: Photoshop batch job: export to folder (filenames) I'm trying to run a batch file on a custom action. The action does one thing: File -> Export -> Paths to Illustrator. However, whenever I

@Gail6891361

One way to work with this is to use scripting (applescript, vbscript, javascript). Phtoshop exposes the export command (exportDocument (exportIn [, exportAs][, options])) (see for instance adobe's document photoshop_cs4_javascript_ref.pdf ) and so all you need to do is open a document and then feed the command a destination filename and options.

A quick google search brought me to this script from Photoshop for Geeks (http://www.tranberry.com/panels/) NOT MY CODE:

// openFolderTemplate.jsx
// Copyright 2007
// Written by Jeffrey Tranberry
// Photoshop for Geeks Version 1.0

/*
Description:
This script is a template script that will
open and process a folder of images
*/

// enable double clicking from the
// Macintosh Finder or the Windows Explorer #target photoshop

// Make Photoshop the frontmost application
// in case we double clicked the file
app.bringToFront();


///////////////////////////
// SET-UP //
///////////////////////////


// A list of file extensions to skip, keep them lower case

gFilesToSkip = Array( "db", "xmp", "thm", "txt", "doc", "md0", "tb0", "adobebridgedb", "adobebridgedbt", "bc", "bct" );


// Pops open a dialog for the user to
// choose the folder of documents to process

var inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder of documents to process");


// Pops open a dialog for the user to
// set the output folder

var outputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder for the output files");



///////////////////////
// MAIN //
//////////////////////



// Open Folder of Images

OpenFolder();


// show the path to an output folder

alert(outputFolder);



///////////////////////////
// FUNCTIONS //
///////////////////////////



// Given the a Folder of files, open them

function OpenFolder() {
var filesOpened = 0;
var fileList = inputFolder.getFiles();
for ( var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++ ) {
// Make sure all the files in the folder are compatible with PS
if ( fileList[i] instanceof File && ! fileList[i].hidden && ! IsFileOneOfThese( fileList[i], gFilesToSkip )) {
open( fileList[i] );
filesOpened++;


/////////////////////////////////////
// Put all your processing functions... //
/////////////////////////////////////

// Alert and show the document name
alert(app.activeDocument.name);

// Cloes the file without saving
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);

////////////////////////////////////////////
// ...in the area between these two comments. //
////////////////////////////////////////////


}

}
return filesOpened;
}


// given a file name and a list of extensions
// determine if this file is in the list of extensions

function IsFileOneOfThese( inFileName, inArrayOfFileExtensions ) {
var lastDot = inFileName.toString().lastIndexOf( "." );
if ( lastDot == -1 ) {
return false;
}
var strLength = inFileName.toString().length;
var extension = inFileName.toString().substr( lastDot + 1, strLength - lastDot );
extension = extension.toLowerCase();
for (var i = 0; i < inArrayOfFileExtensions.length; i++ ) {
if ( extension == inArrayOfFileExtensions[i] ) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}


You can pick a source and destination folder, and the script will enumerate the files. You can then insert your own function to do magic.

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@Moriarity648

Choose a destination folder (last not-grayed out option) then choose ' override action save as' below it. You can see that below that, it says 'Starting serial#' which indicates it'll name each file with a next number.

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