Automate Print on Demand File Sizes with Repeating Patterns Using Power Automate Desktop, Photoshop
All of the resources are located here for Print on Demand and Automation: https://littlebizresources.com/print-on-demand-training-and-resources/ This is the Photoshop + Power Automate Desktop walkthrough (Gimp will be a separate video). To help you jump to a topic, here’s the timestamps/channels so you can skip to any sections you need to review. 0:00 Intro to Automating Print on Demand with Power Automate Desktop + Photoshop 0:26 Quick Info – Chapters/Timestamps (you are in them right now) and Overview of what’s included 1:16 Disclaimer (I’m not an expert at Power Automate Desktop or Photoshop- which is actually GREAT news for you because that means ANYONE can do this) 2:07 How Power Automate Desktop Helps us make 84 files (or how many ever you want) from 1 repeating design 4:41 Is it better to automate in Gimp? 7:00 A look at how the automation works inside Photoshop 10:38 Follow-up on the point of this, how long it takes 13:21 A peak at the Power Automate Desktop Flow for Photoshop 15:47 Core elements of the instructions (how this works) 17:09 DO THIS BEFORE adapting the Power Automate Desktop instructions – Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts Set 19:24 How To Change Keyboard Shortcuts in Power Automate Desktop (only need to know this if you need to change this in Power Automate Desktop and don’t want to change Photoshop keyboard shortcuts) 22:49 Begin Power Automate Desktop Code Changes – what you need to change starts here 23:06 #1 Change the Folder Location – here’s how 26:59 #2 Change the DOS Command for YOUR Photoshop location – here’s how 31:34 #3 Change the “Send Mouse Click” or anything related to the mouse see how to do this in the video (see which ones on the website, I updated the locations after I recorded the video) 36:14 #4 Change (do this step for each pattern) – Change the NAME of the file to match the pattern, see the website for which line if you aren’t sure – I changed this fine-tuning the file after the video was made 39:02 Overview of Prep and Testing 39:48 Prep Instructions (this is after you’ve set up the Power Automate Desktop instructions, but before you test) 51:13 Watch how the copy/paste instructions will work, but check the website for the latest instructions (and to get the code) 53:53 Testing the copied/pasted code to show it works 55:33 Next Steps – Set up your automation! Ask questions on the Little Biz Resources Playlist (linked right below these timestamps), or ask in the Little Biz Resources Facebook Group, or join me live on Thursdays on the Little Biz Resources channel and ask questions live. Here’s the playlist for the entire Print on Demand series from Little Biz Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msM6EnrtgIU&list=PLhXBOWDWTLHCxob-AmS1J42CMRzD2zCdv Here’s the Little Biz Resources Channel where I go LIVE every Thursday at 9:30pm Eastern: https://littlebizresources.com/yt Little Biz Resources Facebook Group: https://fb.com/groups/littlebizresources Here are the steps you need to make this work: 1. If you have Windows 10, download Power Automate Desktop (it’s free). If you have Windows 11, it is supposed to be built into Windows 11 – just search for “Power Automate”. 2. Create the template files (these are just regular .psd files, not “templates” according to Photoshop). There is a list of the sizes for Printful here (you can skip to that section from the top of the page): https://littlebizresources.com/print-on-demand-training-and-resources/ *Do NOT use Printful’s templates – they have other “stuff” on it that will not work with automation. You need to have empty files that I call “templates” for us but are just .psd files. 3. ALTERNATIVELY, you can download the files I’ve created from the link on that page if you don’t want to make them yourself 4. Put all of the template files you create in ONE folder 5. Make sure you have REPEATING FILES (if you want to make them, we have a video in the Little Biz Resources Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msM6EnrtgIU&list=PLhXBOWDWTLHCxob-AmS1J42CMRzD2zCdv , if you want to pay someone else to make some for you, use my designer here: https://littlebizresources.com/repeatdesigner 6. BEFORE changing Power Automate Desktop instructions, make sure you check the Keyboard Shortcuts and either change in Power Automate Desktop or change in Photoshop 7. Set up Power Automate Desktop Flow (copy my instructions from https://littlebizresources.com/print-on-demand-training-and-resources/ ) 8. Adjust the flow instructions – see which ones need adjusting, this is UPDATED (video may not match what is on the page) on the website is the most recent instructions for you to match up 9. Prep PHOTOSHOP/Power Automate desktop (see the Prep instructions on the website) 10. Test. You only need 2 files to test the loop, so might as well test this with 2 files. 11. Run through the Prep document with each new pattern (it’s worth it to double-check everything before you mess up hours of work)
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