How to create a Droplet Tool in Photoshop
Drag your folder of images onto the droplet icon and watch the magic work
This project is a continuation from the Batch Converstion I did previously in Photoshop. I am using the same principals of using Actions in Photoshop to determine/change a folder of images collectively. The Droplet tool is an icon that can be placed on your desktop and you simply drag onto an image folder and it will apply the assigned photoshop action to the image contants of the folder.
So first you have to think of an action you created previously. I am going to use LOW RES FOR WEB action. Go to file menu/Automate/Create Droplet, you will get a dialog box open. For this example I am going to save my droplet to my desktop and call it “LOWRESWEB”. Then you tick on “Suppress File Open Commands and Suppress Colour Profile Warnings”
Then on your destination, click on folder “choose” then create a folder on your desktop where you are going to save your low res images to. For this I have called my original folder “Mark High Res Images” and for my destination folder, I’ve called it “Mark Low Res Web”. After you have done these items click on okay.
Now watch your magic work!
Close Photoshop and go to your desktop. The droplet you created will appear on your desktop. Just simply drag your high res images folder onto the DROPLET ICON and it will automatically open photoshop and apply the action to all of the images and save them in the folder you marked “Mark Low Res Web”.
This can be very useful if you have a client that wants all their brochure images to be emailed to them ready to use on the web. This uses the same principals of the Automate Batch but its much, much faster to do.
Mark Jope is a Graphic Designer at London based printer PrintHouse Corporation. If there is a query in regarding design and print please contact me here.
