Applying adjustments to multiple photos

I have about 50 photos that need the same edit adjustments (temperature, contrast, etc.) The copy and paste function is great, but as far as I can tell, it can only be applied to one photos at a time. Is there a way to chose all 50 photos and paste the adjustments in one full swoop?
If the answer is no, could I do it by accessing the iPhoto Library in Aperture?

Check out iPhoto Batch Enhancer this might work for you.
could I do it by accessing the iPhoto Library in Aperture?
No. Aperture is not an external editor like Photoshop. It just doesn't work that way. It would need to import all the photos into Aperture first. Thereafter they would be inaccessible from iPhoto
Regards
TD

Similar Messages

How do I apply same adjustments to multiple photos at the same time?

How do I apply same adjustments to multiple photos at the same time?

You can't but you can copy the adjustments made on one photo and apply/paste it onto another by:
1 - Control (right)-clicking one the edited photo in the Edit mode and selecting Copy Adjustsments
2 - Control-clicking on the next photo and selecting Paste Adjustments.
OT

Applying the same adjustments to multiple photos

hi guys
apologizes in advance, i dont have the manual handy - is there a way i can copy all the adjustments made on one photo and apply it to another?
thanks

I have run into a problem using the Copy & Paste adjustments for multiple photos. If I Copy the adjustments made to one photo, then paste those adjustments onto other photos, they appear to be applied, however when I tried to upload these photos to Flickr I found that the photos uploaded were the originals, not the adjusted versions. When I went back into iPhoto, selected one of these files in question, and selected "show file" I was shown an un-modified version of the photo stored in the Modified folder.
Once I went back in and adjusted all of the photos manually, they uploaded to Flickr properly and when I selected them in iPhoto and requested "show file" I was shown the midified version, stored in the Modified folder.

Aperture 3: How to apply keywords to multiple photos?

Hi,
I'm trying to apply keywords to multiple photos at once but if I select several photos and add a keyword in the 'metadata' panel it just gets applied to one of the selected photos, not all of them. Is this a bug or am I just doing it wrong?
Thanks,
Sam

I see,
But that requires that said keyword already exists which slows down the workflow when you're dealing with lots of new keywords, or even existing ones if you have lots and lots of keywords instead of just typing in a keyword (and it perhaps auto-completes). Also I'm somewhat of a keyboard-centric user
Thanks for the suggestion,
Sam

Problem Applying Keywords to Multiple Photos

Under Aperture 2.1.4 and OSX 10.6, I've apparently lost the ability to apply a keyword to multiple photos at one time. When I click the keyword or drag it, only one photo gets the keyword regardless of how many are selected.
I only noticed this shortly after upgrading, so I've assumed it was related to 2.1.4 or 10.6. Hidden preference somewhere? Something else obvious?
Any ideas?

Look for the big button with a '1' on it at the bottom of your Viewer/Browser in the Aperture window.
If it is on (dark grey) it means that if you use Stamp of try to add keywords those things will only happen to the image with the Primary image (thicker white selection border) and not to any other images (thin white border) that you have also selected.
If you turn it off (light grey) andy stamps/keywords will be added to all of the selected images.
this does not apply to adjustments, those are always only applied to the Primary image (expect when using the Lift&Stamp)

Applying keywords to multiple photos

seems like an easy request, right? applying a keyword to multiple photos...
I've got the keyword HUD open. I've read the help files, the manual, seems rather straight forward to me. Select the pictures, drag over the word, should be applied to all selected.
Problem is, I can't get that to happen.
For example, I have a project. Under the project is a folder. I want to apply the same keyword to all 5 star pics in that folder. I use the view to display all 5 star pics. Then I select all, white box appears around them all indicating they are selected.
But here's my crunch. Even though I selected them all, really only one picture at a time is affected, as if there is a primary selection pic within the total selected pics. I've changed views, not sure how to actually affect a change to all selected.
It is as if the selection is a display function, but there is only one picture at a time actually selected for a change to be applied.
How in the world does one do something so simple as select all, drag the keyword over to all selected, and see them all tagged? Seems so simple...but I can't make this happen.
Thanks

I agree: The help and discussions here are very valuable. Thanks for all the tips, very useful.
For what it's worth -- I don't know why -- but one new Library I started just would not accept any Keywords at all: None. I'd click on the list I made in the Control Bar: Nothing would happen.
BUT when going to another Library Keywords worked fine (much to my relief).
This happen just after importing a photo from IPhoto that I had, for the first time, put keywords on it in iPhoto. Any connection, I don't know.
BUT After going back and forth to other Libraries a few times, it started working perfectly.
!? -- I think Aperture is great!

