Folder Action Export

Folder Action Export 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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Set up a folder action that exports staff photos in the publication's exact dimensions, color profile, and file naming convention.

2 ready prompts

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Execute — do the immediate task

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Set up a folder action that exports staff photos in the publication's exact dimensions, ICC…
Set up a folder action that exports staff photos in the publication's exact dimensions, ICC profile, and the newsroom file-naming convention when images are dropped into the folder.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Build the export action so desk workflows stop breaking: create a watched-folder action that…
Build the export action so desk workflows stop breaking: create a watched-folder action that resizes to print and web specs, converts to the publication's ICC profile, applies filename convention Photographer_Lastname_YYYYMMDD, and include installation steps and a test file for IT to validate.

Who does this, and with what

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PhotojournalistAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Bridgealso: Automate Staff Photo Exportsalso: Enforce Dimensions And Naming

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