Questions tagged [batch]
Batch processing is the automated editing of photos or metadata through the use of scripts or recorded actions.
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How can I automatically apply smart cropping to hundreds of coin photos?
I am having terrible difficulty.
I routinely have to photograph and then edit hundreds of coin pictures.
I then by hand crop out the excess background leaving a small border around the coin.
I know ...
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How do I get Exiv2 to apply metadata from a static XML file to several images?
Exiv2 seems to work quite well with batch operations by keeping any generated derivative files the same root filename with an different extension.
My mission is to draw the meta information from a ...
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Bulk processing make images square no cropping
I have hundreds of product photographs for my business. Now am assigning all of those to respective product codes on my ERP. But the erp accepts only square images (1:1) something like instagram or ...
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How can I duplicate many images to black and white in a batch process?
I've just moved over to lightroom and need to duplicate a set of wedding photos in black and white. In aperture I used to duplicate them and then batch process them. I wondered how to go about this in ...
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What is the simplest way to batch crop differently sized photos?
I'm new here. I would really appreciate your help. Let's say I have a few hundred photos of a model on infinite background, shot from four different angles: front, back, side and full length. Is there ...
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How do I autofill the copyright metadata for the current Lightroom catalog?
When I was using Lightroom, I accidentally overwrote the copyright metadata to 2009. Is there any script or technique inside LR4 (or with some free software) so I can calculate and rewrite the ...
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Is there a tool to compare image EXIF data across folders, so I can eliminate duplicates?
Is there a tool that can take two folders of images files and give comparison (duplicates info) based on images' EXIF data, instead of comparing file size or file dates (which tend to be unreliable ...
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How can I batch process HDR images in Lightroom?
I have taken a series of 8 images for a 360 panoramic shot using bracketed exposure of 3. This produces 24 total images, which I would like to process in lightroom using HDR merge.
Currently, I am ...
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How do I automate adding EXIF date information based on the photo's filename?
So recently i moved all my photos to Google Photo from a dropbox backup and while moving i realized i have around 1000+(out of several thousands of) photos which don't have valid created/modified date....
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How can I get a uniform white balance on a batch of JPEG images?
I have shot many photos of the same subject in JPG. Since I have shot for many hours with different light conditions the white balance is quite different for all the shots.
I would like to ...
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Batch change CMYK JPG into YCbCr JPG?
I recently got a bunch of JPG photos but all are looking very strange colour wise – almost like colour negatives! My photo viewing program is saying they are all CMYK format but other ones ...
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How can I batch crop based on face location?
I've got 12,000 photos from an event where there's only one person in each photo. I need to crop these photos to apply rule of thirds. The idea of doing all of these individually is daunting and I can'...
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How can I incrementally date photos?
I have a collection of photos that have no date information. They have no Exif data, and the file modification dates are all identical. The only sequence is in the file name: image-0001.jpg, image-...
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Batch processing in Lightroom without import
I'm looking for a way to use Lightroom to mass process photos from location A to B without having to go through the whole import rigmarole.
Ideally I would :
create a standard profile.
Point it ...
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Best program to batch compress JPGs with minimal loss?
My photo catalog is getting bigger and bigger. It's mainly my fault because in my noob years I used to export all JPGs with a 100% quality, point at which files can reach the 10mb mark or even more. I ...
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How can I adjust white balance for many photos by the same amount in Lightroom?
I own Lightroom 5 and I've been running a quite stable workflow for several years, including calibration of the monitor and the printer. In the past I printed my photos on my own and I was pleased ...
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how to convert CR2 to jpg in batches on digital photo professional 4.1
how to convert a batch of CR2 to jpg on digital photo professional 4.1
Step by step please.
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What does it mean, to copy a lens profile correction from one photo to another in lightroom?
As the title says, what happens when copying a "lens profile correction" setting from one photo to another in lightroom?
Supposing I have two photos, one shot at 10mm, one shot at 20mm, both using ...
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Is there an automated way to create composites from multiple images of a moving object? [duplicate]
I have a large series of aligned images of an object in motion (camera and background stationary) I want to overlay into a single image to show the object in each frame without any alpha blending.
I ...
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How can I set the "Pick" flag for a bunch of photos based on filename in Lightroom?
I need to re-export some old photos with different settings (quality/size/etc.). Usually that's pretty straightforward: Enable a filter to show only picked photos, select all, export.
However, in one ...
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How can I automatically square-crop an image?
I have a large number of photos that I need cropped into squares, the thing is I want to crop them "intelligently" so I don't end up cropping through someone's face if tha isn't necessary. Are ...
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How can I mass cutout people from stock photos with arbitrary backgrounds?
I have pictures that are going to be used to advertise clothing for a kids clothes shop.
I have a quite a large amount of photos (266 ).
They are all similar to this:
My job is to cut the ...
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Batch test RAW NEF File or command line utility?
I need to test all my raw NEF files to see if any are corrupt. Had a hard drive issue, and while a few folders seem fine, I found one with a number of corrupt raw files. Need to scan my entire catalog ...
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Is there a tool to check the file integrity of a series of images?
Sometimes when you're downloading an image and the connection breaks mid stream, you are left with a half downloaded image. If you try to view it you get the upper part of the image and the bottom ...
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How can I do automatic background subtraction with a reference image in Photoshop?
I plan on taking a series of pictures of people in a room, keeping a fixed position of the camera, and later remove the background.
Essentially, although the background is complicated, it should be ...
