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Faster editing workflow using the Batch Processor For professional photographers, one of the biggest challenges is finding a fast, efficient workflow for common tasks. Let’s look at how you can speed up your editing workflow using ACDSee Pro’s powerful Batch Processor. Suppose you’ve just returned from shooting a wedding. You’ve culled your photos and selected the best shots, but you want to make a few quick edits before you put them into a collection for your clients to look through. For example, you probably want to resize the photos and insert a copyright notice before you share them with your clients. You can make both of these edits to your photos, simultaneously, in the Batch Processor, a tool specifically designed to edit multiple photos.

About the Batch Processor

In the Browser, use the Folders pane to find the folder containing the photos you want to edit, e.g. Selected.

Resize your photos

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Press Ctrl+I to select all of the photos.

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Click Tools | Batch Processor, or press Ctrl+Alt+B, to open the Batch Processor.

Choose output options

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Click the checkboxes beside Resize and Text Overlay to select those operations.

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Faster editing workflow using the Batch Processor From the Resize by drop-down list, select Print Dimensions to display those options.

About the Batch Processor

Click on the word Resize to display the resize options.

Resize your photos

Insert copyright

Choose output options

Save options as a Preset

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These are the options for fitting resized photos to the print dimensions. The best approach is to resize the photos by preserving the original aspect ratio. You only have to enter the width or the height, because ACDSee Pro will figure out the other based on the photo’s original aspect ratio.

In the Preview section, click Next Image and Previous Image to scroll through and see the effect of resizing on all the photos.

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Faster editing workflow using the Batch Processor

In the Text box, select Sample text and press Delete.

About the Batch Processor

Click the drop-down and select Insert Symbol | © Copyright symbol. The © symbol displays in the Text box.

In the Text box, type your name next to the © symbol.

Resize your photos

Click on the words Text Overlay to display the text overlay options.

Insert copyright

When you’re happy with the resizing and text overlay, click Next.

Choose output options

Save options as a Preset

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Notice how the text displays over the photo in the Preview section. Click on the text overlay and drag the marquee handle to resize the box. Then drag it to the lower right corner of the photo.

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Faster editing workflow using the Batch Processor

Now you can choose from a variety of output options. For example, do you want to save the edited photos in the same folder as the originals? Or do you want to save them to a different folder?

About the Batch Processor

The best approach is to save the edited photos to a different folder. Click Create a new subfolder for the files, and then type Collection.

Resize your photos

Insert copyright

Choose output options

Click Next. Save options as a Preset

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Faster editing workflow using the Batch Processor

The progress bars indicate which photo is being processed, and which edits are being applied to each photo. Processing may take a couple of seconds or a few minutes, depending on the number of photos you are editing, and the number of edits you are making to each photo.

About the Batch Processor

Resize your photos

Insert copyright

When processing is complete, click Save Preset to save the processing options as a preset to use later. Choose output options

Presets are a big time saver for common editing functions like resizing and adding copyright information.

Save options as a Preset

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Click Finish to exit the Batch Processor and browse your edited photos.

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Faster editing workflow using the Batch Processor

And that’s it – fast, simple, and effective editing in minutes! Be sure to try other editing options in the Batch Processor, like rotate, crop, correct color cast, adjust exposure, remove noise, sharpen, vignette, and watermark. About the Batch Processor

Resize your photos

Insert copyright

Choose output options

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The Batch Processor can apply multiple kinds of edits to multiple files, or to a single file.

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There are 10 different editing operations, each with many options. Click on the name of each operation to see its options.

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You can see the effect of each option in the Preview area.

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You can select from several output options, for example you can copy, move, rename, or create a new folder for your files.

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You can save the settings you chose as a preset to use later.

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For general inquiries, please contact:

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ACD Systems Ltd. PO Box 36 Saanichton, BC Canada V8M 2C3 p 250.544.6701 f 250.544.0291 www.acdsystems.com/support

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