a way to "smart" save automatically as JPG and PSD at the same time?

[djmattyz]

i wonder is there any smart save feature, that would enable me at the click of a button

to save the file as a JPG and and a PSD at the same time, in the same folder with matching names?

this would save so much hassle, and make file organising much easier.

i find a lot of my time is wasted saving the psd, then clicking "save a copy"  and having to look for the folder, and try and remember the exact name.

thanks in advance

[Trevor.Dennis]

Sounds like something a script could do.  

@Stephen Marsh ?

[Stephen Marsh]

@Trevor.Dennis - You are correct, there is something that's relatively easy to script in legacy ExtendScript (sadly UXP scripting is another story though, but I hope that Adobe will work on this and make it more accessible).

[Stephen Marsh]

@djmattyz 

Here is an example:

/*
Save PSD and JPEG to Source Folder.jsx
Stephen Marsh
v1.0 - 30th December 2025
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/a-way-to-quot-smart-quot-save-automatically-as-jpg-and-psd-at-the-same-time/td-p/15646991
*/

#target photoshop

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

try {
    saveFolder = doc.path;
} catch (err) {
    saveFolder = Folder.selectDialog("The document has not been saved yet.\nPlease select a folder to save the PSD and JPG files:");
    if (saveFolder == null) {
        alert("No folder selected. Script cancelled.");
        throw new Error("Cancelled");  // Exit script
    }
}

var savePSD = new File(saveFolder + '/' + docName + '.psd');
SavePSD(savePSD);

var saveJPEG = new File(saveFolder + '/' + docName + '.jpg');
SaveForWeb(saveJPEG);

app.beep();


function SavePSD(saveFile) {
    var psdSaveOptions = new PhotoshopSaveOptions();
    psdSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
    psdSaveOptions.alphaChannels = true;
    psdSaveOptions.layers = true;
    psdSaveOptions.annotations = true;
    psdSaveOptions.spotColors = true;
    activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, psdSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
}

function SaveForWeb(saveFile) {
    var sfwOptions = new ExportOptionsSaveForWeb();
    sfwOptions.format = SaveDocumentType.JPEG;
    sfwOptions.includeProfile = true;
    sfwOptions.interlaced = 0;
    sfwOptions.optimized = true;
    sfwOptions.quality = 70;
    activeDocument.exportDocument(saveFile, ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, sfwOptions);
}

1. Copy the code text to the clipboard
2. Open a new blank file in a plain-text editor (not in a word processor)
3. Paste the code in
4. Save as a plain text format file – .txt
5. Rename the saved file extension from .txt to .jsx
6. Install or browse to the .jsx file to run (see below):

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

[djmattyz]

hi stephen thats amazing thankyou so much,   it saves so much work!

im just thinking, since it doesnt ask for the file name (which is actually good) it would be a cool detail to have it add increments such as "File name 2"  if it encounters another one in the folder under the same name.   that way every incremental version of a photoshop psd, and its relative jpg are saved together.  i dont know if this is possible, but thought i would ask 

[Stephen Marsh]

hi stephen thats amazing thankyou so much,   it saves so much work!

im just thinking, since it doesnt ask for the file name (which is actually good) it would be a cool detail to have it add increments such as "File name 2"  if it encounters another one in the folder under the same name.   that way every incremental version of a photoshop psd, and its relative jpg are saved together.  i dont know if this is possible, but thought i would ask 

By @djmattyz

Sure, that's certainly possible and a natural extension from the basic script.

l'll come back to you with an edit, do you want a digit based suffix (001, 002 etc) or a date/time stamp?

[djmattyz]

Yes 001 002 is perfect thankyou

 it's very useful to have both (smart save and smart save incremental)

[Stephen Marsh]

@djmattyz 

Try this script:

/*
Save Incremental PSD and JPEG to Source Folder.jsx
Stephen Marsh
v1.0 - 30th December 2025
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/a-way-to-quot-smart-quot-save-automatically-as-jpg-and-psd-at-the-same-time/td-p/15646991
*/

#target photoshop

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var rawName = doc.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
var match = rawName.match(/^(.*?)(?:_(\d{3}))?$/);
var baseName = match[1];
var startIndex = match[2] ? parseInt(match[2], 10) : null;
var saveFolder;

try {
    saveFolder = doc.path;
} catch (err) {
    saveFolder = Folder.selectDialog(
        "The document has not been saved yet.\nPlease select a folder to save the PSD and JPG files:"
    );
    if (!saveFolder) {
        alert("No folder selected. Script cancelled.");
        throw new Error("Cancelled");
    }
}

var index = getNextIndex(saveFolder, baseName, startIndex);

while (true) {
    var suffix = (index === 0) ? "" : "_" + zeroPad(index, 3);
    var psdFile = new File(saveFolder + "/" + baseName + suffix + ".psd");
    var jpgFile = new File(saveFolder + "/" + baseName + suffix + ".jpg");
    if (!psdFile.exists && !jpgFile.exists) {
        break;
    }
    index++;
}

SavePSD(psdFile);
SaveForWeb(jpgFile);
app.beep();


function getNextIndex(folder, name, docIndex) {

    var files = folder.getFiles();
    var maxIndex = -1;

    for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
        if (!(files[i] instanceof File)) continue;

        var fname = files[i].name;

        if (fname === name + ".psd" || fname === name + ".jpg") {
            maxIndex = Math.max(maxIndex, 0);
            continue;
        }

        var re = new RegExp("^" + name + "_(\\d{3})\\.(psd|jpg)$", "i");
        var m = fname.match(re);

        if (m) {
            var num = parseInt(m[1], 10);
            if (!isNaN(num)) {
                maxIndex = Math.max(maxIndex, num);
            }
        }
    }

    if (docIndex !== null) {
        maxIndex = Math.max(maxIndex, docIndex);
    }

    if (maxIndex === -1) {
        return 0;
    }

    return maxIndex + 1;
}

function zeroPad(num, digits) {
    var s = num.toString();
    while (s.length < digits) s = "0" + s;
    return s;
}

function SavePSD(saveFile) {
    var opts = new PhotoshopSaveOptions();
    opts.embedColorProfile = true;
    opts.alphaChannels = true;
    opts.layers = true;
    opts.annotations = true;
    opts.spotColors = true;
    activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, opts, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
}

function SaveForWeb(saveFile) {
    var opts = new ExportOptionsSaveForWeb();
    opts.format = SaveDocumentType.JPEG;
    opts.includeProfile = true;
    opts.interlaced = false;
    opts.optimized = true;
    opts.quality = 70;
    activeDocument.exportDocument(saveFile, ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, opts);
}

[djmattyz]

that worked perfectly, stephen you are a genius.  thanks so much!!

[Conrad_C]

It sounds like this question might already be taken care of by the script, but I was just wondering…is there a reason the old standby Image Processor won’t work for this? (The command is File > Scripts > Image Processor.) It has always had the ability to save up to three copies into different formats, with control over the destination folder, and it’s easy to assign a keyboard shortcut to it. 

The main advantage I can see of Stephen’s script over Image Processor is that the script can increment the file name if there’s a filename conflict, I don’t think Image Processor can take care of that but I haven’t checked.