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Alexander25644688w20p
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August 14, 2022
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PS action/script for multiple psd files

  • August 14, 2022
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Hi guys,

 

I'm in a situation where I 'm using a folder with multiple PSD files, so I open every single file, run a script from folder D:/Temp/Script, then confirm the source location E:/Image/Temp and after that the script does the job.
Is there any way to automate the whole process instead of doing it one by one for every single PSD file?

Thanks,
Alexander

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willcampbell7
willcampbell7
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August 19, 2022

http://www.marspremedia.com/software/photoshop/process-folder

Replace the example code in the 'processFile' function with your code.

 

William Campbell
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Alexander25644688w20pAuthor
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August 17, 2022

Thank you all for the suggested solutions. I will try today to see if any of the methods will work. 🙂

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    Alexander25644688w20pAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    August 19, 2022

    I created an action to open the script using Automate/Batch but I have to confirm the PSD folder for every PSD file.

    I believe I need to change this part of the script in order to work:

     

    // SELECT FILES

    var theFolder = Folder.selectDialog ("Select Folder");

    var theFiles = retrievePngFiles (theFolder, []);

    if (theFiles) {

    Any suggestions? Thanks

    Stephen Marsh
    Community Expert
    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2022

    What script?

     

    Try the code from @Mike Bro 

     

    Just change:

     

    //put your script code here

     

    To:

     

    app.doAction("Molten Lead", "Default Actions");

     

    Using the action set and action name in question.

     

    You can also just directly reference the script instead of putting it into an Action:

     

    $.evalFile(File('~/Desktop/myScript.jsx'));

     

    Or combine the full code from both scripts.

    Bojan Živković11378569
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    Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 15, 2022

    " run a script from folder D:/Temp/Script"

     

    You can record action step to run script, for example then to include action in batch process.

     

    To see script in File > Scripts submenu you must place script in C:\Program Files\Adobe\[Adobe Photoshop 2022]\Presets\Scripts folder and to restart Photoshop if its running.

      Stephen Marsh
      Community Expert
      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 15, 2022

      An Action can also record the path to a script that is run/recorded via File > Scripts > Browse... (obviously if the script is moved, then the Action is broken and this is an absolute path, not relative).

       

        Bojan Živković11378569
        Community Expert
        Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
        Community Expert
        August 15, 2022

        Good point, I didn't provided that info and sentences should be separate to be more clear. 

         

        The only problem is that script through Browse must remain in the same place.

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        Mike Bro
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        August 15, 2022

        Hello @Alexander25644688w20p,

        As @Stephen Marsh mentioned...

        "If this doesn't work for you or you wish for the script to be "self-contained" there are many examples of scripts on this site that open files from a folder, process them and then save them. So it should be easy enough to add the batch processing code into the existing script code (depending on the existing script, this could be easy or not)."

         

        I'm not sure what you mean by: "confirm the source location E:/Image/Temp and after that the script does the job" Is this something that could just  be hard coded?.

         

        You can give this a try...

        Add the the path to the PSD files to be processed along with you scripts code.

        function main() {

//add the path to your PSD files
PSDfileList = Folder('/path to your PSD files goes here/').getFiles(/.psd$/i);

for (var i = 0; i < PSDfileList.length; i++) {
 var myFiles = PSDfileList[i];

 app.open(myFiles);
}

while (app.documents.length > 0) { 

//put your script code here

app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.SAVECHANGES);

}
alert("Done processing PSD files!");

}; main();

        Once you have the script working you can create/record an Action of the process of you going to the file menu/Scripts/Browse/D:/Temp/Script.

        Then you can assign a Function key to trigger the script, this will allow you to just activate Photoshop and hit the assigned Function key and the script will run.

        Regards,

        Mike

          Stephen Marsh
          Community Expert
          Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          August 15, 2022

          @Alexander25644688w20p – As @Earth Oliver advises, the quickest/easiest way to batch a script is to record it into an action, then run the File > Automate > Batch command.

           

          I similar approach is to do the same via Image Processor, Image Processor Pro or other scripts that can play an action.

           

          If this doesn't work for you or you wish for the script to be "self-contained" there are many examples of scripts on this site that open files from a folder, process them and then save them. So it should be easy enough to add the batch processing code into the existing script code (depending on the existing script, this could be easy or not).

            Earth Oliver
            Earth Oliver
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            August 14, 2022

            File/Automate/Batch

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