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Imaging Tip of the Day: Photoshop Automator Actions for OSX Tiger

automator logoIf you're using Photoshop CS/CS2 on Mac OSX Tiger, have I got the treat for you: Photoshop Automator Actions. I'm already using a few of these myself (especially for my blogging work here) and I have to say: these actions - harnessing the power of Tiger's Automator functionality - are amongst the most powerful and productive apps and extras I've ever installed.

Now make no mistake: these aren't workflows, they're actions you install so you can build them into any workflow you want. Apply filters, assign profiles, run an action, resize, fit and rotate to arbitrary values.. these are just a fraction of what this divine suite of automator actions has to offer.

Just for an example: I now have an Automator workflow I can trigger simply by right-clicking an image and chosing it from the context menu that will resize the image to desired proportions, optimize it for the web, fix its name (so it's web_ready) and then upload it to my FTP server - without me having to enter a name/pass at all.

Beautiful, simply beautiful. You can grab them at Automator World, and once you're done drooling go thank the authors, Complete Digital Photography, for an exceptional example of Automator + Photoshop productivity bliss!

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