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Photoshop Actions and Batch

Asked by happinessman in Adobe Photoshop

Tags: photoshop, batch, save, action

Hi,

I am using Photoshop 7.

I need to do some simple resizing actions on a lot of images from many different folders. I have setup and recorded actions to resize and save the images using the 'Save for Web'. I have then srun this set of actions using the Batch option. This works fine apart from one thing. If I try to use the Batch option and the action set I have created but for a different folder, the following occurs . . .

1) The image Source folder set in the Batch window works fine. All images are opened from the folder I have chosen in the Batch window.

2) However, whatever Destination folder I choose in the Batch Window, when the images are saved, they always go to the folder I originally chose when recording my Actions. i.e. the Destination folder I select in the Batch window has no effect on where the images are actually saved.

I have 'Override Action "Save As" Commands' checked and therefore thought that this must be the cause of the problem. I need this to be checked as I don't want to confirm every image save proceedure but want Photoshop to do the actions and save the optimized images automatically through the whole folder without any interaction from the user. So, to remedy this, I thought that I should try recording the actions again, but excluding the final click of the Save button in the Save for Web window. This also didn't work as then I found that the images did not save at all.

My basic question is therefore this . . .

How do I create a set of Actions which I can use to resize, optimize and save images for the web for any folder which will save to any other folder chosen in the Batch window? Please remember I want Photoshop to complete the whole process including saving the images without any user interaction.

Hope that makes sense. Any questions, please ask.

Thank you :o)
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