Two simple(?) action problems (PS7)

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Oskar von dem Hagen
Jan 26, 2006
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Task: crop many big pictures to varying sizes.

1st problem: I have been unable to open the files in a maximized window. (The photoshop window is maximized but not the picture window.) Neither could I include something like "maximize window" in my action. In the newsgroups I only found similar questions but no answers. Does that mean it’s impossible?

2nd problem: I want the selection to be variable. But there is no "dialog" option for the "set selection". I can include a pause in the action but I can’t support the corresponding message window,or can I?

Any hint for either problem?

Oskar
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Oskar von dem Hagen
Jan 26, 2006
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:03:46 +0100, Oskar von dem Hagen wrote:

Task: crop many big pictures to varying sizes.

1st problem: I have been unable to open the files in a maximized window. (The photoshop window is maximized but not the picture window.) Neither could I include something like "maximize window" in my action. In the newsgroups I only found similar questions but no answers. Does that mean it’s impossible?

2nd problem: I want the selection to be variable. But there is no "dialog" option for the "set selection". I can include a pause in the action but I can’t support the corresponding message window,or can I?

Obviously I want to *suppress* the window, sry.

Any hint for either problem?

Oskar
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Mike Hyndman
Jan 26, 2006
Oskar,

Check the link http://www.atncentral.com/tutorials.htm (Photoshop Actions – The Mother of All Tutorials) for the first zip file download.

HTH
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Oskar von dem Hagen
Jan 27, 2006
Thanks Mike.

Check the link http://www.atncentral.com/tutorials.htm

That’s quite and impressive tutorial (294 pages)! And I found that automated crops require the crop-tool instead of the menu item. My second problem, however, is still unresolved. Will try a new thread. Oskar

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