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Batch processing and saving multiple versions.

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April 17, 2020
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Hi All,

I have several transformations that I want to apply to a batch of files and save the results obtained by applying each transformation singularly.

Let's say that I have the images img1.png, img2. png, ..., imgN.png and the transformations T1, T2, ..., TM. What I want is to apply the transformations singularly and save the result of each transformation like

img1_T1.png, img1_T2.png, ..., img1_TM.png

img2_T1.png, img2_T2.png, ..., img2_TM.png

...

imgN_T1.png, imgN_T2.png, ..., imgN_TM.png

What is the simplest way to do that? is it possible to create a single action that applies the different transformations and saves the result of each of them? do I need to create an action for each transformation?

Regards,

Simone

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Stephen Marsh

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Perhaps something like this? It is only for layer combos and the separate files need to be combined into layers/sets.

https://github.com/mechanicious/photoshopCompositionComposer

I don't know exactly what you mean by transformations (edit transform or something else)?

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crocisAuthor

Known Participant

Thank you for your reply.

By transformation I mean the transformation behind the following tools: brightness-contrast, hue-chroma, hue-saturation, saturation, exposure, color balance, color temperature, ...

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coolseattledude

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You can create several different folders, then put several "save as" commands in your action. For example: curves adjustment 1, then save to folder 1; then resize, and save as to folder 2; then sharpen, and save to folder 3. with an action lik that you will end up with multiple folders containing all of your desired iterations. Does that make sense?

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crocisAuthor

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Thank you for your answer!

I am not an expert on actions in Photoshop, but from what I understand if I create an action that saves different results, the filenames of the saved results don't change when the action is called several times. The second time I call this action it will overwrite the results saved on disk the first time the action was called. How can I change the filenames of the results every time I call the action?

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coolseattledude

Inspiring

each time you run the action with the "save as" command, it will save each file you work on as the same name it originally was. so if you run the action on new files, they will all keep their own names and not get renamed. only problem is that with my suggested workflow above, you will end up with multiople folders of different files that all have the same name.

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