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Photoshop question

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by 21, Jun 20, 2008.

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  1. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Adobe Creative Suite.

    http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Apr 6, 2009
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  2. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    The full Creative Suite is the way to go, but make sure her computer can handle it.
    One of the downsides of the CS package is that it communicates with the Adobe mothership, and the various applications are always communicating with each other. The result: It can really slow your sh*t down.
    It also makes some people paranoid in a SkyNet kind of way.

    We use it, and it is great.
     
    Buck, Apr 6, 2009
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  3. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    Incredibly, I am still dealing with this.

    Decided last summer she could live without high-end software to edit art school penises...but now she's headed to college--which I am paying for--and I am drowning in techno-hell.

    The school will sell me the Mac of her dreams, and put all the software on it. They don't know half of what you people told me here.

    The prices are good, though, so I have some room to upgrade. I don't want that despondent phone call in September telling me I screwed up (for which there is great potential).
     
    21, Jun 12, 2009
    #27
  4. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    Additional photoshop question:

    I'd like to create a batch command that will take an entire folder of photos and convert them to format for our web galleries (5 inches on the longest side, 72 DPI). I can't seem to work out a command that does the resolution change.
     
    RickStain, Jun 12, 2009
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  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Rick, There is a great script (extension) available for free that can do this put out by a guy named Russell Brown. It's called "Dr. Brown's 1-2-3 Process." You can work with the extension from Bridge or from Photoshop and batch process a folder full of photos. It is fully customizable, and based on your inputs, you can resize them, change the resolution and save them to whatever format you want. It does it all automatically.

    He had versions of the script for CS2 and CS3, so if you are using those google it and find them. You can downlow the CS4 version here: http://www.russellbrown.com/scripts.html.

    If you want to check it out before adding it, here is a video that shows how the CS3 script worked. His shtick is annoying, but the script is so handy:

    http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-use-dr-brown-s-1-2-3-process-script-for-photoshop-cs3-260386/.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 12, 2009
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  6. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    I was about to ask if you're getting the college discount.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Jun 12, 2009
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  7. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    I am told I can get the CS4 Standard Whatever for $195. Seems impossibly cheap, no?
     
    21, Jun 12, 2009
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  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Yes, it does. :) But don't argue. Just make sure you know what you are getting. There is Design Standard and Web Standard. The Web version won't give you InDesign or Photoshop (it has Fireworks). Design Standard doesn't give the web design software, like Fireworks, Dreamweaver and Flash.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 12, 2009
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  9. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    This is the Design Standard, pretty sure this is all she needs. I am just following directions and writing checks.

    Got a MacBook Pro 13" with a color printer, iTouch, and some other junk. Oh, and a lock. With the school discount and all the rebates, $1900. Add on the CS4 for $195, sounds like a pretty good deal.
     
    21, Jun 12, 2009
    #33
  10. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Hmmmm. May I call you Aunty 21?
     
    The Big Ragu, Jun 12, 2009
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