Help with Photoshop Actions. Dynamic Text.

Hi there,

We're trying to automate a process in Photoshop but we're getting stuck at the point where we need to type in Text. You see the idea is to create around 465 png files that contain different text in each file.

Here's how it needs to work.

Create a New File Say 400x600

Add a new Text Layer (the text needs to be read from another file or the file name) the first time round it will be January 1st the second time it should read January 2nd, the third time should be January 3rd, well you get the idea, we're trying to put each individual date on each photoshop document.

Then the text layer needs to be rasterized

Then it will need to be skewed V: -9.3 degrees

Then it needs to be centered at X: 200px and Y: 300px

Then it needs to be saved as a .png with the date as the file name (eg: january-1st.png) and have the background transparent.

Is this possible?

I don't have a lot of experience with Photoshop Actions but I thought maybe there is a way to get the text from the file name and use that as the text for the Text Layer?

So I would create 365 files:
January 1st.psd
January 2nd.psd etc.. etc...

Or, can I use Automator to open a text file and read each line into a photoshop macro?

I'm just throwing out ideas here, let me know what your thoughts are on this? I've read a few tutorials on how to create copyright text but our situation is different in that we need the text to change each time.

I have created an action set that does all the steps except for the differing text and the positioning.

Thanks very much for any ideas you can come up with, we'd like to have something sorted out in the next couple of days.

Cheers,
Ant