(cross post) Batch of two folders in...

Question

I have two folders with image sequences. I would like to run a batch of some sort, which opens one file from each folder, copies one of the images into a new layer of the other, then saves the results to a new folder, and continues.

Is this possible? How?

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p.s. I am on Mac OSX Lion 10.7.2 with CS5

William_Donelson · Accepted Answer

Paste the copied code into a new file in ExtendScript Toolkit (part of Photoshop’s installation, Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities/ExtendScript Toolkit CS4 or /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities-CS5/ExtendScript Toolkit CS5) and save it as a jsx-file into Photoshop’s Presets/Scripts-folder.

After restarting Photoshop the Script should be available under File > Scripts and can be assigned a Keyboard Shortcut directly, recorded into an Action, (in CS4 and CS5) be used in a Configurator-Panel or started from ExtendScript Toolkit directly.

But if you aren’t in a hurry you may want to wait a bit, because I seem to remember there were threads and Scripting solutions offered to two-folder-tasks that may fit your needs better – I can’t currently locate them, but maybe one of their creators might drop by yet and provide the code or a link.

C. thanks again.

I found I can place the .jsx file into that scripts folder on my disk and then use "File > Scripts > Browse" to run it.

However, one image sequence is .png and the other is .tif, so will have to add some code, which I think I can do, to fix it.

Cheers

William

#target photoshop

var inputFolderA = Folder.selectDialog("Please select ImageA folder");

var inputFolderB = Folder.selectDialog("Please select ImageB folder");

var outputFolderE = Folder.selectDialog("Please select output Folder ImageE folder");

var fileList = inputFolderA.getFiles ("*.png");

var startRulerUnits = preferences.rulerUnits;

preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

for (var a = 0;a<fileList.length;a++){

var file =fileList;

var fileB = file.name.replace(/A/,"B");

fileB = file.name.replace(/png/,"tif");

var doc = open(file);

var Bimage = File(inputFolderB +"/" + fileB);

if(Bimage.exists) {

var b = open(Bimage);

activeDocument.selection.selectAll();

activeDocument.selection.copy();

app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);

activeDocument.paste();

}

var saveFile = File(outputFolderE +"/" +file.name.replace(/A/,"E"));

SavePSD(saveFile);

app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);

}

app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;

function SavePSD(saveFile){

psdSaveOptions = new PhotoshopSaveOptions();

psdSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;

psdSaveOptions.alphaChannels = true;

activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, psdSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);

}

mikel28071654 · Answer

Hello,I have tried to use your code above, where I have a sequence of files in a Left folder and a sequence of files in a Right folder. The goal is to open the left image (L_001) and place the right image (R_001) on top, by creating a new layer. Then save the two layered image as a PSD. Then to carry on, L & R _002, 003, so on. Can you advise me on what piece of the code should be changed?Thanks!

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