Somebody tell me...

Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:14 am

...what the automater is for and why I should use it?

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:48 am

Its for automating certain tasks, eg. make an automater script to check a folder and upload all new images to a certain location. Its basically a GUI for Applescript.

Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:11 pm

right. so something i'll never use with a great icon.

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:28 pm

Unless you do moderately complex things a lot of times, like these: http://www.automatorworld.com/category/workflows/

then its quite useless. I'm hoping that linked site becomes more popular, as I hear automator has a lot of useful things for people who repeat tasks a lot.

Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:16 pm

yeah, i can see it taking off. kind of like how i batch level, unsharpen mask, name and save shot in RAW format with the click of a button

Post by **Canis** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:34 pm

Startup routines would be cool if it could do them. I can imagine setting up the thing to open specific programs, place certain windows at certain locations, and do several other routine tasks that I do at startup.

Post by **Geebs** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:00 pm

You can already open specific programs at startup, and they remember window placement...

Post by **Canis** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:04 pm

Not if you have your monitor off...the thing resets to 640x480 on startup.