Update .psd file from .jpg file

[netrusher]

I am seeking to find out something concerning actions. I am currently using
photoshop7.

I have a software application that opens Photoshop interactively. When it
does, it automatically creates a .psd file and assigns it a name. It also puts
the file into a folder on my C drive. When I edit the file and then save it
again, I automatically create a .jpg to go along with the .psd. This is done
via an action in photoshop.

Sometimes the .jpg file is updated via another software application. When
this happens I would then like to update the .psd file to match the .jpg file.
I want to be able to open the .jpg file with an action, copy and paste the .jpg
image into the .psd file which I can do but my problem is: I would like the Action
to open the .jpg file no matter what the name is. Meaning: I
would have the .psd file open. The corresponding .jpg file will have the same
name as the .psd file except of course for the .jpg extension. Is there a way
to have the action go and open the .jpg file based on the name of the .psd.
Right now I can get this to work but the action has to know the name of
the .jpg file. In order for this to be an action it must know the name of
the .jpg file. Is there a way the action could open the .jpg file based on the
name of the .psd file? This is a confusing thread for me to try and explain.
I appreciate any help you might offer.

Bottom line is I need to update a .psd file to match a .jpg file. Both files will
always be in the same folder and have the same name.

 

[MikeMoss]

Hi

I’m not sure this is what you want but this is the way I would do it.

I would batch select all the .psd files and move them to another folder named “Original PSD Files”. Select View file type to group all the .psd files together and make them easy to select.

Now open all the .jpg files in Photoshop at the same time “Select all” “Open” and make an action that saves them all as .psd files using their same name.

Now you will have identical .jpg and .psd files in the same folder.

If you don’t need the original files they can be deleted.

I don’t know how often you need to do this, so maybe this isn’t practical if you have to do it a lot. You would need to have a way of keeping track of which are the new files that haven’t been converted yet. But if it is easy to identify which files have not been converted yet this seems like a reasonably easy solution.

Hope this is some help.

Mike