Batch processing HDR images

Is there a tool/script that will select the HDR triplets and automatically merge them to single output HDR files?

I think the only possible way to do this is with the help of scripts:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2870234#2870234

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Batch Processing HDR

I've got to be making this unnecessarily hard... Bridge CC, PSCC, LR5.x
I've got a bunch of HDR sets, I want to process them into 32-bit files that LR will read (which as near as I can tell, means tiff). I want to do them in large bunches, not one at a time.
I"ve got Nik HDR Efex Pro, which doesn't appear to do batch.
I've got Photomatix 4.2, which does batch but doesn't appear to save 32-bit tiffs in batch.
HOW do I batch a bunch of sets and process them? I"ve seen a script, but isn't there some built-in way of using batch processing or Image processing or SOMETHING more efficient?

I THINK V5 of Photomatix may save 32-bit tiffs,
No, not after tone mapping or fusion, you can set prefs to open the file as 32 bit and then save as floating pointing tiff, but honestly, I only looked at it once and since my (nor most or any at all) monitor can't show 32 bit colors properly I would not know what to do with it I'm afraid.
But this option is also available in PP 4
but unfortunately I have V4 and when I tried the free update to V5 it told me my V4 was an upgrade password, so even though V5 is a free upgrade apparently it's not free if you've already upgraded to V4….
I had the same struggle but I believe this was due to having a to old license for version 4 (mine was almost 4 years old) for being entitled for a free upgrade. However they charge the very reasonable fee of $ 29,00 so I can't say they are to blame for this
And at the moment HDR Efex Pro V2 isn't working at all with CC. It crashes every time I try it. Even doing the instasllation as instructed in other topics here say, it's not working. I'll have to keep fiddling with it.
There are some strange things happening with NIK (maybe the transition to Google has something to do with it, I remember iView Media Pro being screwed thoroughly by Microsoft after they bought it and changed it to Expression Media…).
Never used NIK my self but both HDR Efex Pro 2 and/or Selective Tools are to my believe responsible for the rare ACR Exposure slider set back in combination with OSX Mavericks. If you remove one of the aforementioned plug ins from the Google folder (previous called NIK) in the PSCC plug in folder the ACR bug is gone.

Does Photoshop elements process HDR images...or ...?

I am using Light room (LR), and have watched the instructional videos for processing HDR images in LR, using Photoshop (PS). I have only PS Elements on my system presently. LR lets me select multiple images for HDR in LR, and input the LR commands to process images for HDR using PS. The PS Elements window appears. The little cursor wheel spins, and spins, then .... nothing happens. Do I need the full PS CC suite to process HDR? Do I need to buy a subscription (that I don't want) to the CC system and get the full blown PS software? Has Adobe now got me by the balls... ?

PSE does not do true HDR. It will do a "kind-of HDR" by merging photos with different exposures (Photomerge-Exposure), but only in 8 bits. The result (also in 8 bits) cannot possibly be HDR because 8 bits can't contain even the DR your camera can capture in a single exposure, much less extend it to HDR. The advantage in using LR in the HDR process is that it can edit (map) the 32 bit HDR tiff produced by PSCS (and other HDR programs) when working from 16 bit images. However, if you do want to do Photomerge, send the images to PSE in the usual way, select them all in the Photo Bin and then initiate Photomerge-Exposure.

Batch processing - HDR feature Lightroom 6 - Is this possible?

We shoot a lot of real estate interiors; is there a way to batch process sets of images (in this case 5 per shot) in Lightroom 6. I did vaguely remember seeing a video from Adobe saying that you could line up the new shot when the first was merging but that's not feasible for large batch runs and given that I am affected by the AMD Radeon problem, I would like to automate the process and not wait 4 hours to process a batch. All tips and suggestions welcome., thank you in advance.

Some others have asked for that -- add your vote and opinion to this topic in the official Adobe feedback forum: LIGHTROOM - Batch HDR
Also, I don't think the GPU is being used to accelerate HDR and panoramas: GPU notes for Lightroom CC (2015). So you're not missing out on that score.

32bit output from ACR when processing HDR images

As said above, why does ACR not support 32bit output for HDR images that are processed in it?
I read this discussion too, but since the situation changed now, it would be nice to have 32 bit output from ACR.
Is there still anything that speaks against it?

