Numbering for a catalog

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Nathan_p._Dowell
Feb 8, 2004
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Hello I was wondering is there a fast / effective way to do Numbering for a catalog in Photoshop or image ready. I have 8 pages and over 300 badges to # a example of what I have to do can be seen here. <http://www.idshoppe.com/IDShoppe.html>
any help would be great.

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Nathan_p._Dowell
Feb 8, 2004
bump.. please help anyone
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larry
Feb 8, 2004
First of all I would suggest categorizing by some common theme instead of randomly numbering to 300. Once sorted by theme, numbering manually shouldn’t be too difficult. Create a folder for each theme and do your processing folder by folder.

Larry Berman
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Nathan_p._Dowell
Feb 8, 2004
well they need to be 1-300 a per customers request. I was just wondering is there a way to automate this so I dont have to manualy align the text each time
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larry
Feb 8, 2004
I think Photoshop can do it with an action, but I have never used it for that purpose. But have you checked Google for renaming programs? I just found this free one that looks like what you’re looking for:
<http://www.1-4a.com/rename/>

Larry Berman
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Nathan_p._Dowell
Feb 8, 2004
I think you are totaly misunderstanding what I am tring to do. only 8 files.. on each file is a page layout of 30 badges I have to put there stock # under the picture of the badge so it can go to print in a catalog.. the actual file name makes no diferance . thanks for your time.
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larry
Feb 8, 2004
You’re correct, I don’t understand what you’re trying to do based on your questions.

But I do have a jewelry client that send me layouts and digital files on CD to go into the layouts, both for a printed catalog and then to go on the web. I teach him how to photograph the jewelry and he sends me the raw files to work on. Unless they want to pay the extra time it will take me to try and match names to hundreds of similar looking rings I’ve explained that the images need to be named correctly on his computer before burning to the CD to start with. Trying to rename images after a few sets of operations and saves is a nightmare. So much easier and less time consuming if the images are named correctly to start. And since he’s paying by the hour…

The other thing is that sometimes it’s much faster to manually rename images than waiting for an answer to a forum question on how to batch rename.

Getting back to the web page and my previous suggestion, I built web sites for artists to sell their art work from and would never create galleries named with numbers no matter what the client thinks they want. If the items are not searchable by subject or theme, they will not sell. The biggest problem with the web page you provided a link to is that you have to look at every item on the web site to find what you’re looking for. The numbers under the thumbnails don’t mean anything. Much easier to use a name of the subject instead of a number and put a search engine on the web site. You can get a free search engine from <http://atomz.com>

Larry Berman
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wes
Feb 8, 2004
Nathan, I have looked for a scheme to do what you wish but so far haven’t come up with one. It would be easy enough to add white space to the bottom of each badge for the number but I can’t figure out a way to batch number the badges sequentially. If you are a programming kind of person, maybe you could use scripting for this kind of thing. Try doing a google search on "Photoshop scripts" and see if someone else may have done one already. I downloaded a script the other day that places a border around an image and then adds a signature in the lower right hand corner. All you would need would be a script that adds a sequential number on the bottom of the image. It seems easy enough for someone who can write scripts. I would try a google search on Photoshop scripts and see what comes up. I know that Adobe has a page where people share their actions and scripts, maybe that would help you. Check here and see if there is any thing that can be of help. http://www.design-on-line.co.uk/web_resource_centre/photosho p.htm I know that PSCS installs a scripting language but PS7 needs to have one installed and this can be done at the above site.

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Hello I was wondering is there a fast / effective way to do Numbering for
a catalog in Photoshop or image ready. I have 8 pages and over 300 badges to # a example of what I have to do can be seen here.
<http://www.idshoppe.com/IDShoppe.html>
any help would be great.
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LenHewitt
Feb 8, 2004
Nathan,

Really you would be far better off using the Photoshop for the images and a page layout application for the text elements

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