.jsx Script that saves edited .jpg to subfolder with the same filename.

Question

The goal is, preferably in JavaScript, if not possible, seeing as the process is being carried out on a Windows machine VBS is the acceptable alternative, to automate by means of scripting the process of saving a file to relative path, that is, the subfolder within the folder of the original .jpg.

Process example is as follows:

Opened/active file name: 42.jpg

Save edited file as: 42.jpg

Opened/active file folder: ~\jpg

To folder: ~\jpg\Edited

(Folder location not constant which gets absolute path out of the question.)

JPEG Options:

Matte: None

Image Options: Quality: 12

Format Options: Baseline ("Standard")

Reason for looking into a scripting solution being that, unlike Photoshop's built in Batch processing tool, as far as currently understood, the operation would have to be able to be carried out at certain point, when required, that is, be activated as an Action by keyboard shortcut, and as far as the awareness of capabilities of the Batch tool goes, while it is able to accomplish the task in question where process is fully automated in which case it is extremely useful, when process has to have interuptions for purposes of editing the image or any other kind of user inputto be made, the only remaining option seems that there is perhaps a requirement for a script.

Several attempts were made, some of which included copy/pasting a number of whole code sets, with minor changes being made to it for purposes of adaptation, as well as trying, without avail, to make the script for completing the task by crumpling together various snippets of code from multiple sources, though due to heavy limitations of time slot availability and not high enough level of familiarization with JavaScript and coding alltohether as the case may be, such methods were of no use thereby leaving this, that being directly asking for it the only potentially viable option.

Thanks in advance.

r-bin · Accepted Answer

Stephen Marsh · Answer

Rather than using save as, this version uses export save for web (I know that you have different criteria). I have commented out the code that converts to sRGB.

/* This script saves an export save for web JPEG version of a saved file to a sub-folder next to the original image. Existing files will be overwritten without warning! */

#target photoshop

unSaved();

function unSaved() {
    try {
        var d = app.activeDocument;
        var dPath = d.path;

        // Check open image for saved file path
        dPath;

        // File Naming Code
        var dname = d.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
        var sFold = new Folder(dPath + '/Edited')
        if (!sFold.exists) {
            sFold.create()
        }

        // File Saving Code
        var saveFileJPEG = new File(sFold + '/' + dname + '.jpg');
        SaveForWeb(saveFileJPEG);

        // Undo Convert to sRGB Step
        /*
        select();
        function select() {
            var c2t = function (s) {
                return app.charIDToTypeID(s);
            };
            var s2t = function (s) {
                return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
            };
            var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
            var reference = new ActionReference();
            reference.putEnumerated(c2t("HstS"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("previous"));
            descriptor.putReference(c2t("null"), reference);
            executeAction(s2t("select"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
        }
        */

        // JPEG S4W Options
        function SaveForWeb(saveFileJPEG, jpegQuality) {
            /*
            // Convert to sRGB Step
                var doc = app.activeDocument;
                if (doc.colorProfileName.substring(0, 4) != "sRGB")
                doc.convertProfile("sRGB IEC61966-2.1", Intent.RELATIVECOLORIMETRIC, true, false); // BPC, Dither  
            */
            var sfwOptions = new ExportOptionsSaveForWeb();
            sfwOptions.format = SaveDocumentType.JPEG;
            sfwOptions.includeProfile = true;
            sfwOptions.interlaced = 0;
            sfwOptions.optimized = true;
            sfwOptions.quality = 70;
            activeDocument.exportDocument(saveFileJPEG, ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, sfwOptions);
        }

        alert('JPEG version saved to a new sub-folder next to the original image!');

    } catch (err) {
        alert('An image must be both open and saved before running this script!');
    }
}

I know you have marked correct answers, this is just another way of doing things as a learning exercise/example.

EDIT: I had to remove the overwrite warning from the original post. I'll update the code again when I get it sorted...

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