Batch change Tiff options

Question

I have quite a number of tiff files that are saved with the LZW option and where the transparency option is not selected. I would like to use the batch processor to fix this, but cannot figure out how to create an action that saves the files with their current names (preferably in the current place, but if that is not possible, saving in a subfolder would be fine).

Is it possible to do this?

Stephen Marsh · Accepted Answer

@Chris201Chris

If you have recorded a filename in the action, then you need to check the Override Action "Save As" Commands checkbox so that each new file doesn't use the recorded name overwriting each new file with the same name.

Adobe detail the Batch options here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/processing-batch-files.html#process_a_batch_of_files

Conrad_C · Answer

Yes, the Batch command can be tricky. I remembered the info below from an old Real World Photoshop CS3 book by Bruce Fraser, and I just tested it to make sure it still works. There are two specific things you want to do:

1. When recording the action, and you do the Save As command, the only things you want to change are the folder location, and enabling the Save Transparency option. Do not touch the filename field! This will record the transparency change, without recording any filename change.

2. When running the Batch command, the only things you want to change are the source folder, and the destination folder. Don’t enable any other options.

When I set it up as shown, I got a destination folder of LZW TIFFs with transparency on (it’s transparent when placed over something else in InDesign), and no filename changes.

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