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AG_Ps_100
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May 25, 2019
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SAVE TIF of activeDocument and make activeDocument the TIF I've just saved

  • May 25, 2019
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Hello everyone,

I have this NEF file, and I want to save it as tif.

so I use this script:

#target photoshop   
var Name = app.activeDocument.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');   
try
{
    var savePath = activeDocument.path;
}  
catch(e)
{   
    alert("You must save this document first!\nTo establish a save path...");  
    savePath = Folder.selectDialog("select folder"); 
}
var fileList= savePath.getFiles(Name +"*.tif").sort().reverse();   
var saveName = File(savePath + "/" + Name)  
SaveTIFF(saveName);     
    
    
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////  
    function SaveTIFF(saveFile){  
tiffSaveOptions = new TiffSaveOptions();   
tiffSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;   
tiffSaveOptions.alphaChannels = true;   
tiffSaveOptions.layers = true;  
tiffSaveOptions.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.NONE;  
//tiffSaveOptions.jpegQuality=10;  
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, tiffSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);   
}

After I save the file I do have the tif file in my folder, but I want that the activeDocument will be the tif file.

THIS IS WHAT I WANT:

I know that I can close the activeDocument and the open the tif file,

but in order to save time, I want the activeDocument will change like when you Save As in photoshop using Ctrl+Shift+S and afterwards the file changes from NEF to TIF automatically.

How do I do that please?

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Correct answer Stephen Marsh

Try this (original post's code updated):

#target photoshop  
  
try  
{  
    var savePath = activeDocument.path;  
}    
catch(e)  
{     
    alert("You must save this document first!\nTo establish a save path...");    
    savePath = Folder.selectDialog("select folder");   
} 
  
var Name = app.activeDocument.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');  
  
save();  
function save() {  
  var c2t = function (s) {  
  return app.charIDToTypeID(s);  
  };  
  
  var s2t = function (s) {  
  return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);  
  };  
  
  var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();  
  var descriptor2 = new ActionDescriptor();  
  
  descriptor2.putEnumerated( s2t( "byteOrder" ), s2t( "platform" ), s2t( "macintosh" ));  
  descriptor.putObject( s2t( "as" ), c2t( "TIFF" ), descriptor2 );  
  descriptor.putPath( c2t( "In  " ), new File(savePath + "/" + Name + ".tif") );  
  descriptor.putInteger( s2t( "documentID" ), 813 );  
  descriptor.putBoolean( s2t( "lowerCase" ), true );  
  descriptor.putEnumerated( s2t( "saveStage" ), s2t( "saveStageType" ), s2t( "saveSucceeded" ));  
  executeAction( s2t( "save" ), descriptor, DialogModes.NO );  
}

2 replies

JJMack
Community Expert
JJMackCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 25, 2019

If the activeDocument was opened from an existing images file not a RAW file. The Active Document has a backing files on disk. The files you opened.  The Active document name is read only it can not be changed by any Photoshop commend.   When the Active document is a new document. That is you open a new document or a RAW file the document in Photoshop has no backing file on disk for  Camera RAW files can not be written by Photoshop so the RAW file on disk does not count as a backing file. As far as Photoshop is concerned the document in Photoshop is a new document.   When you saved a new Document. The document in Photoshop is no longer a new document it now has a backing file one disk during the saving of the file Photoshop will fixes the Open Document name to the saved files name.  The Document name is fixed read only it can not be renames by a  and Photoshop command. A script or action can not rename and open document in Photoshop the has a backing file. It would need to do what you wrote. Open the file just saved and close the document is was saved from.

If you open a NEF file its a new document in  Photoshop when you save it as a Tif I would think the Photoshop would fix the document name in Photoshop to the saved file name.

JJMack
Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 25, 2019

The Active document name is read only it can not be changed by any Photoshop commend.

Agreed, however it can be used in a variable for reference in the save (obviously not changing the name of the live open document):

var Name = app.activeDocument.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');

When the Active document is a new document. That is you open a new document or a RAW file the document in Photoshop has no backing file on disk for  Camera RAW files can not be written by Photoshop so the RAW file on disk does not count as a backing file. As far as Photoshop is concerned the document in Photoshop is a new document.

This appears to work too, a path is reported in the alert test below when run on a raw camera file:

var filePath = activeDocument.path;
alert(filePath);

The try/catch in the full script does not error, it appears to accept that there is a valid backing path.

In my script the TIFF is saved to the same directory as the raw file, with the same name, just with a .tif extension and in TIFF format.

I have tested my script in CS6 and CC2018 with a raw camera file from disk that has been opened into Photoshop through ACR and it appears to do everything that the OP has requested. I used AM code as I could not get the save to work as intended with DOM code.

My original script duplicated the original doc and closed down the original doc, however with experimentation I found that I did not need to do this to achieve the desired outcome.

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Stephen MarshCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
May 25, 2019

Try this (original post's code updated):

#target photoshop  
  
try  
{  
    var savePath = activeDocument.path;  
}    
catch(e)  
{     
    alert("You must save this document first!\nTo establish a save path...");    
    savePath = Folder.selectDialog("select folder");   
} 
  
var Name = app.activeDocument.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');  
  
save();  
function save() {  
  var c2t = function (s) {  
  return app.charIDToTypeID(s);  
  };  
  
  var s2t = function (s) {  
  return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);  
  };  
  
  var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();  
  var descriptor2 = new ActionDescriptor();  
  
  descriptor2.putEnumerated( s2t( "byteOrder" ), s2t( "platform" ), s2t( "macintosh" ));  
  descriptor.putObject( s2t( "as" ), c2t( "TIFF" ), descriptor2 );  
  descriptor.putPath( c2t( "In  " ), new File(savePath + "/" + Name + ".tif") );  
  descriptor.putInteger( s2t( "documentID" ), 813 );  
  descriptor.putBoolean( s2t( "lowerCase" ), true );  
  descriptor.putEnumerated( s2t( "saveStage" ), s2t( "saveStageType" ), s2t( "saveSucceeded" ));  
  executeAction( s2t( "save" ), descriptor, DialogModes.NO );  
}
    AG_Ps_100
    AG_Ps_100Author
    Inspiring
    May 25, 2019

    It works, thank you

    It just occurred to me that the solution to that was easy I should have just used ScriptListener and then Save As, and then still use the savePath and Name, great job

    SuperMerlin
    SuperMerlin
    Inspiring
    May 25, 2019

    All you need to do is change the true to false.

    1.     function SaveTIFF(saveFile){   
    2. tiffSaveOptions = new TiffSaveOptions();    
    3. tiffSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;    
    4. tiffSaveOptions.alphaChannels = true;    
    5. tiffSaveOptions.layers = true;   
    6. tiffSaveOptions.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.NONE;   
    7. //tiffSaveOptions.jpegQuality=10;   
    8. activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, tiffSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);    
    9. }

    1.     function SaveTIFF(saveFile){   
    2. tiffSaveOptions = new TiffSaveOptions();    
    3. tiffSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;    
    4. tiffSaveOptions.alphaChannels = true;    
    5. tiffSaveOptions.layers = true;   
    6. tiffSaveOptions.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.NONE;   
    7. //tiffSaveOptions.jpegQuality=10;   
    8. activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, tiffSaveOptions, false, Extension.LOWERCASE);     +
    9. }

    The true means save as copy.

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