Photoshop batch scripts

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Today I had a batch of 100 studio portraits that needed light skin retouching, so I figured I’d try creating an action for it. That part was easy. Then I thought — why not turn it into a script?

Turns out, it's pretty simple to do: you write a small .jsx script that loops through all your files, runs your action, and saves the output. Drop that script into your /Presets/Scripts folder, and it’ll show up right inside Photoshop under File > Scripts. Just run it, and let it process the whole batch.

I searched the forum and didn’t see this mentioned, so if this is of interest, I’m happy to share the script or walk through the setup.
 
juggler said:
I often use droplets for repetitive tasks - they're not as powerful as scripts but there's no coding at all.
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That sounds good - what's a droplet? that's a new one to me.
 
TimHughes said:
That sounds good - what's a droplet? that's a new one to me.
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It's a stand-alone exe file which starts photoshop. Go to File | Automate | Create Droplet, select an action and various bits of behaviour.

You can then drag files onto the created exe and watch it process them in turn.

In some cases you might need to run PS as an administrator when creating the droplet
 
juggler said:
It's a stand-alone exe file which starts photoshop. Go to File | Automate | Create Droplet, select an action and various bits of behaviour.

You can then drag files onto the created exe and watch it process them in turn.

In some cases you might need to run PS as an administrator when creating the droplet
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thank you!
 
Ohh, that's super useful, thanks! Were you satisfied with the result? I mostly use Photoworks batch editing function, but some photos still need further adjustments. Having a more straightforward way to do so is nice.
 
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