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If you want to save versions the Action should use the script to do the save and there should not be two save in the script. So if you open a new document and immediately do a save as you have save the original empty with a file name without a version suffix is some folder. If you do not save the original and use the script to do the save the script can see that there is no original and have some logic to find out where you want the document saved. The Script for example could put you in a select folder dialog for you to select the destination folder. Once you select the folder the script would save the original with the document name without a version suffix. Its not that complex. However, if you want to use the Image Processor Pro... in an action so you can have the Save on a key press the original must be save first you. It you do not and use the key press you will get that message from Image Processor Pto as follows.
That is how the Image Processor Script works. It can process as single image as well as a batch of images. If the Output image exists it will create a new file and add a suffix to the file name. Here is the Function it uses when saving files to save only new file. It generates the file names you want. It starts with _1. Adobe install the script you want. menu File>Scripts>Image Processor... .
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Function: CreateUniqueFileName
// Usage: Given a folder, filename, and extension, come up with a unique file name
// using a numbering system
// Input: string for folder, fileName, and extension, extension contains the "."
// Return: string for the full path to the unique file
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function CreateUniqueFileName( inFolder, inFileName, inExtension ) {
inFileName = inFileName.replace(/[:\/\\*\?\"\<\>\|]/g, "_"); // '/\:*?"<>|' -> '_'
var uniqueFileName = inFolder + inFileName + inExtension;
var fileNumber = 1;
while ( File( uniqueFileName ).exists ) {
uniqueFileName = inFolder + inFileName + "_" + fileNumber + inExtension;
fileNumber++;
}
return uniqueFileName;
}
There is a better script on the web Image Processor Pro... which is a Plug-in script so you can record your setting in an Action step and not have to use its dialog to save your tiff files, You could set as shortcut for the Action and save your files via a key press like F2. However, you will most likely need to use an Old version of Photoshop to record the Action. The Action recorder in current version of Photoshop seems to have a problem recording Image Processor Pro.. Action step. Even in old version of Photoshop where Photoshop recorded a step that works correctly the step in The action palette the action's Image Processor Pro... step looks like an empty step that Image Processor Pro... is not part of the action. Here is an Action I just recorded in CS6. I Loaded that Action into PS 21.2 seen here. I opened a PSD file in a testfoldet and press the F2 key a few times. You can see after after the first TIFF file that a suffix was added startint with _01,
With the Image Processor Pro,,, you can record a generic save as step to save the same type of file you opened as shown below. Or record a particular support type. You cane even save one of each type BMP, GIF, JPEG, PSD, ESP PDF, PNG, Targa and TIFF with a single key press
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