In Photoshop Elements 2, try File / Batch processing… You’ll find all sorts of option to resize pictures in batch.
Ray
Under the File menu, choose Batch Processing. That will enable you to do what you are looking for. If you need help understanding the process, check with the Photoshop Elements online help.
Thank you for your help.
I see the online help page that lists various topics and information. Is there a website to go to for online person to person help from an adobe elements advisor as well?
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Not that I am aware of. However, when you set up a batch resizing process, you designate the source folder and the destination folder. When the batch process is finished, you will have your new resized pictures in addition to your originals that will still be intact and unmodified. So don’t be afraid to experiment. If you don’t like the results, just delete the new resized images and try again. It isn’t going to hurt anything. And you will know a lot more than you do now. Plus, I think you will discover that this forum is probably your best resource because there are quite a few very knowledgeable people who are willing and anxious to help you.
PSE seems to have rather limited batch capabilities. You may want to purchase something like ThumbsPlus by Cerious (www.cerious.com). I use it for all my batch work and alot of other things, like customized printing, web wizard, image stamping, etc.
I agree that batch processing is somewhat limited in Photoshop Elements. But the question that was asked was what could be done using Elements. Elements by itself is a very good photo editor that does have some limited capabilities when compared with Photoshop and a host of other programs that can be purchased. But I have found that I haven’t even come close to pushing Photoshop Elements to its limits. And we can suggest purchasing additional software, and add-ins, and scripts, and filters, and actions, and the list just keeps growing.
I was doing some experimenting this morning using the batch process to resize three TIF images and convert them to JPEG images. The first two attempts didn’t give me the results I needed. So I just simply deleted the output files from the output folder and tried again. It took four attempts before I got what I wanted, but that was mainly because I didn’t know what I was doing. But the process did work very smoothly.
But, you are right. There are other programs available that make things much easier. I have Photoshop CS on my home computer as well. It is very easy to get spoiled using that program. But this morning I decided to try this little batch process just using Photoshop Elements. And I still think Photoshop Elements provides an awful lot of value when you compare prices. Having said that, I certainly would not want to give up Photoshop CS.
Thank you for your insight. I will definitely be back to this forum in the future.
