Batch work in CS3

I am very familiar with Photoshop but have never really done much with the Batch options or the Actions.
I have a folder full of RAW files from a couple different kinds of cameras. I want to automate opening them and saving them as tiff files without me having to do anything. As far as I can tell the Batch process can only automate conversion to PDFs. Is there a way to do automate the conversion where I could walk away from the computer while its working?
Thanks - Eric

I do this in CS4 but I believe you can also do this in CS3. In the Menu Bar, go to FILE, then SCRIPTS, then IMAGE PROCESSOR. In that box you can Select the Folder to Process, Select the location to save and choose the file type and some more preferences.
In my experience, if have done some editing of the RAW files in ACR, then usually the new files will appear as I have edited it.
Or you may also, Go to Bridge, Select the folder and the images that you want, Press Command + R [for Macs], which brings you to RAW processing, make the edits you want to each image or edit an image, select all or some of the images and click on Synchronize, then click on the Save button.
I hope this helps.

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[email protected]
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Any help GREATLY appreciated!
Many Thanks,
Peter Thompson
[email protected]
www.photohawaii.com
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Short Text
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