Help with specific action

[mtorbin]

[Photoshop 7.0.1; Mac OS X 10.4]

Hey all,

OK, here's what I want to accomplish and it seems like I'm doing something wrong because I can't do it all in one action. I end up creating three actions to get things done:

1) Open PSD
2) Flatten
3) Jump to ImageReady
4) Save As Optimized (already at 450x450) with "_LRG" added to the name in a folder called 450
5) Resize to 300 x 300
6) Save As Optimized with "_MED" added to the name in a folder called 300
7) Resize to 150 x 150
8) Save As Optimized with "_SML" added to the name in a folder called 150

Why is this so diffecult? There's got to be something I'm missing.

- MT

 

[mtorbin]

I've gotten it down to two adobe droplets and two automator actions. Yes, the whole process only takes a few minutes, but I'd rather have one action instread. I have it in an emailable version if you'd like to check it out.

- MT

 

[mscallisto]

I'm not a big user of actions but have one question, where is the action breaking down, with each save?

 

[mtorbin]

It's not that it's breaking down, it's that I physically can't create it. ImageReady won't save in specific folders but yet I have to optimize the images. That requires two droplets right there. Neither Photoshop or ImageReady will allow multiple tags to the ends of file names (as in _LRG and _MED) so that is the requirement for the two automator droplets.

- MT