Practical Color Management: Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography

CHAPTER 3: Establishing a Color Management–Friendly Workflow

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BATCH PROCESSING FOR INTERNET OUTPUT

Prepping  les for output on the Web can be automated via batch processing. One way to do this is to record an action in

Photoshop. To do so, use the Image → Image Size command along with Edit → Convert to Pro le. Once this action is

recorded, you can use File → Automate → Batch from the Photoshop main menu, select the action, a folder of images, and

batch process these images with your action.

My favorite method for batch processing for the Internet

is using Image Processor. Go to File → Scripts → Image

Processor in Photoshop (or from Adobe Bridge, select

Tools → Photoshop → Image Processor). Here you can

select “Resize image,” type in the pixel dimension, select

“Convert Pro le to sRGB,” and batch process all your

selected images from the Bridge.

When you batch process in this way, in order

to obtain the Bicubic Sharper option for

downsampling, you have to set your preferences

ahead of time. In Photoshop under Edit →

Preferences → General (Windows), or Photoshop

→ Preferences → General (Mac), select Bicubic

Sharper from the Image Interpolation pull-down

menu, which will then become the default setting.

Now, when you use the Image Processor from

either the Bridge or Photoshop, Bicubic

Sharper will be used.

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