Using the Automate commands (Photoshop)

The Automate commands simplify complex tasks by combining them into one or more dialog boxes. You can send files directly from the file browser to any of the automation plug-ins that process multiple images.

To use an automated command:

Choose File > Automate, and then choose any of the commands:
• PDF slideshow creates a PDF slideshow from multiple documents.
• Conditional Mode Change changes the color mode of an image to the mode you specify, based on the original mode of the image. Record this command in an action to ensure that images use the correct color mode and avoid generating unwanted error messages.
• Contact Sheet II produces a series of thumbnail previews on a single sheet from the files in the selected folder.
• Crop and Straighten (Photoshop) finds, separates and straightens one or more photographs from a single scan.
• Fit Image fits the current image to the width and height you specify, without changing its aspect ratio.
Note: This will resample the image, changing the amount of data in the image.
• Multi-Page PDF to PSD converts each page of a PDF document you select to a separate Photoshop file.
• Picture Package places multiple copies of a source image on a single page, similar to the photo packages traditionally sold by portrait studios. (See Creating picture packages.)
• Web Photo Gallery generates a Web site from a set of images--complete with a thumbnails index page, individual JPEG image pages, and navigable links.
• Photomerge merges multiple overlapping images into panoramas.