Actions and scripting

[m�rcio_meucopoeco]

Good afternoon guys, I wanted to know if it is possible to create a hot folder with Photoshop actions

[Lumigraphics]

What are you trying to accomplish? Most likely you would need a second app to send files to Photoshop from the hot folder.

[m�rcio_meucopoeco]

My idea is to automate the printing process, first I combine a jpg with a white shim file, and save a psd. This is due to the variable photoshop function! then I would throw these psds in the hot folder and apply automation with some adjustments, applying a color profile and placing the white shim in the alpha channel and saving a pdf directly in the printer's hotfolder

[Lumigraphics]

You can probably script or record an action to do most of the Photoshop steps. I'm not sure where the hot folder comes in?

[m�rcio_meucopoeco]

I already have these automations ready, I just wanted to automate the process even more. 
I use my own system that the client approves directly on the website and when it is released for 
pre-printing, I want to download it directly to the hot folder, so that I don't need to open Photoshop 
and have it apply a script or action, just like a printer hot folder that only plays the art in the folder and it 
directs you to the right queue

[Lumigraphics]

You cannot process files in Photoshop without Photoshop running.

Maybe look into ImageMagik instead.

https://imagemagick.org/index.php

[m�rcio_meucopoeco]

The problem wouldn't even be that it wasn't open. it can be open,
 I just needed to not have to order it to be done, but if I throw it inside this hot folder it will 
do the action without me having to tell it to be done

[Lumigraphics]

I'm not sure what you are throwing inside a hot folder? Photoshop has no folder monitoring ability. You'd need to use some other app to send the files to Photoshop.

Try recording the steps you need as an Action, it might be doable that way.

[pixxxelschubser]

Perhaps a droplet can help you:
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/processing-batch-files.html?x-product=Helpx%2F1.0.0&x-produc...

[Stephen Marsh]

@m�rcio_meucopoeco 

This is generally performed using dedicated printer software, RIPs and DFE's etc. Either from the OEM or 3rd parties.

As previously suggested this needs to be driven by another app, not Photoshop... You could also look into a Bridge script, that will watch a folder and run an action or script in Photoshop to print and close.

https://github.com/Paul-Riggott/PS-Scripts/blob/master/Bridge%20Hot%20Folder.jsx

https://github.com/Paul-Riggott/PS-Scripts/blob/master/PShotFolder.jsx

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/automatically-run-scripts-on-files-in...

http://kasyan.ho.ua/bridge/hot_folder_in_bridge/hot_folder_listener.html

http://kasyan.ho.ua/bridge/watched_folder/watched_folder.html

http://kasyan.ho.ua/bridge/hot_folder_in_bridge/hot_folder_in_bridge.html