Has anybody figured out how to FINALLY do this?

TP
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Tommy P Huynh
Apr 23, 2008
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I know this has been asked for a long time but I haven’t seen any solutions yet. What I want to do is run saving actions that will preserve the folder tree of the original files. Therefore if I want to run an action that creates thumbnails of my master files which happen to be saved in the following hierarchy:

Europe
France
Paris
Dijon
Spain
Madrid
Toldedo

Then PS will create the same folder structure in the output directory and the thumbnails will be nested just like the originals.

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Phosphor
Apr 24, 2008
I doubt it can be done with an Action. Might be scriptable. Ask on the Photoshop Scripting forum. <http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.3bbf2765>
JM
J_Maloney
Apr 24, 2008
Create an action that thumbs file. No open, no save. Just the thumb process. Then copy the complete folder structure to a new folder called "thumbed". Now batch your action on the "thumbed" folder. Select only "include subfolders". For destination, select save and close. Now you’ll have a duplicate folder structure with thumbs. My guess is you can find a shareware renamer and synchronizer to merge the structures should you wish.

This is why folder structures suck. Dijon, Spain. Never heard of it.

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ID._Awe
Apr 24, 2008
Dijon is under France J. M-m-m-m-m-m, mustard!
JM
J_Maloney
Apr 24, 2008
I’m sure there’s a Dijon, Texas. Somewhere in the east.

J
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ID._Awe
Apr 24, 2008
Ah Quebec!
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Tommy P Huynh
Apr 24, 2008
Excuse me, do you have any #808080 Poupon?

Thanks for the replies.
JM
J_Maloney
Apr 24, 2008
Nice. 🙂
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Phosphor
Apr 25, 2008
I saw some guy named Dijon in the police log the other night, busted for selling crack, fleeing & eluding, and possession of a stolen handgun.

I didn’t think that sort of thing happened in France!
JM
J_Maloney
Apr 25, 2008
I saw in a police log in London a man who had been arrested for car burglary over five hundred times. No jail time. Talk about anti-social behavior!

J
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Mark_Reynolds
Apr 26, 2008
Yeah thats the UK for you – prisons here are apparently too "full" you see.

BACK ON SUBJECT
Tommy – maybe droplets are your answer? might make the whole process quicker
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Lee_Stewart
Apr 27, 2008
I would do it the way J Maloney is suggesting. It;s not perfect, but it will get you there.

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