Save As JPEG in AppleScript

found this old thread when I was having the same issue.

My solution was to add a line to flatten the current document first.

In my case, I was opening PDFs and saving them as JPEGs (& TIFFs). So the current documents in my case always had a layer (just a "Layer 1," not a flattened "Background.")

I noticed in the Save dialog that invariably popped up the PS warning that the file would have to be "saved as a copy" that you get when PS is saving a file with features (layers) that the format doesn't support.

just flatten it first.

flatten current document

save current document in [/pathtoyourfile/filename.jpg] as JPEG with options ¬

{class:JPEG save options, embed color profile:true, matte:none, quality:12}

hi peter

I faced a general error with no further information in photoshop cc when I used your code for a try, even there was no save as dialog box.

for me it helped to declare the destination path as string.

tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC"

  set theDocument to current document

  set myFile to "System:Users:imac7:Desktop:MH.jpg" as string

  set myOptions to ¬

  {class:JPEG save options, embed color profile:true, quality:12} ¬

  save theDocument in file myFile as JPEG with options ¬

  myOptions appending no extension without copying

end tell

hope this helps.

have fun.

I think pretty much only one of the »top participants« here bothered with AppleScript and I’m not sure he still drops by regularly.

Maybe you should consider switching to JavaScript for automating Photoshop tasks.