P: Export As does not support Actions or scripting

There are some actions I want to make that involve a combo of manipulation to a layer and then "export as".  I want it to stop performing once the Export As window is up.  Currently if I were to make an action with Export As, the action will also keep the knowledge of where the file was saved and the name.   I don't want that.  I want to choose, every time, where to save the file and what to name it.     

My desire is that the action I make will do a maniuplation to a layer and then open the "export as" window and stop.

Soooo... 2019 still has no support for this. Just sayin'... Keep the dream (thread) alive!

This is STILL a very real issue! 3 years later! That it was an intentional omission, but with no explanation as to why such an obviously useful feature would be intentionally omitted is difficult to hear from someone who has used Adobe's products for 15 years and needs to be as productive as possible. In my case the smaller file size and amazing quality of 8 bit pngs in "Export As" is SO much superior to the "Save for Web" 8 bit pngs. It was an amazing, game changing development and I'd love to hear the reasons why we can't use it when batching files. Anything! Such as: It was really difficult to get that to work in actions, and we didn't want to spend any more time on it because hardly anyone uses it, or whatever the reason is. Better than letting this much time go by without any word on this important topic. This feature alone in my particular case would save me several hours a month. I'd appreciate an update on the "progress" that has been made in the 2 years since this post.

> I'm only guessing that they're abandoning based on the lack of updates and refinements.>

Boy do I hope you're wrong, Earth. I know they do put a lot of features on the back burner, some for so long we can barely expect it to stay supported in its current state, but that's an awful lot to leave behind that is obviously pretty popular, judging from so many comments about the features.

Generator is  essential to me since I depend upon Doco, as do many others. But the loss of goodwill if they drop support for Export As and Generator is even more significant than Doco is in my life, I would think.

Yeah Max, i certainly hope they don't. There was a job i did for Google/Nexus a few years back which would not have been possible without Generator. 

I'm only guessing that they're abandoning based on the lack of updates and refinements. I'm not sure what Adobe's focus is these days, but it seems like they're not paying much attention to those of us who make our living using this product.

SFW and Save As can be scripted with Extendscript. Export is not listed in the scripting documentation, though.

My suggestion would be to use Image Processor Pro (which must be manually installed, BTW. Extension Manager is obsolete.)

Oh man... I really hope Generator isn't dropped like "Device Preview". Generator is an essential part of the workflow at my company since it let's us pre-set layer names in photoshop templates that artists just "Turn on" and it auto-exports.

it's looking like Adobe has abandoned both Export As and Generator... which is a shame because both these tools have so much potential. 

Does anyone know if Adobe are doing/looking/considering a fix for this?

It makes Photoshop completely useless as a tool for exporting a large volume of images where automation is vital.