Adobe 13101332 User Guide - Page 496

Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Automating Tasks Back 496 7 Choose a destination for the processed files from the Destination menu: • None to leave the files open without saving changes (unless the action includes a Save command). • Save and Close to save the files in their current location, overwriting the original files. • Folder to save the processed files to another location. Click Choose to specify the destination folder. 8 Select Override Action "Save As" Commands if you want Save As commands in the action to refer to the batched files, rather than the filenames and locations specified in the action. If you select this option, the action must contain a a Save As command because the Batch command will not automatically save the source files. Deselect Override Action "Save As" Commands if the action contains Save As commands for specific files that are required by the action. 9 If you chose Folder as the destination, specify a file-naming convention and select file compatibility options for the processed files: • For File Naming, select elements from the pop-up menus or enter text into the fields to be combined into the default names for all files. The fields let you change the order and formatting of the filename parts.You must include at least one field that is unique for every file (for example, filename, serial number, or serial letter) to prevent files from overwriting each other. • For File Name Compatibility, choose Windows, Mac OS, and UNIX to make filenames compatible with Windows, Mac OS, and UNIX operating systems. Saving files using the Batch command options always saves the files in the same format as the original files. To create a batch process that saves files in a new format, record the Save As command followed by the Close command as part of your original action. Then choose Override Action "Save In" Commands for the Destination when setting up the batch process. 10 Select an option for error processing from the Errors pop-up menu: • Stop for Errors to suspend the process until you confirm the error message. • Log Errors to File to record each error in a file without stopping the process. If errors are logged to a file, a message appears after processing. To review the error file, click Save As and name the error file. To batch-process using multiple actions, create a new action and record the Batch command for each action you want to use. This technique also lets you process multiple folders in a single batch. To batch-process multiple folders, create aliases within a folder to the other folders you want to process, and select the Include All Subfolders option. Using droplets A droplet is a small application that applies an action to one or more images that you drag onto the droplet icon: in Photoshop or in ImageReady. You can save a droplet on the desktop or to a location on disk. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 496