Deploy Folder Action

Deploy Folder Action in Adobe Photoshop — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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The moments that lead here

If one of these is your afternoon, you are in the right place.

Set up and roll out a folder action that standardizes exporting map tiles to multiple resolutions for the web.

2 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Set up and roll out a folder action that standardizes exporting map tiles to multiple web…
Set up and roll out a folder action that standardizes exporting map tiles to multiple web resolutions: record an action that resizes and exports tiles at requested pixel dimensions, then test on a sample folder and run a batch export.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Save time for the web team by creating a documented automated action that exports tiles at the…
Save time for the web team by creating a documented automated action that exports tiles at the exact tile sizes they use, include naming conventions and color profile conversion, test on three representative sheets, and hand over a step-by-step on how to rerun or modify the batch for new projects.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

Cartographer / GIS MapperAdobe Photoshop (Image Processor / Export As / Generator)Adobe Bridgealso: Automate Tile Exportsalso: Standardize Multi-Resolution

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