Full file path in "Sessions Only" Photoshop History Log

[blank308]

I just discovered the Photoshop History Log in preferences and I got excited thinking I might be able to utilize it for time tracking purposes but, of course, it's like 95% what I need and then the 5% renders it totally unusable. 

What I would like is for the Sessions Only option to output the full path of a file, it currently only outputs the file name, as does the Concise option. The Detailed option does output the full file path but the rest of the output is way too detailed, tracks way too much and therefore renders it unusable for my purposes. It's frustrating when the two options that could work for me doesn't have what I need from the third option.

If anyone knows a script or some way to manipulate the Sessions Only history log to output the full path, please let me know.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Please provide actual examples – what do you get with the various methods for the same operation, what is the problem with the respective texts, …? 

[Stephen Marsh]

@c.pfaffenbichler 

I'm not sure if scripting the log file from scratch would be easier (perhaps triggered by the script events manager)... Or if creating a script to automatically edit the log file would be easier:

[blank308]

To provide accurate billing for my job, I frequently work with multiple PSD files throughout the day. However, I struggle to track the time spent on each file, often forgetting which files I worked on or when. Currently, I rely on rough estimates for time tracking, which is far from ideal.

To address this issue, I was thinking that "Sessions Only" History Log could help. It automatically logs the time spent on each Photoshop session, which I can then utilize to remember and calculate the precise time spent on each file. Let me illustrate this with an example:

Instead of a simplified log like this:
2023-07-03 10:04:54 Photoshop launched
2023-07-03 10:09:01 File 1200x1200.psd opened
2023-07-03 11:05:12 File 1200x1200.psd closed
2023-07-03 11:35:42 File 1200x1200.psd opened
2023-07-03 12:10:49 File 1200x1200.psd saved
2023-07-03 12:45:52 File 1200x1200.psd closed

I would like to have a more detailed log that includes the full file path, enabling me to distinguish between different jobs associated with various files. This is just an example:

2023-07-03 10:04:54 Photoshop launched
2023-07-03 10:09:01 File "C:\Jobs\Job123\1200x1200.psd" opened
2023-07-03 11:05:12 File "C:\Jobs\Job123\1200x1200.psd" closed
2023-07-03 11:35:42 File "C:\Jobs\Job456\1200x1200.psd" opened
2023-07-03 12:10:49 File "C:\Jobs\Job456\1200x1200.psd" saved
2023-07-03 12:45:52 File "C:\Jobs\Job456\1200x1200.psd" closed

By including the complete file path, which contains the job number in the folder name, I can easily associate each file with the respective job for accurate billing purposes. This way, I can avoid the need to rename files with the job number. The "Detailed" History Log actually includes the full file path, which is great, but it also includes every single action taken within Photoshop and is far more detailed than I need.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

In the »Detailed«-Log the open- and close-lines appear to be the only ones starting with a date so they should be easy to isolate with a Script. 

[Stephen Marsh]

There are many time tracking add ons:

https://exchange.adobe.com/apps/browse/cc?page=1&product=PHSP&q=Time&sort=RELEVANCE