Automator Example: 300dpi TIFF Print Plugin
In a previous post, I detailed some various ways of using Automator to enhance your productivity and efficiency in the Mac environment. One of the built-in workflows shipped with every Mac is Automator’s Print Plugin for Saving a PDF to iPhoto – a great tool for taking a document on your computer, converting it to a picture, and saving it to your iPhoto library. However, this workflow defaults to a 72dpi JPG, not always good enough for print quality. Here’s a quick Print Plugin you can create in Automator take that existing idea, but turn it into a high-quality, 300dpi...
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I’ve been on an Automator kick lately. Automator’s been a standard part of Mac OSX for a few generations now, and it’s been a part of my workflow for awhile, too. I’m just now starting to go to it first when I’m working on a project and realize I have repetitive tasks. For those of you unaware, Automator resides in your applications folder and it’s basically a program that will perform automatic tasks that you describe, in the order that you describe it. If you find yourself performing a redundant task on the computer: renaming files, converting...
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