Linked Smart Object batch processing question

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December 7, 2022
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Hello, I am a PS noob, i recently started working on it to help a friend with a project and i would really appreciate any help or guidance.

The project consists of several PSDs using a linked smart object PSB across all of them to highlight an image. So naturally what I do is import the jpg into the smart object PSB,save it so it updates all the PSDs, and use the image processor to export all of the PSDs that i have active.

Seeing as there are a lot(600) of these pictures and there's about 17 PSDs running it takes some time to do it all manually, I wanted to know if there is any way to automate that process, as in automating the importing of the JPGs into the PSB so I can batch process entire folders instead of importing each image individually.

Thanks in advance for any help

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c.pfaffenbichler

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Please provide a maningful description of the process including sceenshots to illustrate the Layer and File structure.

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mak26960482k23mAuthor

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Hello c.pfaffenbichler, thank you for replying.

So here's how it looks, i have this PSB open, and it controls the smart objects in every other PSD i have open. I manually import the image into the middle layer, save the PSB, and then run the image processor to export all 17 PSDs. What I am looking for is a way to automatically import these images into the PSB, save it, export all of them and rinse and repeat for each image in a folder, unless of course there is a better/lighter way to do it without using smart objects.

As for the file structure that's modifiable, I can get all the source images into a single folder if that makes things easier, all the PSDs are in a specific folder and so is the PSB.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

The only efficient approach I can think of would be a custom Script.

There are plenty of Template-related Scripts about on this Forum but I doubt any meet the requirements for this exact situation so they would need to be customized.

How familiar are you with JavaScript and Photoshop Scripting?

Edit: What is the naming convention?

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