Load Actions In Photoshop Install Automator Actions

To control Photoshop from Automator, you need to install Automator actions that allow Automator to take command of Photoshop, and this package is the largest collection of Photoshop actions available.

The latest version offers 95 actions that give you access to just about every Photoshop command, as well as a few things that arent available in Photoshop, such as the ability to copy IPTC metadata to Spotlight comments.

While Photoshops Actions palette provides an incredible amount of automation power, its reach doesnt extend beyond Photoshops features.

With Automator, you can create automation workflows that span applications.

So, you can define a workflow that automatically processes images, uploads the results to an FTP server, and then burns final images to a CD.

A sophisticated set of Filter actions let you sort your images based on orientation, IPTC keywords, EXIF metadata, color mode, and more.

So, you can create workflows that process different images in different ways depending on their characteristics and metadata.

This type of branching and comparing is not possible with Photoshops built-in actions.

Finally, if youve already built a lot of Actions within Photoshop, you dont have to give those up, because you can trigger Photoshop Actions from within Automator.

A basic set of 41 actions for CS4 and CS5 is available for free download (though donations are heartily encouraged).

Users with more upscale needs can get the entire suite of 95 actions for 19.95.

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