User Manual

162 Macros and Batch Processing
If you don’t select a destination folder, the source files will be
processed and your original files will be overwritten!
To save you time, PhotoPlus will remember previously selected Source and
Destination folders while PhotoPlus is loaded.
You may be wondering how batch processing affects photos currently loaded in
PhotoPlus. PhotoPlus’s batch processing only operates on source folder contents
and not on the currently loaded photos themselves—so these remain unaffected.
However, as a visual check, you will see each photo temporarily being loaded
and converted one-by-one in the Photo window during batch processing.
Check the output folder via Windows Explorer to ensure the results
are as you expect.
Using macros
Macros (see p. 155) can be applied to a batch process easily (via Use Macros).
PhotoPlus doesn’t differentiate between pre-recorded and recorded macros. If
available, they are selected from the same Category and Macro drop-down
menus equally.
Changing file type
It is possible to convert your photos into one of many different file types
available in PhotoPlus (via Change File Type). In addition, conversion options
such as bit depth, palette, dithering, compression/quality, and matte can be
selected depending on the file type.
File conversions can be
carried out
independently or in
conjunction with macros
(the dialogs shown
opposite converts each
image to 24-bit PNG
format).