Are there any plugins, applications or scripts that will allow me to
set up a hot folder in which I can save images to had have a specific
photoshop action automatically run. I do not want to use a droplet
since it would require me to drag and drop the images on to the
droplet. I am using a workflow in which one of my applications feeds
images to a specific folder. I would like to invoke a photoshop action
automatically when this happens and overwrite the original file. This
workflow is PC based not Mac.

Thanks in advance.

"John Lattarulo" <cmyky2k@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Are there any plugins, applications or scripts that will allow me to
> set up a hot folder in which I can save images to had have a specific
> photoshop action automatically run. I do not want to use a droplet
> since it would require me to drag and drop the images on to the
> droplet.  [...]

There is a way, but one of the things that worries me in sharing the How To
is the fact that it means one can have the script running on a network
machine that has CS installed and a drag-n-drop folder(s) so that in
essence, CS becomes a network application and thus possibly violates the
Adobe EULA.

But two hints might suffice - first, droplets can be 'run' from the command
line with an argument (the file or folder to effect) and second, using a
'watched folder' script to detect items added to the folder can invoke the
droplet and pass the argumant. That will do exactly what you wish.

And there are other ways, for example you can obviate the watched folder
script by using chron or Windows 'schedule' facility to effect a folder.

Sounds like a job for...

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Otherwise, with CS only, you could probably get technical with the
javascripting - not so much for a typical hot folder, but maybe a script
that ran each minute, processing files that were there, with the action
moving the finished item somewhere else?  I haven't got into JS CS, but it
might be possible...

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"Gadgets" <info@gadgetaus..com> wrote in message
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> Sounds like a job for...
>
>   Adobe Graphics Server 2.0 (AGS)
>   -------------------------------------------------------

$$$$$!  But without violating any EULA may I also point to ImageReady's
data-driven feature which does some other interesting things - but not what
the OP asked for.

I may have misread this - apologies if I have - but have you tried taking a
cold shower?

Artie

"John Lattarulo" <cmyky2k@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:59974149.0409160344.72b1d799@posting.google.com...
> Are there any plugins, applications or scripts that will allow me to
> set up a hot folder in which I can save images to had have a specific
> photoshop action automatically run. I do not want to use a droplet
> since it would require me to drag and drop the images on to the
> droplet. I am using a workflow in which one of my applications feeds
> images to a specific folder. I would like to invoke a photoshop action
> automatically when this happens and overwrite the original file. This
> workflow is PC based not Mac.
>
> Thanks in advance.

"Gadgets" <info@gadgetaus..com> wrote in message
news:2qtl0dF13bf1tU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Sounds like a job for...
>
>   Adobe Graphics Server 2.0 (AGS)
>   -------------------------------------------------------

$$$$$!  But without violating any EULA may I also point to ImageReady's
data-driven feature which does some other interesting things - but not what
the OP asked for.