The way in which I manage this is to batch-convert a series of progressive exposures in ACR 7.1;
Select all of those files in Bridge and use Tools/Photoshop/Merge to HDR Pro and
Save as 32-bit.tif (floating);
Then open that Tiff in ACR 7.1 to refine the editing (making full use of the Adjustment Brushes);
Finally, I open the file directly from ACR into Photoshop CS6 as a ProPhoto RGB 16-bit Smart Object and finish the image.
This works beautifully and produces very smooth and wide DR images without those horrendous HDR grunge haloes.
While you could do part of this in LR 4.1 if you wished, you do need Photoshop CS6 for some of the steps.

Batch process makes image resolution change to 72dpi - it should be 300dpi - Help!

In my work I use a batch process to run an action that converts EPS files to TIFF files. I have been using this successfully in Photoshop 7 on a Win2000 PC for a number of years. The process is as follows...
Open EPS file
Flatten Image
Save
Close
When I recorded the action I made sure that the resolution was set to 300dpi as we require the TIFF produced at the end to be that resolution.
I am now testing PSCS3 on a WinXP machine as we are upgrading all of our equipment. When I run the action as a batch process the TIFFs that are saved end up being 72dpi - They should be 300dpi. This worked in PS7 on the Win2000 machine and I am using exactly the same process in PSCS3 on the new WinXP machine, but something must be going wrong somewhere for the TIFFs to be saved at 72dpi instead of the required 300dpi. Any ideas?

That doesn't seem to work - it doesn't appear to record any changes I make in the 'Image Size' dialog.
When I look at the actions that I recorded in PS7 there are all the settings that I specified at the 'Open' step, such as 300dpi, greyscale, etc. saved under 'Open', but when I do the same in PSCS3 it doesn't record all the settings, just the actual 'Open' command, so I need to find a way of making PSCS3 remember '300dpi', 'greyscale', etc. within the 'Open' step like it did when I recorded the action using PS7.

Batch process 1000 images.

I have a batch of 1000 images that all need to be processed with the exact same levels adjustments and the exact same crop command. I recorded the necssary actions in photoshop, and I can now open up approximately 20 of my images and batch apply the actions to all 20 images automatically. The trouble is that I have 1000 images to process like this, and I can't open all 1000 in photoshop at once; it just kills my machine. I don't want to do the whole 1000 in little batches of 20 either. I'll be getting a new pile of 1000 images to process like this every day or two, so I need a way to do the whole 1000 automatically without user intervention.
Is such a thing possible?
I'm a software develoeper by profession, so if doing this sort of massive batch processing requires any command line work or scripting then I would totally be up for that.
Many thanks,
-Patrick

I think the work's already been done for you.
Check out File - Scripts - Image Processor. I think it's in that submenu (can't check at this moment, my Photoshop's busy with a 3D render). If it's not there, look in File - Automate.
-Noel

Batch processing of images..

I know I saw this somewhere that if there are a large amount of images that need to have exposure adjustments (ie under/over expose in varying increments) that you can select those images and have them
batched processed all at the sam adjusted exposure.
I recently did a digital assisting job where I was asked to this very same thing, and selected the images to have their exposures batch processed and it didn't do it.
I tried another way, and still no luck. Luckily there weren't many images and ended up changing the exposures manually.
Could someone guide me in this step and what I may have missed?
What else can I do with the batch processing within Bridge CS3.
much appreciate in advance the help ~A~

File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack has an option that will attempt to auto align images. However it will most likely fail if the focal lengths used varies by a lot, Different Focal length will produce images where an object like a mountain will be different in size and perspective. Beside parallax errors object will have a different perspective for example the distance between object I believe will be different when you use different focal length. Once you stack the Images you can transform layers to try to match object sizes and align layers. You can then do a center Crop so no layer will have a transparent short side. You could then use the Animation Palette and use its fly-out menu to have Photoshop make frames from the layers. View the animation and if it looks good you should be able export the Frames a sequence of images. Do not save an animated GIF. The GIF file format standard only supports 256 colors I'm sure you will want more colors to show all four seasons well. Photoshop versior prior to CS5 also had a PDF presentation feature you could even add transitions between slideshow images. That feature was accessed through menu File>Automate>PDF Presentation. And the feature was removed is CS5 and is not an available download optional plugin. Bridges output module PDF feature is lame in comparason seems to be aimed at only replaceing contact sheet II which was also removed but can still be downloaded and installed.

Java script code missing' comes up in a window when I try to batch process my images in photoshop.

I have an imac version 10.9.4, Photoshop cs5.1. I'll select file-script-image processor and that is when the 'java script code missing' pops up. It used to work before I upgraded to the version 10.9.4. I called Apple and they don't know what to do. Now I'm here on the community site hoping someone can help. Not being computer savvy I don't understand anything I try to read about it.

