Resize Photos using Automator

To quickly resize pictures for my Culinary Aspiration blog, I have to resize photos all the time.  To be more productive, I use Automator to help me.

To set up the Automator workflow to resize photos:

1)  Start Automator

2)  Select Workflow template.

3)  From the left column, select Files & Folders.

4)  Drag Ask for Finder Items over to the right pane.

5)  Update the Prompt to "Choose the Images to Resize", and select the checkbox for Allow Multiple Selection.

6)  From the left column, select Photos, and then drag Scale Images over to the right pane.

7)  Click Add to confirm that image files will be passed into this step.

8)  Change the pixel size as appropriate.

9)  Click File > Save As.  Type in Resize photos to 480 pixels for the name and click Save.

10)  All you need to do is open Automator with this workflow.  Click Run and follow the prompts!