open the automate submenu on the file menu and choose
the action you just created to make a droplet. Save the
droplet in the folder above where the bmp files are. Go to the folder where the droplet is and drag the folder with the bmp files in it onto the droplet which will be an .exe file.

Yes, I did this too. The files opened up in Photoshop and were

processed

according to the PS action.

The resulting files can be opened in Virtualdub and saved as an avi file. :

Here’s where I’m confused. The processed bmp files are not (?) able to

be

opened up in Virtualdub as a group. I clicked on each bmp file and

opened

it

up (file type in the save box=bmp) individually, thinking they would

be

then

joined as an avi. Do you mean I should open each bmp in

Virtualdub…save

each as an avi file and then reassemble them (ie save as an avi

movie)?

The avi files can be saved as bmp and reassembled

Why save again as bmp?

in Media Studio Pro and probably others.

I found a free program called "aviedit" that allows bmp files to be

loaded

and then exported as an avi movie file.

Hope all this makes sense…again i thank you for all your help. Cheers,
Paul

Did the droplet for Photoshop finally work? : -)

Yes..many thanks!