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Scanning Photos what to do
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Ok guys so photoshop might be out of the quesiton as I have about 100 pictures. Is there an actual directional blur or should I just use the “Stop motion” and or “Flicker Filter” and add them to my pictures?
Would it be possible to makek the whole sequence then nest it so its one sequence and THEN add the flicker filter to the whole project? OR add a directional blur to the whole sequence?
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Why would Photoshop be out of the question? Have you ever used Actions? It’s a simple way to do repetive tasks
on many images with the push of a button. Check it out in the Help section or manual for PS.
As for the “actual” directional blur, the previous comments tell you all you need to know. You haven’t said what version
of FCP you have. The latest version does have a directional blur, for older versions you can use the Flicker filter, but as was
mentioned, the rendering can take some time. I find it easier, and quicker to do it in PS first. Learn Actions and you can do all 100 in a few minutes
and import them ready-to-go into FCP. I’ve even pre-processed with blur in PS, and still used the Flicker filter in FCP for real
ornery images.
Ed[Espnetboy3] “Ok guys so photoshop might be out of the quesiton as I have about 100 pictures. Is there an actual directional blur or should I just use the “Stop motion” and or “Flicker Filter” and add them to my pictures?
Would it be possible to makek the whole sequence then nest it so its one sequence and THEN add the flicker filter to the whole project? OR add a directional blur to the whole sequence?”
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Yes, there is a directional blur in FCP 5.1.2 called “Directional Blur.” No, nesting and adding a single blur to all pix is not advisable becuase each picture will have its own needs with regard to the amount of blur needed. If pressed for time, of course you can just bite the bullet and dial in a blur for all pix.
DRW
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Thanks for the help guys. I use actions alot but for this many pictures it doesnt seem feasable. Maybe i will scan a few pics at a time and use actions and cut them up in singles with photoshops. Ill probably just use imovie or iphoto being they have such easy tools for this stuff.
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Obviously, you should use whatever tool you think will do the job. But Actions in PS was made for this exact thing.
You open the photos as a batch, record the action for the 1st one (including a save), and let ‘er rip. All the other 99
images get the blur applied and are saved. All automatically (read feasible).
Ed[Espnetboy3] “Thanks for the help guys. I use actions alot but for this many pictures it doesnt seem feasable. Maybe i will scan a few pics at a time and use actions and cut them up in singles with photoshops. Ill probably just use imovie or iphoto being they have such easy tools for this stuff.”
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WHen you say open the photos as a batch and apply the action to all of them, does this mean i hit apply action once and it does it to all the photos. If so please let me know more on this technique. Usually I open a bunch of photos at once and hit apply then save as then repeate that but for every seperate photo.
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WHen you say open the photos as a batch and apply the action to all of them, does this mean i hit apply action once and it does it to all the photos. If so please let me know more on this technique. Usually I open a bunch of photos at once and hit apply then save as then repeate that but for every seperate photo.
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OMG RTM
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As previously suggested, RTFM. Google: Photoshop Batch Actions, and you’ll find dozens of tutorials.
All the photos go in a folder and you do the action on one of them Blur, Save, Close. Then go to File,
Automate, Batch.
Ed
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