I finally found out that my 'McAfee SiteAdvisor' add-on was causing the problem for me. You can either disable it from your add-ons by clicking on tools, then add-ons and then disable it from your list of add-ons, or if you still wish to use it like I do, you can unistall it from your add-on list, and then download it from the official McAfee web site and then simply reinstall it... Since I've done this my firefox been loading faster, no annoying pop-up window when I launch or open a new tab. It was also crashing quiet often before I did this and that seemed to be fixed now.
here is the link for the McAfee SiteAdvisor download from the official McAfee web site if anyone needs to download it again like I had to.
http://us.mcafee.com/root/product.asp?productid=sa

Batch processing images of various sizes

I'm trying to create 125 pixel square thumbnail images using a batch process and I'm having trouble getting it to work consistently with images that have different aspect ratios. I think I know why it's working the way it is, but I don't know how to work around the function. Here is what I'm doing that doesn't work when the image proportions change:
1. Resize image to 125 pixels high using the "constrain proportions" option.
2. Resize canvas to 125 pixels wide, thus cropping the sides to create the square image.
Then I have another process that does the same thing with images in portrait orientation. The problem is, I have some images that are 640x480, for example, and some that are 640x360. If I create the command using a 640x480 image, the 640x360 images are skewed when run through the batch because the "resize image" step is actually setting the dimensions of the image, rather than maintaining the proportions of that particular image. I thought about setting the canvas to a square first, but since not all my images are the same dimensions, I'm not sure how to account for that.
Anyone have any thoughts? I also have Photoshop, but as a novice, I've found Fireworks to be a little more intuitive for some of these basic commands, particularly batch processes.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much!
Jeremy

It seems tricker than one might expect to create square thumbnails!
I'm a little confused by the results you're describing. When I try using Modify > Canvas > Canvas Size to crop a document, the result appears in the History panel as "Crop Document". If I select that step and choose "Copy Steps to Clipboard", then paste the results in a text file, I get something like this:
fw.getDocumentDOM().setDocumentCanvasSize({left:16, top:0, right:141, bottom:125}, true);
This reveals that the canvas is being cropped according to a specific bounding rectangle that may or may not be a great fit for all the other images being processed (depending on their widths). For a more foolproof result, a rectangle like {left:0, top:0, right:125, bottom:125} would be a better choice; however, aesthetically, I'd personally prefer that images be cropped from the center, not the left side.
If I had something better to suggest here, I would. It might be worth checking out Photoshop to see if this type of operation is any easier. Here's one online tutorial on the subject: http://demosthenes.info/blog/347/PhotoShop-Batch-Processing-Generating-Image-Thumbnails-vi a-Automated-Crop-&-Resize

ACR use of workdisk and scratchdisk when batch processing images

I am setting up a new PC optimized for PS, and I and pondering on the optimal disk setup for ACR when I batch process several images:
Alternative 1
2 physical disk in raid 0 with 2 partitions, partition 1 for scratch and the second for images to work on.
The question is if there ever will be a conflict in the sence that PS/ACR wants to access both scratch- and work partitions at the same time? If this should occure, I guess the following is a better setup??:
Alternative 2
1 physical disk for scratch
1 physical disk for images to work on
Christopher

Thank you Ramón,
I am not limited to 2 drives. I am planning on having OS and programs on a third separate disk.
The point of using alternative 1 would be to use RAID 0 to obtain faster read/write (both for scratch and for reading and saving images on the work partition. However, if scratch usage competes with read/write to the work partition, I'm probably better off with alternative 2. If I work on one image this is simple, however I frequently batch process several RAW images. How does ACR/PS handle this? If all the images initially are read from the work partition and loaded into RAM + scratch and processed there, there will be no competition between the two partitions and I will benefit from the RAID solution. However, if the images are read one or just a few at a time, processed in RAM/scratch and then saved to the work partition, I imagine scratch and work partition could be competing for the the disks read/write head when finished images are being saved and ACR is "waiting" for more images to process??

Batch process to Tiff Image

I have several hundreds of psd documents every now and then and I need to print them out to black&white TIFF format. Is there a way that I can do an automation in FW CS4? I know how to get them into greyscale from Bridge but I am looking for Black&White Tiff image. is there a script that I can use? I haven't got to scripting experience yet. Can you help? I really appreciate your helps.

