GLS48 Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 I have posted this on PhotoShop forums but up to now received no response. At least we can usually get a reply here even if not the answer! I want to run an action many times and have it saved each time the action loops. Does someone know how to make “actions” in PhotoShop 7 or 8 save to incremental file names? Thanks,George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagrace Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 I tried to do something like this just the other day and couldn't figure out how. What I wanted to do was run an action, and when I get to the "Save As" step, do a replace of part of the file name, so that IMG_123 (the original) was saved as test_123. Then the next time I ran it, IMG_269 would be saved as test_269.I guess this isn't exactly the same as what you were trying to do, but I searched and searched and couldn't figure out how to do it.So I would be delighted to read an answer here for your situation or mine. Either one would have worked for me. And while I chose not to do it in batch, I could have.Is the "loop" you're doing runnin in batch against many images or do you intend to "loop" iterations on one image and show incremental results? Sorry I can't help, but I'm really interesed in the answer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keffs Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 You could always try a script.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLS48 Posted August 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Hi David,I'am attempting to emulate a zoom in PTE. I ran a batch file or action on an image where I made a new layer and scaled it up in 1% increments. I can generate dozens of slides in just a few seconds. When I run the resulting set of slides in PTE with just a straight cut, it looks so so. It will take many slides for a 1 second zoom to look right. It will really depend on how fast PTE can play a slide. If this works then it would allow us to also use the same technique to do a pan or a combination pan/zoom. Some of you Photoshop gurus should take up the challenge.George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagrace Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Personally, I'm going to wait for Igor to do his magic. He has hinted that the zoom/pan effect might be in the next release. The PTE team seems quite responsive to users' needs, and I know many have asked about this. While it's a cool effect, I don't have an immediate need for it, so I'm happy to wait.My "automated Save As", on the other hand, is something I would expect PS to do, not PTE. I just can't figure it out yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronwil Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 George, as you suggested, in Photoshop I have experimented with a succession of "cropped-resize to 1024-save for web" images but the resultant playback in PTE looks what it is, a number of different sized images. I have tried various settings for image on screen and fade times but although acceptable it is not a true zoom. I agree with David, let us be patient and wait and see. Ron [uK] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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