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Batch Processing and Supressing PDFs from opening?

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
July 28, 2022
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I have created an action i wish to use to batch process 100's of images in a folder and its subfolders.

My only issue is that it keeps opening PDF files stored in the same folder structure and this halts the batch action.

How can I tell photoshop not to open PDF files please?

Also I need the folders to remain intact so I can't just go through and remove all the pdf files.

any help would be appreciated.

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Lumigraphics

Legend

I agree with the responses, Photoshop isn't setup to just ignore a specific file type. So you'll need a script or Bridge, you can filter or possibly create a Collection to process.

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

Another option... Use Bridge. It can view all items from all sub-folders and hide the folders. The filter panel can hide PDF files. All files can then be selected and then you can run Image Processor Pro (not the basic Image Processor) which can use the selected files in Bridge as the source and it can preserve the original folder structure and play an action.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Nifty!

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

Paul Riggott's Picture Processor script can maintain sub-directory structure and process a selected file type, one file type at a time (so in you had .PSD | .TIF | .JPG image files in various subfolders, you would need to run the script three times:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Paul-Riggott/PS-Scripts/master/Picture%20Processor.jsx

Otherwise, as @c.pfaffenbichler mentioned, you would need a custom script.

didiermazier

Community Expert

Thanks for the link!

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

As pdf is a file format Photoshop can import I see no option to filter them out in Batch, but you could use a custom Script instead of Batch.

What are the exact and complete Batch-settinsg you use?

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jacob toddAuthor

Participating Frequently

the batch process itself is just basic, like this:

however the action its playing is a bit more technical. In short its just resizing images and saving them in the same location using a second batch process to save within the action.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

»Include all subfolders« is unchecked, didn’t you say you wanted to process those?

Have you tried »Suppress file open options dialog«?

Anyway, I expect you will need to use a Script.

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