Earlier this year, I posted a version of this article on Design Educator. Now you can read the full-length article with screen shots on the Peachpit.com website.

I reworked, edited, and added material to an old post that I created for DesignEducator for the article section of the PeachPit.com website.

There is a lot you can do in Photoshop without actually knowing or even understanding the many processes of image production.
Photoshop’s Automate sub-menu (File > Automate) enables you to create droplets (mini-applications that automatically perform specific tasks you have defined), crop and straighten photos, merge photos and more. The Batch feature is listed here, too, [...]