Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Stuck in Action limbo

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Stuck in Action limbo

John McWilliams

2006-09-05, 6:17 pm

I just cannot find out what I've done wrong in trying to create an
action in PS CS (I).

It does what I want until I get to having it close the window. It puts
up a dialogue box asking do I want to save it and at what level of
compression. I've read the help files, tried new "endings" to the
action, sometimes clicking on the ok box, sometimes hitting Enter,
sometimes Return (Mac, OS X.4. 7). I then run batch via Image Browser
and set various options there, but cannot get away from dialogue box, so
I have to manually o.k. each one.

Related: if the images had been opened and saved in PS (say via Russell
Brown's scripts), this problem wouldn't occur, would it, as the image
size had already been set?

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John McWilliams

Hebee Jeebes

2006-09-05, 6:17 pm

I believe any save commands in an action will just save over the previous
file with the same name. So if you have 50 files and are batching them when
you done you will only have one batch processed file because the action
keeps over writing it.

You can turn dialog boxes on and off in actions, its the little dialog box
shaped icon next to the action steps in the action palette. If the icon is
there then the dialog box will pop up. If it isn't it won't. However you
will over writing the file.

I would suggest taking out any save and open commands in your actions and
let the batching part of Photoshop handle that. In batch you can set the
directory or files to work on and set it to save them some place else. This
way you will not just keep over writing your file.

R

"John McWilliams" <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:3fudnRxAEpD2cGDZnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I just cannot find out what I've done wrong in trying to create an action
>in PS CS (I).
>
> It does what I want until I get to having it close the window. It puts up
> a dialogue box asking do I want to save it and at what level of
> compression. I've read the help files, tried new "endings" to the action,
> sometimes clicking on the ok box, sometimes hitting Enter, sometimes
> Return (Mac, OS X.4. 7). I then run batch via Image Browser and set
> various options there, but cannot get away from dialogue box, so I have to
> manually o.k. each one.
>
> Related: if the images had been opened and saved in PS (say via Russell
> Brown's scripts), this problem wouldn't occur, would it, as the image size
> had already been set?
>
> --
> John McWilliams

Andrew Morton

2006-09-08, 6:17 pm

John McWilliams wrote:
> I just cannot find out what I've done wrong in trying to create an
> action in PS CS (I).
>
> It does what I want until I get to having it close the window. It puts
> up a dialogue box asking do I want to save it and at what level of
> compression. I've read the help files, tried new "endings" to the
> action, sometimes clicking on the ok box, sometimes hitting Enter,
> sometimes Return (Mac, OS X.4. 7). I then run batch via Image Browser
> and set various options there, but cannot get away from dialogue box,
> so I have to manually o.k. each one.
>
> Related: if the images had been opened and saved in PS (say via
> Russell Brown's scripts), this problem wouldn't occur, would it, as
> the image size had already been set?

Try using File->Save As... and altering all the settings (if they are
already on what you want, change then change back), then close the window.

Andrew

KatWoman

2006-09-08, 6:17 pm

"Andrew Morton" <akm@in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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> John McWilliams wrote:
>
> Try using File->Save As... and altering all the settings (if they are
> already on what you want, change then change back), then close the window.
>
> Andrew
OR use "save for web " if you are making jpegs for internet sites, it will
bypass the dialog as you set the options for saving in Image Ready
make sure to make a different folder to save them in so it won't ask do you
want to replace the file each time