Tsuki's Ramblings
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Switching blogs
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Tutorial: Batch Processing Camera RAW to JPEG
The problem I came across the other day was that we had been out all day taking pictures of a bunch of flowers. I came home after taking some 250+ pictures all taken in camera RAW. Awesome idea, but when I came home, I didn't realize how tedious it would be to just look at all of the images to see which ones I liked. On top of being time consuming, I would also have to then take into Photoshop all of the images I liked, edit them and re-save them as a JPEG or whatever other file type I wished for posting purposes.
Knowing it was possible to process all of the files automatically, but yet, not knowing how to accomplish that goal myself, I went about online to figure out how to do it. The problem came though that I was really unsure of what the process was called. So I spent some time looking around and finally came across something that gave me the basics but didnt really tell me everything. So I sort of had to just guess my way through it.
Anyway, to save myself sometime, figured I would post it here for later use, as well as hopefully helping anyone else who may need it as well.
Step 1: Obviously the first step is to open Photoshop up. (assuming at least that photoshop is the program you are using. If its not, why are you here then? )
Step 2: You need to create the action over in the actions flyout. If you do not see the action flyout, you can bring it back up by clicking on the Window tab in the toolbar and activating the Actions option. Or for those like myself who prefer shortcut keys ALT + F9 will also bring it back up.
Step 3: The next thing I would do is to create a new folder for your custom actions. So under the actions flyout, click the new folder option.
Step 4: With the new folder created, click on it to highlight it, then selct the create new action option.
Name – Self Explanatory
Color – I have yet to figure out what this actually does. I am guessing perhaps if you are using an action to create a background piece that perhaps it is used for the background color? I am really not sure.
When you have everything completed, click the record button
Step 6: Now this is important. From here on, everything you click will be recorded and added to the action. So make sure that anything you want to add to this action, you go through in the EXACT order it should be. Granted things can be edited later, but its just good practice to try to get it right the first time then to have to spend all the extra time editing later.
For the case of this action, all I wanted was for an action to open Camera RAW images then to resave them as JPEG.
From this point I opened up the first image that I wanted to be done. The camera RAW options opened up inside of photoshop. As I mentioned before, everything you edit will be done to EACH image. So in the case of this, I figure less is more. I don’t want to go through and edit the exposure and everything else that I would normally. Those edits might not be accurate from image to image. So in this case, the only thing I opted to change was the white balance from “As Shot” to “Cloudy”. I liked the look of that option, so I went with it. I then precedded to click on the Open in Photoshop option.
Now with Photoshop open, the image itself is fine. If I wanted to change the size of the image to a smaller format, I could do that here first. In this case though, all I wish to do is to resave it. So I go to File> Save As> Select JPEG as my file type, name my file.
The final thing I need to do now is to close the file out and leave just Photoshop Open. Done.
Click Stop Recording in the Actions flyout. You will now see the Action you created in the folder you opted to attach it to.
Step 7: Now go to File> Automate> Batch and look at the options here.
The Play Options:
Set – Once again, the action folder that you are using, in this case, Custom Actions
Action – the name of the action you are using.
Source – Folder is what you will need for this option. I have not found a need for the other options so far.
Choose: This option is the folder in which all of your camera raw pictures are located. Ideally I believe they should be somewhere on your harddrive and not inside of the memory card. Doing this I believe would save time and also not have the chance of corrupting your memory card if something went wrong.
Include all Sub-Folders: Have all of your images from a weeks worth of photoshoots in one folder seperated in their own subfolders, click this and it will go through each subfolder one after the other.
Suppress Color Profile Warnings: Unsure
Destination Options:
Destination – Once again, I opted for Folder as my option. I have not found a need for the rest of them yet.
Override Action “Save As” Command: This makes it so you don’t have to keep selecting all of the options to save a file. You don’t need to change the name or the file type or anything.
File Naming – Now I am not 100% sure what all of the saving options use here. I know with the first section, I opted to use the 3 digit seriel number as my file name. This would make all of my files look like this as they save: 001, 002, 003, etc etc. The option to the right of it I chose extension. This option will take the File Extension, in this case JPEG, that you originally saved the file to during the action recording as the file type for all of your images.
Step 8: Click ok. This will start your batch process. Now walk away from the computer and do what ever needs to be done while the computer does all of the work. At any time say you forgot to set something up, just hit esc on your computer and you can cancel the Batch process when needed.
Now I know this process works inside of Photoshop, but I am unsure it works inside of Lightroom or another photo editing software. At least with Lightroom, since it is an Adobe product, I am sure there is the chance of a similar procedure, but as I do not have access to the program I am unsure. If anyone has it and knows how to do a batch process in it, please let me know as I am curious now. Also, if I have forgotten a step, or if I explained something wrong, please let me know! I am still learning alot of this stuff myself, so any thing I post is just how I understand things as of now. Thanks again :)
PS - Also, my apology about the formatting here, I am still trying to figure out how to format the blogs with any pictures in. The edit window this whole thing looks completely different to me.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Photography: Phipps Conservatory 4-5-11
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Photography: Contest?
