Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
TIP
Process
Multiple
Files is the name of this command, but if you want, you can run it on
just one photo (although you'll usually find it easier to use the Save As command instead;
see
Chapter 2
for more about saving files). Just open a photo, go to File→Process Mul-
tiple Files, and then, in the Process Files From drop-down menu, choose Opened Files.
You can even opt to save the new version to the desktop so you don't overwrite the ori-
ginal.
The following sections cover each part of the Process Multiple Files dialog box. You
have
to
use the first section (which tells Elements which files to process), but you'll probably want to
use only one or two of the other sections at any given time (though you
can
use them all, as
Figure 8-14
shows).
TIP
If you're working in the Organizer, then you can do some batch-processing without open-
ing the Editor. Select the files you want, and then go to File→Export As New File(s) (or
press Ctrl+E). You get a dialog box that lets you change the files' format, pick a new size
from a list of presets, set a destination for the new images, and choose a new “common
base name” (if you want). If you choose this last option, then your files get the new name
plus a sequential number. (By the way, this command is a great way to create a folder of
JPEGs to send to a photo-printing service.)
