This version of the previous script uses ZIP compression and offers a few more possibilities:
/*
Batch x2 File Sets to Multi-page PDF v2.jsx
tiff to pdf converter
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/tiff-to-pdf-converter/td-p/12540527
Stephen Marsh
14th December 2021, Version 1.0
(Based on: Stack N Number of Docs to Layers.jsx)
Notes:
A minimum of 2 or more files per stack is required. The quantity of input files must be evenly divisible by the stack quantity.
This script assumes that input TIFF files from a single folder to be alpha/numeric sorting, such as:
File-01.jpg File-02.jpg etc, FileA1.tif FileA2.tif etc...
*/
#target photoshop
if (!app.documents.length) {
try {
// Save and disable dialogs
var restoreDialogMode = app.displayDialogs;
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
// Main script function
(function () {
// Select the input folder
var inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog('Please select the input folder with TIFF files to process:');
if (inputFolder === null) return;
// Limit the file format input to TIFF
var fileList = inputFolder.getFiles(/\.(tif|tiff)$/i);
// Force alpha-numeric list sort in reverse order
fileList.sort().reverse();
// Set quantity
var setQty = 2;
// Validate that the file list is not empty
var inputCount = fileList.length;
var cancelScript1 = (inputCount === 0);
if (cancelScript1 === true) {
alert('Zero input files found, script cancelled!');
return;
}
// Validate the input count vs. output count - Thanks to Kukurykus for the advice to test using % modulus
var cancelScript2 = !(inputCount % setQty);
alert(inputCount + ' input files combined into sets of ' + setQty + ' will produce ' + inputCount / setQty + ' output files.');
if (cancelScript2 === false) {
alert('Script cancelled as the quantity of input files are not evenly divisible by the set quantity!');
return;
}
// Set the output folder
var outputFolder = inputFolder;
// Loop through and open the file sets
while (fileList.length) {
// Sets quantity
for (var a = 0; a < setQty; a++) {
try {
app.open(fileList.pop());
} catch (e) {}
// Remove document ancestors metadata
deleteDocumentAncestorsMetadata();
function deleteDocumentAncestorsMetadata() {
// https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/06/metadata-bloat-photoshopdocumentancestors.html
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript === undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
var xmp = new XMPMeta(activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData);
xmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_PHOTOSHOP, "DocumentAncestors");
app.activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData = xmp.serialize();
}
}
// Loop open files
var openFiles = [];
for (var a = 0; a < app.documents.length; a++) {
openFiles.push(app.documents[a].fullName);
}
// Doc name parts
var docOne = app.documents[0].name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
var docTwo = app.documents[1].name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
// Action Manager code - PDF options
/* https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/make-the-pdf-presentation-with-unsaved-open-document/td-p/10553160 */
var d = new ActionDescriptor();
var list = new ActionList();
for (var a = 0; a < app.documents.length; a++) list.putString(app.documents[a].name);
d.putList(stringIDToTypeID("filesList"), list);
d.putPath(stringIDToTypeID("to"), new File(outputFolder + '/' + docOne + '_' + docTwo + '.pdf'));
/*
// Presentation options
d.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("includeAnnotations"), true);
d.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("backgroundColor"), stringIDToTypeID("backgroundColor"), stringIDToTypeID("white"));
d.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("autoAdvance"), true);
d.putInteger(stringIDToTypeID("autoAdvanceSeconds"), 5);
d.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("loop"), true);
d.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("transition"), stringIDToTypeID("transition"), stringIDToTypeID("random"));
*/
/* https://theiviaxx.github.io/photoshop-docs/Photoshop/MagnificationType.html#magnificationtype */
d.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("presentation"), false); // true = presentation | false = multi-page
var d1 = new ActionDescriptor();
// var idpdfPresetFilename = stringIDToTypeID( "pdfPresetFilename" );
// d1.putString( idpdfPresetFilename, """High Quality Print""" );
d1.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("pdfPreserveEditing"), false);
d1.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("pdfViewAfterSave"), false);
// d1.putInteger(stringIDToTypeID("pdfCompressionType"), 12); // JPEG Quality level
var idpdfCompressionType = stringIDToTypeID("pdfCompressionType");
d1.putInteger(idpdfCompressionType, 65540); // ZIP compression
var idpdfDownSample = stringIDToTypeID("pdfDownSample");
var idnone = stringIDToTypeID("none");
d1.putEnumerated(idpdfDownSample, idpdfDownSample, idnone);
d.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("as"), stringIDToTypeID("photoshopPDFFormat"), d1);
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("PDFExport"), d, DialogModes.NO);
// Close all open docs without saving
while (app.documents.length) {
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}
}
// Restore saved dialogs
app.displayDialogs = restoreDialogMode;
// End of script notifications
app.beep();
var outputList = outputFolder.getFiles(/\.pdf$/i);
alert('Script completed!' + '\n' + outputList.length + ' multi-page PDF files saved to:' + '\n' + outputFolder.fsName);
// Open the output folder in the Finder or Explorer
outputFolder.execute();
}());
} catch (e) {
// Restore saved dialogs
app.displayDialogs = restoreDialogMode;
alert("Oops! Something went wrong...");
}
} else {
alert('Batch x2 File Sets to Multi-page PDF:' + '\n' + 'Please close all open documents before running this script!');
}
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