PS Exact Resizing Considering Portrait Or Landscape Format?

[Redneck]

I usually make my own actions for downsizing images if I want to use them on the web (like FB, Pixtus etc.).

The hard part is to make them all the exact size and that's what I'm asking for here.

Let's say I want to make an action which I can use for batch processing to have a whole folder resized and then saved at a different location.

The tricky part is that the original files might not all have the same size (due to cropping). They do have the same format ratio (3:2). That's why resizing at a set percentage won't bring the results I wish for.
But if I want to go for exact measurements at "Image -> Image Size" PS would need to know if it's a portrait or landscape format first.

Any ideas?

[picman]

I know you're asking for PS - but do you by chance have Lightroom?

[Snarfy]

Create one action that resizes for horizontal images, another action that resizes for vertical images. Use bridge to separate them, run the actions on file batches after separated.

[jeeper]

In LR, you could set it to resize based on one side - say, make the long side 800 pixels, and the short side will be whatever it will be for that aspect ratio. Does PS have a similar option?

[iCe]

In my save for web action I use Fit Image and set both sides to 800. I have the box checked so that the action stops and lets me adjust the long side if I want to (like if it's a pano and the site lets you post wider images). The long side gets set to 800 and the short side is whatever the result of the ratio. I chose that because most sites have a long side requirement

[scottbuckel]

I think the use of the script Image Processor does everything you need (to get there File-->Scripts-->Image Processor). If you want your images to be 800 px on the longest side, just put 800 in both the height and width box and they can be saved anywhere you want them. Also if you need tifs and psds you can get all three!

Scott

[iCe]

Can you run scripts from an action? That sounds exactly like what Fit Image does.

[Jake]

+1 on "Fit Image".
I set both sides to the same dimensions in the fit image part of the action and it works great for both horizontal and vertical.

[Redneck]

Originally Posted by Snarfy

Create one action that resizes for horizontal images, another action that resizes for vertical images. Use bridge to separate them, run the actions on file batches after separated.

That's exactly what I'm doing now but not want anymore because it's double the work.

[Redneck]

Originally Posted by scottbuckel

I think the use of the script Image Processor does everything you need (to get there File-->Scripts-->Image Processor). If you want your images to be 800 px on the longest side, just put 800 in both the height and width box and they can be saved anywhere you want them. Also if you need tifs and psds you can get all three!

Scott

Yes, it might do the resizing but you won't be able to apply a sharpener between resizing and saving the image within an action.

[Redneck]

Originally Posted by iCe

Can you run scripts from an action? That sounds exactly like what Fit Image does.

Thanks, Michael and Jake. "Image Fit" does exactly what I need. I wasn't aware of this function and had to look it up but that's what I was looking for.

Thank y'all for trying to help. Greatly appreciated.

[digidawg87]

Let Dr. Brown do the work for you.

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