Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 92)

85 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Camera Raw
Last updated 1/10/2010
You can also synchronize settings to apply settings from the active image to all selected images. You can quickly apply
a set of adjustments to an entire set of images—such as all shots taken under the same conditions—and then fine-tune
the individual shots later, after you’ve determined which you’ll use for your final output. You can synchronize both
global and local adjustment settings.
• To select an image, click its thumbnail. To select a range of images, Shift-click two thumbnails. To add an image to
a selection, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac
OS) its thumbnail.
• To change which image is active without changing which images are selected, click a navigation arrow at the
bottom of the preview pane.
• To apply settings from the active image to all selected images, click the Synchronize button at the top of the
Filmstrip pane and choose which settings to synchronize.
• To apply a star rating, click a rating under the image thumbnail.
• To mark selected images for deletion, click Mark For Deletion .
A red cross appears in the thumbnail of an image marked for deletion. The file is sent to the Recycle Bin (Windows) or
Trash (Mac
OS) when you close the Camera Raw dialog box. (If you decide to keep an image that you marked for deletion,
select it in the Thumbnail pane and click Mark For Deletion again, before you close the Camera Raw dialog box.)
Automating image processing with Camera Raw
You can create an action to automate the processing of image files with Camera Raw. You can automate the editing
process, and the process of saving the files in formats such as PSD, DNG, JPEG, Large Document Format (PSB), TIFF,
and PDF. In Photoshop, you can also use the Batch command, the Image Processor, or the Create Droplet command
to process one or more image files. The Image Processor is especially useful for saving image files in different file
formats during the same processing session.
Here are some tips for automating the processing of camera raw image files:
• When you record an action, first select Image Settings from the Camera Raw Settings menu in the Camera Raw
dialog box. In this way, the settings particular to each image (from the Camera Raw database or sidecar XMP files)
are used to play back the action.
• If you plan to use the action with the Batch command, you may want to use the Save As command and choose the
file format when saving the camera raw image.
• When you use an action to open a camera raw file, the Camera Raw dialog box reflects the settings that were in
effect when the action was recorded. You may want to create different actions for opening camera raw image files
with different settings.
• When using the Batch command, select Override Action “Open” Commands. Any Open commands in the action
will then operate on the batched files rather than the files specified by name in the action. Deselect Override Action
“Open” Commands only if you want the action to operate on open files or if the action uses the Open command to
retrieve needed information.
• When using the Batch command, select Suppress File Open Options Dialogs to prevent the display of the Camera
Raw dialog box as each camera raw image is processed.
• When using the Batch command, select Override Action “Save As” Commands if you want to use the Save As
instructions from the Batch command instead of the Save As instructions in the action. If you select this option, the
action must contain a Save As command, because the Batch command does not automatically save the source files.
Deselect Override Action “Save As” Commands to save the files processed by the Batch command in the location
specified in the Batch dialog box.