Record Actions to Droplet in FireWorks

Adobe abandoned ImageReady (bad decision for many, many
users) and many of us are left stranded. After installing and
uninstalling the InDesign CS3 Beta, it completely trashed my CS2
suite and I am no longer able to use Image Ready to process photos.
Someone said to get Fireworks, which i did, but the tool set is
very sad, in terms of efficiency.
i need to record the following to a droplet so I can drag and
drop images onto a droplet... this was very easy in ImageReady.
Photoshop also does not have certain key features... So, I'm trying
Fireworks... I want to :
1) resize the photo to constrain to widthonly of 360 pixel
width (any height is fine)
2) run auto levels
3) run unsharp mask to precise parameters, 70, radius 0.4, 0
threshold
4) then save for web jpeg quality 40%, file name lower case
5) overwrite existing file without asking me and DO NOT keep
an original around
How do I set this up in Fireworks? Does it do droplets
(Mac...)
this was a simple thing in ImageReady. Record, do your steps,
sto recording, set a few options for a droplet and
after that all you ever need to do is drop files on the icon
of the droplet.

katir wrote:
> i need to record the following to a droplet so I can
drag and drop images onto
> a droplet... this was very easy in ImageReady. Photoshop
also does not have
> certain key features... So, I'm trying Fireworks... I
want to :
>
> 1) resize the photo to constrain to widthonly of 360
pixel width (any height
> is fine)
> 2) run auto levels
> 3) run unsharp mask to precise parameters, 70, radius
0.4, 0 threshold
> 4) then save for web jpeg quality 40%, file name lower
case
> 5) overwrite existing file without asking me and DO NOT
keep an original
> around
>
> How do I set this up in Fireworks? Does it do droplets
(Mac...)
>
> this was a simple thing in ImageReady. Record, do your
steps, sto recording,
> set a few options for a droplet and
> after that all you ever need to do is drop files on the
icon of the droplet.
With the image selected, choose Modify > Transform >
Numeric Transform >
Choose the Resize option and enter a width of 360.
Click on the Apply Live Filter button [+] in the property
inspector and
choose Adjust Color > Auto Levels.
Open the Live Filter menu again and choose Sharpen >
Unsharp Mask. Apply
your settings.
Open the Optimize panel and select JPEG format. Apply the
compression
amount you desire. Caution: since Image Ready and Fireworks
have
different rendering engines, 40% in both programs will not
give you the
same result. You'll have to test to get the result you want.
Choose File > Export. When prompted, allow the original
image to be
overwritten.
DO NOT CLOSE THE DOCUMENT WINDOW YET.
Open the History panel, press shift, and select the steps you
have just
performed.
Open the history panel menu by clicking on the wavy line icon
(menu
expander) at the top right of the panel and select Save as
Command.
Give the command a name you'll remember its function by.
You will be able to access your new command via the Fireworks
Commands
menu and apply it to other images in one click. It will also
be
available for batch processing.
Linda Rathgeber [PVII] *Adobe Community Expert-Fireworks*
http://www.projectseven.com
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