Handling a large workload - Automation?

[nedstar1]

Hi Friends,

I have been charged today with creating some 2000 renderings of some of our products in various colors and logos. This is for our biggest and best client, and succeeding in this endeavor will make my career here. We make pens, and I'm in the process of seperating out the components so that I can color-match them individually.

My question is this - is there a way to carry the colors from layer to layer so I don't have to adjust each componnent individually? Also, is there a way to at least partially automate the process?

I need any and all tips on how to rapidly carry color-matching from layer to layer and perhaps from file to file. I know I can use the eyedropper tool - in most cases, I desaturate the pen, set a fill to the selection, match it as best I can against the swatch, and place the original component over the color fill with an opacity filter to preserve the detail.

Is there a better way?

Any help or tips would be so very welcome - as it is, I think I'll be working nights for the next month, and I'd prefer to avoid that if possible.

Regards,
Nedstar1

 

[deecee]

not quite sure what your asking -- if all the images are uniform then this should be possible by just recording an action.

are you editing part of an image or the whole image provided.

zzzzzz

 

[nedstar1]

The images are of pens, and they are broken down by components - pushbutton, top trim ring, button accent, upper barrel, lower barrel, center trim rings, clips, lower trims, etc. Each of these componenets will need to be manipulated to match provided PMS specs and finsihes. So I'll be working on only parts of the images.

I'm not familiar with recording actions - I'll dig around in the help files, but if you could point me to a simple online description of the process, it would be very very helpful.

 

[deecee]

well a photoshop action will record your keystrokes and movements in photoshop as long as you want it to -- so if you have 1000 images that need to be resised to 600x600 and all the images are of random size then you would record an action on 1 image where you resize it to 600 width -- then resize to 600 height then you would resize the canvas to 600x600 and save.

then you would batch all these images and while your cpu is doing this repetitive task for you -- you can go jump in the pool, jog a mile, watch some sportscenter.

there are thousands of tools on actions -- best tool (and this is for any industry) is

http://www.google.com.

if its not on google its not worth it.

zzzzzz

 

[barehug]

How about an adjustment layer above all the other layers (I'm with Deecee on the 'unsure about exactly you are trying to do' thing)?

Are these renders of 3D images? Any chance of a screenshot?

PS: the action palette is F9, look in the help files for 'Actions'.

Moe: It could have been a real ugly situation, but luckily I managed to shoot him in the spine.