If you have a lot of documentary images that are in grayscale, those can be set to easily be batch converted to RGB. This can happen by creating an action in Adobe Photoshop. How do you create the action? In this movie, author Richard Harrington creates an action in Photoshop to batch process grayscale images so they are in the RGB color space.
- If you have a lot of images that are…in gray scale mode,…those can be set to easily be…batch converted to RGB.…To do this though,…you'll need to create an action.…Let me show you how.…Let's close a few of these images.…And what I'll do is open up an image…back from our batch processing folder.…Now,…these may all be RGB…but let's set them…and treat it like it was gray scale.…I'll convert this to gray scale…and now bring up my actions panel.…
What I would suggest is,…make a new folder…called,…color conversion.…This folder or set…can hold multiple actions.…Now, create a new action.…I'll call this, convert…to RGB.…And click, Record.…Now, instead of just going to the image menu…and choosing image mode RGB,…I'm going to suggest that you click…on the action panel here…and you insert…a menu item.…
This is going to allow you to force this to change…and I'll choose RGB color.…And click, OK.…That's going to convert to RGB color mode.…You can also insert…a conditional item.…In this case,…this allows you to say…what to do if the document mode is something else.…
Author
Richard Harrington
Released
6/26/2017- Understanding resolution
- Organizing photos with Adobe Bridge
- Renaming files
- Working in the right color space
- Removing damage with the healing and cloning tools
- Making Content-Aware Scale and Fill repairs
- Controlling focus with blurring and sharpening
- Correcting alignment
- Restoring contrast with Curves and Levels
- Importing images in After Effects
- Using ease and keyframe assistants
- Adding vignettes
- Rendering animations
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 20s
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Using the exercise files1m 17s
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1. Organize Your Photos with Adobe Bridge
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Adding ratings to images3m 59s
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Checking focus in a photo2m 38s
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Batch renaming files3m 44s
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2. Understanding Resolution
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Doubling an image2m 35s
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3. Working in the Right Color Space
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Requirements for video4m 8s
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Batch converting images3m 9s
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4. Removing Damage
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5. Content-Aware Repairs
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Using Content-Aware Scale3m 40s
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6. Controlling Focus
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Sharpening an image4m 15s
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Creating a Lens Blur effect5m 31s
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Adding a vignette3m 19s
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7. Removing Distractions
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Correcting alignment3m 45s
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Cropping for composition4m 8s
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Cropping with a document4m 41s
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8. Toning Images
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Shadow/Highlight effect4m 25s
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9. Documentary Motion Control with After Effects
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Why use After Effects?2m 42s
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Importing image files3m 2s
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Creating compositions5m 13s
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10. Exporting Animation
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Rendering the animation3m 31s
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Conclusion
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Next steps47s
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