Sunday, March 27, 2011
List: Book Collection
Books List | Author |
3ds Max 2011: One Project From Start to Finish | 3Dats |
Ancestor | Scott Sigler |
Apocalypse of the Dead | Joe Mckinney |
Canon EOS Rebel XSI | David D. Busch |
Cataclysm - Ensemble | Stephen Molter |
Cataclysm - Phoenix | Stephen Molter |
Chasing the Dead | Joe Schreiber |
Complete Birds of the World | National Geographic |
Contagious | Scott Sigler |
Dead Space: Martyr | B. K. Evenson |
Elderst | Christopher Paolini |
Eragon | Christopher Paolini |
Feed | Mira Grant |
Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow - The Legacy | R. A. Salvatore |
Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow - Starless Night | R. A. Salvatore |
Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow - Siege of Darkness | R. A. Salvatore |
Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow - Passage to Dawn | R. A. Salvatore |
Forgotten Realms: Hunters Blade Trilogy - The Thousand Orcs | R. A. Salvatore |
Forgotten Realms: Hunters Blade Trilogy - The Lone Drow | R. A. Salvatore |
Forgotten Realms: Hunters Blade Trilogy - The Two Swords | R. A. Salvatore |
Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness - The Silent Blade | R. A. Salvatore |
Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness - The Spine of the World | R. A. Salvatore |
Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness - Servant of the Shard | R. A. Salvatore |
Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness - Sea of Swords | R. A. Salvatore |
Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen - Book 4 Extinction | Lise Smedman |
Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen - Book 5 Annihilation | Philip Athans |
Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen - Book 6 Resurrection | Paul S. Kemp |
Getting Things Done | David Allen |
Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines | Graphic Artist Guild |
Infected | Scott Sigler |
Inside the Third Reich | Albert Speer |
Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong | James W. Loewen |
Parasite Eve | Hideaki Sena |
Patient Zero | Jonathan Maberry |
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Seth Grahame-Smith |
Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds max and Mental Ray | Autodesk |
Star Trek: All Good Things | Michael Jan Friedman |
Star Trek: Crossover | Michael Jan Friedman |
Star Trek: Dark Mirror | Diane Duane |
Star Trek: First Contact | J. M. Dillard |
Star Trek: Generations | J. M. Dillard |
Star Trek: Insurrection | J. M. Dillard |
Star Trek: Nemesis | J. M. Dillard |
Star Trek: Metamorphosis | Jean Lorrah |
Star Trek: Mirror Universe - Shards and Shadows | Assorted Authors |
Star Trek: Myriad Universe - Echos and Refractions | Assorted Authors |
Star Wars: Allegiance | Timothy Zahn |
Star Wars: Crimson Empire | Mike Richardson |
Star Wars: Crosscurrent | Paul S. Kemp |
Star Wars: Dark Empire | Tom Veitch |
Star Wars: Dark Empire 2 | Tom Veitch |
Star Wars: Dark Lord - The Rise of Darth Vader | James Luceno |
Star Wars: Dark Nest 1 - The joiner King | Troy Denning |
Star Wars: Dark Nest 2 - The Unseen Queen | Troy Denning |
Star Wars: Dark nest 3 - The Swarm War | Troy Denning |
Star Wars: Darth Bane - Path of Destruction | Drew Karpyshan |
Star Wars: Darth Bane - Rule of Two | Drew Karpyshan |
Star Wars: Death Troopers | Joe Schreiber |
Star Wars: Force Unleashed | Sean Williams |
Star Wars: Outbound Flight | Timothy Zahn |
Star Wars: Survivors Quest | Timothy Zahn |
Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi - Outcast | Aaron Allston |
Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi - Omen | Christie Golden |
Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi - Abyss | Troy Denning |
Star Wars: Jedi Academy Trilogy - Jedi Search | |
Star Wars: Jedi Academy Trilogy - Champions of the Force | Kevin J. Anderson |
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force - Betrayal | Aaron Allston |
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force - Bloodlines | Karen Traviss |
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force - Tempest | Troy Denning |
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force - Exile | Aaron Allston |
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force - Sacrifice | Karen Traviss |
Star Wars: Legacy of the Froce - Inferno | Troy Denning |
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force - Fury | Aaron Allston |
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force - Revelation | Karen Traviss |
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force - Invincible | Troy Denning |
Star Wars: The Old Republic - Fatal Alliance | Sean Williams |
The Art and Science of Digital Compositing | Ron Brinkmann |
The Child Thief | Brom |
The Children of Huran | J. R. R. Tolkien |
The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft | H. P. Lovecraft |
The Divine Comedy | Dante |
The Elegant Universe | Brian Greene |
