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Leonavr
Leonavr
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June 18, 2015

P: Export As does not support Actions or scripting

  • June 18, 2015
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There is no way to record an action so that I can automate Export As dialogue box. What I want to do is to record an action which will save one image in three formats via the Export As dialogue box and the action should remember the settings i input for each dimension. Previously Save for Web did this, but now you are calling it legacy so i expect Export As to be accessible same way via actions as Save for Web was. Thank you.

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    Max Johnson - PlayStudios
    Known Participant
    November 14, 2017
    That is *definitely* not the same as the File->Scripts->Image Processor that ships with Photoshop. Looks very useful and I will have to google it. Thanks!

    That said, it looks like a 3rd party tool that requires some kind of installation. We are talking about fixing the built-in native photoshop export processes that worked in a certain way before and should have parity with the features they are replacing.
    Earth Oliver
    Earth Oliver
    Legend
    November 14, 2017
    Image Processor Pro definitely does support png and and save for web... How do you think we managed to do everything before Export As? You can also tell it to run multiple scripts/actions during the conversion process. Are you not using this tool?

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    Max Johnson - PlayStudios
    Known Participant
    November 14, 2017

    Earth Oliver you mentioned this before... Do you mean the File->Scripts->Image Processor?  Because that is not the same as being able to record an action with the Export-As or Legacy Save-For-Web with recorded settings or scriptable settings.

    It also does not support .png or complex format options.

    It's not "better" it's just different. It's really great at batch processing a folder of images into JPEGs with an optional action applied. It's not a panacea for export.

    Earth Oliver
    Earth Oliver
    Legend
    November 14, 2017
    Fortunately, there are better ways than Export As to batch jpg and png.

    Image Processor Pro in CC does a fine job.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    November 14, 2017
    I own the last boxed copy of CS, and I thought I'd try the latest and greatest. I came across the need to batch process a bunch of JPEGs to PNGs, and was pulling my hair out not understanding why I couldn't record the export step in my action. Then I found this thread. Am I glad I haven't been wasting hundreds a year for a product that is less useful to me than what I'm still using today. Unbelievable that a feature Fireworks has had for over a decade, which saves TONs of time, is not in the almighty PhotoShop! 
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      FeedbackCommunityMember
      Inspiring
      August 7, 2017
      Has this been worked out? Needing to be able to record 'Export As...' in an action.
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      J453
      Legend
      May 8, 2017

      Pekka "In CS5.1, I created a new action, recorded an "Optimize for web" action, and ran it. I was done in 3 minutes." Save for Web is still in Photoshop CC (File > Export > Save For Web...) and it should work the same as it did in past releases such as CS5.

      johnnie_n see above. ^ He's referring to Save for Web in CS5 and conflating it with Export As, which wasn't introduced until CC 2015.

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      johnnie_n
      Participating Frequently
      May 8, 2017
      Jeffrey Tranberry - that's an odd comment in this thread, the whole point of this thread is the lack of parity in CC's new (at the time) Export As feature.  If you'll note, it's 2 years old and we're all still having the same issue(s).  No offense, but you might want to brush up on the products you manage.
        Earth Oliver
        Earth Oliver
        Legend
        May 8, 2017
        I use Image Processor Pro for that sort of thing. Works every time. 
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        FeedbackCommunityMember
        Inspiring
        May 8, 2017
        I have a bunch of PSDs I want to convert to PNG files.

        In CC, I can't record "Export" in an action, and all my attempts to record a "Save as" action failed: Photoshop CC seems to take the file name I used for "Save as" in the recording literally, and saves all the PSDs in the folder... overwriting that one target file thirty times. I've tried 30 minutes now but can't get CC to perform the simple job of converting a bunch of files to another format. (If there's a way, I'd appreciate the information for the next time this comes up.)

        In CS5.1, I created a new action, recorded an "Optimize for web" action, and ran it. I was done in 3 minutes.
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