PHotoshop Batch Process

[Mike Clasby]

Overview:

Render an Image Sequence in AE. Batch Process in PhotoShop with an Action and File>Automate>Batch

or

Render a Filmstrip in AE, Photoshop the Filmstrip, re-import into AE

or

Get PhotoShop CS3 Extended

1)Batch Processing in PhotoShop

Details:

Render and Image Sequence form AE.

First in Photoshop,you need to make an Action.

Action Palette, Click the “Create A New Action” button at the bottom, name it, hit Record, then do whatever you want to the footage, then hit the stop button.

Test your action to see if it really does what you want.

Then to do the Batch, File>Automate>Batch, and in the palette that pops up, choose your action from the top.

Choose the Source Folder, your Image Sequence, and a Destination Folder, then, hit OK, and it will crank them all out.

Again it’s best to try it on a small batch to make sure things end up where you want and that the source files aren’t deleted.

2) As an alternative you can convert your footage to a filmstrip, then do your PhotoShop to the filmstrip, it’s one long strip with frames stacked on atop the next… like a film strip, and PhotoShop just sees one file and does it’s thing to it, no Batch needed.

In AE, drag the footage from the comp window to the”Create a New Composition” Button. Then in the comp (Make it as long as it needs to be for later use) Ctrl M, brings up the Render Que. In the Render Queue, click the Output Module,
Then in the Output Module that pops up, in the top Dropdown, choose Filmstrip (.flm). Render it out, Import into Photoshop, Do your PhotoShop thing, Close and Save, re-import into AE, and your good to go.

3) Get the new PhotoShop CS3 Extended, it works directly with video.