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Posted by washout on Jun-18-2007 01:54:

photoshop help

something very easy, if some1 can tell me.

i have several small images being used as thumbnails.
to each thumbnail, id just like to apply a black border to each side, 2 pixels deep.
once i figure out how to do one, i can automate it and run it on the rest.

for those posts who are completly irelevent, dumb, and make no sense, thanks because i would do the same.
for real help, thanks too, haha.


Posted by Ivand on Jun-18-2007 02:14:

right click the layer, blending options > stroke


Posted by AnomalyConcept on Jun-18-2007 02:18:

If each thumbnail image is in it's own document/file, you're in luck.

Keystrokes work in Windows.

Open image in Photoshop.
Select all (ctrl+a).
stroke with appropriate color (black), 2 pixels, inside. (alt,e,s)
save.
Repeat as necessary.

The stroke settings will carry over between uses, so you can just automate the select & stroke bits.

hth.


Posted by kadomony on Jun-18-2007 02:47:

quote:
Originally posted by AnomalyConcept
If each thumbnail image is in it's own document/file, you're in luck.

Keystrokes work in Windows.

Open image in Photoshop.
Select all (ctrl+a).
stroke with appropriate color (black), 2 pixels, inside. (alt,e,s)
save.
Repeat as necessary.

The stroke settings will carry over between uses, so you can just automate the select & stroke bits.

hth.


if you have a lot of images, i'd suggest making an action and running a batch on them


Posted by washout on Jun-18-2007 03:01:

trying to figure it out ...


Posted by washout on Jun-18-2007 03:04:

ok im on the stroke step, lol.
is that filter > brush stroke > x ??

and yes, once i figure it out i will automate it.
i do know how to do that.


Posted by DJ Chrono on Jun-18-2007 03:05:

Open one image first.

Click on the 'Actions' tab (should be beside History tab).

Click the 'create new action' page icon at the bottom of the panel.

Give your new action a name. It should automatically start recording whatever action you preform on your image.

Do whatever you want to do, like adding a black pixel border.

When you're finished, click the little stop icon at the bottom of the Actions panel.

Now that you have your action set up, just go to File > Automate > Batch.

Select your new action from the dropdown list. Pick your source folder, and your destination folder, and whatever other settings you want.

Run the batch.

Done.


Posted by washout on Jun-18-2007 03:07:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Chrono
Open one image first.

Click on the 'Actions' tab (should be beside History tab).

Click the 'create new action' page icon at the bottom of the panel.

Give your new action a name. It should automatically start recording whatever action you preform on your image.

Do whatever you want to do, like adding a black pixel border.

When you're finished, click the little stop icon at the bottom of the Actions panel.

Now that you have your action set up, just go to File > Automate > Batch.

Select your new action from the dropdown list. Pick your source folder, and your destination folder, and whatever other settings you want.

Run the batch.

Done.


yea i know how to automate.
ive already used that shit resizing a few hundred pictures.
i need to learnm how to apply this border.


Posted by DJ Chrono on Jun-18-2007 03:07:

Oh.. if you already know how to automate and just want to add a border..

Right click on your layer. Select 'blending options'.

Your layer style window will pop up.

Select 'Stroke' on the left hand side.

Increase the size and colour to whatever you want.

Change the postition to 'inside'.

Hit OK.

Done.


Posted by DJ Chrono on Jun-18-2007 03:09:

Oh and I don't think you can apply layer styles to your 'Background' layer. So, you may have to just right click on your Background layer and duplicate it. Then, apply the stroke to the duplicated layer.


Posted by washout on Jun-18-2007 03:13:

base on your posts, i figured this out.

open image.
create new layer.
select all.
right click layer > stroke
- width = 2 px
- color = black
- location = inside
- rest = default

that works perfectly.
now to automation lol.


Posted by washout on Jun-18-2007 03:16:

ok how about this.
what if i want to apply this border to the outside.

if the image is 100x100, applying the border to the inside like i did will make the image 196x196, with the remaining pixels representing the black border.

same image, 100x100, applying the border to the outside will make the image 104x104, but you cant see the border because the canvas is still only 100x100. any help ??


Posted by DJ Chrono on Jun-18-2007 03:20:

Right.

If you want to apply the border to the outside of your image, just do this:

Image > Canvas Size

Set the new size, in pixels, that you want your image to be. This will increase your canvas size, from the center, and will add a border around it. You can select the colour of the border at the bottom of that window, where it says "Canvas extension color"


Posted by washout on Jun-18-2007 03:48:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Chrono
Right.

If you want to apply the border to the outside of your image, just do this:

Image > Canvas Size

Set the new size, in pixels, that you want your image to be. This will increase your canvas size, from the center, and will add a border around it. You can select the colour of the border at the bottom of that window, where it says "Canvas extension color"


that worked better than the stroke method.
going to run a test automation.


Posted by AnomalyConcept on Jun-18-2007 17:25:

After re-reading the thread, I noticed I didn't include where the stroke option is in the menu.

