Scripting in Photoshop

I have recently been shown the wonders of scripting in Photoshop, and it seems to be making my life a lot easier, here’s a quick run down of how to do it:

1. Download and install/drag your script here:
(PC) C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop (CS or CS2)\Presets\Scripts\
(MAC) Applications> Photoshop (CS or CS2)> Presets> Scripts.

2. Restart Photoshop
3. Open Photoshop and the file you want to use it on
4. Select File >scripts.

5. Run the script

You’ll see Photoshop (well CS5 anyway) has some scripts already installed, its pretty straightforward from there.

Supressing jpg options popup in Photoshop Batch Processing

I rarely do Batch Processing, but I find it incredibly useful when I do.

I had an issue kick up where every time I batch processed images (just basically resized them and saved them again), a “jpg options” dialog box came up.

So instead of Photoshop just batch processing 300 images I would have to sit here for every image and press “OK” for each, which kind of defeats the purpose.

The solution was to tick the “Override Action “Open” Commands” in the Automate area.

Also although I wanted to use the “save for web” options, It didnt seam to work and also kicked up the same error.  So I just used “Save As”. this technique worked for me anyway.