I have had an issue lately where photoshop will save what should be basic files in massive file sizes. i.e. an ongoing project I have that I update weekely typically saves to png at about 2mb. Lately it's been saving as 18-19mb with nothing changed in size or density. Any ideas?
Thanks for the reply. I'm on the latest version of Big Sur running latest photoshop through Rosetta on an M1 MBP. However, I have also previously noticed this recently on my iMac running the final update to Catalina. I'm saving the png through 'Save As' as I usually do and it's not a problem I can consistently reproduce.
Hi Stephen, I wrote a script that opens an InDesign document’s image links via the Bridgetalk class and runs your metadata removal function. It runs without error but I don’t have any bloated examples to test. I think the bloat can get transferred into the ID document, so I’m guessing you would have to save the ID doc as IDML after running the script to fully clear the metadata.
/*
* Clear ancestor metadata from document images
* Version 1.0
* Rob Day 2020-2021
*/
#target indesign
#targetengine "session"
var doc = app.documents.item(0);
var lnks = removeDuplicates(doc.links.everyItem().name)
var lPaths = [];
for (var i = 0; i < lnks.length; i++){
var l = doc.links.itemByName(lnks[i])
if (l.parent.constructor.name == "Image" && l.status != 1819109747) {
lPaths.push(l.filePath)
}
};
//Send the array of file paths to Photoshop
runPhotoshop(lPaths);
/**
* Update the ID links after Photoshop saves
* @Return void
*
*/
function upDate(){
var lks = doc.links;
for (var i = 0; i < lks.length; i++){
//$.writeln(lks[i].name + " Uppdate")
while (lks[i].status != LinkStatus.NORMAL) {
lks[i].update();
}
};
}
/**
* Opens Photoshop via Bridgetalk and run psScript() function
* @Param the array of file paths to open
* @Return value void
*
*/
function runPhotoshop(a){
var bt = new BridgeTalk();
bt.target = "photoshop";
bt.body = "var a = "+a.toSource()+";"
bt.body += psScript.toString() + "psScript();";
bt.onResult = function(resObj) {
upDate()
}
bt.onError = function( inBT ) { alert(inBT.body); };
bt.send(8);
function psScript() {
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++){
var d = open(File(a[i]));
//https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/file-size-is-too-big/td-p/9370587/page/2
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
var xmp = new XMPMeta( activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData);
xmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_PHOTOSHOP, "DocumentAncestors");
d.xmpMetadata.rawData = xmp.serialize();
d.save();
//$.writeln(d.name + " Saved")
d.close();
};
}
}
/**
* Removes duplicates from the array
* @Param an array to edit
* @Return an array with no duplicates
* https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/js-how-to-remove-duplicate-items-from-an-array/td-p/3044978
*/
function removeDuplicates(a){
var ra = new Array();
var o = new Object()
for( i=0 ; i<a.length ; ++i ){
o[a[i]] = null;
}
for( a[i] in o ){
ra.push(a[i]);
}
return ra;
}
Hi Rob, this is mentioned in solution #6 in the link previously provided at my Prepression blog.
After updating the links, all one needs to do is a Save as of the .indd file to clean out any garbage (overwriting the original or to a new file, not a simple save). No need for .idml which should probably be avoided unless absolutely necessary.
Full credit to the original script authors, all I have done is to collect and host these various scripts.
I can share some images that contain excessive metadata if you like, these were example files from others reporting the issue in years gone by.
Hi Rob, this is mentioned in solution #6 in the link previously provided at my Prepression blog. No need for .idml
Yes, I saw that. When I was testing the problem in the 2018 thread Save As did not work for me on OSX—I had to Save As IDML. My InDesign/Bridgetalk script cleans the ID document’s linked images and updates. I’m using the BridgeTalk object to get at the InDesign document’s image links without leaving ID.
I can share some images that contain excessive metadata if you like, these were example files from others reporting the issue in years gone by.
Thanks, I would like to test the script with files that have actual ancestor metadata.
The InDesign file with the 3 images placed was just under 200MB, and the script reduced the file size to 1.4MB—the runtime was a few seconds. You are right a simple Save As seems to work, so I added a save line to the script:
/*
* Clear ancestor metadata from document images
* Version 1.0
* Rob Day 2020-2021
*/
#target indesign
#targetengine "session"
var doc = app.documents.item(0);
var fp = doc.filePath;
var lnks = removeDuplicates(doc.links.everyItem().name)
var lPaths = [];
for (var i = 0; i < lnks.length; i++){
var l = doc.links.itemByName(lnks[i])
if (l.parent.constructor.name == "Image" && l.status != 1819109747) {
lPaths.push(l.filePath)
}
};
//Send the array of file paths to Photoshop
runPhotoshop(lPaths);
/**
* Update the ID links and save as after Photoshop script runs
* void
*
*/
function upDate(){
var lks = doc.links;
for (var i = 0; i < lks.length; i++){
while (lks[i].status != LinkStatus.NORMAL) {
lks[i].update();
}
}
doc.save (File(fp + "/" + doc.name))
}
/**
* Opens Photoshop via Bridgetalk and run psScript() function
* the array of file paths to open
* value void
*
*/
function runPhotoshop(a){
var bt = new BridgeTalk();
bt.target = "photoshop";
bt.body = "var a = "+a.toSource()+";"
bt.body += psScript.toString() + "psScript();";
bt.onResult = function(resObj) {
upDate()
}
bt.onError = function( inBT ) { alert(inBT.body); };
bt.send(8);
function psScript() {
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++){
var d = open(File(a[i]));
//https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/file-size-is-too-big/td-p/9370587/page/2
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
var xmp = new XMPMeta( activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData);
xmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_PHOTOSHOP, "DocumentAncestors");
d.xmpMetadata.rawData = xmp.serialize();
d.save();
//$.writeln(d.name + " Saved")
d.close();
};
}
}
/**
* Removes duplicates from the array
* an array to edit
* an array with no duplicates
* https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/js-how-to-remove-duplicate-items-from-an-array/td-p/3044978
*/
function removeDuplicates(a){
var ra = new Array();
var o = new Object()
for( i=0 ; i<a.length ; ++i ){
o[a[i]] = null;
}
for( a[i] in o ){
ra.push(a[i]);
}
return ra;
}
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