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Marty74
Joined: 01 Apr 2009
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 Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:26 am Post subject: Batch processing healing tool |
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Hi Guys
I've got a bit of a problem. My compact camera has developed a tiny hair either on the chip or between the lens and the chip. It only shows when the a zoom is used but it's very annoying.
Is there any way of doing an automated batch to make the healing tool heal the same pixels on each image? The hair is in the same spot each time.
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helcyon
Joined: 02 Oct 2005
Posts: 191
PS Version: CS3
OS: OSX 10
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Hey, you are going to have to set up an action. It will probably take a little time to get the action just right so that it works well with most images.
I tried recording an action with the clone stamp and also the healing brush, and it didnt record the actual part where i was painting. So I came up with another solution. Im not sure where your hairline is in the image, but open one of the images and zoom into where the hairline is.
Open the actions pallet, and then click on new action. From here on out, photoshop will record what you do. Use the rectangular marquee tool and make a selection a little to the left of right of the hair. The selection should be slightly longer then the length of the hair, and also a bit wider. This is one of the things you need to play with until its right.
Then go to Select>Modify>Feather. The settings here also need to be adjusted to get the right setting for the image size. You can start at 30px. From there, hit Cmd + J or Ctrl + J for PC.
Photoshop wont record if you just move a layer with the move tool, so you need to do a free transform and scoot the layer to the left or right to cover the hair. If the result is good, click the stop button in the actions pallet.
Im assuming that the hair is a very small portion of the image, so this technique should work to cover a small portion of the image.
You can rename the action to something like hair remover or whatever. Open another image with the same issue, and run the action. If you try this for a few images and it works, you are good to go.
To run it as a batch, you can do it from photoshop directly or I prefer to use bridge. In photoshop just go to File>Automate>Batch... The dialog box is the same for Bridge and Photoshop. The top section has the action to play. Make sure you select the action you made. Then you can select destinations for the file to be saved.
There are other options here, but thats the basics, and what I would do. Let me know if you have any more questions, or if it works.
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Marty74
Joined: 01 Apr 2009
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Thanks for the reply mate. I hadn't thought of doing that. Will give it a go  |
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Patrick
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helcyon
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