Working on multiple files, it does not follow the order as they were opened.

Question

I'm always working on multiple files, in the past when I opened files, let's say 1 to 10, the default file that it opena was the last one, in this case number 10, when finished and closed Photoshop went to next file, in this case number 9, then 8 an so.

Since last year this is not happening and I can't find a solution, it randomly goes from number 10 then to 3, then 7 etc, etc.. It is quite annoying as the only fix I found is to click every single file tab in PS in order, so when I finish it goes to the next in order. But when you are working on 20-30 files at a time it becomes quite time consuming.

Stephen Marsh · Accepted Answer

How eactly are you opening the files? There are many ways... For one example, the File > Open dialog uses the display/sort order.

It may also depend on whether the files have zero padding:

10-File.jpg, 1-File.jpg

vs.

001-File.jpg, 010-File.jpg

Just for some alternative options to explore:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/how-to-open-a-number-of-images-but-one-at-a-time/m-p/13804564#U15090907

In the following script, you can remove .reverse() to reverse the order to standard:

var inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Please select the folder to open the images in reverse order:");
for (i = !(fileList = Folder(inputFolder).getFiles(/\.(jpg|jpeg|tif|tiff|bmp|png|eps|psd|psb|gif|tga)$/i).sort().reverse());
    i < fileList.length;)
    open(fileList[i++]);

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

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