Sharkey Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 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 skanpaul, pualv and hungrydog 3 Quote MacPro (late 2013), 24Gb Ram, D300GPU, Eizo 24",1TB Samsung 850 Archive, 2x2Tb Time Machine,X-t2 plus 50-140mm & 18-55mm. AP, FRV & RawFile Converter (Silkypix).
Staff Lee D Posted January 26, 2017 Staff Posted January 26, 2017 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. hungrydog and EZEarache 2 Quote
Sharkey Posted January 26, 2017 Author Posted January 26, 2017 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! Fixx and skanpaul 2 Quote MacPro (late 2013), 24Gb Ram, D300GPU, Eizo 24",1TB Samsung 850 Archive, 2x2Tb Time Machine,X-t2 plus 50-140mm & 18-55mm. AP, FRV & RawFile Converter (Silkypix).
bradbear117 Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 I am desperately in need of this feature too. It will greatly speed up our workflows. Exporting each photo seperately takes a while. hungrydog and skanpaul 2 Quote
Fixx Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 Naturally "select open files" should be one available option for a source for batch operation. Please. hungrydog 1 Quote
matisso Posted November 12, 2018 Posted November 12, 2018 So, over a year and a half have passed since this issue had been raised, may I ask how is this rolling? regards, Matt hungrydog 1 Quote
Sharkey Posted November 12, 2018 Author Posted November 12, 2018 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???????? Quote MacPro (late 2013), 24Gb Ram, D300GPU, Eizo 24",1TB Samsung 850 Archive, 2x2Tb Time Machine,X-t2 plus 50-140mm & 18-55mm. AP, FRV & RawFile Converter (Silkypix).
Tschens Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 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. "§$%&/()'#=(/*+&%$§%&/()=?? Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 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. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Tschens Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 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? Quote
John Rostron Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 Some software includes a File > Close All facility which is missing from AP (and AD). John Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
carl123 Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 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? Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
Tschens Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 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. Quote
taranakisara Posted June 18, 2022 Posted June 18, 2022 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. Quote
walt.farrell Posted June 18, 2022 Posted June 18, 2022 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: Record a macro while working on the first image, save it in the Library, and apply it to the other images. 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. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Jiminak Posted September 4, 2023 Posted September 4, 2023 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. Quote
walt.farrell Posted September 4, 2023 Posted September 4, 2023 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. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Hardingmal Posted April 2, 2024 Posted April 2, 2024 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. Quote
EZEarache Posted August 27, 2024 Posted August 27, 2024 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: Open 20 RAW NEF files Use the raw editing function by editing one of a series of similar images and save the preset On each image if they were fire, I might tweak the preset a little bit to accentuate their nuance Develop/Rasterize all of the files Retouch each file as necessary 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. Quote
carl123 Posted August 27, 2024 Posted August 27, 2024 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? Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
EZEarache Posted August 27, 2024 Posted August 27, 2024 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. Quote
skanpaul Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 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. Quote
walt.farrell Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 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. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
skanpaul Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 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? Quote
walt.farrell Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 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. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
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