How can I remove a bottom-left timestamp with a Photoshop Action on images of different heights?

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I’m batch-removing a timestamp that appears in the bottom-left corner of many photos. Manually, I can select the area with the marquee tool and use Edit > Fill > Content-Aware, and that works well.

I recorded those steps as a Photoshop Action and ran it with File > Automate on a large folder. The issue is that my images don’t all have the same height, so the recorded marquee selection is positioned relative to the top of the image instead of the bottom.

Is there a way to make the selection line up from the bottom-left corner when using an Action, so it works across mixed image sizes?

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Add a step in the action to rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise, then place the marquee in the top left, apply the fill, then rotate by 90 degrees anticlockwise.

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A simple workaround is to make the action temporarily rotate each image so the timestamped corner becomes a top corner, because recorded marquee selections align from the top/left.

In your action, add these steps:

Rotate the image 90° clockwise.
Make the marquee selection in the top-left area where the timestamp now appears.
Run Edit > Fill > Content-Aware.
Rotate the image 90° counterclockwise to restore orientation.

This lets the action work consistently even when image heights vary, since the selection is being anchored from the top after rotation rather than trying to reference the bottom of the original image.

How can I remove a bottom-left timestamp with a Photoshop Action on images of different heights?

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