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I found one post that addressed this issue (Buko "batch does not work to overwrite files" 5/2/04 7:35pm </cgi-bin/webx?13/0>), but no one really had an answer. So:
Can you include a "Save for Web" step in an action and then batch process using that action without overwriting the same file over and over?
* If not, how can you automate Pshp to click the "Replace" button in the overwrite warning?
* If so, how do you include a Save for Web step in a batch?
I’m trying to batch process a fairly simple operation: open a file, trim the canvas, Save for Web at a JPEG setting of 65, then close (don’t save original) and move on. When I go to automate, I specify the source folder, then a destination folder and "Override Action ‘Save As’ Commands" and a new file name (doc name plus a simple suffix). This is all happening with both PS 7 and PS CS, btw.
* I see elsewhere that "Override Action ‘Save As’ Commands" only applies to "Save As", not to "Save for Web", so checking that box has no effect here, yes?
* I tried just "Save As" JPEG, but the resulting file was much, much larger than through Save for Web
* The closest I got to acheiving this was to allow Pshp to overwrite my files with the new Save for Web results. If this is the only solution, that’s okay because I can have it process on copies. But the problem is that the automation is interrupted with every image, demanding you confirm "Replace" of the image. Is there a way to get Pshp to automatically click the Replace button? Or perform a keystroke like return (same result)?
In a dream world, Save for Web would be treated the same as Save As, so you could rename and re-route files to different folders. But this is impossible, yes?
Any step-by-step ideas would be greatly appreciated. Or if this is just a blind spot in Pshp, I’d appreciate knowing that, too.
Thanks!
Can you include a "Save for Web" step in an action and then batch process using that action without overwriting the same file over and over?
* If not, how can you automate Pshp to click the "Replace" button in the overwrite warning?
* If so, how do you include a Save for Web step in a batch?
I’m trying to batch process a fairly simple operation: open a file, trim the canvas, Save for Web at a JPEG setting of 65, then close (don’t save original) and move on. When I go to automate, I specify the source folder, then a destination folder and "Override Action ‘Save As’ Commands" and a new file name (doc name plus a simple suffix). This is all happening with both PS 7 and PS CS, btw.
* I see elsewhere that "Override Action ‘Save As’ Commands" only applies to "Save As", not to "Save for Web", so checking that box has no effect here, yes?
* I tried just "Save As" JPEG, but the resulting file was much, much larger than through Save for Web
* The closest I got to acheiving this was to allow Pshp to overwrite my files with the new Save for Web results. If this is the only solution, that’s okay because I can have it process on copies. But the problem is that the automation is interrupted with every image, demanding you confirm "Replace" of the image. Is there a way to get Pshp to automatically click the Replace button? Or perform a keystroke like return (same result)?
In a dream world, Save for Web would be treated the same as Save As, so you could rename and re-route files to different folders. But this is impossible, yes?
Any step-by-step ideas would be greatly appreciated. Or if this is just a blind spot in Pshp, I’d appreciate knowing that, too.
Thanks!
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