Batch processing recursively in subfolders

Hi List,
Using FW CS4
I'd like to convert a great number of images located in multiple subfolders.
Is there a way to play the batch processing command in reccursiv mode?
Any help or jsf sample would be very welcome.

I don't think so. An alternative to a batch sequence would be an external program or script that uses IAC (InterApplication Communications, see Acrobat SDK) methods to make the changes you want.
George

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Batch Processing Recursively

I have just started to play with the batch processing feature of Acrobat Pro v.6 on Windows.
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08^The_Name_of_The_File.pdf
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I have a working script to turn the above into...
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In the Doc Properties area, just like I want, but to run this, I have to select each directory one at a time. Is there some way to run this batch option at a starting directory, all the way down the tree?
I've been searching around and it looks like there may be third party apps available, but nothing built in. If that's the case, any recommendations would be appreciated.
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I don't think so. An alternative to a batch sequence would be an external program or script that uses IAC (InterApplication Communications, see Acrobat SDK) methods to make the changes you want.
George

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"Include All Subfolders" box in Batch process dialog

Mac quad G5, 4G Ram, 4 internal drives, OS 10.4.11, Photoshop CS3 Extended 10.0.1, ACR 4.4
Selecting the "Include All Subfolders" box seems not to process any folders contained within the currently selected Bridge window. All selected files process as usual.
A current job for John Deere requires that all images be sorted by machine model number---and now I want to make previews for the client.
I have never used this option before ("Include All Subfolders"). Is there a trick to it? TIA, kl

:)
thanks Omkebut time is precious! Much better results from the power users like yourself!
I frankly find it hard to believe that this selectable optionthere in Batch processing since the beginning, AFAIK, does not workand that it is not more frequently asked for. As a working photographer, now that I have switched from Capture One to ACR, I am finding that I would really like to be able to work this way.
It's just curious that I could not find a single reference to this problem anywhere on these Forums. Anyhow.
Does your suggestion (accessing Batch from CSPS instead of Bridge) allow subfolder processing? cheers, KL

AutoTrim & Include Subfolders From A Folder & Preserve Subfolder Structure & Auto Shut Down Computer - ALL In Batch Processing Mode And Match Volume Mode ?

Hi! I salute you all!
First of all I want to excuse my english (it's not my native language)!
In 2014 we are dealing with thousands of files (video, audio, etc.), because of the present powerful technology, still... we are missing very important and useful parts for doing our jobs properly and very quickly!
In this case is Adobe Audition too, in my oppinion!
Adobe Audition is a great program, which help us to edit in many ways our audio files, but... unfortunatelly has major missing parts, which would be nice to be implemented as soon as possible!
Some of them are are right below this line:
1. AutoTrim (for removing silences from audio files, before and after)
2. Include Subfolders From A Folder (when adding a folder for working with, we should have the possibillity to add its subfolders too)
3. Preserve Subfolder Structure (when exporting a folder with its all subfolders, we should have the possibillity to export the exact structure like the original)
4. Auto Shut Down Computer (when all the tasks/jobs are done, we should be able to auto close the program and auto shut down our desktop/laptop as well)
When you will add these features which are so wanted, to have them all in Batch Processing mode and Match Volume mode as well, please?!
Many other audio softwares have all of these "old" possibillities, like "GoldWave" for instance (I am not advertising it at all), but the Adobe Audition which is more complex...doesn't so far!
I thank you all and I really wait for these very next future feature requests!
Have a nice day!
P.S.: Is this message/question read by Adobe stuff members (persons who can take decissions in this way) too, or only by us, the comunity members?!

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Image Sequences and Batch Processing: Can opening files from different folders as image sequences be set up as an action for batch processing?

I have an ongoing series of tasks that necessitates opening the contents of a series of folders as image sequences.
I'm used to setting up some fairly complex actions, including ones that are intended to be applied to all of the contents of materials in various subfolders, but for some reason I cannot get an Open-with-Image-Sequence-Checked action to set up in a way that will batch process correctly.
Complicating matters is that the file prefixes (i.e., the letters before the sequential numbers) and the folders will always have different names from the last time the process had to be carried out.
The steps I would like the action to carry out would be the following:
1. Open Subfolder 1 - that is, Photoshop shouldn't be looking for a specific folder. It's just *any* subfolder to the current parent folder.
2. Select first file in sequenced set of files.
3. Open as an image sequence.
4. Open Subfolder 2.
5. Select first file in sequenced set of files.
6. Open as an image sequence.
...rinse and repeat until Photoshop runs out of subfolders to check.
Am I asking the impossible?
Thanks!