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How can I automate the creation of Polaroid-like images in Photoshop?
I would to create a canvas with dozens, perhaps close to 100, polaroid-like photographs strewn about it.
I have the image files in one folder. In order to create the canvas, I'd have to import each ...
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How can I batch convert photos made from some angle to frontal view?
Is there an application that would batch convert photos made from some angle to frontal ones? I know ShiftN does batch perspective correction, but I would like to automatically convert some photos of ...
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Is there a program that does automatic adjustment of levels in a batch?
I have a few hundred images, some of them are just too dark, some others are fine but a level adjustment would be beneficial I think. Is there any program that can automatically adjust level, ...
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Command-line approach to develop RAW images with Adobe XMP sidecars
For the purpose of automated and unassisted batch-processing (using bash and GNU make) I need a command-line tool to develop ...
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How can I export 16 bit tiffs with Mac OSX' imageing engine sips?
I'm playing around with Apple sips command. When I export a Canon raw file (CR2) to tiff via
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How to batch edit a collection of raw files in Darktable?
How do I batch edit a collection of raw files in Darktable? I have tried to research this, but with no luck.
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Can I convert raw files to TIFFs via the command line using Apple's converting engine?
I want to convert from the command line a bunch of RAW files into tiffs using the same converting engine as Apple's Aperture or Preview (in order to get the same results as from these applications).
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Is it possible to have exposure decrease programmatically when batch processing in Adobe Camera Raw?
I am editing a batch of about 1000 photos in Camera Raw. There are certain settings like contrast or clarity that will be the same for all of them. But with the Exposure, I would like to have the ...
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Is it possible to extract the IPTC information of many scans programmatically?
I have several hundred jpeg-scans of negatives. For some of these, I stored a textual description of the picture in the Caption-field of the IPTC metadata. (Whether it was a clever idea to store it ...
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How to bulk convert Lossless DNGs to Lossy DNG outside Lightroom?
I like the new option of "Lossy DNG" to save some disk space on some of my files. Now I want to convert a part of my existing Lossless DNGs to Lossy DNGs. Lightroom can do that for a couple, but It ...
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How to batch process images retaining them as PNG in Photoshop?
I need to optimize 700 images in PNG in a batch process, but Photoshop only gives me the option to optimize the images and export them to JPG, when I want to mantain the images on PNG.
Is there a way ...
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How to batch process dust and scratch removal in pictures with the use of filters?
I have a few hundred scanned slides that are about 30 yrs old and contain quiet a lot of dust/scratches.
I'd like to use a filter to automate removal of most dust/scratches as I cannot realistically ...
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How can I configure the number of slides in Vuescan for batch scanning?
I am using Vuescan to scan slides in on my Epson Perfection 2450.
The problem is when batch scanning the slides Vuescan thinks that I am scanning in 8 slides and not 4. Now when I scan it takes twice ...
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How do I make a reproducible effect in Paint.NET?
I have gone through like ten steps to produce a vintage effect (or any other effect) in Paint.NET. I am wondering if there is any easy way to do all the steps again automatically for another photo. Is ...
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What program can automatically resize & crop a folder of images to a certain resolution?
I'd like to take a folder of images of various sizes and have them cropped into a 600x600 grid square, cut out from the middle of the image. Is there a program that can automatically resize and crop ...
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Which is the best batch image watermarking software? [duplicate]
I have lots of images to be watermarked. Is there a good batch image watermarking application that can do the job quickly and easily. I have found some, but none of these have a professional touch.
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Does Apple Aperture have a way to change the exposure of many files at once?
I'm just editing a time lapse video I shot and have to change the exposure on about 1000 files. Is there a way in Apple Aperture to batch edit files?
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Is there a free piece of software that will export metadata for a folder full of images to a table?
I have hundreds of thousands of images in a set of about 50 folders, each of the folders has a varying number of subfolders. I'd like to extract certain pieces of metadata (latitude/longitude, data/...
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How to remove flaws from multiple images?
I have just returned from a trek that I cannot repeat. In archiving the photos I took on this trek, I realised that for one series of photographs I had something on the lens (probably yak shit). This ...
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How do I equalize the background brighness level for multiple photos?
Imagine that there are 50-60 photos from a photosession. Their background color is white, and nearly every photo's background tone and brightness differs from each other. I want to equalize and get ...
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What's a good batch-mode EXIF data editor?
I'm currently scanning a lot of old slides. The scanner I use has this annoying habit of adding "My beautiul picture" in a description field in the EXIF format.
I'd like to use an EXIF editor to get ...
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How can I apply the same action to multiple images in Lightroom?
In Adobe Lightroom's Develop mode, is it possible to apply an action to multiple images? When I select multiple images (control/shift click), it highlights those images. I then perform an action (such ...
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How can I easily convert a large number of pictures from RAW to scaled down JPG?
I have a collection of shots from the same session in RAW and want to covert all of them to JPG. Each one should have a curve applied, then be scaled and sharpened using the same settings.
What is ...
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How can I make Lightroom auto-backup to jpeg?
I have recently got an android tablet and would like to keep a copy of most of my photos from my Lightroom archive on it for showing off my work, browsing etc.
Is there any way to, preferably ...
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How to do batch file conversion with face recognition in Windows Live Photo Gallery?
I have a large number of files I want to convert from RAW to JPG. I want to copy the facial recognition data along with the other metadata. I know I can do batch conversion in other applications, but ...
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