combining several pictures into one

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David_B._George
Jan 28, 2007
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I moved 3 pictures onto a new background and made some changes to each of them such as colors, sharpening, etc. I saved the new file as a PSD file. I want to save it as a JPG file but it will not display that as a file type choice. How do I save it as a jpeg file?

David George

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Ed_Hannigan
Jan 28, 2007
What version of Photoshop? Try flattening it first.
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Bernie
Jan 28, 2007
also, JPEG will not support 16-bit colour
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chrisjbirchall
Jan 28, 2007
If you use Image Processor to resize and save out a Jpeg version of your images, all the necessary conversions will be done automatically.

You can also set IP to convert the colour profile to sRGB ready for the web and if necessary, run an action during the conversion. This could be an action to sharpen the resized image for instance.

Set up correctly, this becomes a one-click solution which can be run on a whole directory of files without resorting to the Batch command.

Hope this helps.

Chris.
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MICHAEL_WWII
Jan 28, 2007
Hello

Does anyone know if Batch Conversion is possible with Adobe 7 for windows?

I’d like to convert about 100 photos from larger file sizes all to set re-size of about 100 KB’s each. (most original file sizes are all about 2-3 MB’s each)

Thanx
Mike
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Klaas Visser
Jan 28, 2007
Assuming you mean Adobe Photoshop v7, yes there is a Batch facility.

You’ll need to record an action for what you want to do to start with, and use the Batch command on the folder/files you want to modify.

I haven’t got v7 installed any more, but page 408 of the User Manual, or check the help file (F1) should get you pointed in the right direction.
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MICHAEL_WWII
Jan 29, 2007
Hello Klass

Thank you – yes I’m using Adobe Photo Shop version 7 for windows (I also have this version for MAC)

Well Klass, I tried to do a few batches following the Help Tips, but the option for REDUCING a file size doesn’t seem to appear? There are several other options for other tasks, but re-sizing doesn’t appear to be one of the options. There are tasks for: "vignetting", "casting shadows" and about 5 other tasks, but resizing doesn’t seem to be one of them?

I’ve tried this before on my MAC, and couldn’t find it either….

Perhaps I’m not doing something?

Thanx
Mike
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Klaas Visser
Jan 29, 2007
To reduce the file size, you’ll need to resample the image.

This is in the Image menu, Image Size.
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Ed_Hannigan
Jan 29, 2007
Note also, that each image is different and it’s very hard to target a file size. More complex images will have larger file sizes than simple images with fewer colors.
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MICHAEL_WWII
Jan 29, 2007
Hi guys

Thanx for all you help in regard to this issue.

Yes it’s true that all of the files I’m dealing with (taken with my Nikon D70), vary in size from about 2.5 MB’s to almost 4 MB’s.

This feature of Batch Conversion option isn’t as easy as I thought. Even if I arbitrarily set a re-size "Target" to say 100 KB’s, it doesn’t appear as though the process will allow for an transition of 50 to 100 files all to the same size of 100 KB’s (at least not without going through another step or several other steps).

I can use Photoshop 7 farily well (working with individual files), but I just can’t grasp the batch thing ….

Guess I’ll give it few more trys ….

Thanx again for all your help
Mike
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Klaas Visser
Jan 29, 2007
This is a bit of the wall, but something I’ve used in the past to create a bunch of copies at a specific image size has been the Web Gallery tool.

This is only useful if you need all your pictures at a certain pixel size (eg, 800 by 600 or somesuch) – there’s no facility to put in a target file size.

Basically, I run the Web Gallery function, and then throw away everything but the resultant image files.
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chrisjbirchall
Jan 30, 2007
No one ever reads post #3 🙁

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