I'll look around there, because I had posted something about this and was told to look here ps-scripts - Browse /Image Processor Pro/v3_0 at SourceForge.net
then this is the image here:
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Is there a way to trigger batch process via Applescript or Javascript?

Based on what I've found so far on the internet, the answer is no. The Applescripts I've found so far that attempt to run a batch process don't work for me in either Acrobat Pro 8 or Pro 9.
I've been using Applescript to automate a process that starts in InDesign (create PDFs), then goes to Acrobat to set open options (I've got a batch process for that but can't find a way to trigger it). If I can get that to work, I'll attempt to automate the task of using a Photoshop droplet to create JPEGs of a specific size from these PDFs.
I've settled on InDesign CS3 for creating single-page PDFs from a multiple-page document, partly because I could not find a scriptable way to do this in Acrobat. I know just enough about Applescript to be dangerous. I know much less about Javascript.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Kevin Stauffer

Kevin some thing like this for Photoshop should aid you
set Todays_Date to do shell script "date \"+%d-%m-%y\""
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{name:"Rasterized PDF's " & Todays_Date}
end tell
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tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
activate
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set User_Rulers to ruler units of settings
set ruler units of settings to pixel units
-- set background color to {class:CMYK color, cyan:0, magenta:0, yellow:0, black:0}
-- set foreground color to {class:CMYK color, cyan:0, magenta:0, yellow:0, black:100}
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set The_Question to "Do you want to include all the subfolders" & return & "within your folder selection?"
set The_Dialog to display dialog The_Question buttons {"No", "Yes"} default button 1 with icon note
if button returned of The_Dialog is "Yes" then
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tell application "Finder"
set File_List to (files of entire contents of Input_Folder whose name extension is "pdf")
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set File_List to (files of Input_Folder whose name extension is "pdf")
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activate
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set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "
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set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "-"
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and something like this to perform JavaScript from within AppleScript for Acrobat
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set The_PDF to choose file default location Default_Path ¬
with prompt "Where is the multi-page PDF?" without invisibles
tell application "Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional"
activate
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close saving yes
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I have the same issue. I have to go to Bridge and do a batch command from there. If I choose via Photoshop, I only get the Desktop and subfolders there. Very annoying.
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Help with Illustrator Script! Batch convert files including subfolders - please help! :)

Hello,
I honestly have tried reading the other answers and researching to try to solve this problem. I'm sorry for my ignorance in this area. Please help!!!
I'm trying to make a script (for Illustrator CS2) that will batch convert several files to PNG files. The source folder has several subfolders and I need the script to go into the subfolders and convert those files as well. The destination directory should be an entirely separate folder but with the same hierarchy as the original source folder.
The script I have been using (that converts just as I need) is below. The only problem is it doesn't do the subfolders.
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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
Copyright 2005 Adobe Systems Incorporated
All Rights Reserved
NOTICE: Adobe permits you to use, modify, and
distribute this file in accordance with the terms
of the Adobe license agreement accompanying it.
If you have received this file from a source
other than Adobe, then your use, modification,
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Hi,
I process multiple folders full of images using the "Include All SubFolders" option under File->Automate-Batch.
It works flawlessly when all the folders I need to process are under the same folder. Example:
/images/folder_a
/images/folder_b
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You might also look into automator. If you can build the action in PS (which it seems you can), either of these two features might help with the rest.
J

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I need to batch process a set of folders, each with subfolders inside, and each subfolder with 3 images as follows:
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- subfolder 2
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     - red 2.tif
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My goal is to take green 1, blue 1, red 1 and combine them into a single image placing each into the respective color channels.
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1) Is it possible to batch process a folder that opens all images prior to proceeding through the action? This would allow me to open the 3 files in each subfolder and process them all together, skipping action 1 that I already created
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I appreciate any help or advice in this matter.
Thanks.

You'll probably have to use a script if you want to automate things at the high level of being able to traverse multiple folders. I'm no scripting expert, but I know there are a lot of them about, especially here:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/photoshop_scripting
-Noel

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I have written a small piece of Javascript for my PDF files. The idea is to add a date stamp to each page of the document before printing. To do this, I have added the following code to the "Document Will Print" action:
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this.setAction("WillPrint", "dateStamp.value = \"Date Printed: \" + util.printd(\"dd/mmm/yyyy\",\new Date());");

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