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This tutorial demonstrates how to apply the same effect to multiple images using Adobe Bridge, Photoshop, and Actions. First, create (and save) an Action of your choice as described in my Watermark from Type tutorial. Alternatively, apply an Action you have previously created, purchased, or one of Photoshop’s default Actions.
After you have created an action of your choice, return to complete this (Batch Processing), lesson, beginning with Chapter 1.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Gather your choice of photographs, and place them into a folder, saving the folder in, for example, My Documents.
Alternatively, if you have photographed a batch of images that require identical effects, you can navigate to that folder, when applying the Batch Script.
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From Photoshop’s top menu, choose Window then click a tick before Actions. (Actions shares a palette with History). Now, from the Actions palette, click the following tiny downwards facing black triangle, and from the drop-down list, click an action you would like to apply to your photographs - alternatively, choose an Action from the Actions palette’s list - I am choosing my Watermark action.
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Now you have primed your Actions palette, it is time to open Adobe Bridge. Therefore, from Windows Start menu, click Programs, then navigate to and left-click to activate your version’s Adobe Bridge.
Adobe Bridge’s icon is different for earlier CS versions.
After you have opened Adobe Bridge, you are ready for the next step.
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From Adobe Bridge’s interface, navigate to the folder you saved your photographs to earlier in Chapter 1 - mine are located in My Documents.
After you have located and opened the folder that contains your photographs, they will display on Adobe Bridge’s workspace - and you are ready for the next step.
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Now, from the top menu of Adobe Bridge, click Tools then click Photoshop then click Batch.
Note
If you had not primed your Actions palette (as you did earlier in Chapter 2), the Batch tab would now be greyed out.
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Immediately after you click Batch, you will be taken to Photoshop’s workspace, and you will see the following Batch dialogue box. Scroll either the Set or Action menu and
left-click to set an Action of your choice. Then click OK.
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Photoshop immediately runs your choice of Actions Script, and applies the same action to all of the photographs in your folder - please note, depending on your PC and the number (and size of your photographs), this process can take a little time. Therefore, if you are working with lots of large files, be patient.
After the Action has finished its process, your photographs will be displayed on Photoshop’s workspace, and will have identical actions. Note: The original photographs in your folder have not been effected.
Final Notes
Creating and applying multiple (Batch) Actions can save valuable time. For example, if you have a camera full of images, and find the lighting is poor for every photograph, simply apply a script, and repair all images at once. Naturally, you must create your script before you can apply it.
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