"process Multiple Files"

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luk
May 18, 2006
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There’s a feature in Elements 4 that I’ve never
used, but which has aroused my curiosity. It’s
the "process multiple files" command.

If any of you find it useful, I’d appreciate hearing
how you use it. When do you find it helpful?

Thanks.

Luk

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Harry
May 18, 2006
On Wed, 17 May 2006 21:26:14 -0400, luk
wrote:

There’s a feature in Elements 4 that I’ve never
used, but which has aroused my curiosity. It’s
the "process multiple files" command.

If any of you find it useful, I’d appreciate hearing
how you use it. When do you find it helpful?

Thanks.

Luk

Ok here is one use. I just got back from vacation and I put all of my jpg images into one directory. I used the "process multiple files" command to make psd versions of all of them at one time in another directory. Those are the images that I will edit.
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luk
May 18, 2006
Luk wrote:
There’s a feature in Elements 4 that I’ve never
used, but which has aroused my curiosity. It’s
the "process multiple files" command.

If any of you find it useful, I’d appreciate hearing
how you use it. When do you find it helpful?

Harry wrote:
Ok here is one use. I just got back from vacation and I put all of my jpg images into one directory. I used the "process multiple files" command to make psd versions of all of them at one time in another directory. Those are the images that I will edit.

Thanks.

Someone in my family wants to restore 50 old
photographs. But he wants to do it in large
groups rather than one at a time. I’m thinking
the "process multiple files" command might help.

Luk
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Harry
May 19, 2006
On Thu, 18 May 2006 17:27:44 -0400, luk
wrote:

Luk wrote:
There’s a feature in Elements 4 that I’ve never
used, but which has aroused my curiosity. It’s
the "process multiple files" command.

If any of you find it useful, I’d appreciate hearing
how you use it. When do you find it helpful?

Harry wrote:
Ok here is one use. I just got back from vacation and I put all of my jpg images into one directory. I used the "process multiple files" command to make psd versions of all of them at one time in another directory. Those are the images that I will edit.

Thanks.

Someone in my family wants to restore 50 old
photographs. But he wants to do it in large
groups rather than one at a time. I’m thinking
the "process multiple files" command might help.
Luk

It might help some. You can use it for auto levels, auto contrast and a few other things. They might give you a start on what you want to do.
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Travis
May 20, 2006
i beleive that is like "batch convert" in other programs were you can turn all .wav files into .mp3 files at once

"Harry" wrote in message
On Wed, 17 May 2006 21:26:14 -0400, luk
wrote:

There’s a feature in Elements 4 that I’ve never
used, but which has aroused my curiosity. It’s
the "process multiple files" command.

If any of you find it useful, I’d appreciate hearing
how you use it. When do you find it helpful?

Thanks.

Luk

Ok here is one use. I just got back from vacation and I put all of my jpg images into one directory. I used the "process multiple files" command to make psd versions of all of them at one time in another directory. Those are the images that I will edit.

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sharonx9
May 20, 2006
There’s a feature in Elements 4 that I’ve never
used, but which has aroused my curiosity. It’s
the "process multiple files" command.

It could add your watermark to all of them automatically or resize them also.


Sharon
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docgecko
May 20, 2006
luk wrote:
There’s a feature in Elements 4 that I’ve never
used, but which has aroused my curiosity. It’s
the "process multiple files" command.

If any of you find it useful, I’d appreciate hearing
how you use it. When do you find it helpful?

Thanks.

Luk

I use this feature all the time. I receive anywhere from 50 to 150 images monthly for a web site update. I use the batch feature to color correct (levels), rename (to lower case) and then again to rename adding a "t" to the filename for thumbnail images and to resize images for web site use as well as creating thumbnails. This one feature has saved me countless number of hours.

Just remember to save the altered photos in another directory so you don’t overwrite your originals. In fact, I copy my originals to a CD before doing anything else with them. That way I always have the originals to fall back on.

For retouching photos though, it would work for color adjustments and such on many images but you would still have to touch up the old photos manually because each would need a different retouching.

Hope this helps……
Doc
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luk
May 20, 2006
I use this feature all the time. I receive anywhere from 50 to 150 images monthly for a web site update. I use the batch feature to color correct (levels), rename (to lower case) and then again to rename adding a "t" to the filename for thumbnail images and to resize images for web site use as well as creating thumbnails. This one feature has saved me countless number of hours.

Just remember to save the altered photos in another directory so you don’t overwrite your originals. In fact, I copy my originals to a CD before doing anything else with them. That way I always have the originals to fall back on.

For retouching photos though, it would work for color adjustments and such on many images but you would still have to touch up the old photos manually because each would need a different retouching.
Hope this helps……
Doc

Thanks everyone.

I tried out this feature yesterday and now
have a better grasp of what it will do. It
does seem especially useful for someone
putting together a website.

It would also be useful for a person in the
habit of using features such as auto levels,
auto contrast and auto color correction.
One could do a folder full of photos all at
once.

I agree that restoring old photos which have
a variety of problems would require a more
individual approach.

Luk
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luk
May 20, 2006
luk wrote:

Thanks everyone.

I tried out this feature yesterday and now
have a better grasp of what it will do. It
does seem especially useful for someone
putting together a website.

It would also be useful for a person in the
habit of using features such as auto levels,
auto contrast and auto color correction.
One could do a folder full of photos all at
once.

I agree that restoring old photos which have
a variety of problems would require a more
individual approach.

Oh, and one more thing – It’s a cool way to
print a bunch of photos with the date printed
unobtrusively on the bottom.

Luk
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Tim Taylor
May 24, 2006
This command is also avilable in PSE 3 and I use it for re-sizing pictures for e-mailing. My e-mail client only allows so many megabytes per message. Hope this helps.

-Tim-

"luk" wrote in message
There’s a feature in Elements 4 that I’ve never
used, but which has aroused my curiosity. It’s
the "process multiple files" command.

If any of you find it useful, I’d appreciate hearing
how you use it. When do you find it helpful?

Thanks.

Luk

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