Adobe Photoshop CS2 Actions Training DVD

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1. Automation Basics

• The whole shebang
• Varieties of automation
• Mac versus Windows
• Command shortcuts
• Adjustment layer shortcuts
• Other great command shortcuts
• Palette menu shortcuts
• Tool shortcuts
• Saving shortcuts
• Loading shortcuts
• Creating a shortcut list
• Remapping Macintosh shortcuts
• Customizable menus
• Saving your workspace
• Special weird-as-heck tip

2. Action Essentials

• It takes time to save time
• The Actions palette
• Loading action sets
• Deleting sets and actions
• Playback options
• Real-world playback
• Undoing an action
• The Button mode
• Saving, storing, and sharing actions

3. Creating and Editing Actions

• The power and limitations of actions
• What actions can and can't do
• Making an action
• Recording a simple action
• Fixing mistakes while recording
• Editing an action
• Adding steps to an action
• Testing your action and accounting for resolution
• Assigning shortcuts

4. Real-World Actioneering

• The logic of actions
• Real-world action 1.1: Adding a digital watermark
• Real-world action 1.2: Recording the watermark action
• Real-world action 1.3: Resizing the watermark
• Real-world action 1.4: Fitting the watermark to a vertical image
• Tip: Playing multiple sequential actions
• Real-world action 2.1: Breaking out steps into independent actions
• Real-world action 2.2: Saving multiple backups
• Tip: Referencing one action inside another
• Real-world action 3.1: Making an actlet
• Real-world action 3.2: Synthetic wood grain
• Real-world action 3.3: Synthetic water drops
• Real-world action 3.4: Confirming the drops
• Real-world action 3.5: Wood and water actlet
• Tip: Adding stops and messages
• Real-world action 4.1: Water on a photograph
• Real-world action 4.2: Creating a subroutine
• Real-world action 4.3: Making the subroutine recursive
• Real-world action 4.4: Placing the image
• Real-world action 4.5: Reflectivity and distortion
• Real-world action 4.6: Testing the finished actlet

5. Batch Processing and Image Conversion

• Processing multiple images
• Using the Batch command
• Creating a batch operation
• Calling the Batch command from the Bridge
• Customizing batch processing
• Pesky opening scenarios
• Batch saving
• Saving to a different file format
• Error management 1: Recording a complex action
• Error management 2: Creating an error log
• Batching multiple actions 1: Setting up the pieces
• Batching multiple actions 2: Combining and playing
• Speeding up batch processing
• Using the Image Processor
• The alternative Image Processor
• Using Batch Rename in the Bridge

6. Photoshop Droplets

• Batching Droplets
• Making a Droplet
• Real-world Droplet 1: Recording a copyright action
• Real-world Droplet 2: Creating a copyright Droplet
• Sharing your Droplets
• Editing a Droplet

7. ImageReady Droplets

• Droplets done right
• Droplet differences: Why ImageReady rocks
• Creating a simple Droplet
• Editing the batch settings
• Adding states 1: Picking up History states
• Adding states 2: Optimizing a second file
• Testing the Droplet
• Making the Droplet conditional
• Playing the final Droplet

8. The Automate Commands

• Photoshop's automated batch functions
• Fit Image and CMC
• Employing Fit Image and CMC
• Contact Sheet II
• Picture Package
• Web Photo Gallery
• PDF Presentation
• Photomerge
• Merge to HDR
• Crop and Straighten Photos

9. Scripting Essentials

• The three scripting languages
• The Scripts menu
• Photoshop's scripting backbone
• ExtendScript Toolkit
• Scripting basics
• Playing a script
• Creating a simple script
• Using the JavaScript Reference Guide
• Writing the code
• Playing the script
• Coping with errors
• Where to turn for more help

10. Real-World Scripting

• The logic of scripting
• Installing the scripts
• Real-world script 1.1: Megaflatten
• Real-world script 1.2: Confirm and Duplicate
• Tip: Invoking the ScriptingListener
• Real-world script 1.3: Creating the clearGuides function
• Tip: Turning off the ScriptingListener
• Real-world script 2: Preferences Unifier
• Tip: Using the Script Events Manager
• Real-world script 3.1: Paste into New Image
• Real-world script 3.2: Evaluating the Clipboard
• Real-world script 3.3: Try/Catch for error-free paste
• Real-world script 4.1: Making center guides
• Real-world script 4.2: Parameter-based functions
• Real-world script 5.1: Making regular guides
• Real-world script 5.2: Fixing the math
• Real-world script 5.3: Repeating guides with a For statement
• Real-world script 5.4: The full-blown dialog box
• Real-world script 6.1: Exact Contract
• Real-world script 6.2: Exact Contract with a dialog box
• Real-world script 7.1: How alpha frames work
• Real-world script 7.2: The alpha frames script
• Real-world script 7.3: Accounting for the Cancel button
• Real-world script 7.4: Alpha frames with a dialog box
• Real-world script 7.5: Making your own alpha frames

Conclusion

• Goodbye

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