Using Photoshops record command to resize all of my photos for FCP

Hello Everyone,
I have over 200 pictures for a montage I am doing for a client. I have scanned them and now want to use Photoshop to resize the images so they are all the same size. Then I will import them into FCP. I know Photoshop has a record action but I'm not sure how I can automatically have it do all 200+ pictures. I have looked at the Automator but apparantly it doesn't work with Photoshop.
From what I have read in the posts I do not want to go over 1440 x 960 pixels. I will animate them in FCP.
I have done a search but could not find exactly what I would like to do.
Thanks for any information. I'll owe ya a coffee or a beer, your choice!
Thanks,
Ymir

It's not hard to do it with Photoshop. I'll assume you're familiar with the process of recording "Actions" in PS. If not - the PS manual will get you down that road.
First off - I'd make a backup copy of all your images that you're going to process - for safe-keeping. You never know....Then I'd make a "Destination Folder" where your tweaked images will finall reside. Start recording your Photoshop Action. Conclude it with a "Save As" with the destination being the Destinatin Folder that you just created. Stop recording the Action.
Now in PS go to File > Automate > Batch. A pop-up window will appear. Set the "Play" section at the top to point to the action you just recorded. For the "Source" area select "Folder" and "Choose" the folder of pics you want to alter. In the "Destination" area select "Folder" and point this to the Destination Folder where you want your edited images to end up. Click "OK" and off she runs.
NOTE: First off I'd run this on a small test batch: 5/6 images to make sure it's going to work like you hope. Then I'd run it on all 200 images.
Good Luck. And I choose a beer ! : )

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