PS Actie (script)

Question

Hi,Have 2 documents:nr-1 input PDF-doc with 12 kalender pages in itnr-2 output PS-doc with a few layers in it (before start action) Wanted:Automated action.Each PDF page wanted in a PS-layerFor example:PDF-page -01  >>> PS-Layer-01: JanuariPDF-page-02  >>> PS-Layer-02: Februari...and so forth... If I do that manually, it works fine.If I record an action, it works fine, ... if I run it, it fails. The correct PDF-page-nr is chosen each time (I can see it in recorded action). But only the FIRST month (PDF-gage 1) is visible in te PS-document and the action creates only 1 layer. How solve this problem? And also naming the layers fails, but thats may be inherent the problem above?

jan99x · Accepted Answer

@jane-e Jane,

In the meantime I have found a solution.
I suspect the problem was with "drag-drop" from docA (source) to docB (target) (I dragged in the image window). In that case, creating a new layer does not work correctly in docB (it is overwritten every time). This works correctly when recording, but when running the action it does not work correctly.
solution: If I right-click on the layer in source docA and select copy layer with destination docB, it works fine.

DocA = PDF > convert to PS (one kalender page)

DocB =Ps >> month's in every layer

Example image below:
Red = copy command in layer
Blue = select one layer lower for correct month order

Thanks any way!

Jan

jane-e · Answer

If I record an action, it works fine, ... if I run it, it fails.
By @jan99x

Can you share the steps in your action so we can see what you have?

If I were doing it, I would open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro and export each page to a separate image. Then I would combine the twelve images in Photoshop using File menu > Scripts > Load Files into Stack.

You've tagged your post for Scripting, so the brilliant scripters will see it.

Jane

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