Saving or Copying Settings

[vciro]

Does anyone know if there is a way in X5 to save or copy the modifications/effects from one photo to another? I took photos of some old building drawings and used clarify, noise removal, contrast, etc. I wanted to apply the exact same modifications to all of the other photos of the drawings. Is there a simple way to do this? Can I save it as a preset or filter or something similar. It would sure save a lot of time.

I guess I should know this but I searched the manual and couldn't find anything.

Thanks

[LeviFiction]

Scripts

You record and save a script. That's the easiest way. And it's the only method I know of to any reasonable degree. I thought there was something you could do in Adjust mode but I don't know the specifics and I could be wrong, so I can't really recommend that.

The two most common methods of creating scripts, that I know of, are to record the script as you're editing the image. Or to create the script after the fact.

First method.

1) Open your Script Toolbar. Go to View -> Toolbars -> Script

2) Click on the Red record button (just looks like a red circle).

3) Edit your photo.

4) Click on the floppy disk "Save" button. It'll ask you to give the script a name.

5) Open up your next image, select the script from the script drop-down box on the toolbar. And hit the "Play" button. It'll run the script using all of the exact same settings.


Second Method. What to do after you've already edited the photo and want to repeate the steps.

If the image is still open:

1) Make sure your History Palette is open. Go to View -> Palettes -> History

2) Shift select the Starting command and the ending command that you want saved to a script. So if the first thing you want to start with is the Clarify command, click on it (not the eyeball as that will "undo" the commmand) and then holding the shift-key select all of the commands up until you did something you don't want included in the script.

3) Right-click and select "Save to Script." It'll ask you for the name of the script and now you can run it on all of the other images as described above.

Hope this helps.

[vciro]

The second method you recommended is perfect for what I need to do. My sincere thanks.