I need to create a complicated Action, can you help?

[nickuk]

HI, first of all great forum!

I'm trying to simplify the creation of several preview thumbs from one image.

For example, my base image is a 400x600px image, and from this image I need to create the following thumbs:

1: 90x120px
2: 120x90px
3: 100x100px
4: ...

(Please look at the image i attached)

I need an Action that would Crop the base image and save a copy of each of these thumbs. I can't fugure out how to do this since I need to adjust the Marquee selection for each thumb to Crop the part of the base image I want.

When the Action is executed it should only pause when i need to define the new Marquee selection (the aspect ratio for the selection should not be entered each time, I need that info hardcoded in the Action) and then I can continue the Action and then adjust the Marquee for thumb #2.. and so on..

I really hope this is possible... as you can see it's very important that I choose the exact area for each thumb. |

 

[(PSD) Sergiy]

Serge

Hello,
I`m not sure that i can help you, but i will give you a hint. Why cant you just take a :marque tool: select the selction, :Right click: on it and choose :layer via copy:
To expand or Contrast you selection, go to "Select>Modify..."

 

[nickuk]

Re: Serge

Hello,
I`m not sure that i can help you, but i will give you a hint. Why cant you just take a :marque tool: select the selction, :Right click: on it and choose :layer via copy:
To expand or Contrast you selection, go to "Select>Modify..."

maybe I can do that ;-) But will that require me to enter the aspect ratio for each thumb or can that be entered in the Action?

 

[Rantin Al]

Here you go Nick, this should be what you are after.

Three aspects to three sizes to three thumbnails.

All you need to do is use Transform Selection to grab the areas which you need.
Just re-record the destination for the Save and the final file type if you want.

Cheers, Al.

 

[nickuk]

Here you go Nick, this should be what you are after.

Three aspects to three sizes to three thumbnails.

All you need to do is use Transform Selection to grab the areas which you need.
Just re-record the destination for the Save and the final file type if you want.

Cheers, Al.

WOW, thank you so much Al!

I'm playing around with it, and I do understand your instructions, but I'm having a little problem. For some reason there's a white border on the output thumbs, this border is changing in size depending on how big I define the selection. Bigger selection = less white border?

 

[Rantin Al]

If you scale the selection to smaller than the initial marquee, the resize part of the action will leave a white border from the background of the 'new' image.

Solution: Re-record the initial aspect marquee to smaller than what it is at the moment. This means that you will always have to enlarge the marquee selection.

Let me know if you are stuck and I will post a fixed version.

Cheers, Al.

 

[nickuk]

Let me know if you are stuck and I will post a fixed version.

Cheers, Al.

Thank you for helping me!

I must admit that I'm stuck.. I tried to re-record the initial selection to both a smaller and larger selection and it still gives me that white border.. When I look at the steps in the Action it doesn't make any sense. After the STOP where I define the selection it should use that new selection's size for the new image it creates right?

 

[nickuk]

UPDATE: I figured it out

Again thank you very much!!

 

[Rantin Al]

'Attaboy Nick, glad you figured it out. :}

It really was quite simple but it is always a step up the learning curve by figuring something like this out.

Cheers, Al.