How to package images in a specific format like jpg?

[johnb28485168]

Hello, is there a way to package all images in a specific format? I have created a layout for a presentation: All the images I use are in different formats. Some in tiff format with layers, some in png etc. I would like to package the presentation with all the images as jpg and of course export the it as a pdf. The originals I would like to keep in another place so I can edit them and save and package another presentation with the updated jpgs in the future, and so on..

Thank you for your help in advance.

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[rob day]

Would it be possible for InDesign to correctly and automatically link the processed images?

I have a script that does the opposite, converts TIFFs and JPEGS to PSDs. Below is a version of the script that saves all image links as JPEGs via Bridgetalk and relinks. Photoshop moves the originals into a OldLinks folder, so you would need to delete that folder before archiving. Have only done a few tests using CC2021. Bridgetalk coding can be tricky, so I’m not sure if you will have problems on large complex files.

With disk space running at 2 cents per gigabyte even scripting the conversion would literally be pennywise:

linksToJPEG()

var np;
function linksToJPEG(){
    var bt = new BridgeTalk();  
    bt.target = "photoshop"; 
    if (app.documents.length > 0) {
        var lnks = app.documents[0].links;
        for (var i = 0; i < lnks.length; i++){
            if (lnks[i].parent.constructor.name == "Image" && lnks[i].linkType != "JPEG" && lnks[i].status == LinkStatus.NORMAL) {
                convertJPEG(lnks[i].filePath, bt)
                try {
                    lnks[i].relink(File(np))
                }catch(e) {}  
            }
        };   
    } else {
        alert("No Documents Open")
        return
    }
}


/**
* Convert a Link to JPEG 
* @ param Link’s file path 
* @ param Bridgetalk instance 
* return new file path 
*/

function convertJPEG(pa, bt){
    bt.body = psScript.toString() + "\rpsScript('"+pa+"');";
    bt.onError = function( inBT ) { alert(inBT.body); };  
    bt.onResult = function(resObj) { 
       np = resObj.body
    } 
    bt.send(1000); 
    function psScript(pa) {  
        app.bringToFront();
        
        //archive folder for OldLinks
        var ap = File(pa).parent + "/OldLinks"
        var af = Folder(ap)
        af.create()
     
        //open and copy to archive
        var of = open (File(pa));
        File(pa).copy(File(ap + "/" + of.name))
        
        var n = pa.split( "." )
        if ( n.length > 1 ) {
            n.length--;
        }
        n = n.join(".");

        //JPEG options
        var so = new JPEGSaveOptions();
        so.embedColorProfile = true;
        so.quality = 12
 
        of.saveAs(new File(n + ".jpg"), so, true);
        of.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);  
        File(pa).remove()
        return n + ".jpg"
    }  
};