Rename file, delete "_abc1234" and save to processed folder

Hi Chris,

Let me start by saying that I can’t write script code, on a good day I can hack/change an existing script… and on a really good day I can combine parts of different scripts together to make a new script or perhaps create a few lines of script from scratch.

The code that I have knocked together is a work on progress, I am not 100% happy with it but it get’s some of the job done and it is a minor miracle that I have made it this far!

What the script does:

* Duplicates the original document, removing the underscore and alphanumeric directly before the filename extension from the duplicate’s filename. This step should ideally have error checking code in case the source file has not been saved, however that is a little advanced for me at this stage, so the presumption is a saved file as the source

* Returns to the original open document, closes without saving any changes – this step presumes that you simply opened the file and did not do anything and don’t wish to save anything if something was done

* Returns to the duplicated document

* Creates a new folder titled “Processed” in the same folder as the original document

What the script doesn't do:

You then have to manually save the file and format into the processed folder, as I’m still trying to figure out how to save the file into the new directory.

Questions:

Is the input file always a JPEG? Do you always wish to save a JPEG to the processed folder? If your action creates any layers, will they be flattened before you save over the processed file?