Queue Scheduler
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The Queue Scheduler is a very useful tool for those who have many images that have similar needs in manipulation. A series of scans or frame grabs from video all may need the same type of actions applied. When these series of images range in the high number loading each image and manipulating them individually can become tedious and time consuming.

Display the ;Window Manager.rtfd;;¬  Window Manager via command-g

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Now identify and select the desired image in the Workspace's File Viewer. Simply drag the selected images to TIFFany's Window Manger and drop.

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TIFFany will then load the filenames into the Window Manager and mark them with the color red indicating potential Queue Scheduler images.

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The Queue Scheduler button found at the bottom of the Window Manager will now become enabled allowing you to display the Queue Scheduler panel.

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Select the images you wish to process in the Window Manager

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Now select the desired actions via the ;Actions/Action Manager.rtfd;;¬ Action Manager and drag to the Queue Scheduler. If the Apply button in the Action Manager is press when Queue Scheduler images are selected in the Window Manager the action will be added to the Queue Scheduler list. Because the order in which the actions are applied matters, you may want to re-order the entries by Control-dragging the action entries in the Queue Scheduler window.

Also, it is important to know that each of the actions uses the parameters as set at time when you drag them / apply them. Therefore, in order to be able to vary the compositing, color shield, intensity and other action settings, you will have to set all parameters, press Apply, prepare the next action, etc. Actions that use the same settings of course may be dragged in one go.

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At this time pressing the Execute button in the Queue Scheduler will open each queued file and apply the chosen action. Note: Dragging selections in a squiggly path as shown above is required.

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Action entries in the Queue Scheduler panel may be removed by selecting and pressing the backspace button.