CS3 Batch Resizing Bug?

TY
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Tse_Yang
Sep 22, 2008
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This has been "bugging" me for a while.

1) Open a raw file (.CR2)
2) output the file to JPG or open directly
===> i.e. the resulting image is 3888 x 2592
3) use Automate > Fit Image
===> i.e. 1200 pixels (reducing the image by a factor of 3.24) ======> The result should be 1200 x 800 pixels

However the batch conversion would be result in 1200 x 801 pixel.

Even if I were to add a step 2.5 as follows
2.5) image > image size > 1200 x 800

After automate > Fit Image (1200) it would still result in 1200 x 801 pixels!

What’s broken with photoshop?
The only fix I’ve stumbled across so far would be to use an external programme to strip all the exif and attached metadata, only then would the "Fit Image" script work.

Having one extra pixel doesn’t really matter most of the times, but it’s does get on my nerves. Advice sought: How can I fix this?

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MV
Mathias_Vejerslev
Sep 22, 2008
If it matters to you, how about Fit Image>Height only 800 pixels? How does that fare?

Another option is to include a Canvas Size step in the action, subtracting one pixel from height.
TY
Tse_Yang
Sep 22, 2008
hmmm actually using Fit Image > ANYTHING will result in an error of the shorter side.

Unfortunately, Canvas Size isn’t orientation aware, I’ll have to manually separate the images into portrait and landscape to process them differently.. 🙁
thanks for the suggestion though.

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