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Carlos Rendon
Carlos Rendon
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June 19, 2019
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Script to rename file in Photshop (before naming)

  • June 19, 2019
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Hello everyone ,   I have no knowledge of scripting just wondering if any of you can help.  

I am wanting to create an action that will DUPLICATE the image then FLATTEN then rename the file to {FILENAME}-whatever I want   (before saving )   i want the tab on the top of photoshop to say {FILENAME} -whatever I want ... 

I have no idea how to do the renaming?   can I rename files in photoshop like in Bridge or LR?   

thank you for your help !

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Correct answer Stephen Marsh

Here you go, try this code:

#target photoshop
// Dupe Original File with -Suffix.jsx
var origDoc = app.activeDocument
var baseName = origDoc.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
var sep = String ("-");
var suffix = prompt("Enter Suffix:", "Suffix");
var dupeName = baseName + sep + suffix;
origDoc.duplicate((dupeName), true);
// Optional Step: remove the // comment characters to enable
origDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); // (SaveOptions.SAVECHANGES)

Copy the 10 lines of code above, paste into a plain text editor (not a word processor), then save the plain text file with a .jsx extension, ensuring that it only has .jsx and NOT a double extension such as .jsx.txt

Then drop the file into your application/program folder for Photoshop/Presets/Scripts and restart Photoshop.

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
June 20, 2019

Here you go, try this code:

#target photoshop
// Dupe Original File with -Suffix.jsx
var origDoc = app.activeDocument
var baseName = origDoc.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
var sep = String ("-");
var suffix = prompt("Enter Suffix:", "Suffix");
var dupeName = baseName + sep + suffix;
origDoc.duplicate((dupeName), true);
// Optional Step: remove the // comment characters to enable
origDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); // (SaveOptions.SAVECHANGES)

Copy the 10 lines of code above, paste into a plain text editor (not a word processor), then save the plain text file with a .jsx extension, ensuring that it only has .jsx and NOT a double extension such as .jsx.txt

Then drop the file into your application/program folder for Photoshop/Presets/Scripts and restart Photoshop.

Carlos Rendon
Carlos RendonAuthor
Inspiring
June 20, 2019

Oh wow! Thank you so much! I am going to try that right now and i will let you know

    Stephen Marsh
    Community Expert
    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 20, 2019

    Apologies, remove lines 9 & 10 from my previous post or change line 10 to include the double forward // comment slashes to disable the code:

    // origDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); // (SaveOptions.SAVECHANGES)
      Stephen Marsh
      Community Expert
      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 19, 2019

      Hello everyone ,   I have no knowledge of scripting just wondering if any of you can help.  

      I am wanting to create an action that will DUPLICATE the image then FLATTEN then rename the file to {FILENAME}-whatever I want   (before saving )   i want the tab on the top of photoshop to say {FILENAME} -whatever I want ... 

      I have no idea how to do the renaming?   can I rename files in photoshop like in Bridge or LR?   

      thank you for your help !

      I'm slightly confused...

      Lets say you have a file:

      originalFILEname.psd

      The script will dupe/flatten and rename, should the result be:

      originalFILEname-Suffix

      or

      originalFILEname- Suffix

      or

      originalFILEname - Suffix

      or

      {originalFILEname}-Suffix

      etc?

      Can you please provide more detailed info?

      Are you Mac or Win based?

      Carlos Rendon
      Carlos RendonAuthor
      Inspiring
      June 20, 2019

      Oh I see. Sorry about that.

      If I have a file that is ORIGINAL.psd

      Rename script should be

      ORIGINAL-Suffix.psd

      Suffix would need to be able to change with whatever I need.

      Does that make sense?

        Stephen Marsh
        Community Expert
        Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 20, 2019

        That does make sense!

        Do you wish to keep the original file open, or do you wish to close the original file? If close, save before closing or not?

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