The Photoshop CS2 Speed Clinic: Automating Photoshop to Get Twice the Work Done in Half the Time

ISBN: 0321441656
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2006
Pages: 113

Authors: Matt Kloskowski

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Photoshop CS2 Speed Clinic, The: Automating Photoshop to Get Twice the Work Done in Half the Time
Table of Contents
Copyright
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1. It Starts in Bridge
How to Read This Book
Creating Your Own Bridge Workspace
Changing the File Info (Metadata) on Multiple Images
Using Metadata Templates to Change File Info on Multiple Images
Creating a Slide Show
Renaming Multiple Photos All at Once
Letting Bridge Build the Cache for You
Faster Searching with Keywords
Saving Your Favorite Folders in Bridge
Chapter 2. Adding Automation Using Actions
Recording a Simple Action to Automate Common Tasks
Changing an Existing Action
Saving and Sharing Your Actions
Loading Actions from Other People
Chapter 3. Creating Smarter Actions
Creating Actions with a One-Click Undo
Recording Menu Items in an Action
Adding Messages and Notifications to an Action
Creating a Watermark Action for Any Image Orientation
Creating an Action That Makes Decisions for You
Chapter 4. Applying Actions to Multiple Images
Everything You Wanted to Know About Batch Processing
Batch Processing from Scratch
Chapter 5. Get Smart
Creating a Smart Picture Package
Replacing Only One Smart Object
Smart Objects and Camera Raw
Working with Smart Objects in Photoshop and Illustrator
Warp, Twist, Turn, Distort, and Transform Anything Non-Destructively
Chapter 6. Speeding up the Raw Workflow
Opening Photos in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR)
Saving Specific Settings in Camera Raw
Making Changes to Multiple RAW Files at Once
Straightening Crooked Photos in Camera Raw
Saving Multiple Photos in the Background
Cropping Multiple Photos at the Same Time
Assigning Camera Profiles Outside of the Camera
Chapter 7. Photoshop Can Do the Work for You
Bridge or Photoshop? Read This Before You Begin This Chapter
Crop and Straighten
Creating a PDF Presentation for Your Clients, Friends, or Family
Getting Your Portfolio on the Web (and Customizing It)
Customizing the Web Photo Gallery
Using a Contact Sheet to Find Photos After You Back Them Up to CD
Creating Your Own Picture Packages
Creating a Killer Panorama
Converting Multiple Images from One File Type to Another
Running Actions Outside of Photoshop
Creating a High Dynamic Range (HDR) Image
Chapter 8. Photoshop for Geeks-The Power of Scripting
Working with Scripts in Photoshop
Installing a New Script: Adding File Names to PDF Presentation
Creating, Editing, and Testing Scripts (The ExtendScript Toolkit)
Setting Scripts and Actions to Run Automatically
Letting Photoshop Write Scripts for You (Installing Script Listener)
Using the Script Listener
Uninstalling the Script Listener
Chapter 9. General Workflow Speed Tips
Quickly Previewing the Effect of Multiple Filters
Saving Custom Settings in Your Filters
Reducing Clutter with Layer Comps
Sharing Your Layer Comps Quickly and Easily
Saving Commonly Used Layer Styles
Straightening Crooked Photos the CS2 Way
Adding Adjustment Layers Quickly
Chapter 10. Nuts and Bolts
Getting the Most Out of Your RAM
Getting Photoshop in Windows to Use More RAM
Determining How Much Scratch Disk You Need
Using the Preset Manager to Speed Up Photoshop
Improve CS2 s Performance If You Have Over 1 GB of RAM
Setting Your Preferences for Speed
Chapter 11. Bringing It All Together in the Creative Suite
Setting Up the Creative Suite with the Same Color Management Settings
How to Move Your Color Swatches from Photoshop to Illustrator or InDesign
Viewing Your Favorite RSS Feeds in Bridge
The Fast Way to Open Any Images in Any Creative Suite Program
Saving Files as Groups in Bridge Center
Where to Go from Here
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