Fireworks Batch Process..........

I have over 1,000 of photos I want to upload on my site, and
almost all my photos have different dimensions. I need my photos to
be 425 x 320 pixels. So I used FW batch option: "Scale To Fit Area"
and set it to 425 x 320 pixels. So now half of my photos are
maximum of 425 by whatever and the other half are whatever by 320
in height, All I need to know is how to adjust the canvas size to
all of them so all my pictures will be the same dimension: 425 x
320 pixels, instead of doing it manually 1 by 1.

Hoosier_Buddy wrote:
> I have over a 1,000 of photos I want to upload on my
site, and almost all my
> photos have different dimensions. I need my photos to be
425 x 320 pixels. So I
> used FW batch option: "Scale To Fit Area" and set it to
425 x 320 pixels. So
> now half of my photos are maximum of 425 by whatever and
the other half are
> whatever by 320 in height, All I need to know is how to
adjust the canvas size
> to all of them so all my pictures will be the same
dimension: 425 x 320 pixels,
> instead of doing it manually 1 by 1.
You need to add the "Fit to Canvas" command.
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