$(cpicName) Help - Advanced Batch Conversions

's powerful Advanced Batch Conversion utility allows you to perform common tasks on batches of images. Using Advanced Batch Conversions, you can easily prepare large numbers of images. Resize, add borders, crop, overlay text and images, and more. | -->

What Are Advanced Batch Conversions (ABC)? The Advanced Batch Conversion (ABC) utility is a powerful way to apply the same set of changes to a series of images. ABC allows you to select any number of images, and perform any (or all) of the following editing functions to each image:

- Resize to any size
- Add borders to any side of an image
- Crop any amount off any side of an image
- Auto-Crop an image
- Adjust brightness, contrast, color, hue, white point, black point, plus red,
  blue, and green gamma
- Save to any final destination, renaming files as you go
- Overlay text with outlines and shadows
- Overlay an image with any opacity (watermark)
- Rotate in 90 degree increments
- Vertical and horizontal flip
- Convert file types

  ABC can be used for common tasks such as preparing images for posting on the Internet. When posting images online, you will often want to resize the images to a certain size, remove borders, or place a copyright message on the image. ABC can perform all of these tasks while also converting the file to a web-friendly format.

  ABC Usage Overview ABC is easy to set up, and easy to use. Once you've configured a set of changes, you can even save your settings in case you often need to perform the same set of operations.

  Using ABC requires just a few steps:

  | 1. | Select the files to convert. In the File List, select the files you'd like to convert.
  | 2. | Open the ABC window. From the Utilities menu, select Batch Conversions, then click on Advanced Batch Conversions. The ABC window will appear on your screen.
  | 3. | Specify the options for this conversion. Options are split into several categories. Enable the different categories by checking them in the ABC interface. To edit the exact changes to be made, click on the 'Edit Settings' button next to each category.
  | 4. | Choose the output file format. On the right side of the ABC window, select the file format and color depth to save the files with.
  | 5. | Click 'Start Conversions.' To begin the file conversion, click the 'Start Conversions' button.

  ABC Option Categories Size, Crop, and Border
  The size, crop and border options allow you to resize images, crop images, and add borders during a batch conversion.

  To resize an image, enter sizes into the 'Reduce if above' and 'Enlarge if below' fields. Any images larger than the size you enter into the 'Reduce' field will be scaled down to the size you specify here. Any images smaller than the 'Enlarge if below' size will be scaled up to that size. If you want all your images to be the same size, set both of these to the same size.

  To add a border to an image, select the 'Add Border' radio button, and specify the thickness of the border for each side of the image. You can specify a border color using the 'Select Border Color' button.

  To crop an image, you can use the 'Auto Crop' which automatically remove single color borders and padding (select the 'AutoCrop' radio button). You can also specify any amount to be cropped from each side. To specify cropping amounts, select the 'Custom Cropping' option, and specify the amount for each side in the area provided.

  Image Adjustments
  You can use ABC to apply color adjustments to a batch of images. This can be very handy in correcting problems with digital cameras or scanners, where the device is always mis-colored by a certain amount. To adjust the color, simply set the desired values in the 'Image Adjustments' window, and click the 'Ok' button.

  Renaming and Path
  Renaming and Path controls where the converted files are saved, and how those files are named.

  You can specify the folder for saving the files in the 'Output Folder' section. Names for files are specified using file name templates. More information on using file name templates can be found in the file name templates help.

  Text Overlay
  The text overlay option allows you to put any text message (such as a copyright notice or URL) on all your images. The text is 'anchored' to a certain part of the image (i.e. upper left, lower right), and can be given an offset.

  To specify the text which gets used, click the 'Edit Text String' button.

  Image Overlay
  The image overlay will place an image you select on all the files which are batch converted. Like the text overlay, you specify the location by ancoring the image to a certain area of the image and providing an offset.

  To choose the image which gets used, click the 'Select Overlay Image' button.

  Rotation, Mirror and Flip
  This set of options allows you to rotate the image in 90 degree increments, or flip the image.

  To apply any of these functions, simply check the option you'd like to use.

  Loading and Saving Configurations ABC provides a fast and easy way to make common batch conversions. Using Instant ABC, you can load and save a set of configurations.

  Once you've set all the options for a batch conversion, clicking the 'Save Configuration' button in the main ABC window will allow you to save that set of configurations for later use.

  When you'd like to use those settings again, simply use the 'Load Configuration' button to load those settings.