How to open two images, combine them, and save?

[_DavidGregg_]

I'm trying to make an action that will open two images, they are named "imagename" and "imagename-off". I want to resize the canvas on "imagename" and copy "imagename-off" to "imagename" and then save "imagename". Then close both files.

I have hundreds of files to combine this way and it would be a great help for any assistance...

[Larry G. Schneider]

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b755e9/3

[_DavidGregg_]

I do not understand how that thread helps me. My images have very different names. I need to be able to open the first image in the folder, then it's -off version and make the proper changes, then move on to the next non -off image.

[try67]

Hi David, I can write for you a script that will do that.
Contact me by email for more details.

[_Andrew_Chawner_]

It would be great if someone could share a solution to this in the forum..

It would be really useful...

[_Mark_Larsen_]

A basic AppleScript solution shared

set Folder_A to choose folder with prompt "Where are the images to resize" without invisibles
set Folder_B to choose folder with prompt "Where are the images to duplicate?" without invisibles
--
set This_Date to do shell script "date \"+%d-%m-%y\""
--
tell application "Finder"
set File_List_A to files in Folder_A
set Count_A to count of files in folder Folder_A
set File_List_B to files in Folder_B
set Count_B to count of files in folder Folder_B
if Count_A ≠ Count_B then ¬
display dialog "You have an uneven amount of pictures!!!" & return & "Check your folders and try again" buttons {"Cancel"} default button "Cancel"
if not (exists folder ("Combined Images " & This_Date) of desktop) then
set New_Folder to make new folder at desktop with properties ¬
{name:"Combined Images " & This_Date}
else
set New_Folder to folder ("Combined Images " & This_Date) of desktop
end if
end tell
--
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
set User_Notifiers to notifiers enabled
set User_Rulers to ruler units of settings
set User_Dialogs to display dialogs
set notifiers enabled to false
set ruler units of settings to pixel units
set display dialogs to never
set foreground color to {class:RGB color, red:0.0, green:0.0, blue:0.0}
set background color to {class:RGB color, red:255.0, green:255.0, blue:255.0}
end tell
--
repeat with i from 1 to Count_A
tell application "Finder"
set File_A to item i of File_List_A as alias
-- set File_Name_A to name of File_A
set File_B to item i of File_List_B as alias
-- set File_Name_B to name of File_A
end tell
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
activate
open File_B
set Doc_Ref_B to the current document
tell Doc_Ref_B
set Pixel_Height to height
set Pixel_Width to width
end tell
open File_A
set Doc_Ref_A to the current document
tell Doc_Ref_A
resize canvas height Pixel_Height
resize canvas width Pixel_Width
end tell
set the current document to Doc_Ref_B
duplicate layer 1 of Doc_Ref_B to Doc_Ref_A
close Doc_Ref_B without saving
tell Doc_Ref_A
-- do your stuff here
set Doc_Name to name of Doc_Ref_A
set Base_Name to my getBaseName(Doc_Name)
set New_File_Path to (New_Folder as string) & Base_Name & "_Comp.tif"
save Doc_Ref_A in file New_File_Path as TIFF with options ¬
{byte order:Mac OS, embed color profile:true, image compression:LZW, save alpha channels:false, save layers:true} appending lowercase extension
end tell
close current document without saving
end tell
end repeat
--
beep 3
--
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
set notifiers enabled to User_Notifiers
set ruler units of settings to User_Rulers
set display dialogs to User_Dialogs
display dialog "All Done" giving up after 6
end tell
--
on getBaseName(fName)
set baseName to fName
repeat with idx from 1 to (length of fName)
if (item idx of fName = ".") then
set baseName to (items 1 thru (idx - 1) of fName) as string
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
return baseName
end getBaseName