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Background: I’m in the middle of a project which is similar to creating images for a website in that I have created a master PSD and I’m now clipping hundreds of separate button images in both active and inactive states.
I pretty much have my flow down at this point to where my fingers are working faster than my brain is but would still like to save time if possible. Anyone who has done menial repetitive work like this should know that every mouse click and button press saved means the job gets done MUCH faster and with less chance for mistakes.
Question 1:
Is there anyway to automatically save as a PNG file? It would be great if I could set PNG as a default "Save As" when I press Shift- Command-S so that I don’t have to take my fingers off the keyboard and scroll through the drop down of file types.
— As I’m writing this I just realized I could probably create a small Action to do this for me. I haven’t used them very much in the past at all though.
Question 2:
I HAVE tried to create an Action by recording all the steps involved in my work flow but it basically created a bigger mess than I had hoped for. I really don’t expect anyone to help with this part but it doesn’t hurt to throw it out there anyway.
My Process;
1 – Select multiple layers that comprise a single button image (button background, text and or graphic icon)
2 – Command-E (repeat for each of my buttons for both active and inactive states, could be 30 buttons or more per page)
3 – (Command-A,) Command-C, Command-N, Command-V
4 – Shift-Command-S, Command-V (paste file name, change button name – ie, 1, 2, 3) ex: 17_AlarmKeypad 1 Inactive.png, 17_AlarmKeypad 2 Inactive.png, etc
5 – Command-W, D, Enter
6 – Repeat Step from Step 3.
From Steps 3 to 6 takes me at most 5 seconds but I’d like to streamline the process if possible to reduce the chance of errors. The ability just to automatically "Save As" a PNG would help alot. I’ve been using PS for over ten years but I’d rate myself a 6.5 on the power user scale.
Thanks in advance!
I pretty much have my flow down at this point to where my fingers are working faster than my brain is but would still like to save time if possible. Anyone who has done menial repetitive work like this should know that every mouse click and button press saved means the job gets done MUCH faster and with less chance for mistakes.
Question 1:
Is there anyway to automatically save as a PNG file? It would be great if I could set PNG as a default "Save As" when I press Shift- Command-S so that I don’t have to take my fingers off the keyboard and scroll through the drop down of file types.
— As I’m writing this I just realized I could probably create a small Action to do this for me. I haven’t used them very much in the past at all though.
Question 2:
I HAVE tried to create an Action by recording all the steps involved in my work flow but it basically created a bigger mess than I had hoped for. I really don’t expect anyone to help with this part but it doesn’t hurt to throw it out there anyway.
My Process;
1 – Select multiple layers that comprise a single button image (button background, text and or graphic icon)
2 – Command-E (repeat for each of my buttons for both active and inactive states, could be 30 buttons or more per page)
3 – (Command-A,) Command-C, Command-N, Command-V
4 – Shift-Command-S, Command-V (paste file name, change button name – ie, 1, 2, 3) ex: 17_AlarmKeypad 1 Inactive.png, 17_AlarmKeypad 2 Inactive.png, etc
5 – Command-W, D, Enter
6 – Repeat Step from Step 3.
From Steps 3 to 6 takes me at most 5 seconds but I’d like to streamline the process if possible to reduce the chance of errors. The ability just to automatically "Save As" a PNG would help alot. I’ve been using PS for over ten years but I’d rate myself a 6.5 on the power user scale.
Thanks in advance!
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