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Introduction > PhotoImpact Prep > Batch Processing
If you take a lot of pictures in portait orientation, the images will need to be rotated. To rotate your images in PhotoImpact go to Edit -> Rotate and Flip - Rotate Right 90°. For pitures taken with a digital camera, you'll most likely need to rotate 90 degrees to the right. If not, just choose Undo and rotate to the left.
The next step in prepping your images should be to crop and resize them. When you're putting your images on the Web, it's important to keep the images as small as possible so they will download faster. By cropping your photos of any unneccessary elements, your viewers can focus on only the important parts of your picture, and you'll reduce the file size as well.
To
crop your image, first use the standard selection tool 
to select a rectangular area of the image. If you don't get
your selection exactly where you want it to be, you can switch
to the transform tool 
to modify the boundaries of the selection. When you switch to
the transform tool, your selection will have square handles
on each side of the marquee. Click and drag on these handles
to manipulate the size of the marquee. Once you're satisfied
with the marquee, switch back to the Standard selection tool,
and click the crop button 
on the attribute bar.
Before you resize your images in PhotoImpact, you want to make sure they are at the proper resolution for the Web. Go to Format -> Resolution and change the resolution to 72 pixels per inch as shown below.
To resize your image go to Format -> Dimensions. The dialog box below will be displayed. Click the radio button for user-defined dimensions, change the units to pixels, and type in the pixel dimensions for your image. Make sure keep aspect ratio is checked or your image proportions may become distorted.
Remember to use the Unsharp Mask filter after resizing your images since resizing always results in some blurring. The Unsharp Mask filter is found under Effect -> Blur and Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask.
If you have several images to rotate, resize or sharpen, you can use the Quick Command Panel to process an entire folder of images without repeating these steps for each image. Continue on to the next page to learn how to record your actions and perform a batch task. My example is for rotating images, but you can use the batch task function for any number of tasks.
Sue
Chastain
Your Guide to Graphics Software
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