Automate Batch, save question

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Val_M
May 24, 2007
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I’d like to run an action on a folder that contains subfolders and then save the file back in the subfolder with a new name as well as in another folder.

The directory structure is:
top –> item1 –> item1_1.jpg, item1_2.jpg, …
top –> item2 –> item2_1.jpg, item2_2.jpg, …

And all I want to do is apply logo, save file, resize as thumbnail, save with a suffix "t" and then also save thumbnail in a separate thumbnail directory

The result would be:
top –> item1 –> item1_1.jpg, item1_1t.jpg, item1_2.jpg, item1_2t.jpg,… top –> item2 –> item2_1.jpg, item2_1t.jpg, item2_2.jpg, item2_2t.jpg,… top –> thumbnail –> item1_1t.jpg, item1_2t.jpg, item2_1t.jpg, item2_2t.jpg, …

I’ve tried using Automate–> Batch. If I run the Batch command twice, I can get the original file with a logo in the original subfolder using the "Save and Close" command as the first step. And then run the Batch command again to resize the file and use the "Override Action and Save As" command to add the suffix "t" and put the resized file in the thumbnail folder but how do I also get it back in the subfolder?

Thanks for any advice!!
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Peter_van_Dort
May 24, 2007
I have a large number of photos on my C Drive and I would like to place selected photos into a DVD slide show. My problem is that the selected photos have varied names but all have the same single suffix (.jpg),

Is there a way that I could ‘highlight’ all of the different names and then with one click change all of them to a new numerically sequential series?

Can anyone please help me with a simplified way to enable me to carry out this job?

Sincerely,

Peter van Dort
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Bernie
May 24, 2007
Val: the only suggestion I have is to run separate batches on each subfolder. Or try getting a script together (see the PS scripting forum for more info)

Peter: there are batch renaming utilities out there that do just that

Also, next time start your own thread instead of hijacking someone else’s
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Peter_van_Dort
May 24, 2007
I am sorry to have followed "a Thread" but am totally unfamiliar with forums. This is my first, and last attempt, to join one as I do not know the protocols. If I have upset anyone I am very sorry.

Peter van Dort.
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LenHewitt
May 25, 2007
Peter,

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