THANKS asterix!wah....u still want me to teach u cs2?now u know how noob i am.:bsmilie:
now that u brought me into borders and signatures, can i ask u how do i save such actions?
Naah. I think this is all noob stuff.
For me the real stuff is to fix or enhance photos, special effects, retouching portraits etc. etc. you know what i am talking about, right ? ;p The problem is i don't know when to stop working on an image :cry: Anyways,...
As to record Actions, its quite simple. I've tried it to create borders and put the same text like your signature, copyright notice etc. in all the images.
If you've recorded a macro in Microsoft Word, the concept is the same. You record a sequence of actions on one image and it can be saved as an "Action". Then you can run this "Action" on another image or any number of images.
What I did was this.
1. Open a photo.
2. Open the Actions Palette (Select from the menu : Windows -> Actions or Press Alt+F9)
3. Click on Create New Action button at the bottom of the Actions window. Its the 2nd icon from the right.
You will be prompted to name the Action and assign any shortcut key for this Action.
4. Now go on to do whatever that you want to be applied to every image. for example, draw a border, place a copyright symbol etc.
5. When you are done, click on the Stop icon in the Actions Palette (the first one on the left side, which looks like a gray square)
Voila, you are done.
To test what you've recorded,
1. open another image
2. If you had assigned a shortcut key, just press that. Otherwise, go to the Actions Palette, Select the action and click on the Play button.
You will see the steps being performed automatically...
It gives me a thrill to see someone work for you. khee khee khee.
Some tips to share based on what I've learned
1. If you have hundreds of images to process, put only that information that is common across all the images.
2. If you are using Actions to create borders, create one set for Landscape photos and another set for Portraits.
3. Try to work on images that have the same size to start with.
I don't process hundreds of images (still learning to take photos ;p), so I open my photos one at a time and run through the actions. BTW, you can selectively turn on or off some of the steps that are part of your action. I still don't know how to copy some steps from one action to another :embrass: Still learning lah...
Good luck and hope you have a good week ahead.
Cheers.