Action to convert to GIFs adds " copy" to filenames

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Peter_Coles
May 15, 2005
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I’m using an action in Photoshop CS2 to batch resize images and convert to gifs (which are proving to be much smaller than JPEGs even at quality 0 with my source files). However, although the resulting files have a different extension and location to the original, Photoshop insists on adding " copy" to the filename of each file. Furthermore, since this text becomes part of the core filename, I can’t even use the batch rename function to remove it again.

It doesn’t do this when I save manually, but I notice that at the end of the save action there is a line that says "With Copy" and wonder if this is the problem.

Can anybody advise me as to why it does this and whether there is a way of avoiding it?

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Corey
May 15, 2005
Photoshop will add "copy" when you use "Save As…" but should not add it when you use "Save for Web."

Which method of saving are you using?

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I’m using an action in Photoshop CS2 to batch resize images and convert to
gifs (which are proving to be much smaller than JPEGs even at quality 0 with my source files). However, although the resulting files have a different extension and location to the original, Photoshop insists on adding " copy" to the filename of each file. Furthermore, since this text becomes part of the core filename, I can’t even use the batch rename function to remove it again.
It doesn’t do this when I save manually, but I notice that at the end of
the save action there is a line that says "With Copy" and wonder if this is the problem.
Can anybody advise me as to why it does this and whether there is a way of
avoiding it?
Peter
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YrbkMgr
May 15, 2005
"With Copy" and wonder if this is the problem.

Yes. Include a flatten step and optionally a conversion to Index mode in your action.
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Peter_Coles
May 15, 2005
Although I couldn’t include a flattenstep as these were already single layer images (from scans), this was a big push in the right direction. Many thanks.

For the benefit of anybody else with this problem, this is what worked for me.

My original action firstly reduced the image size, and then saved as a GIF. As part of saving as a GIF it was automatically doing a "convert to index color" and to facilitate this (I guess) was creating a JPEG with my original name and then the GIF with the extra " copy" in the filename. I didn’t notice this at first because the JPEGs often ended up in a different directory to the GIFs!

By re-ordering the action to do the "convert to index color" explicitly and first, then the resizing and finally the "save as", Photoshop no longer feels the need to create the JPEG version and thus label my GIF as a copy.

I have only the vaguest of ideas as to why this works, but does so hey, I’m happy.
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YrbkMgr
May 15, 2005
Glad you got it sorted, and thanks for the follow up!

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