Create a Save As… action. Toggle the dialog to OFF. Have your action that performs the "editing" call the Save As… action as a last step.
Use File|Automate|Batch. In the dialog, you can specify file naming conventions as well as pick source and destination folders.
Peace,
Tony
Well, you could definitely use scripting. I have this script lying around that does pretty much exactly that. 2 things:
* I did not write this script, and I don’t remember who did, so credit to whoever wrote this. I did modify it from the original, if I remember correctly.
* You may have to adjust the script depending on what corner you want it in, etc… I would have done it for you, but you didn’t mention what corner you needed.
Here it is:
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if ( documents.length > 0 )
{
/*
This script will add copyright information and filename on a text layer */
// set units to pixels
var originalRulerUnits = preferences.rulerUnits;
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
try
{
// add art layer
var docRef = activeDocument;
var artLayerRef = docRef.artLayers.add();
artLayerRef.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;
// ============= Personalize your values in the section below ============ // Copyright info
var myCopyrightText = "© ? 2004 – file: ";
// select opacity
artLayerRef.opacity = 100;
// select the text colour
var newColour = new SolidColor();
if (docRef.mode == DocumentMode.CMYK)
{
newColour.cmyk.cyan = 255;
newColour.cmyk.magenta = 255;
newColour.cmyk.yellow = 255;
newColour.cmyk.black = 0;
}
if (docRef.mode == DocumentMode.RGB)
{
newColour.rgb.red = 255;
newColour.rgb.green = 255;
newColour.rgb.blue = 255;
}
artLayerRef.textItem.color = newColour;
// select the font name
artLayerRef.textItem.font = "ArialMT";
// select the font size
artLayerRef.textItem.size = 10;
// select the text position – this can be an absolute value too, eg. (10,20) artLayerRef.textItem.position = new Array(docRef.width / 2, docRef.height *0.05); // select the text justification
artLayerRef.textItem.justification = Justification.CENTER; // ============= Personalize your values in the section above ============
// add text item on the art layer
var textItemRef = artLayerRef.textItem;
// text contents is copyright info + filename
myCopyrightText = myCopyrightText + docRef.name;
textItemRef.contents = myCopyrightText;
// dereference pointers
docRef = null;
artLayerRef = null;
textItemRef = null;
myCopyrightText = null;
newColour = null;
}
catch( e )
{
// received and error … throw it back to the user
preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
throw e;
}
preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
}
else
{
alert( "Open a document first." );
}
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Just copy and paste the text between the dashed lines into notepad, and save it as a .js file into the "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS\Presets\Scripts" directory. Then restart Photoshop, and run the file from "File-Scripts".
