Convert gifs from multiple subfolders to jpgs in folder of original

RM
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Rick_Menkhaus
Oct 7, 2005
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I have a folder with many thousands of subfolders under it…

some of them contain gifs, which I want to convert to jpgs and save in the same folder as the original.

I’d prefer if it only found the gifs and worked on them, because the folders contain many other image file types.

It’s easy to do if all the gifs are in one folder, or if you want the output jpg to go in the same folder, BUT I can’t get them to output gifs to the various original folders.

I can’t find a way to do this using droplets or batch.

PS I don’t think there’s an easy way but there’s also flash files in some of these folders, and I’d like to output jpg thumbnails of them as well.

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DR
Danny Raphael
Oct 8, 2005
Rick:

What you want to do is beyond the scope of action, batch and droplet functionality. It’s doable with scripts, however.

You might surf the "Photoshop Scripting" forum (see link near the top of this forum) or just post your question there. From time to time requestts similar to yours come up, so maybe one of the scripting forum regulars has already written something that will get you going.

Be sure to specify which version of PS you’re using. There are subtle, but important differences in how JavaScript works in PS7, CS and CS2.

~Danny~

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