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Ok, so batch converting.
I have 400 jpg images that need resizing and saving as .pngs.
Photoshop actions were made for this, that's the easy part.

The part I can't fix is that the all need to be called "default.png".

Obviously you can't have >1 image in a folder with the same filename. "Default_1.png", "Default_2.png" etc. will not work either.
Basically the only way I can figure it out is to somehow create a subfolder for each image - named after the original filename (ie "Strawberry.jpg" becomes a folder called "Strawberry" and save the "default.png" into it.

However I have no idea how to do this automatically, and it will take me all day to do it manually.

Any ideas you clever people of Dakka?

Many thanks in advance...

If you can get bash and imagemagick installed then I can write you a script that will do it in a couple of lines.

(basically use a bash script to make a folder for each file named after the original filename, then use imagemagick's 'convert' to change formats and put the output into the newly created folder for each image)

There is a batch function in Photoshop that allows you to automate the saving of files, it may allow you to choose a different folder for each save.

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Just checked it does everything apart from save each image to a different folder. At least it will save you some time, you will have 400 images starting with "default***.png" Would just need to manually move & rename them, unless there are some gurus who know different.

Depending on the version of photoshop you're running the automate command will give you a number of options for file names and save location. I suggest you try the Help menu in the application and search for "Using the Batch command".

Thanks for the help fellas, especially you Legoburner.
I have bash installed here actually, but in the end I abandoned the idea and just ran with batching it as far as I could in PS.
All the file names are wrong, but I have 400 images in 3 different sizes, sorted into three folders.
I'm going to give them to one of my underlings to sort the filenames before submission.