batch operation photoshop - help
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- markbreneman
I'm trying to write an action to save a bunch of images in mulitple folders as different file types. The action works, except the folder structure is not preserved; ex. all the files in subfolders get placed in one folder.
Is there a way to preserve folder structure?
- ********0
are you writing in actionscript or java?
- markbreneman0
I'm writing it using action script, and I'm am using the action combined with the automated back operation, it's just that when the action is recorded it records the location of the save. Is there away to use a wildcard to either prompt me, or tell it to save in the same directory as the original file?
- wrong0
the "save for web" function requires a location; therefore you can batch all the images from a directory and include subfolders, but all your images will be saved to the directory that the save for web part of your action includes. You can, however, open something, perform an action to it, then SAVE AS something and the batch function allows you to replace the original. In that case, duplicate your original directory of images and perform the batch on that. In the automate > batch dialog, select the option that says "save and close" and click the "override save as . . . " checkbox.
- markbreneman0
Override save as command works, but i still have to choose a folder when setting up the batch. and that results in the action placing all the files in the top level directory. I'm looking to preserve the folder structure, so i want it to take the top level folder and perform the action on all the files in the subfolders and maintain the heirarchy. Yes i could go through and do each folder individually but there are 100 folders.