the script in your Photoshop CS3/Presets/Scripts folder. …. Workflow (the ability to save and load settings) …. The power of Layer Effects is the ease with which you can create common effects such as drop shadows and glows. …
Variables, or Data-driven graphics make it possible to produce multiple versions of an image quickly and accurately. Let’s say, for example, that you need to produce 500 different Web banners or 200 different business cards based on the same template. In the past, you had to manually populate the template with data (images, text, and so on). With data-driven graphics, you can use a script referencing a database to generate the Web banners for you. In Photoshop CS3 you can automate this process with the Variables feature. Basically, you design a template in Photoshop, putting all of the elements that will change (the variable elements) on separate layers, and then select layers in the template and assign them as variables. You can assign three different types of variables: •
