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Faster editing workfl ow using the Batch Processor

About the Batch Processor

Resize your photos

Insert copyright

Choose output options

Save options as a Preset

Key concepts

For professional photographers, one of the biggest challenges is fi nding a fast, effi cient workfl ow for common tasks. Let’s look at how you can speed up your editing workfl ow using ACDSee Pro’s powerful Batch Processor.

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

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

Press Ctrl+I to select all of the photos.

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 specifi cally designed to edit multiple photos.

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

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Resize your photos

Insert copyright



From the Resize by drop-down list, select Print Dimensions to display those options.

Click on the word Resize to display the resize options.

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

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These are the options for fi tting 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 fi gure out the other based on the photo’s original aspect ratio.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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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 diff erent folder? The best approach is to

save the edited photos to a diff erent folder.

Click Create a new subfolder for the fi les, and then type Collection.

Click Next.

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

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

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

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.

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Check to see if you learned these key concepts:

The Batch Processor can apply multiple kinds of edits to multiple fi les, or to a single fi le.

There are 10 diff erent editing operations, each with many op-tions. Click on the name of each operation to see its options.

You can see the eff ect of each option in the Preview area.

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

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

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For general inquiries, please contact:

ACD Systems Ltd.PO Box 36Saanichton, BC CanadaV8M 2C3p 250.544.6701f 250.544.0291www.acdsystems.com/support

And that’s it – fast, simple, and eff ective 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.

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