i got a little poblem with applescript. i have to convert a lot of jpeg with photoshop (RGB into CMYK, 72 dpi into 304,8 dpi and last but not least jpg into tiff). I searched the whole forum for hours finding the right thread. Having no success i’ll post my script here. there will be a watched folder (called +in) and a taget folder (called +out). right, you know what i am talking about files will be copied into the +in-Folder and photoshop starts to convert the resolution and mode. applescript will save the file into tiff (with photoshop parameters).
like this:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
activate
open theFile
set display dialogs to never
set thisdoc to current document
if (mode of thisdoc is not CMYK) then
change mode thisdoc to CMYK
do action "Aktion2" from "action"
set myOptions to {class:TIFF save options, byte order:Mac OS, embed color profile:false, image compression:LZW}
save thisdoc in (path to desktop folder) as TIFF with options myOptions appending lowercase extension without copying
close current document saving no
end if
end tell
end adding folder items to
can anybody help me? it doesn’t work on my mac… thx alot for help!
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on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
repeat with theFile in these_items
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
activate
open theFile
set display dialogs to never
set thisdoc to current document
if (mode of thisdoc is not CMYK) then
change mode thisdoc to CMYK
do action "Aktion2" from "action"
set myOptions to {class:TIFF save options, byte order:Mac OS, embed color profile:false, image compression:LZW}
save thisdoc in (path to desktop folder) as TIFF with options myOptions appending lowercase extension without copying
close current document saving no
end if
end tell
end repeat
end adding folder items to
thanks for your fast reply. works great. can you tell me how the generated file will be placed in out-Folder an not on desktop? the out-folder still exists.
This assumes you have the folder “+out” on your desktop.
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
repeat with theFile in these_items
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
activate
open theFile
set display dialogs to never
set thisdoc to current document
if (mode of thisdoc is not CMYK) then
change mode thisdoc to CMYK
do action "Aktion2" from "action"
set myOptions to {class:TIFF save options, byte order:Mac OS, embed color profile:false, image compression:LZW}
save thisdoc in ((path to desktop folder) & "+out" as string) as TIFF with options myOptions appending lowercase extension without copying
close current document saving no
end if
end tell
end repeat
end adding folder items to
Once again this does assume that the folder called “convertor” is on the desktop and inside it is a folder called “+out”
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
repeat with theFile in these_items
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
activate
open theFile
set display dialogs to never
set thisdoc to current document
if (mode of thisdoc is not CMYK) then
change mode thisdoc to CMYK
do action "Aktion2" from "action"
set myOptions to {class:TIFF save options, byte order:Mac OS, embed color profile:false, image compression:LZW}
save thisdoc in ((path to desktop folder) & "convertor:+out" as string) as TIFF with options myOptions appending lowercase extension without copying
close current document saving no
end if
end tell
end repeat
end adding folder items to
okay, now i got an other problem with the same script.
the folder exists on mac1 and works as a hot folder via lan. mac2 is connected via afp to this folder (sharepoints). When i put some JPG from mac2 into the folder on mac1 nothing happens. But when I put some file from mac1 into the folder the script runs. What is wrong? Should there be a little delay in the script? And if so, how do i do it?
Not sure what is happening but if you want to add a delay in the script then heres how:
simply add the word “delay” and then the amount in seconds how long you want the delay!
so to delay 10 seconds then add this line.
files will be copied into the +in-Folder and photoshop starts to convert the resolution and mode. applescript will save the file into tiff (with photoshop parameters).
thx alot for help!