Macworldcontributor Ben Long has released Version 3.5 of his popularPhotoshop Action Pack , a collection of 86 Automator actions for scripting Adobe Photoshop . The update append support for Photoshop CS3 , a new Auto Color action , better watermarking functionality , best Camera Raw financial backing and also includes a number glitch fixes .
The Action Pack is a solidification of build blocks for the automated processing of images , and includes access code to most of Photoshop ’s core mapping and filters . With it , you’re able to create complex workflow for processing images using Apple ’s Automator ; these workflows can encompass not only Photoshop , but can be broadened to use other applications and functions . For example , you could resize and sharpen a group of effigy based upon their aspect size , upload them to a waiter via file transfer protocol and then burn a CD or videodisk as backup . ( If you ’re interested , Ben also wrote a tutorial forMacworldin December 2005 , cut through an earlier reading of the Action Pack . )
Ben includes a comprehensive 71 - pageboy manual that detail all of the actions and their selection . He also include an easy - to - follow beginner ’s tutorial on using Automator and some sampling workflows to get you started .
The Photoshop Action Pack is gratuitous for download at Ben ’s Complete Digital Photography site , and most of the actions work with all three Creative Suite versions of Photoshop , so you ’re not specify to the latest and greatest version . It does n’t yet take advantage of any of Photoshop CS3 ’s new feature article , however — that is planned for a next release .
[ full revealing : I aid Ben out as an editor / writer at Complete Digital Photography , although I have nothing to do with the Action Pack . ]