It's Edit > Stroke (I forgot to mention it b/c I just use the keyboard sequence listed).

The above stroke command strokes a selection, so it doesn't necessarily have to be rectangular.

Changing the canvas size seems to be the fastest/easiest option, particularly since you want to add 2px to the outside. Note that the background color will essentially be the border color.

Glad you got it figured out. =)


Posted by washout on Jun-18-2007 17:49:

i posted this same help issue on 2 other forums, both more in the field of "geek help."
this is the only forum that had knowledgable responses and quick.
i didnt doubt it tho, with all the photochopping, i wasnt suprised that the best help was here.
cor, where the dumbasses can actually be smart.

anyway, i figured out to take some original huge DSC camera imgaes and resize a ton of them to 800x600.
i automated that shit and it was great.
then i used your help here and automated to create a thumbnail for each image.

ill come back for more cs2 help, dont forget it.


Posted by _Nut_ on Jun-18-2007 17:56:

quote:
Originally posted by washout
i posted this same help issue on 2 other forums, both more in the field of "geek help."
this is the only forum that had knowledgable responses and quick.
i didnt doubt it tho, with all the photochopping, i wasnt suprised that the best help was here.
cor, where the dumbasses can actually be smart.

anyway, i figured out to take some original huge DSC camera imgaes and resize a ton of them to 800x600.
i automated that shit and it was great.
then i used your help here and automated to create a thumbnail for each image.

ill come back for more cs2 help, dont forget it.


If you are using CS2 for web-images (thumbnail and click to large images as well) they have scripts set up to fully automate everything from in the program or from a file:
http://www.amyaiellophotography.com...istic/index.htm

Something flashbased like this. It takes the fullsized image and 'makes it ready for web' and creates thumbnails and all.


Posted by washout on Jun-18-2007 18:05:

quote:
Originally posted by _Nut_
If you are using CS2 for web-images (thumbnail and click to large images as well) they have scripts set up to fully automate everything from in the program or from a file:
http://www.amyaiellophotography.com...istic/index.htm

Something flashbased like this. It takes the fullsized image and 'makes it ready for web' and creates thumbnails and all.


well ive got that part done.
i took huge ass images, made them 800x600 and medium quality.
then i resized each to thumbnail size and applied a black border.
that really took no time at all with the automation shit.
as of right now, i have the pictures and their thumbnails.

i didnt want to post it in this thread but ill give it a whirl.
im using macromedia dreamweaver 8.
without macromedia fireworks, you cant really automate a "photoalbum" page that takes a folder of images, makes thumbnails, and applies links.
then you just edit the page and its looks.
so i am reduced to inserting each thumbnail, and linking each one.
not a hugely bad deal, i have shortcuts.
old school frontpage2002 let you insert more than one image at a time, then just thumbnail it and it linked it and all.
not dreamweaver.
anyone know a cheat for this in dreamweaver ??

back to image sizes.
all my images are 800x600.
during automation, i saved them as medium jpg.
file sizes range from 70kb - 120kb.
anyone has tips on reducing file size outside of jpg quality.
i have plaued with the "save image for web" in cs2 but not with any effective luck.


Posted by _Nut_ on Jun-18-2007 18:14:

If you click

File --> Automate --> Web Photo Gallery (I think it is called that in CS2 as well... but I am running CS3 now so it may be named differently) it will do that for you.

All you have to do is upload and then on some page direct a link to the index page of the web photo gallery.


Posted by washout on Jun-18-2007 18:44:

quote:
Originally posted by _Nut_
If you click

File --> Automate --> Web Photo Gallery (I think it is called that in CS2 as well... but I am running CS3 now so it may be named differently) it will do that for you.

All you have to do is upload and then on some page direct a link to the index page of the web photo gallery.


awww shit!
i wish i wasnt at work.
i wanna go home and try this.
what does the cs in photoshop mean anyway ??


Posted by _Nut_ on Jun-18-2007 18:54:

quote:
Originally posted by washout
awww shit!
i wish i wasnt at work.
i wanna go home and try this.
what does the cs in photoshop mean anyway ??


Creative Suite

CS1 for photoshop is version 8
CS2 = 9
CS3 = 10


Posted by washout on Jun-19-2007 21:54:

any links to photoshop or dreamweaver forums ??


Posted by R!CH on Jun-19-2007 21:57:

STROKE???? lolwtfnoobs!... the simplest way is to select the border color you want with background color selection and increase the canvas size by 2px height and width


Posted by _Nut_ on Jun-19-2007 23:07:

quote:
Originally posted by lex400sc
STROKE???? lolwtfnoobs!... the simplest way is to select the border color you want with background color selection and increase the canvas size by 2px height and width


Not if you need the pictures a certain size... unless you wanted to do that and the resize again?


Posted by eRRaTiK on Jun-19-2007 23:10:

quote:
Originally posted by kadomony
if you have a lot of images, i'd suggest making an action and running a batch on them


winnar!


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