Russ, Yes, you can do that automatically. Here is how you do : 1) You open IrfanView; then you click on File/thumbnails; 2) This will show you the thumbnails in the right window and the tree of your directories on the left.. Each time you change directories, the thumbnails are refreshed and reflect the content of the selected folder. 3) Select the pictures you want in the slideshow with your mouse (same rules as for selecting things in Windows) 4) Choose the command File/start slideshow; 5) This will open a large dialogue boxe where everything is fixed easily; Select the folder where your pictures are stored in the upper right frame; then along the left vertical frame choose the add button (or the add all button if you want all the pictures in that folder); the picture chosen will appear in the left frame. Then choose your settings for the slideshow; this is pretty evident, you'll find what suits you best; when you are done, choose save as exe/scr file; 6) This will open a smaller dialogue box. You'll be able to save the slideshow as a standalone slideshow, with the exe extension; you'll be able to save the pictures to fit a window and determine the size of that window : if you haven't downsampled your pictures before, this may be the way to go.. But I've not tried feeding original files.. I've always done the resampling in PS before.. Frankly, for batch work, there is nothing like Photoshop. You'd be better of by creating an action in Photoshop and applying it to all your pictures. The batch command is already there in Version 5 : look for File/Automate/batch; then you'll be asked to pick the folder with the original picture and the folder where you want the final picture to be put and finally the name of the action you want to apply. Creating these actions or script is easy : just display the script palette and click down on register a new action; make the needed steps (for instance Image/size and then a sharpen filter). Once you have your downsampled pictures, then use Irfanview. Your workflow could be something like : 1) Getting a first look at the results in Irfanview, throw away what is bad, or move the good ones in your keep folder. 2) Then, corrections and retouching to your pictures in PS.. 3) Automate actions in order to downsize your pictures in a new folder. 4) Completing a slideshow in Irfanview.. 5) Burning the CD with you CD burner.. There is no good program doing everything well.. Switching from one program to the other is not really a big trouble. I like IrfanView, because it allows a fast overview of the pictures and of what is stored in the folders.. I'm not sure whether you'll be able to get really good quality for your pictures if you do all the downsampling in this little program.. Le 30.5.2003 16:30, «?Russell Baker?» <rebphoto@pronetisp.net> a écrit?: > > > Hi Russ, > > I'm not sure whether you'll be able to find programs allowing sorting and > burning a CDs at the same time. > > > This one is a great program and it is completely free !! > http://www.irfanview.com/ > (thanks to Bob T who pointed me to that program first) > > > > Ok I did down load it and it looks pretty good. > > Mostly what I do is Theatrical Photos. > > For example last night I set up my portable > at a rehearsal and did Head Shots of 8 performers. > > Here is what I am looking to do. > > I have down loaded the jpegs. on to my computer. > > These are Super HQ jpegs. at 1/4 compression. > > The photos were automatically > downloaded with numbers 001-112 . > > I want to be able to as a batch copy these > and convert them to a low resolution jpeg. > > The idea is to burn each person a CD with their > photos, but the images on their CD will be a low res. > images so they can't make a decent print from it. > > It would be great to be able to convert the batch as a whole. > > Then re name the images in small groups as I burn each persons > CD(ie: Bob 001, Bob 002, Bob 003, Bob 004 etc etc) > > I don't want to change the original jpegs in this > process as I will be making the enlargements from these. > > (Yes I know that as I do any manipulation > on the originals I should save as a Tiff.) > > I would hope that this program will let me do this? > > > Thanks > > Russ > R.E. Baker > Photography > rebphoto@pronetisp.net > -- Christiane
