One thing I do often is re-size images that my artist friends and clients use to put in their online portfolios. Let’s face it, doing each image manually can be a huge bummer. I know that actions in Photoshop can record your steps and play them back. Exactly what I needed to do with my images. But, I did not want to have to go through the images individually and hit the play button.

This is when I did some research on the “Automate” option under “File”. File>Automate>Batch. This allows you to grab a source folder, apply an action and save to another folder. I experimented a bit and it worked fabulously.

In my research, I found there is also an option to create a “Droplet”. Taking the idea one step further and allowing me to “Drop” my images on this “app” and the action will do its thing.

What is in this video:

1. Not making the action but using the action. You can download my action here:
2. How to manage your folders
3. How to use the droplet

Note: I export my photos for my online portfolios as .PNG to avoid compression issues with .JPGs

DOWNLOAD THE ACTIONS, FOLDER STRUCTURE AND DROPLET FOR OSX

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In response to how to add images to your portfolio page in WordPress, I have created this tutorial to show the inserting of images and creating gallery. Also, describing how to include information for use with Pinterest. This is part of a Personal Branding for Creatives class. It instructs artists, designers and crafters how to promote themselves and their work through their own website and their social media channels.

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