The Fall | Chuck Hogan/ Guillermo Del Toro |
The Living Dead | Assorted Authors |
The Nuremberg Interviews | Leon Goldensohn |
The Walking Dead Volumn 1 | Robert Kirkman |
The Walking Dead Volumn 2 | Robert Kirkman |
The Walking Dead Volumn 3 | Robert Kirkman |
The Walking Dead Volumn 4 | Robert Kirkman |
The Walking Dead Volumn 5 | Robert Kirkman |
The Walking Dead Volumn 6 | Robert Kirkman |
The Walking Dead Volumn 10 | Robert Kirkman |
The Walking Dead Volumn 11 | Robert Kirkman |
The Zombie Survival Guide | Max Brooks |
List: Movie Collection
Movies - DVD |
5 Children and It |
10 Things I Hate About You |
28 Days Later |
50 First Dates |
300 |
A Beautiful Mind |
Abbott and Costello Funniest Routines |
A Knights Tale |
Alvin and the Chipmunks |
American Girl Samantha |
American Girl Felicity |
American Girl Molly |
American History X |
Animatrix |
Armitage Dual Matrix |
Army of Darkness |
Atonement |
Austin Power's |
Austin Power's Goldmember |
Band of Brothers |
Bed of Roses |
Big Bang Theory Season 1 |
Big Bang Theory Season 2 |
Big Bang Theory Season 3 |
Bourne Supremacy |
Bourne Ultimatum |
Braveheart |
Bridge to Terabithia |
Brotherhood of the Wolf |
Bubba-ho-tep |
Casshern |
Children of Men |
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe |
Chronicles of Riddick |
Clerks 2 |
Cloverfield |
Coraline |
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon |
Crow |
Dances with Wolves |
Dark Knight |
Dawn of the Dead (1978) |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
Dead Silence |
Diary of the Dead |
Elf |
Emma |
Evil Dead |
Evil Dead 2 |
Fast and the Furious |
Fifth Element |
Final Fantasy: Advent Children |
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within |
Finding Nemo |
Fountain |
Frailty |
Fringe Season 1 |
Girl with a Pearl Earring |
Grave of the Fireflies |
Grumpy Old Men |
Grumpier Old Men |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
Hatred of the Minute |
Hero |
Hitch |
Hot Fuzz |
Hot Shots Part Deux |
House of Flying Daggers |
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
In the Army Now |
Insomnia |
Ju-on |
Juno |
Knocked Up |
Kung Fu Panda |
Kung Fu Panda |
The Last Samurai |
Lemony Snickets: A Series of Unfortunate Events |
Lilo and Stitch |
Little Mermaid |
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings Special Extended Editon |
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Special Extended Edition |
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Special Extended Edition |
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
Love Letter (korean version) |
The Matrix |
Memento Mori |
Mist of Avalon |
Monsters Inc |
Moulin Rouge |
Naked Gun 33 1/3 |
Neverending Story |
Ninja Scroll |
Night of the Living Dead |
Night at the Museum |
Notebook |
Orphange, The |
Out For Justice |
Pans's Labyrinth |
Persuasion |
Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl |
Pixar Shortfilms |
Police Academy |
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment |
Police Academy 3: Back in Training |
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol |
Pride and Prejudice (2005) |
Pulse (japanese Version) |
Pursuit of Happiness |
Quarentine |
Rest Stop |
Resident Evil Apocalypse |
Resident Evil Degeneration |
Revenge of the Nerds |
Robin Hood Men in Tights |
Romeo and Juliet (1968) |
Royale Tramp |
Royale Tramp 2 |
Rush Hour |
Rush Hour 2 |
Saw |
Saw 2 |
Saw 4 |
Schindlers List |
Secret Garden |
Seven Swords |
Sherlock Holmes |
Shinobi |
Shrek 2 |
Silent Hill |
Somethings Gotta Give |
Somewhere in Time |
Spaceballs |
Star Trek (2009) |
Star Wars: A New Hope |
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition |
Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi Special Edition |
Star Wars : The Phantom Menace |
Star Wars : Attack of the Clones |
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith |
Step Brothers |
Story of Star Wars |
Superman Returns (2006) |
Surviving the Game |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
The Three Stooges Collection Volumn 1 |
The Three Stooges Collection Volumn 2 |
The Three Stooges Collection Volumn 3 |
The Three Stooges Collection Volumn 4 |
The Three Stooges Collection Volumn 5 |
The Three Stooges Collection Volumn 6 |
The Three Stooges Collection Volumn 8 |
The Three Stooges In Color |
To Live |
Twilight |
Twilight: New Moon |
Twilight in Forks |
Underworld |
V for Vendetta |
Vampire Hunter D |
Vampire Princess Miyu Volumn 1 |
What Dreams May Come |
What's Eating Gilbert Grape |
White Noise |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
Witches |
X:1999 |
X-men 2 |
Movies - Blu-Ray/ Blu-Ray DVD Combo |
Avatar Extended Edition |
Beauty and the Beast |
Black Swan |
Despicable Me |
Event Horizon |
Final Fantasy: Advent Children |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince |
Julie and Julia |
Labyrinthe |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians |
Ponyo |
Princess and the Frog |
Romeo And Juliet (1996) |
Tangled |
Twilight: Eclipse |
Wall-E |
UP |