Automate Multiple RAW exposure from Bridge to CS3
Good afternoon
I'm new to these forums but have been using Bridge for a little while now. However I could really do with some help that would shave hours off my workflow!
With some of my images I am creating pseudo HDR effects. To do this I am opening multiple instances of the same shot in Camera Raw in CS3 and increasing or decreasing the exposure accordingly, then saving each image. Ultimately what I am trying to achieve is to automate the following procedure:
From Bridge open the same file three times in CS3, each time with a different exposure setting; then save each image as a tiff from CS3. In CS3 I use an action to do the saving, but isn't there a way of automating the entire process from Bridge?
The second problem is that I have to save my file as 1.tif, 2.tif, 3.tif etc when saving the same RAW file, otherwise it will overwrite itself. Can I also save in CS3 a variation of the original file name like img_001-1.tif, img_001-2.tif, img_001-3.tif, making it automated so that I don't have to intervene in order to give it a unique file name?
Any help gratefully received. Thanks in advance.
unknownsailor wrote:
From Bridge open the same file three times in CS3, each time with a different exposure setting; then save each image as a tiff from CS3. In CS3 I use an action to do the saving, but isn't there a way of automating the entire process from Bridge?
The second problem is that I have to save my file as 1.tif, 2.tif, 3.tif etc when saving the same RAW file, otherwise it will overwrite itself. Can I also save in CS3 a variation of the original file name like img_001-1.tif, img_001-2.tif, img_001-3.tif, making it automated so that I don't have to intervene in order to give it a unique file name?
First question - You can use Image Processing in tools/photoshop for automating the process.
2nd question - Don't know if you can do this directly in Bridge, but can be done quite easily with a script. I know zip about scripts but have seen previous posts were user did the same thing. Go to the scripting forum and do a search. Should be an available script to do what you want.
http://forums.adobe.com/community/bridge/bridge_scripting
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