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It might be that in the Open step the Name of the pdf is recorded so every pdf opened will have the same name thus when batch saving, the document is over written over and over.
In the Batch dialog see if adding a Serial number(s) or Letter(s) under file naming works.
Batch processing pdf files in photoshop can very much be a pain.
Suggest you try the PDF Processor II script from here:
GitHub - Paul-Riggott/PS-Scripts: Photoshop Scripts
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You need to expand all the steps in your Batched Action to see whet is recorded in your Save As step. Batch can override the save as folder location. However it will not override a file name recorded in an Action's Save As step. Normally when you record a save as step in an action you want to batch you do not change the name offered by Photoshop when recording the save as step you just accept Photoshop default. That action step will have no name recorded in it. When the step is played the name will be defaulted to the current documents name.
For example this SaveAsJpeg the desternation Desktop folder can be overridden by batching the Action and override the destop save location. The Current Document Name will be saved into batch desternation folder. Note: there is no File Name Recorded in the Action's Save step. Just As: Jpeg, Quality:10, Matte:none and In: Location is recorded.
Thanks for the suggestion, JJMack – however, I checked and I do not have a filename recorded in my Save step, just like in your example (screenshot below).
It look like you might always opening the same file and saving the same file. I have never tried overriding open steps. I normal just point Batch to folders of source images and let the batch process open the files in that folder and process them through the Action. Expand the Open Step see if that step has the file name in it the you are always saving.
What is that open step for it would add an addition open document in Photoshop in addition to the document batch opened from you source PSD folder. That additional document would be save as your tiff. Did you insert a Menu Item File Open or record an Open step which most likely would record the filename you opened in the Open step. It looks like you may be opening a file by name. Yout Opem step has settings recorded > note My First Action that has the incerted menu iten File Open has no > in front of the step it would normally be an interactive step that could be overridden by Batch
OK my guess was wrong on Windows anyway. I wrote I never user Override Open on Bat Action not I have.
I was wrong about the insert menu Item File Open. Batch does not override that step on Windows anyway that plays as and interactive open step when batched..
The recorded file open which recorded the full path/filename in the step is overridden by Automate Batch option override open. I was not expecting that.
So You should be able to batch an action that normally would always open the same file. Batch files instead using override open.
My Batch action do not open the files being batched batch does that. My batch action may open other files within the action so It can copy stuff from the added document into the documents being batched. Override Open would brake actions that do things like that.
Anyway I use Windows and on My machine Action SaveAsJpeg worked without an open and Action SaveAsJpegOpenFile worked with override open but Action SaveAsJjegIsetOpenMenu did not work with override open option. The Open step was not overridden it was still an interactive open step.
It might be that in the Open step the Name of the pdf is recorded so every pdf opened will have the same name thus when batch saving, the document is over written over and over.
In the Batch dialog see if adding a Serial number(s) or Letter(s) under file naming works.
Batch processing pdf files in photoshop can very much be a pain.
Suggest you try the PDF Processor II script from here:
GitHub - Paul-Riggott/PS-Scripts: Photoshop Scripts
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