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2 Create a droplet:
Drag the droplet icon
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The droplet is named with a brief description of the compression settings, including file
format and color palette or quality setting information. You can rename the droplet as you
do other desktop icons.
Click the droplet icon on the Optimize palette. Name the droplet, choose a location
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where the droplet will be saved, and click Save.
Choose Create Droplet from the Optimize palette menu. Name the droplet, choose a
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location where the droplet will be saved, and click Save.
You can add optimization settings to an action by dragging the droplet icon in the
Optimize palette to the Actions palette.
Using the Automate commands (Photoshop)
The Automate commands simplify complex tasks by combining them into one or more
dialog boxes. Photoshop includes the following commands (third-party companies may
provide additional commands):
Conditional Mode Change changes the color mode of an image to the mode you
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specify, based on the original mode of the image. Record this command in an action to
ensure that images use the correct color mode and avoid generating unwanted error
messages.
Contact Sheet produces a series of thumbnail previews on a single sheet from the files
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in the selected folder. (See
Fit Image fits the current image to the width and height you specify, without changing
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its aspect ratio.
Note: This will resample the image, changing the amount of data in the image.
Multi-Page PDF to PSD converts each page of a PDF document you select to a separate
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Photoshop file. (See
Picture Package places multiple copies of a source image on a single page, similar to the
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photo packages traditionally sold by portrait studios. (See
on page 464.)
Web Photo Gallery generates a Web site from a set of images—complete with a thumb-
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nails index page, individual JPEG image pages, and navigable links. (See
photo galleries (Photoshop)" on page
To use an automated command:
Choose File > Automate, and then choose any of the commands listed under it.

External automation

Photoshop supports some external automation using OLE Automation (Windows) or
AppleScript (Mac OS). Using either of these methods lets you start Adobe Photoshop and
execute actions externally.
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from the Optimize palette onto the desktop.
"Creating contact sheets" on page
"Opening and importing PDF files" on page
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Automating Tasks
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"Creating picture packages"
"Creating Web
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