To Create A Droplet From An Action In Photoshop - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

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Droplets
A. Photoshop B. ImageReady
Actions are the basis for creating droplets—you must create the desired action in the Actions palette prior to creating
a droplet. (See "Recording actions" on page 731.)
In ImageReady, you can also create droplets with the Optimize palette, so that you can apply Optimize palette settings
to single images or batches of images.

To create a droplet from an action in Photoshop

Choose File > Automate > Create Droplet.
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2 Specify where to save the droplet. Click Choose in the Save Droplet In section of the dialog box and navigate to
the location.
Select the Action Set, and then designate which action you intend to use within the Set and Action menus. (Select
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the action in the Actions palette before you open the dialog box to preselect these menus.)
4 Set Play options for the droplet:
Override Action "Open" Commands
names specified in the action. Deselect Override Action "Open" Commands if the action was recorded to operate on
open files or if the action contains Open commands for specific files that are required by the action.
Processes files in subdirectories.
Include All Subfolders
Suppress Color Profile Warnings
Suppress File Open Options Dialogs
on camera raw image files. The default or previously specified settings will be used.
5 Choose a destination for the processed files from the Destination menu:
Leaves the files open without saving changes (unless the action includes a Save command).
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Saves the files in their current location, overwriting the original files.
Save And Close
Folder Saves the processed files to another location. Click Choose to specify the destination folder.
Note: You can record an action that saves using a specified file name and folder. If you do this and deselect Override
Action "Save As" Commands, the same file is overwritten each time. If you record your Save As step in the action without
specifying a file name, the droplet saves it to the same folder each time but uses the file name of the document being saved.
If the action includes a Save As command, choose Override Action "Save As" Commands to make sure files are
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saved to the folder you specified (or to their original folder if you chose Save And Close.) To use this option, the
action must contain a Save As command, whether or not it specifies a save location or file name; otherwise, no files
are saved.
Some save options are not available in the Batch command (such as JPEG compression or TIFF options). To use these
options, record them in the action, then use the Override Action "Save As" Commands option to make sure that your
files are saved where you specify in the Batch command.
Open commands in the action refer to the batched files, rather than to the file
Turns off display of color profile messages.
Hides File Open Options dialog boxes. This is useful when batching actions
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