Unlimited variants from one original
Thumbnails, web sizes, print versions and more, all generated from a single source file in one run.
Colourhead BATCH · macOS · Studio production
Set it once. Run it on everything.
Batch process hundreds of files and spin out as many variants as you want from a single original — all in one workflow. A seriously powerful macOS desktop app that runs entirely on your machine, filling the gaps Photoshop, Lightroom and the rest leave wide open.
Buy it once and it's yours to run, forever. No cloud. No per-image billing.
Flat price
Runs offline
No sales call
Built by a 30-year studio lead
One original, many variants
1 workflow · 1 pass
…_thumbnail.jpg400px · 48KB
…_web.jpg2000px · <800KB
…_print.tif300dpi · profiled
…_square.pngbg #FFFFFF
The app
Built from modular workflow blocks.
Quick-run a single block on its own to convert a handful of files, or chain blocks into parent workflows that produce complex, multi-variant output in one pass. It can change the way you work.
Modular workflow blocks
Run a single block for a fast conversion, or nest blocks inside parent workflows for complex variant creation.
Filename-pattern intelligence
Target files by name pattern and act only on them. Pull every …_front
from a batch to build thumbnails while it ignores _back,
_detail and the rest.
Rename as you process
Turn product_image_123456_front into
product_image_123456_thumbnail inside the same workflow.
Spreadsheet-driven RENAME blocks
Match a product code in the filename to a column in your spreadsheet and rename to the code in another. Perfect for re-formatting product images to a partner or brand site's naming convention.
Spreadsheet-driven metadata embedding
Match on filename, then pull data from any column and write it straight into the metadata field you choose.
Contact sheet PDFs
1, 2, 4 or more per page, each image captioned with filename, file size, dimensions and any metadata field you pick.
CSV reports on completion
A full record every time a workflow finishes.
Photoshop Actions, built in
If you have Photoshop, use your existing actions inside the app — as a standalone flow, or as one block in a wider parent workflow. More powerful and far easier to use than Photoshop droplets or Automate › Batch.
Inside the app
Every block, its own tab.
The essentials
And every block you'd expect.
Convert file types — PSD → JPG, TIFF → PNG and more
Cap JPG file size — under 800KB for fast-loading web images
Set a background colour behind transparent files
Apply colour profiles
Resize or crop
Watermark your files
Who it's for
Studio managers, retouchers, photographers and production teams moving high volumes of product, e-commerce or editorial imagery — anyone tired of paying enterprise cloud prices for work their own machine can do, faster.
The house
Colourhead studio production solutions.
BATCH is the first app out of the door. More to follow — each one doing one job in plain terms, built the same way: local, flat-priced, yours to own.
NextTrackProduction tracking
NextReviewReview & approval
NextDeliverOutput to store, PIM & DAM
NextLibraryAsset organisation
Pricing
Own it, don't rent it.
No cloud, no per-image billing, no sales call to sit through. Download it, try it on real work in minutes, and own it outright.
The licence · one-time
£149
Colourhead BATCH£149
Studio site licenceGet in touch
Yours to run forever, on your machine, offline. Buy it once and it never switches off.
Buy Colourhead BATCH →The demo · free
Free to try
Run it on your own files✓
No sales call✓
Running in a minute✓
Prove it on a real job before you spend anything.
Download the demo →
Why it's different
Not the enterprise cloud model.
The big platforms charge a fee to be there plus a charge per image you deliver, run in their cloud, and gate the whole thing behind a sales call. Colourhead is built the other way round — for the production lead who wants to prove it first, then propose it.
Enterprise cloud model
Colourhead
Pricing
Platform fee + charge per delivered asset
One flat licence
Getting started
Book a demo, talk to sales
Download the demo, running in a minute
Where it runs
The vendor's cloud
Your machine — offline, your images never leave the building
Volume
Metered per delivered asset
Process as much as you like
If you stop paying
Access ends
Keeps working — you own your version
Made by
An enterprise software vendor
A studio production lead of 30 years