Batch resizing images, etc. not as an export

What I'd like to do is take all the images in a catalog, resize them into tiny thumbnails, place those thumbnails in some directory, and then FTP them to a web server. Some of this is covered under the SDK's "export" functionality, but what I'm proposing isn't something I want to handle as an export (I don't want to do it from Lightroom's export menu). I've looked into addDevelopPresetForPlugin and strangely I'm not seeing a provision in there for resizing an image, so clearly that system wasn't intended for resizing. How might I proceed, what pitfalls do I face, and am I even asking the right questions?

John R. Ellis wrote:
1. Your plugin could programmatically define a publish service...
Unless it needs to be a publish service, you may find it simpler to use an LrExportSession - pass photos and export settings and away ya go...
John R. Ellis wrote:
2. Use photo:requestJPEGThumbnail(). But this has a number of issues...
Indeed, this function is not reliable if user is in develop module. If I remember correctly, it just won't work on a photo selected for develop. I think I discovered later that it will work on other photos in filmstrip, if not most-selected (in develop module I mean). And of course one has to wait for a fresh preview, so could take as long as an export. I wish Adobe would have made more than a half-baked implementation for this function. There are some other issues too with this function - it hangs forever if Lr needs to get in there and create the same preview before function is finished, or something like that.
Option #3: use reverse-engineered access to preview subsystem - it works regardless of module, and is easy to get immediate preview - hard to assure a fresh one. Biggest problem is handling orientation and icc-profile and metadata if desired. See PreviewExporter for example:
http://www.robcole.com/Rob/ProductsAndServices/PreviewExporterLrPlugin
Rob

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poa66 wrote:
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There will be a set of Landscapes that that have a narrower aspect ratio the 1960:1103 that would also need the top and bottom cropped like all Portraits would could be. You need to realize that center cropping Landscape image that have aspect ratios near 1960:1103 will usually produce acceptable compositions. However Cropping wide panoramas and portraits will only produce acceptable landscape 1960:1103 composition occasionally.
Here you will see what happens when image have aspect ratio the do not fit the desired aspect ratio. Where Landscape are forced to portrait and portrait forced to Landscape. Here are two Collage I populated with a mixture of image with different aspect ratios. One collage has all 3:2 Landscape places and the other 2:3 Portrait places.
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File - Automate - FitImage
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Hi, Downsize does not seem all that great according to reviews. Why not see if you can buy PS E' 3 mac -- maybe ebay/amazon (if I remember I only paid about $70 for PS E3) As PS E4 just came out I'm sure someone has PS E3 for sale. You will then have no problems completing your image resizing.
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Best Regards

gianlu1874 wrote:
Good evening, my name is gianluca. Let me ask you this information and courtesy : you could write me step by step procedures (or email me the link to the instructions in Italian or alternatively in English) to be followed in Photoshop to resize in one fell swoop with the same height and width in cm all jpg file (containing passport photos) present within the same folder, thus avoiding open every single jpg file and resize it?
I hope for your help
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It not possible to give you a step by step for you left out much needed infomation. Like will all files being process have the same aspect ratio and if its the same aspect ratio as your desired passport images. Passport images should not be distorted. If Aspect ratios differ will a centered crop be OK. etc

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Wrong, wrong.
You never access the photos via the File Structure, there is no need to - oh, and by the way, there are no duplicates.
With iPhoto you work only in the iPhoto Window. In the Library (Events or Photos view) select an image and drag it to the iPhoto Trash. Empty it. Empty the System trash. Image gone.
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Regards
TD

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