Quick question: apply keyword to multiple photos?

I select multiple photos in the browser. I call up the keywords HUD. I find the keyword I want; I drag it onto the multiple images; it applies to ONE IMAGE ONLY.
I ended up having to apply it to one, then use the lift and stamp tool. Took forever.
What could I be doing wrong? Must be something stupid, because I know this is supposed to work. (I had my "Aperture Getting Started" manual open to the keyword section too.)
Thanks in advance!
iMac 2.0 ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 gig Ram

make sure that you don not have "primary only" selected (keyboard shortcut is 'S') ... it can easily be selected - ive done it a few times on accident, or there is an icon on the bottom control bar ...
this only allows changes to be made to the "primary" of a group of selected images - thicker white border ...

Previous Button applying previous adjustments to multiple photos for some reason

So yesterday I was editing tons of photos, using the Previous Button once at a time to add the previous photo's adjustments to the next selected photo and everything was a great.
Today I hit Previous and the selected photo AND every photo after it gets adjusted.
What could I have possibly hit to change the behavior of the button?
Thanks!

No, to the left of the Sync button is a button that says Previous. It's a pretty popular feature. If you only have one image selected it becomes an active clickable button and applies any adjustments from the last photo you messed with to the currently viewed photo. Sort of like a single one at a time sync. It randomly stopped behaving the way it's supposed to (after 48 hours or so of working the right way) and started working more like the Sync button and I'm trying to find out what could have changed and get it back to working right.

Applying comments to multiple photos

My apologies if this is already answered someplace; I couldn't find it when I tried searching.
I'm trying to add identical comments for 169 photos at once; I have them all selected, but then the comments field is hidden in the information tab. Is there any way to apply comments to all of these photos at once rather than copy/pasting it into each one's comments field? Thanks in advance.
iMac 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 20" Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Charles:
It's not obvious but you use the Photos->Batch Change->Comments menu option. That will add the same Comment to all selected photos.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.

Date and Time adjustments for multiple photos

Hello, thanks for providing the space for new users, and thanks in advance for your assistance.
I am currently moving out of apple aperture/iphoto and across to lightroom 5.
The OCD part of me likes to have my library organized, and I noticed that when I transferred my library across it is in a bit of a mess, so I am currently in the process of organizing the library and cleaning it up (approximately 18000 photos)
Any how, I have almost settled on a folder structure (YYYY/MM - I feel for the number of photos I have trying to nut down to day might be to much - happy to receive advise on this also)
For the most part, the photos have correct date and time from the commencement of the digital era (for me 2006 onwards)
Photos pre 2006 are in negative form, and I am currently in process of having these scanned and imported into library, I have a batch done every month. Adjusting the date and time from the creation date is where I am running into trouble.
I have looked around the web and various forums to no avail.
Firstly, I organize the photos into the correct order. I then select the first photo and the then select the remaining photos. I then select the adjust date/time from the menu and select the first option, adjust to new date and time, lets say 01/01/1990 at 1200 PM.
The result I end up with is the first photo (the more selected photo if correct term) has 01/01/1990 @ 1200 as date and time, the remaining have 01/01/1990 as date (if I am lucky), and the times jump all over the place. Sometimes it wont even change the date time for the remaining photos.
What I am trying to achieve is either the same Date/Time for all the photos when I select a batch, or have them increment in time by a standard amount (i.e 1 minute (1200/1201/1202) or 1 second (1200:00/1200:01/1200:02)), and I just dont seem to be able to work this out to automatically do this, currently I have to achieve this by a manual adjusting each photo (some 200 at a time) which is really labor intensive
Thanks in advance, and hoping an easy solution
Regards
Dean

Thanks, that seemed to fix the problem.
Workflow is:
1) In grid view arrange photos in correct order
2) Rename photos with a name & sequence (i.e. photos-1), this appears to then keep the photos organized as how I had arranged in grid view
3) Export photos & delete original photos from my master library
4) Open exported photos in an EXIF editor and change date & time to a common format (I am currently using the seasons as a guide, i.e. the photos that I recall being taken in spring are dated the first day of spring, using noon as the time)
5) Import back to Lightroom and organizing as per my usual structure.
This has allowed me to easily batch change date and times, keeping the correct order and has drastically reduce my workload, thanks for the suggestion!

