Wildcards in actions

[mordecaidesign]

Steve,

I am currently working on this. I have a working action that uses the current date and time and adds it to the beginning of the file. Example: 09082009081555_painting.psd I've had to put this and my other Photoshop scripts/actions on the shelf because I'm trying to finish my portfolio/demo reel and a freelance project.

Let me know if you'd like to be a tester. I'll send you this action and additional actions for iterative file save. My only request is that you tell other people about it when I get ready to sell these actions.

-Matt

[kookookrayzy]

Cool Matt, thanks, I'll be a guinea pig!
If I can figure out how you did the date renaming, maybe I can offer other ideas.
I'll PM you with my email address if needed.
Thanks again,
-Steve

[berniebernie]

here's a script i wrote a while ago for cs3...

it looks in the doc folder for pngs with 'filename__####', adds to the #### or starts at 0001 if none found, saves a copy.

as mentioned, only tested on vista+cs3

edit: you should bind that script to a hotkey via an action... which makes an incremental snapshot at a push of a button


// incrementalsave.jsx
//
// checks if there is a double underscore in filename, if not adds them starting at 0001
// else increments and saves as 24bit png (filename__####.png) in the doc's folder
//
//
// feel free to use & modify - mbernadat@gmail.com
//
//
// only tested on vista+cs3

function remEx(f) {
extPeriod = f.lastIndexOf(".");
if(extPeriod > 0){
return f.substr(0,extPeriod);
}else{
return false;
}
}
function getIncrPos(nameWithoutExt){
pos = nameWithoutExt.lastIndexOf("__");
return nameWithoutExt.substr(pos+2,nameWithoutExt.length);
}
function basenameKindOf(path,match) {
a = path.lastIndexOf(match);
if(a > 0){;
return path.substr(a,path.length);
}else{
return false;
}
}
function addZeros(number){
if(number<10){
number = "000"+number;
}else if(number<100){
number = "00"+number;
}else if(number<1000){
number = "0"+number;
}
return number;
}



docP = app.activeDocument.path;
docN = remEx(app.activeDocument.name);

docFold = new Folder (app.activeDocument.path);
files = docFold.getFiles(docN+"__*.png");
files = Folder.decode(files);

if(files.length == 0){
numbering = 0;
}else{
files = files.split(",");
numbering = 0;
for(var i in files){
curNumb = getIncrPos(remEx(basenameKindOf(files[i],docN)));
numbering = Math.max(numbering,curNumb);
//alert("'"+remEx(files[i])+"'");
}
}
numbering++;
numbering = addZeros(numbering);

var exportOptions = new PNGSaveOptions();
//var type = ExportType.PNG24;
var fileSpec = new File(docP+"/"+docN+"__"+numbering+".png");
exportOptions.antiAliasing = true;
exportOptions.transparency = true;
exportOptions.saveAsHTML = false;
app.activeDocument.saveAs(fileSpec,exportOptions,1,Extension.LOWERCASE);

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