Hi happy,
I think the problem is that when you choose destination: 'Folder' in the Batch setup, you're effectively telling Photoshop to save the file via the 'File -> Save As' system (not through 'Save for web' as is recorded in your action.
When you select destination: 'Folder', the save happens after all the other steps in the action have completed. If you select destination: 'None' you're relying on whatever save/export/save for web options are recorded in the action itself. Of course, 'Save for Web' records any folder name you've given it as an absolute path, so as you found, all the images go into the original folder you used when building the action.
A way to deal with this is to use two actions: One action to perform the resize, and set the destination to 'folder' you want when you run the batch. Once the batch is complete, run a second 'Save for web' action on the new folder to optimize them. As Rafael said, don't change the folder or path in the 'Save for web...' setup when you record the action - Photoshop will save the file wherever it came from.
Let us know if this helps, or if you need more info.
Good luck!
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by: Rafael_AlmeidaPosted on 2005-12-01 at 04:51:05ID: 15395775
Hello!
Well, that has happened to me lots of times. All of them I changed something in the file name (or location) when Saving For Web when recording the action.
Try opening the action, deleting the save for web step, and then start recording again (with a image opened, of course). Then, go to save for web and make the settings you need in the image output, etc. So, click save, and save again, AND DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING IN THE FILE NAME OR LOCATION. This makes Photoshop understand that the image must not be saved on a specific location (what happens when you change save for web's file name), but save with the name of the original image in the folder specified in the Batch dialog instead.
Hope it works! Best Wishes,
Rafael Almeida