I want to use a gray card shot in ACR to multiple photos. Poss into the Elements or only in PS?

I want to click the grey card photo in ACR 7.3. of Elements, an then apply it to multiple Photos there.
Is that possible in Elemements or only in Photoshop's ACR?

Thanks, but just this it was I‘d done – to click my RAW files, select open in Windwos Explorer – and ACR opens – but only with first selectet file. I’m missing the fim stripe on the left site….thats the Problem. All selected files are imported into ACR, but I only see the full size image of the at first selectet file. Breaking the prozess…I see one after the other selectet filed disappearing . The were open, but not shown as a filstripe…that’s the problem
Von: ukgaurav [email protected]
Gesendet: Freitag, 11. Januar 2013 09:52
An: [email protected]
Betreff: I want to use a gray card shot in ACR to multiple photos. Poss into the Elements or only in PS?
Re: I want to use a gray card shot in ACR to multiple photos. Poss into the Elements or only in PS?
created by ukgaurav <http://forums.adobe.com/people/ukgaurav> in Photoshop Elements - View the full discussion <http://forums.adobe.com/message/4985562#4985562

How do I apply a preset to multiple photos

I thought I could apply a single preset to multiple photos, I know I can apply the presets during import, but I selected multiple photo's and clicked on the preset, but the preset was applied to only one photo, what am I doing wrong?
I'm using LR 2 with Leopard (Intel)
Thanks.

I am not sure about Mac but on Windows, select the files Ctrl button and click the sync button at the lower right side. It should then change to Auto Sync and any changes you now make will be applied to all the selected photos. Make sure you change it back to sync mode when you are done, use Ctrl and click to reset. There may be other ways to achieve this.
See the post by John this should be easier.

Applying develop presets to multiple photos

Is there a way to do this. If I select multiple photos and click on a preset, it only applies it to the first one. Using copy & paste or Sync is not an option as I see it because one does not know which settings to tick / untick in the copy or sync dialog boxes to get the same results for each photo. Ticking all settings will do more harm than good if I understand it correctly.
Am I being daft or is this a shortcoming of LR 1.0 ?

Or in Library module, select all of the images, and right-click and
select Develop Settings and choose your preset. You'll also find them
in a dropdown list in the Quick Develop panel in Library module.
Victoria
www.photoshopservices.co.uk

How can I apply the same crop to multiple photos?

It is easy to apply the same Adjust settings to multiple photos by using the Copy and Paste in the Adjust pane. Or by using iPhoto Batch Enhancer.
But can you apply the same crop to multiple photos? I don't see any way to copy a crop. iPhoto Batch Enhancer can do something like it but, being an external editor, it does so on a copy of the photo. I want it on the original photo. (Well, it's not really the original since that one is saved separately in the Library but on the current version).
Thanks for any suggestion.
Bo

Here's how:
1 - bring up the first photo in the edit window and click on the Crop button or *use the "C" key on the keyboard*.
2 - set the crop size/ratio in the menu and position the crop window over the photo as needed.
3 - click the Apply button or *use the Enter key*.
4 - click on the right arrow in iPhoto or *use the right arrow key on the keyboard* to bring up the next photo.
5 - click the "C" key to bring up the crop function.
6 - repeat steps 2 thru 5 for each photo.
This video screenshot shows how:
Click to view video screenshot
Happy Holidays

Applying relative curve changes to multiple photos

Is there a way to apply same changes to the tonal curve to multiple photos while keeping their curve shapes relatively intact? For example, I want to make all Darks and Shadows 20 points lower. I know I can't make it with a preset as it contains absolute, not relative figures. I want something like Quick Develop (which are relative) except applied to the curve itself. Perhaps there's a mass edit plugin?

Look what the most helpful Rob Cole has done: DevAdjust Lightroom Plugin!

Applying adjustments to multiple photos

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for