Photoshop batch rotation?

[Michele Rushworth]

Sounds very useful -- I'll try that too. Thanks!

[Michele Rushworth]

Heidi, I just tried the batch rotation, following your instructions and -- wow, what a life saver! Thank you so much for posting that suggestion.

I've used Photoshop for well over 10 years and I really only stick to the relatively small number of functions that I use all the time. It's amazing how many of Photoshop's capabilities that I've just never learned -- like Actions, or batch processing -- duh! I feel like I've been overlooking so many wonderfully powerful tools all this time.

Thanks again!

[Heidi Maiers]

Glad to have been of assistance Michele. There is so much to that program - I just love it - and I've yet to even upgrade as I've been using the old Photoshop 6 version since about 2000. Maybe this year I'll upgrade and see what's new. I'm sure you realize you can record more than one command into a single Action. It's a real time saver when you tend to do the same series of steps over and over (such as rotate, then resize, sharpen, adjust contrast and color, etc) and can do it all with one click.

Paint Shop Pro has pretty much the same functionality, but there, you record and run "Scripts" instead of "Actions". I'm sure Cynthia uses scripts a lot with her web designing. Neat feature.

[Mike McCarty]

Michele,

Try looking on page 168 of your D70 hand book. It reads in part:

"Image Rotation"

By default, the D70 records camera orientation with each photograph taken. This allows "tall" (portrait) orientation photographs to be displayed in the correct orientation when played back on the camera or viewed using the supplied software or Nikon Capture 4 version 4.1 or later.

When the Automatic option (yes) is selected - Camera records whether shots are in landscape (wide) orientation, portrait (tall) orientation with the camera rotated 90 degrees clockwise, or portrait (tall) orientation with the camera rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

It sounds like if you select the Automatic (yes) option you should get an automatic rotation to the desired orientation. It sounds like the camera records whether it was turned clockwise or counter-clockwise, but I'm not sure that matters in a practical sense.

After a quick test I can confirm that it does matter as it relates to how the images are played back in the camera. Without the Auto (yes) the images are displayed 90 degrees to the desired orientation.

Of course your question goes to the download so you'll want to test that with your own setup. Also, you might want to double check that you are using version 4.1 or greater of the Nikon capture software, or whether you're using that software at all.

[Michele Rushworth]

Thanks, Mike. Guess I ought to "RTFM" (Read The Flippin' Manual) once in a while when I buy new gadgets!

[Mischa Milosevic]

Michele,
The easier the better I say.
Using Photoshop CS on your tool bar - go to Window -File Browser - folders - specified folder file - select all -edit -rotate and that is all there is to it

Let me know if it works

[Michele Rushworth]

Hi Mischa,

I use an older version of Photoshop that doesn't show those menu options. The batch automation function that Heidi explained has been working well, though.

Thanks to all!