Your questions aren't dumb - it's not the easiest thing to get your arms around at first.

Follow the bouncing ball here...

Let's presume that you want to "process" a bunch of images in a folder. Further, let's say that it is ALL of the images in the folder.

Your "processing" may include things like sharpening, color adjustment, etc., followed by a Save As step. Note: if you are just trying to convert them to JPG's, then all you need is a Save As action.

So here's what you do. You start recording, and give it a name: Filter|Sharpen|Unsharp Mask (for example), then File|Save As.

At the Save As part you are presented with a dialog (you're still recording), one for your Jpg options, and one for filename/destination. Go ahead and name/save the file. Stop recording.

Look at the actions pallet. There is a Save As portion after the sharpening step. Make sure that the dialog for this is toggled off - otherwise you will be prompted for each file to enter a name and optional destination.

Now you are ready to batch.

File|Automate|Batch.

Action Set: The set containing the action you just created Action to run: Whatever you named the action from above
Source: Folder
Choose: Select the folder containing your source images
Destination: Select a folder in which to put the images (make it a different folder than the source)
Override Save As Information: Checked
File Naming:

Goes left to right.

I can put any extension in any one of the box from the left. Am I correct?

No.

Let's say I want them to have the same name as the original, but now as a JPG extension. Here's how you do it:

Box 1: Document Name
Box 2: Extension

These are chosen from the dropdown boxes.

Lets say I want the same filename, but with serial numbers after the name, with their JPG extension.

Box 1: Document Name
Box 2: 2-digit Serial
Box 3: Extension

Now lets say that I want my own custom name with a 2-digit serial number and JPG extension.

Box 1: Julie Kissing Fred
Box 2: 2-digit Serial
Box 3: Extension

All files will be named Julie Kissing Fred01.jpg, Julie Kissing Fred02.jpg, Julie Kissing Fred01.jpg, etc.

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