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Fred32635443e485
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September 30, 2023
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combine front & back scans to a single image

  • September 30, 2023
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I am preserving scanned family photos with writing on the back. I want to combine these into a single image that shows the front on the left and the back on the right. Can someone help with a Photoshop action to do this?

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    Stephen Marsh
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    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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    September 30, 2023

    @Fred32635443e485 

     

    This is most likely going to require scripting, not an action.

     

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/script-or-automate-two-photos-into-one-collage/td-p/13053908

     

    Are the scans in one folder? Or a separate folder for the front and a separate folder for the back? Can you provide examples of the filenames? How should they "pair up" with the filename indicating which is left and which is right? 

     

    Is each scan exactly the same pixel width and height?

     

    Where should the combined result to saved relative to the input folders? What filename would be used? What file format and options should be used for saving?

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    Fred32635443e485Author
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    October 1, 2023

    I am thinking that I would open two files in Photoshop, perhaps scan009 and scan010. They are exactly the same dimensions. The result should be an image showing scan009 on the left and scan010 on the right. The result could be named image new009.  I am thinking of choosing these input pairs in real time, not as a list of filenames handled in bulk.

    Stephen Marsh
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    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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    October 1, 2023
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    I am thinking that I would open two files in Photoshop, perhaps scan009 and scan010. They are exactly the same dimensions. The result should be an image showing scan009 on the left and scan010 on the right.

     

    Is it that the odd-numbered files are always on the left and the even-numbered files are always on the right?

     

    And that scan001 & scan002  or scan009 and scan 010 are always the matching pair etc?

     

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    I am thinking of choosing these input pairs in real time, not as a list of filenames handled in bulk.


    By @Fred32635443e485

     

    Why do it manually when it could be fully automated? Is it that the scan names are not consistent and an automated process based on sequential filename sorting can't match the pairs correctly?

     

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