Product Description

Recording actions and automating common tasks saves time and makes performing repetitive tasks more efficient. In Photoshop CS2 Actions and Automation, Certified Adobe instructor Deke McClelland teaches users how to build actions more efficiently and reliably, identifies places where automation functions can be improved, and provides an understanding of JavaScript commands to dramatically expand automation possibilities. Better still, he discusses how to troubleshoot when things go wrong. The instructor also explores the power of workspaces and batch processing, and describes Droplets inside out. The training shows how to turn Photoshop into an industrious, image-crunching, timesaving tool - and the instructor shares his top insights and techniques. This training title offers expert guidance and instruction to prepare users to automate common (and occasionally complex) tasks.

Topics Include:

• Recording, testing, saving, sharing, and backing up actions
• Troubleshooting actions during recording and playback
• Playing sequential actions and referencing one action inside another
• Creating advanced actions with stops, messages, actlets, and subroutines
• Using Batch and Image Processor commands to process a folder of images
• Saving Batch settings as Standalone Droplets
• Editing Batch settings, History States, and conditional Droplets in ImageReady
• Scripting with the ExtendScript Toolkit
• Using the Script Events Manager and the ScriptingListener plug-in

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2370378 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-20
• Binding: CD-ROM

From the Publisher
Each lynda.com CD/DVD course offers hours of training movies that you watch on your computer. The movies are recorded in pixel-perfect quality, and include the authors' narration and movements as they teach the subject matter. Courses include the same project files that the instructors use, so you can follow along at your own pace. lynda.com tutorials are great for visual learners and people who like to learn by doing. Topics include software applications, workflow optimization, tips and techniques, and much more. Play, fast-forward, and rewind for easy learning.

About the Author
In 1985, Deke McClelland oversaw the implementation of the first personal computer-based production department in Boulder, Colorado. In 1986, he became the artistic director for Publishing Resources, one of the earliest all-PostScript service bureaus in the United States.

These days, Deke is a well-known expert and lecturer on Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, and on the broader realm of computer graphics and design. To date, he has written 84 books that have been translated into 24 languages, with more than 3.5 million copies in print.

In addition to videos for lynda.com, Deke produces the One-on-One book series. Published by Deke Press in association with O'Reilly Media, this series of full-color tutorials includes the best-selling Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One and Adobe InDesign CS2 One-on-One.

In 1989, Deke won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book. Since then, he has received honors from the Society for Technical Communication (once in 1994 and twice in 1999), the American Society of Business Press Editors (1995 and 2000), and the Computer Press Association (1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, and twice in 2000). In 2002, he was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Deke lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and two wonderful boys.