Looking for a specific tutorial :)

[gaberiel07]

Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

But a few years ago I remember watching a tutorial about making contact cards, where you could automate the updating and replacement of text and images to use in the file via a .txt file. I thought at first this was a tutorial by Burt Monroy, but have not been able to find it. Anyone able to point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance

[Steve]

It sounds like a form of "mail merge".
Is that what you're talking about and how does Photoshop fit into all of this?

[gaberiel07]

well basically the guy had set up a template contact card or what ever you wanna call it. Then using a txt file to tell photoshop which images and what text to change to what, he automated the process of creating a whole bunch of contact cards....

[HillyBill]

was it a video?

[gaberiel07]

Yes it was, was so long ago now, Can't find it anymore.

[Paul MR]

I wonder if it was something like this?
The Complete Picture with Julieanne Kost - PS CS5 - Working with Variables | Adobe TV

[HillyBill]

might try youtube.. i find hundreds of them!

[gaberiel07]

I wonder if it was something like this?
The Complete Picture with Julieanne Kost - PS CS5 - Working with Variables | Adobe TV

Brilliant, that'll do it, just didn't know to search for variables, Cheers muchly