Batch Processing of Open files?

[Sharkey]

Hello all,

 

I use FVR to browse my images, it is fast, reliable and I like it.

 

With that in mind when I have opened a number of images in AF how do I go about using Batch Processes on them? The ADD button opens the 'Finder' but does not show the files already open in AF.

 

I realise I can choose from the finder by using the file names shown in AF but this seems counterintuitive and convoluted when my chosen images are already open IN AF.

 

I regularly want to export jpg (small and basic) for my wife's use on the internet and my own postings and basic batch/macros are all that is needed.

 

This oddity is my only question on this process.

 

Regards.   Sharkey 

[Lee D]

Hi Sharkey,

 

Currently you can only select images to batch process when using File > New Batch Job. More features are planned for batch processing as development continues so hopefully being able to batch process already opened files will be possible.

[Sharkey]

Hi Sharkey,

 

Currently you can only select images to batch process when using File > New Batch Job. More features are planned for batch processing as development continues so hopefully being able to batch process already opened files will be possible.

 

Thank you for that. Oddly, I would have thought that selecting open files would have been the first option on the list. Hey Ho!

[bradbear117]

I am desperately in need of this feature too. It will greatly speed up our workflows.  Exporting each photo seperately takes a while.

[Fixx]

Naturally "select open files" should be one available option for a source for batch operation. Please.

[matisso]

So, over a year and a half have passed since this issue had been raised, may I ask how is this rolling?

regards,
Matt

[Sharkey]

4 minutes ago, matisso said:

So, over a year and a half have passed since this issue had been raised, may I ask how is this rolling?

regards,
Matt

Is this going to be part of the (possibly) mythical AF1.7????????

[Tschens]

Exporting each single opened file is really cumbersome. I was searching for a solution for that, thinking that there must be one, and came accross this thread. Come on, developers/support/moderators. Is there really no option for exporting all opened files in a row with a few mouse klicks? What is the export persona good for? When I have several files opened and switch to the export persona in order to define the exact export parameters and switch then to the next file, I am I am bounced back into the another persona and have to repeat everything for the second file. Same is true for the next 23 files.  "§$%&/()'#=(/*+&%$§%&/()=??

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, Tschens said:

What is the export persona good for? When I have several files opened and switch to the export persona in order to define the exact export parameters and switch then to the next file,

 Depending on your needs, File > Export might save you some time. The Export Persona is more about slicing an image into pieces to export separately, or exporting multiple sizes of a single image in one operation.

[Tschens]

9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

 Depending on your needs, File > Export might save you some time. The Export Persona is more about slicing an image into pieces to export separately, or exporting multiple sizes of a single image in one operation.

That's exactly the way I do it. However, when I open >10 files in order to insert my copyright logo via a macro, it is not relly convenient to click >10 times file, export, etc etc. The saving procedure takes much longer than the real work on the files. The exporting procedure is currently an absolute no-go for me. Is there really no solution for that issue?

[John Rostron]

Some software includes a File > Close All facility which is missing from AP (and AD).

John

[carl123]

9 minutes ago, Tschens said:

when I open >10 files in order to insert my copyright logo via a macro,

Depending on what the macro does can you not incorporate it (add it) into the File > New Batch Job screen?

[Tschens]

3 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Depending on what the macro does can you not incorporate it (add it) into the File > New Batch Job screen?

Currently, this seems to be the only solution. I will try that.

[taranakisara]

So 3 years later this still seems to be impossible?
I always open several photos in parallel. Then I have to do some photo specific things such as removing the background.
But then the processing is the same for each photo. I'd like to be able to apply Batch Processing to all open photos.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, taranakisara said:

But then the processing is the same for each photo.

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

Depending on what "the processing" is that is the same, you have these choices currently in Affinity Photo:

1. Record a macro while working on the first image, save it in the Library, and apply it to the other images.
2. Or, if the processing is adding Adjustments, generate a LUT from the adjustments in the first image, save it, and apply it to the other images.

[Jiminak]

I'm using 2.10 and was really hoping by now to be able to batch process open files, AND also to be able to batch process files via drag and drop. These seem like pretty serious limitations in the batch feature that many have been waiting for. I'm hoping I'm just missing where to find these enhancements. Please.

[walt.farrell]

44 minutes ago, Jiminak said:

I'm hoping I'm just missing where to find these enhancements. Please.

Nothing has been changed in this area.

[Hardingmal]

A quick note: I arrived at this thread seven and half years after it was made after looking for this feature, and it's still not possible to batch export all open files.

[EZEarache]

On 1/26/2017 at 8:18 AM, Lee D said:

Hi Sharkey,

 

Currently you can only select images to batch process when using File > New Batch Job. More features are planned for batch processing as development continues so hopefully being able to batch process already opened files will be possible.

Here's my use case, which I basically followed every time I used to launch the leading image editor:

1. Open 20 RAW NEF files
2. Use the raw editing function by editing one of a series of similar images and save the preset
3. On each image if they were fire, I might tweak the preset a little bit to accentuate their nuance
4. Develop/Rasterize all of the files
5. Retouch each file as necessary
6. Create two "actions"/macros 1 for vertical photos and one for horizontal photos which:
   a) Saved the high res version in high res directory
   b) resampled the image to a low resolution
   c) Saved the resampled file to a low resolution directory
   d) Closed the file without saving

I can't figure out a way to do this with open files so I have to conduct the steps 5 and 6 over and over again. It's very tedious and mind numbing.

So the photos are not always the same size because some have a vertical orientation and some have horizontal. Therefore, just batch processing them isn't an option and it's easiest to do it with the files while open. I also might make a third action to save the best photos from a series in a dedicated directory.

It would be great to be able to record the export function in macros so I could save the macro and reuse it. Hopefully this can be made a priority in the development backlog soon. There seems to be a lot of demand for similar use cases that I have observed in this forum.

[carl123]

44 minutes ago, EZEarache said:

b) resampled the image to a low resolution

By "low resolution" do you mean changing the physical size of the image (i.e. make it smaller), changing the DPI or something else?

[EZEarache]

6 hours ago, carl123 said:

By "low resolution" do you mean changing the physical size of the image (i.e. make it smaller), changing the DPI or something else?

Yes, change the physical size while maintaining the aspect ratio. My preference is to do this on an image by image basis while they are open using a saved item from the library using the macros function. This is because I save the open files to different directories based on their size and quality of image. I have searched the forums and only can find a lot of people with the same issue, and no solution.

[skanpaul]

I'm facing this issue now. Today is September 19th 2024, that's seven year later after the 1st post of Sharkey.

I have open 17 images on Affinity Photo.

I cropped them all to get the square shape on all of them ...

But now I can not export all of them in 2 or 3 clicks? It is really strange.

[walt.farrell]

48 minutes ago, skanpaul said:

I'm facing this issue now. Today is September 19th 2024, that's seven year later after the 1st post of Sharkey.

I have open 17 images on Affinity Photo.

I cropped them all to get the square shape on all of them ...

But now I can not export all of them in 2 or 3 clicks? It is really strange.

Welcome to the Affinity forums.

Correct, if they are open in separate editing tabs you will need to Export them one at a time.

[skanpaul]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

Welcome to the Affinity forums.

Correct, if they are open in separate editing tabs you will need to Export them one at a time.

Hi Mr Farrell, 

Do you have any informations about this feature? Is it planned?

[walt.farrell]

1 minute ago, skanpaul said:

Do you have any informations about this feature? Is it planned?

Only someone from Serif would be able to comment on that, and they generally will not.

My guess, as a user: I doubt it is anything they plan to work on soon.