Auto-Save File After Creating Contact Sheet

[aottke]

Does anyone know how we can use the Automate>Contact Sheet II process, but to have Photoshop automatically save and even just close the files once it's done? For many folders from many scanned rolls, it's daunting to File>Save (or even Command+S, obviously) and to follow all the prompts for everything for each contact sheet when we just want them saved and closed out of at the end...

[anna_3003]

@Stephen_A_Marsh, thanks for your fast response and apologies for not replying earlier - got caught up with work. I have attached TIFF Options and Image Size screenshots for your reference.

As for the original folder name, I have attached a screenshot of how folders with my data/images look like typically. It's a naming system that's used on our microscope and there's no easy way to change it.

On the screenshot, you can see that the folders appear as:

TGFb Coculture d3 p1_41425

TGFb Coculture d4 p1_41428

TGFb Coculture d5 p1_41448

Ideally, the contact sheets generated when using the script should have the same names since the number of folders to process will be of the order of hundreds.

Hope this is helpful and thanks again!

[Stephen Marsh]

@anna_3003 – Saving to TIFF rather than JPEG, that's easy.

What relevance does the Image Size screenshot have? How does this image size differ from the contact sheet size you set when running the script?

When you select the folder to process, do you enable the "include subfolders" checkbox?

Naming the contact sheet after the root or subfolder isn't easy for me to find, the script is long and complex.

[anna_3003]

@Stephen Marsh –

What relevance does the Image Size screenshot have? How does this image size differ from the contact sheet size you set when running the script?

No problem with the image size, I included this screenshot just in case - and I can see now it was redundant.

When you select the folder to process, do you enable the "include subfolders" checkbox?

Yes, and it works fine.

Naming the contact sheet after the root or subfolder isn't easy for me to find, the script is long and complex.

 Well, it was worth a try 🙂 Thanks!

[Stephen Marsh]

Naming the contact sheet after the root or subfolder isn't easy for me to find, the script is long and complex.

Well, it was worth a try 🙂 Thanks!

By @anna_3003

I'm sure that somebody else could do so, and with enough time/trial/error I might even find the relevant code buried somewhere in the 12,000+ lines of code!  :]

If you were willing to avoid the recursive processing of subfolders and select one folder at a time, then I would possibly have an option for you.

[anna_3003]

I appreciate the help, and yes, wading through 12,000 lines of code doesn't sound like fun. Thanks for trying!

I'd be interested to know what this solution looks like for selecting one folder at a time. It might still be useful, do you mind sharing your thoughts on this?

[Stephen Marsh]

I'd be interested to know what this solution looks like for selecting one folder at a time. It might still be useful, do you mind sharing your thoughts on this?

By @anna_3003

Here you go:

https://github.com/MarshySwamp/Auto-Save-to-TIFF-From-Contact-Sheet-II

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MarshySwamp/Auto-Save-to-TIFF-From-Contact-Sheet-II/refs/heads/mai...

It is recommended that you don't install this script in the Presets/Scripts folder, just in case there is a conflict with the default Contact Sheet II script. Run this script from Photoshop's File > Script > Browse command and or record it into an action for ease of use.

You will be presented with a dialog: 'Select folder to use as the base filename and save location... (if you press cancel, the contact sheets will not auto name, save or close!)'

The folder that you select in this dialog should be the same folder as the images that you select in the Contact Sheet user interface. If you do select the "sub folder" option, the files will be named after the parent/root folder and not the sub folder.

Keep in mind that this is all a hack/kludge, hope this helps!

[anna_3003]

Thank you so much, that is very helpful!