Just so we're clear, Fireworks is a screen graphics application and it may not be particularly efficient if you try to batch process a huge number of high resolution images.
That said, you can probably create a custom command to do what you want, and it doesn't require programming knowledge. FW already has batch commands for resizing, renaming and exporting files, so the only piece you need to add to the puzzle is sharpening.
Open a file in Fireworks. Using ONLY key commands, apply the unsharp mask filter. TAB through the input fields rather than using your mouse. Fireworks records keyboard commands, but not options selected with the mouse.
When you have the sharpening you want, tab to the OK button and press enter on the keyboard.
Open the History panel (Window > History)
Select the Filter Image step and click on the disc icon at the bottom right of the panel. This lets you save the shrapening as a custom command. It will appear at the bottom of your Commands menu in FW.
Now go back to Bridge
Select your images
Choose Tools > FIreworks > Batch Process
Your images will appear in included files window at the bottom of the Batch wizard
Click next
From the Batch options pane, add the processes you want:Scale, Export and fromthe Commands section choose Convert to Greyscale and your unsharp mask custom command.
From the Include in Batch pane, set the order of the process to Convert to Greyscale, Scale, Unsharp Mask and export. Select the Scale command and change the settings as desired at the the bottom of the wizard window,
Select the Export command, choose custom from the settings area and then click the edit button so you can choose TIFF. When you've adjusted the settings to your liking, click OK (You willnot see an image preview when you alter these settings).
Click Next and choose to export the files to a custom location, so you do not overwrite your existing files.
If you like, choose the Save Script button to save the entire process as a custom batch command.
Click the Batch button, and go have lunch. ;-)
HTH

Cropping not maintained from Bridge to PS when batch processing

This is the oddest thing, because it has never happened before. I am sending images that are cropped in Bridge to a Photoshop batch process (just image resize and sharpening), but they are showing up in the new folder un-cropped.
Anybody seen this before?

Perhaps the "then click [Done]" part is being omitted? It's easy to forget and click [Cancel], which will toss out the crop and any other settings changes.
Other possibilities:
If you've set Camera Raw to use SideCar XMP files to maintain the settings, make sure you're not moving just the raw files to some other location without the XMP files.
If you've set Camera Raw to use the central database, make sure you're opening the images on the same computer on which you set the crop, and also make sure you've given the Camera Raw database enough room to grow (I've found that the default 1 GB is not nearly enough).
-Noel

Batch combine multiple image sequences

My problem in a way is pretty simple.
After assembling the render output of my 3d app in photoshop (32bit) and changing the appearance via several CC layers in different layer modes (e.g. Hue/saturation in Overlay mode) I ended up with my composing for print purposes. The comp is complex, with several masked folders, single masked CC layers and many image layers (some with masks).
Now the client wanted me to animate part of the image. No problem I thought. But the trap is of how to assemble the different image sequences (diffuse, specular, reflection, masks, etc, etc). I came up with a PS action which loaded the single images and arranged them in the same fashion as the master file.
But now PS doesn't load the incremental images for the batch processing.
Images are named in a Diffuse_00001, Specular_00001, ... fashion. Loading the first set works, but from Diffuse_00002 everything goes wrong and PS load the 00001 files (except from one file which loads in the proper incremental way).
I can't transfer this stuff to AE as it is much too complex and I do no AE only very little.
I guess PS should be capable to solve this batch task, but a simple action via batch seems to fail.
Anybody who knows a solution?
Cheers
Thomas

I forgot to mention that after applying the action the comp is reduced to the background layer and needs to be saved as Flattened_00000, Flattened_00001, etc.
Cheers
Thomas

Optimal workflow for batch processing LR files with Nik plug ins

I have a series of 40 or so landscape images that I would like to efficiently apply a couple of Nik filters to using Color Efex. I'd appreciate any suggestions re: the most efficient workflow to accomplish this task in a batch processing approach, as my current approach of taking each image into Photoshop, while preserving Smart Filter benefits, is terribly inefficient. Thanks in advance.

Hi,
Sorry but File->Process Multiple Files is the only way and functionalities with which you can batch process your images in PSE. However you can add action in Window->Action Player and apply to your images opened in workspace -
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-elements-11/adding-actions/
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4736578
The functionality is available in full functionality product Photoshop via File->Automate->Batch where you can load actions in action panel and they would appear in this dialog box but this is not available in Elements.
The best way to do here is to load actions in Window->Action Player and open all your images and click on play button one by one and then use Process Multiple Files to save all these in one go as per your preferences of file type, size, name etc.
Thanks,
Garry

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