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

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

by Matt Kloskowski - Education and Curriculum Developer National, Association of Photoshop Professionals
Released March 2006
Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
ISBN: 9780321441652

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Book description

If you're looking for an easy way to work fast in Photoshop CS2, congratulations, you've found it! Matt Kloskowski, Education and Curriculum Developer for the NAPP, shows you how to use the power of automation to instantly save time, money, and frustration. Once you master these powerful tools, you'll wonder how you ever got along without them.
 
You'll learn how to:

•    Effectively use Adobe Bridge to manage your images
•    Add automation using actions
•    Create smarter actions
•    Use batch processing
•    Speed up the Camera Raw workflow
•    Customize scripts
•    Fine tune filters and preferences
•    And much more!

This guide is not only packed with info, it will also show you hidden actions and automation gems that are already loaded when you install Photoshop CS2! If you want to increase your speed, and get twice the work done with half the headaches--this is the book for you!

 

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
    1. Dedication
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. About the Author
  4. 1. It Starts in Bridge
    1. How to Read This Book
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
    2. Creating Your Own Bridge Workspace
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
    3. Changing the File Info (Metadata) on Multiple Images
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
    4. Using Metadata Templates to Change File Info on Multiple Images
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
      7. Step Seven
    5. Creating a Slide Show
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
    6. Renaming Multiple Photos All at Once
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
    7. Letting Bridge Build the Cache for You
      1. What Is Cache?
      2. Step One
      3. Step Two
    8. Faster Searching with Keywords
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
      7. Step Seven
      8. Step Eight
      9. Step Nine
    9. Saving Your Favorite Folders in Bridge
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
  5. 2. Adding Automation Using Actions
    1. Recording a Simple Action to Automate Common Tasks
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
    2. Changing an Existing Action
      1. Step One
      2. Method One: Modifying an Action Setting
        1. Step One
        2. Step Two
      3. Method Two: Adding a Step to an Action
        1. Step One
        2. Step Two
        3. Step Three
        4. Step Four
    3. Saving and Sharing Your Actions
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
    4. Loading Actions from Other People
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
  6. 3. Creating Smarter Actions
    1. Creating Actions with a One-Click Undo
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
    2. Recording Menu Items in an Action
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
    3. Adding Messages and Notifications to an Action
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
      7. Step Seven
      8. Step Eight
    4. Creating a Watermark Action for Any Image Orientation
      1. The Problem with Specific Image Coordinates in Actions
      2. Step One
      3. Step Two
      4. Step Three
      5. Step Four
      6. Step Five
      7. Step Six
      8. Step Seven
      9. Step Eight
      10. Step Nine
      11. Step Ten
      12. Step Eleven
      13. Step Twelve
      14. Step Thirteen
      15. Step Fourteen
      16. Step Fifteen
    5. Creating an Action That Makes Decisions for You
      1. Why Use a Conditional Action?
      2. Step One
      3. Step Two
      4. Step Three
      5. Step Four
      6. Step Five
      7. Step Six
      8. Step Seven
      9. Step Eight
      10. Step Nine
      11. Step Ten
      12. Step Eleven
      13. Step Twelve
  7. 4. Applying Actions to Multiple Images
    1. Everything You Wanted to Know About Batch Processing
      1. How to Use This Chapter
      2. Starting a Batch Process
        1. Option One
        2. Option Two
      3. Play (Choosing Which Action to Run)
      4. Source (Choosing Which Files to Batch)
      5. Destination (Choosing How and Where to Save Your Files)
      6. File Naming
      7. Errors
    2. Batch Processing from Scratch
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
      7. Step Seven
      8. Step Eight
      9. Step Nine
      10. Step Ten
      11. Step Eleven
      12. Step Twelve
      13. Step Thirteen
      14. Step Fourteen
      15. Step Fifteen
      16. Step Sixteen
      17. Step Seventeen
      18. Step Eighteen
      19. Step Nineteen
  8. 5. Get Smart
    1. Creating a Smart Picture Package
      1. What is a Smart Object and Why Use Them?
      2. Step One
      3. Step Two
      4. Step Three
      5. Step Four
    2. Replacing Only One Smart Object
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
    3. Smart Objects and Camera Raw
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
    4. Working with Smart Objects in Photoshop and Illustrator
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
    5. Warp, Twist, Turn, Distort, and Transform Anything Non-Destructively
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
  9. 6. Speeding up the Raw Workflow
    1. Opening Photos in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR)
      1. The Difference Between Bridge’s Camera Raw and Photoshop’s Camera Raw
      2. Method One
      3. Method Two
      4. Method Three
      5. Method Four
    2. Saving Specific Settings in Camera Raw
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. The Problem
      5. Step Four
      6. Step Five
      7. Step Six
    3. Making Changes to Multiple RAW Files at Once
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
    4. Straightening Crooked Photos in Camera Raw
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
