Looking for a Photoshop Action

[omalleytrading]

Hey guys, I'm looking for a Photoshop action that will take a photo, and produce something like this:

http://www.globalimagegrp.com/images...ain_image2.jpg

Sure, I could do it by hand, but I've got a bunch to do, so if it could do the work for me -- maybe with a randomizer so it comes out slightly different each time, that would be fantastic.

Anyone know of such a thing?

[Cyclone2]

Cant say I know of an action that would do that

.... but why not make your grid patterns on a couple of layers with your different opacities, but make them much bigger than your final image- therefore you could move them around to get your variations over the "cropped" image

[OuTpaTienT]

Don't know of any such actions, but then again I don't collect actions. There may be one out there somewhere.

But Cyclone's idea sounds like it would work perfect.

[foodbiz]

I think that is a flash piece

[OuTpaTienT]

Originally posted by foodbiz
I think that is a flash piece

That wouldn't matter much. As far as single images are concerned there is nothing Flash can do that PS can't do.

[omalleytrading]

foodbiz -- it's not Flash. The link above goes directly to a .JPG file.

Cyclone & Out -- you're right, I could do this by hand, and that's what I'll have to do if I can't find anything. I'm just hoping that I'm not the first person to ever want such an action. If I don't have to reinvent the wheel, I'd rather not.

Do either of you know if Photoshop has a scripting language like InDesign does? That would make creating such an action much easier.

[UpYourz]

Photoshop wouldn' do what you want man. Try Swish or Flash MX. It mite work.

[omalleytrading]

Of course it will. Here's a very simple example.

I just want something that will do it automatically, and randomly.

[puk]

not sure if you can do random but why not create a set of actions with different pattern (grid) and run them on your choice?
here is a 4 tile pattern i did this morning 4 tile
it can be run only on the same size pictures

but you get the ideea don't you?

hth

puk

[puk]

and here is in action an other set: here