Learning Photoshop Automation

Learn how to use actions and automation in Adobe Photoshop and Bridge to speed up your workflow.

Introduction

• Automation saves you time
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Understanding Actions

• Using the Actions panel
• Loading a new action
• Creating a custom action
• Creating a conditional action
• Tips for creating better actions
• Testing and correcting actions
• Assigning actions to function keys
• Saving and sharing a set of actions
• Using the built-in actions

2. Automate Commands

• Batch processing multiple photos
• Create a PDF presentation
• Crop and straighten photos
• Create a contact sheet
• Get a consistent color mode conditional mode change
• Reduce several images to a consistent size by fitting images
• Remove distortion with lens correction
• Create high dynamic range images with Merge to HDR Pro
• Combining multiple photos with the Photomerge command

3. Using Scripts

• Process multiple images with the Image Processor
• Cleaning up a layered file
• Working with layer comps
• Exporting multiple layers
• Setting event-based scripts
• Load multiple files into a stack
• Combining layers with stack modes
• Finding and loading additional scripts

Conclusion

• Wrapping up