Create a Photoshop action so that when any image is opened it will automatically resize to fill the document window.
Author: Dave Cross
For close to 25 years, Dave Cross has been helping photographers and creative professionals get the most out of their software. Starting with Adobe Illustrator classes in 1987, Dave has taught Photoshop,Illustrator and InDesign to thousands of users around the world. He has a Bachelor of Education, is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop CS5 and is a Certified Technical Trainer. Dave has taught at Photoshop World (20 times), written numerous articles and several books, co-hosts Photoshop User TV and has appeared in many DVDs and online courses for Kelby Training. Dave is the Lead Instructor for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and runs his own studio/workshop space in Tampa, FL. Over the last 12 years, Dave has taught Photoshop in every state in the United States, throughout Canada and in Europe, consistently earning rave reviews. Dave is well-known for his engaging style, his humor and his ability to make complex topics easy to understand. In 2009 Dave was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.
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Wow, deep photoshop tip, great.
simple and powerfull
Tank you!
Thank you so much Dave! This has been bugging me for a very long time!
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Wow, that’s a cool trick!
Fantastic. It’s really no big deal with ACTIONS, but little reminders are very useful. Cheers
I followed this tutorial word for word, and it caused PS CS4 to stop working. I now get this message whenever I try to start PS:
Runtime Error!
Program: C:\Pro…
R6025
- pure virtual function call
So, not only can I not use the script in the tutorial, I can’t even use PS. Thanks a lot.
Excellent. Works well. I also have an action which runs on Open Document to duplicate background layer. All these little tips help smooth processes. Thanks Dave – you are the king of handy tips for me. B est wishes, Robert
I tried on Windows XP Platform with CS4 Extended and it gives me an error too. Saying to Select menu item with the mouse. So something is not right for Windows machines perhaps?
I think I figured it out and got the Action made but the Scripting does not seem to allow me to actually fit the image to the window – so still some issues somewhere on this one.
Does work in Mac PS CS4.
Layers magazine editorial staff has tested this tutorial a couple of times, on different machines, and we have not encountered any problems with creating or running the action.
Please continue to give us feedback. We will monitor the comments to make sure this issue is not widespread.
Thanks
Aaron Westgate
Web Editor – Layers
Awesome tip Dave, thanks a lot
I have windows vista and using cs4 Extended
I have no problems with making this script,and running it,Thank You.
Thanks Dave, wanted to to learn script and this has help me to move on.
Brilliant works okay with me on Windows XP Home.CS4
hey everyboby.. how can i change the jpg file to illustrator eps file.. and the bad news is i dont have a photoshop i only have a abode reader
help me
Thanks for trick.
Woow!, you have the talent to describe very easily things that would have took us days to found. Superb!
When the auto fit is run for vertical images from my D300 it is blurry. Its sharp if I zoom in or out, but not when it is an auto fit. Any ideas? Thanks. Love the tutorial otherwise.
Thanks – very clear presentation, too. Wish you worked for Adobe.
Works great on XP 64 bit CS4. Thanks!
works great for me. taught me some great new stuff about actions. i am excited to try some new stuff now.
running vista 64 bit with cs4 extended.
Cool tip, thanks!
I have been searching on and off for this solution for ever. I even took your tip one step further and I have it open the in full screen view as well. Thanks so much you saved me a lot of time or should I say my sanity.
I have been searching on and off for this solution forever. I even took your tip further and I have it open the image in full screen mode as well. Thanks so much you saved me a lot of time or should I say my sanity.
PLEASE USE THIS COMMENT INSTEAD…thanks (and you can delete this haha)
Thanks a lot for the tip, but it didn’t work for me (CS4 on Win 7 64bit). When I activate it, the image still opens smaller than the screen, as it did before. Worse, if I right click with the loupe (zoom tool) and choose “fit on screen”, nothing changes. Same if I click “CTRL + 0″. In other words, the action seems to mess up with the size that PS defines as “fit on screen”. Once I disable the action, “fit on screen” goes back to normal.