To edit a droplet:
Double-click the droplet to open the droplet
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window in ImageReady. The droplet window
looks like a simplified version of the
Actions palette.
Edit the droplet in the same ways you would
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edit an action:
Change the order of commands by dragging
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them in the droplet list.
Delete commands by dragging them to the Trash
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button ( ).
Add a command by dragging a state from the
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History palette to the area in which you want the
command recorded in the droplet window.
To adjust droplet batch options:
Do one of the following:
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Before you create the droplet, select an action
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and choose Batch Options from the Actions
palette menu.
After you create the droplet, double-click the
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droplet to open the droplet window, and double-
click Batch Options at the top of the droplet list.
Select Original (same name and folder) to save
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the original file with the same name and in the
same folder.
Select Optimized to save an optimized version
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of the file. Then do any of the following:
For In, choose the location in which you want to
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save the optimized file.
For If Duplicate File Name, choose how and
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whether to append numbers or letters to indicate
the optimized file in cases of duplicate filenames.
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For Modify File Name For, choose whether
ImageReady appends or rewrites the filename
using Windows, Mac OS, or UNIX file-naming
conventions.
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Select playback options:
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Run In Background to hide ImageReady during
droplet execution, so that you can work in other
applications while processing takes place.
When you select Run In Background, other
playback options requiring user input during
processing are turned off. ImageReady appears
when the droplet completes execution.
Note: ImageReady is not available for creating and
modifying current images while background
processing is taking place.
Display Image to show the images as they are
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being processed.
Pause Before Save to stop the processing of each
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image before saving it.
Choose error options from the Errors menu:
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Stop to suspend the process until you confirm
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the error message.
Skip Step to not process steps in which errors are
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encountered.
Skip File to not process files in which errors are
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encountered.
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