    5. Saving Multiple Photos in the Background
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
      7. Step Seven
    6. Cropping Multiple Photos at the Same Time
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
    7. Assigning Camera Profiles Outside of the Camera
      1. About Color Profiles In Camera Raw
      2. Step One
      3. Step Two
  10. 7. Photoshop Can Do the Work for You
    1. Bridge or Photoshop? Read This Before You Begin This Chapter
      1. Background
      2. Method One: Photoshop
      3. Method Two: Bridge
    2. Crop and Straighten
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
    3. Creating a PDF Presentation for Your Clients, Friends, or Family
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
    4. Getting Your Portfolio on the Web (and Customizing It!)
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
    5. Customizing the Web Photo Gallery
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
    6. Using a Contact Sheet to Find Photos After You Back Them Up to CD
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
    7. Creating Your Own Picture Packages
      1. Part One: Creating a Basic Picture Package
        1. Step One
        2. Step Two
        3. Step Three
      2. Part Two: Customizing Picture Packages
        1. Step Four
        2. Step Five
        3. Step Six
        4. Step Seven
        5. Step Eight
    8. Creating a Killer Panorama
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
    9. Converting Multiple Images from One File Type to Another
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
    10. Running Actions Outside of Photoshop
      1. What Is a Droplet?
      2. Step One
      3. Step Two
      4. Step Three
      5. Step Four
    11. Creating a High Dynamic Range (HDR) Image
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
  11. 8. Photoshop for Geeks-The Power of Scripting
    1. Working with Scripts in Photoshop
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
    2. Installing a New Script: Adding File Names to PDF Presentation
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
    3. Creating, Editing, and Testing Scripts (The ExtendScript Toolkit)
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
      7. Step Seven
      8. Step Eight
      9. Step Nine
    4. Setting Scripts and Actions to Run Automatically
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
    5. Letting Photoshop Write Scripts for You (Installing Script Listener)
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
    6. Using the Script Listener
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
      7. Step Seven
    7. Uninstalling the Script Listener
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
  12. 9. General Workflow Speed Tips
    1. Quickly Previewing the Effect of Multiple Filters
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
      6. Step Six
      7. Step Seven
    2. Saving Custom Settings in Your Filters
      1. What’s a Vignette?
      2. Step One
      3. Step Two
      4. Step Three
      5. Step Four
      6. Step Five
      7. Step Six
    3. Reducing Clutter with Layer Comps
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
    4. Sharing Your Layer Comps Quickly and Easily
      1. Step One
      2. Option One
      3. Option Two
      4. Option Three
    5. Saving Commonly Used Layer Styles
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
    6. Straightening Crooked Photos the CS2 Way
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
    7. Adding Adjustment Layers Quickly
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
  13. 10. Nuts and Bolts
    1. Getting the Most Out of Your RAM
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
      5. Step Five
    2. Getting Photoshop in Windows to Use More RAM
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
    3. Determining How Much Scratch Disk You Need
      1. Background
      2. Step One
      3. Step Two
      4. Step Three
    4. Using the Preset Manager to Speed Up Photoshop
      1. What are Presets?
      2. Step One
      3. Step Two
      4. Step Three
      5. Step Four
      6. Step Five
      7. Step Six
    5. Improve CS2’s Performance If You Have Over 1 GB of RAM
      1. Techie Background Stuff
      2. Step One
      3. Step Two
    6. Setting Your Preferences for Speed
      1. Image Cache Levels
      2. Reducing the Number of History States Photoshop Remembers
      3. Enable Pixel Doubling for Faster Screen Redraws
      4. Minimize Your Palette Preview Thumbnails
      5. Purge Undo, Clipboard, or Histories
      6. Optimizing and Defragmenting Hard Disks
  14. 11. Bringing It All Together in the Creative Suite
    1. Setting Up the Creative Suite with the Same Color Management Settings
      1. Synchronizing Color Management Settings
        1. Step One
        2. Step Two
        3. Step Three
      2. Specifying a Specific Color Management Setting for One Program
        1. Step One
        2. Step Two
        3. Step Three
        4. Step Four
    2. How to Move Your Color Swatches from Photoshop to Illustrator or InDesign
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
      4. Step Four
    3. Viewing Your Favorite RSS Feeds in Bridge
      1. What’s an RSS feed?
      2. Step One
      3. Step Two
      4. Step Three
      5. Step Four
      6. Step Five
    4. The Fast Way to Open Any Images in Any Creative Suite Program
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
    5. Saving Files as Groups in Bridge Center
      1. Step One
      2. Step Two
      3. Step Three
    6. Where to Go from Here
      1. Folders on Your Own Computer
      2. Adobe Studio Exchange
      3. Adobe Photoshop CS2 Killer Tips Podcast
      4. National Association of Photoshop Professionals

Product information

  • Title: Photoshop CS2 Speed Clinic, The: Automating Photoshop to Get Twice the Work Done in Half the Time
  • Author(s): Matt Kloskowski - Education and Curriculum Developer National, Association of Photoshop Professionals
  • Release date: March 2006
  • Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
  • ISBN: 9780321441652