All of us who work with images understand the enormous amount of time post-processing can require. Before you know it, a few hours can easily slip by even for the most seasoned among us. When so many other things need to be done, it can be frustrating to spend hours on image preparation.

Fortunately, some more frequent steps taken in Photoshop can be automated, and these can be assigned to one of the Function keys (F keys) at the top of the keyboard, or a droplet can be made (Photoshop 6x & 7x only).