Re: Automator help with Preview
Re: Automator help with Preview
- Subject: Re: Automator help with Preview
- From: Malcolm Goodman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 01:38:14 -0500
- Thread-topic: Automator help with Preview
This may be easier to answer b/c at this point I think recording the
selection tool is not possible w/ Automator:
I'm trying to get the Crop Images and/or Scale Images actions running in a
Preview service. I've saved a workflow service with some Watch Me Do
actions, and I'm able to run the service from Preview -> Services, but if
i add either of these actions it skips the Watch Me Do actions and hangs.
It seems as if it's not using the open image that the service is already
running on. Any idea how can i include these actions in my workflow?
thanks
On 12/20/14 7:08 PM, "Malcolm Goodman" <email@hidden> wrote:
>Hi all, I need to do some urgent, but fairly basic image editing & have
>been trying for the entire past 2 days to do a simple Automator
>event/action with Preview and can't find any help online about this in
>particular.
>
>I just need to be able to select an area in an image using the rectangular
>selection tool. the cropping part works via key command but it seems
>Automator isn't able to record a selection properly (made by drawing the
>selection for editing with the mouse pointer) within an image. I have
>tried this in both Lion & Mountain Lion on 2 different Macs and get the
>same result. I have also tried Photoshop and the same thing happens - so
>it seems it has to do with an Automator limitation or bug. Automator
>ignores the event when the workflow is played back. The cursor goes to
>the correct location within the image but no selection is drawn. So
>there's no way to do any editing that requires a selection within an
>image.
>
>I have tried the 'Crop Images' action but this seems to require an image
>input where I am just trying to work with an open image and make multiple
>crops & edits within it. This built-in action might be of use for me if i
>can get it to make crops on an open image, rather than dragging an image
>onto it, making 1 crop, then saving, as i have other events/actions in the
>workflow and need the cropping to happen while the image is already open,
>and in between other actions.
>
>
>any help would be appreciated.
>
>thanks,
>Malcolm
>
>
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