[Mike Boden]

Aaron,

Thanks for the response. I didn’t know that PhotoJPEG was a VBR codec, but I figured it had something to do with my problem based on what I’ve been reading. So that kinda makes sense. It would be nice if there was a check-box or something to disable the Available Free Time calculation and limitation.

Do you have any suggestions as to how we can go about this procedure? We’re trying to eliminate the secondary step of going into Compressor to accommodate our schedule. In the two-step process, it takes an additional 1.5 hours at the end of the last video capture to allow for compression and import into ProTools. Captures earlier in the shift can be compressed in the background while the next picture is being captured, but the last capture of the shift still requires the scheduled time.

If we cannot figure out a solution, then we’ll probably move forward with a simple crash record.

Thanks again for you assistance.

[Mike Boden]

Yes you can. You’ll need to setup an action within Photoshop that records the following steps:

• “Open”
• “Image Size”
• “Save As”
• “Close”

Create this action with any particular image. During the creation, simply “Save As” to the desktop as “Foo.jpg” or whatever. It doesn’t matter. You can immediately delete this image afterwards.

Then you run a batch process (File/Automate/Batch…).

In the Batch dialogue window:

• Select the new action you just created
• Select the folder with your source files
• Select a destination folder

Next, there are a few rules to follow that are a little counter-intuitive.

Check the following check-boxes in the Batch dialogue window:

• Override Action “Open Commands
• Suppress File Open Options Dialogue
• Suppress Color Profile Warnings
• Override Action “Save As” Commands

As an additional suggestion, I create two actions…one for horizontal images and another for vertical images. That way, if I want all the horizontal images to be 640px wide and the vertical images to be 640px tall, I can achieve this.

For horizontal action:
Enter 640 into the “Pixel Dimensions/Width” field of the “Image Size” dialogue window.

For vertical action:
Enter 640 into the “Pixel Dimensions/Vertical” field of the “Image Size” dialogue window.

In both cases, make sure that you have all check-boxes checked in the “Image Size” dialogue window.

Before running the batch process, separate the horizontal images into one folder and the vertical into another. This can be easily done within Bridge.

I hope this helps. Good luck.

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Mike Boden
http://www.mikeboden.com