CS4: Applying settings to unopened image files

Ray...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 12, 2009, 12:54:14 AM3/12/09

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Is it possible to apply settings to image files without first opening all the image files?

christoph_pf...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 12, 2009, 3:24:38 AM3/12/09

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What exactly do You mean by settings?
Do You want to apply Adjustments or edit the File Info?

Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com

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Mar 12, 2009, 4:39:26 AM3/12/09

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Both are possible in Bridge. Please clarify exactly what you want to do, before anyone here wastes time addressing something you don't need

Adobe Bridge Macintosh forum [CLICK HERE] <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bba3d51>

Adobe Camera Raw Forum [CLICK HERE] <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?13@@.3bb6a869> .

Ray...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 12, 2009, 8:02:30 AM3/12/09

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I have several dozen images with lens distortion which needs correction. The distortion is almost uniformly the same in each image. Rather than open each image up, I'd like to apply a lens distortion adjustment to all the images without opening them up.

If this is possible, are other adjustments possible, such as Levels, USM, for example?

Am overdue for CS4 upgrade needless to say. Thanks for any help you may offer.

Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com

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Mar 12, 2009, 5:53:52 PM3/12/09

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You do know that you can open multiple raw images in Camera Raw, select All and Synchronize them, don't you?

In Bridge you can also select multiple files, then Edit > Develop Settings > Paste Settings.

Please continue this thread in the ACR and/or Bridge forum.

Ray...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 12, 2009, 11:06:44 PM3/12/09

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Haven't been able to use ACR with CS1 in a long time.
Time to move up to CS4. The Bridge seems a good way to batch.

Mark_R...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 13, 2009, 9:51:43 AM3/13/09

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You don't necessarily need RAW. You can batch process them with the Lens correction filter. Just need to record an action step, and do it that way.

Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com

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Mar 13, 2009, 10:02:06 AM3/13/09

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That misses the point, Mark. All adjustments in ACR are non destructive.

Mark_R...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 13, 2009, 5:53:43 PM3/13/09

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That's your point Ramon, not his. Ray never mentioned RAW, and even suggested Photoshop adjustments as part of the process. This combined with the fact that he has CS1, would suggest that a non RAW suggestion would be his best answer. Unless of course he actually wants to pay the upgrade price, doesn't he have to buy a NEW license now anyway?

Buko

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Mar 13, 2009, 6:25:03 PM3/13/09

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doesn't he have to buy a NEW license now anyway?

CS1 is the last version he can upgrade to CS4

Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com

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Mar 13, 2009, 9:10:07 PM3/13/09

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You could possibly be right, Mark; but I haven't heard anyone refer to image editing, manipulation and adjustments in Photoshop as "settings".

Mark_R...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 14, 2009, 12:17:24 PM3/14/09

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"CS1 is the last version he can upgrade to CS4" - oh yeah, well Ray you better get your upgrade quick then, before CS5 hits the shelves!

Buko

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Mar 14, 2009, 1:00:29 PM3/14/09

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well Ray you better get your upgrade quick then

exactly, don't get caught short like all the people who had Photoshop 7 and just expected to be able to upgrade when PS7 would not work on their new Intel Macs.

Ray...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 14, 2009, 1:09:00 PM3/14/09

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Thanks Buko. Good advice.