Simplify my Lightroom + Photoshop workflow?

[Joony]

So I do photography for some ROTC stuff, which can be seen here: http://afrotcdet190.com/photo/index_photos.asp

My workfow involves the following:

1. Import photos into Lightroom
2. Sort and 'develop module' each photo
3. Export to 776 pixels wide
4. Run photoshop image processor action, adds border + watermark to 800 pixels wide
5. Reimport processed photos into Lightroom
6. Run Web module to create web galleries.
7. Export Web gallery, and upload to website.

Simplifying steps 3-5 would be awesome.

Anyone know of a good way to speed it up?

[Uhland]

I know lightroom supports watermarking.
Not sure about border actions.

If you can find a way to add borders in lightroom you can skip 3-5

[SlowBlink]

You could record actions to resize and border (two actions depending on orientation). That would trim it a bit.

[Rubi Jane]

I don't know the answer but there is a great Lightroom forum which might offer more ideas http://www.lightroomforums.net/
They also have a request list that Adobe is supposedly keeping an eye on so might be worth adding your wish to it. Ability to add borders and a watermark in various locations would be a plus for LR.

[Curtis N]

Skip the border, they just waste bytes and space. Let Lightroom add your copyright info. That will rid you of steps 4 and 5.

If you really think you need borders, Lightroom's web gallery will create them, any color and width you want.

[sando]

1. Import photos into Lightroom
2. Sort and 'develop module' each photo
3. Export to 776 pixels wide
4. Whilst exporting run a droplet which will run the actions in Ps for you and set to re-open in Lr.
5. Run Web module to create web galleries.
6. Export Web gallery, and upload to website.

A droplet is a Ps action which is 'actionable' in Lr on export. :)

To be honest though, I'd just watermark them and put them on the web, I wouldnt bother with a border.