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 17:49:57 -0500
- Thread-topic: Automator help with Preview
thanks for the recommendation. I'll look into it, though I don't have any
programming experience.
I found another possibility to achieve what I need if I can get the
looping function to happen in a specific way. I just need the workflow to
process 1 image file continually until i stop the loop so the selected
edits repeat within the 1 file. here are some
basic actions i'm trying to get started with:
(1) get specified finder items
(2) copy finder items
(3) scale images
(4) crop images
(5) loop
The problem is that i want to loop only actions 3 & 4, but the loop starts
over at 1 and creates a new file each time it loops. Can I create 2
workflows where the 2nd one (containing actions 3/4/5) starts when the
first (containing 1/2) ends so only the 2nd workflow is looped? I'm not
sure how to tell the 2nd one to start when the first ends though. anyone
know if i just set the input of the 2nd to use the 1st workflow file?
thanks
On 12/21/14 10:36 AM, "David Hoerl" <email@hidden> wrote:
>I'm lurking in this forum.
>
>You may be able to do what you want by using the command line tool
>'sips' - you can see all it can do by typing 'man sips' in Terminal.
>
>In particular you can flip the image in either dimension, and crop width
>and height. Using these two commands you should be able to extract out
>exactly what pixels you want.
>
>Good luck.
>
>
>
>On 12/21/14 1:38 AM, Malcolm Goodman wrote:
>> 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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