Ferdinand's Photoshop Droplet Script
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By Ferdinand Paris (Ferdinand_Paris)
Ferdinand's Photoshop Droplet Script
Version 1.2 - 20 January 2010
PLEASE ALWAYS TEST THIS SCRIPT FIRST ON A TEST DATABASE OF TEST IMAGES
Before you use this script, checkout all my new scripts: Ferdinand's PSCS3 Image Processor Script and Ferdinand's Photoshop Action and Batch Scripts.
I would not have bothered writing this droplet script if I had known how to write the new scripts!!!
DESCRIPTION
This script will feed the selected images to an external program.
It was written with Photoshop Droplets in mind, but in theory you could use this script with any external program. It is an alternative to the iMatch batch processor and to iMatch user tools.
This script has some advantages over Imatch's user tools. This script feeds images one at a time to the Droplet or program, and waits until each one is finished. This means that you can run this script on a lot of images (user tools in iMatch often have a Windows-imposed limit - the number of characters in the one long string of file names and paths that is passed to the external program).
The disadvantages are that you can't readily feed parameters to the Droplet or program and you can't specify the output directory or options. These must be specified in the Droplet or program.
Depending on the other program, you may lose control over your screen until it is finished. Certainly Photoshop will keep coming to the front for each image if you use this script to trigger Droplets.
The settings are saved in the registry for future use.
REVISION HISTORY
V1.2 - 20 January 2010
- The names of the files were renamed to avoid a conflict with the newly released Photoshop Action and Batch Scripts.
V1.1 - 18 November 2007
- An additional option for how to select the images to run the script on was added, as well as image counts of the four options.
V1.0 - 25 March 2007
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* Script file: Download this script
* See the Script downloading and installation instructions for generic information about using scripts downloaded from the IMatch Wiki.
