Photoshop CS6 Unlocked, 2nd Edition

Chapter 9Advanced Photoshop Techniques

In this final chapter, we’ll be covering some more advanced topics such as task automation, batch processing, and animation. I’ll show you tools that will help save both your time and sanity when you’re working on tedious, repetitive tasks. We’ll do some fun stuff, too, like creating GIF animations and some basic video editing with Photoshop. Let’s get on with it.

Creating Thumbnails for Multiple Images

Back in Chapter 7, we used the Image Size dialog window to create thumbnails for images. Here, we’ll use the same window, in conjunction with actions and batch processing, to create thumbnails for multiple images automatically.

Solution

I’ve started with 12 photos of the same size (2560 × 1920 pixels), oriented ...