Photoshop Scripting - Saving doc as GIF, poor quality produced.

opts.colorReduction = ColorReductionType.SELECTIVE;
opts.dither = Dither.NONE;
opts.quality = 100;
opts.interlaced = true;
opts.includeProfile = true;
opts.matteColor = new RGBColor();
opts.matteColor.red = 255;
opts.matteColor.green = 255;
opts.matteColor.blue = 255;
opts.format = SaveDocumentType.COMPUSERVEGIF;
activeDocument.exportDocument(mainPath, ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, opts)
Any idea how to make the quality better?
I mean when I export the image through SaveforWeb the quality is fine, but if i run it through the script the quality is poor.
I need the output file in GIF, so other filetypes are not a good solution. Also, I need to save the document without opening the save as dialog, hence the export document.
Thanks

I've tried with both Dither and without Dither.
Below is a screenshot of the normal process > Save for Web (no script)
The quality is good, well decent.

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On a server i have a folder that gets a folder for each day of the month (eg. ../december 2012/01 december). in this folder each day there are .PSD files created. I would love to have a scipt that opens the .PSD files that are in the todays folder then resizes the image from 1024*576 to 720*576 and save it on a diferend server in the todays folder as a .JPG. and then have a popup message showing which images where succesfully saved to the new location.
Right now i am using a simple .exe file with the following script to kopie teh files from location A to B but i have to manualy make the jpegs or run the image procesor for this job which doesn't work with sharing an action with multiple users.
The copie script is Use:
@ECHO OFF
CLS
SET sourceDir=\\172.16.200.9\vormgeving\TV\!BrabNieuws 2007\dve
SET destDir=\\172.16.200.155\dve\BRABANT NIEUWS
SET jaar=%date:~-4,4%
SET mnd=%date:~-7,2%
SET dag=%date:~-10,2%
SET pse==%1
IF %mnd%==01 SET maand=Januari
IF %mnd%==02 SET maand=Februari
IF %mnd%==03 SET maand=Maart
IF %mnd%==04 SET maand=April
IF %mnd%==05 SET maand=Mei
IF %mnd%==06 SET maand=Juni
IF %mnd%==07 SET maand=Juli
IF %mnd%==08 SET maand=Augustus
IF %mnd%==09 SET maand=September
IF %mnd%==10 SET maand=Oktober
IF %mnd%==11 SET maand=November
IF %mnd%==12 SET maand=December
ECHO De DVE's van vandaag worden naar de dagmap (%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%) gekopieerd!
ECHO .
COPY "%sourceDir%\%maand% %jaar%\%dag% %maand%\*.psd" "%destDir%\%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%"
ECHO Y | DEL "%destDir%\%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%\dve standaard.psd" > NUL
if "%1"=="" PAUSE
I hope there is someone out there that can help me on my way.
Thanks
Salvador
Ps. I already tried working with actions and a simple script that envoked the action file but thats just not stable enough.

JJMack wrote:
I still do not understand you showed part of a dos bat file that copies a single psd file from one remote ip resource to a different remote ip remote resource before the copy some non english message is displayed. the copy is done which should put out a message one file copied then the original file is deleted off the first remots resource hidding the delet message. I see nothing to do with Photoshop nothing that dose any resize and don't understand why you would slow down the copy by transporting the data across the network twice once woul be faster. I would set up a remote process where remote resource 1 would do the copy to remote resource 2. At first I tought you were describing a server batch update process the would run on some schedule. Now it looks like distrinuted remote users are moving a file from one machine to an other. Where does the resize come in where does Photoshop Scripting come in?
SET sourceDir=\\172.16.200.9\...
SET destDir=\\172.16.200.155\...
ECHO De DVE's van vandaag worden naar de dagmap (%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%) gekopieerd!
ECHO .
COPY "%sourceDir%\%maand% %jaar%\%dag% %maand%\*.psd" "%destDir%\%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%"
ECHO Y | DEL "%destDir%\%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%\dve standaard.psd" > NUL
Hi JJMack,
Right now the resizing is done maunually. This is the work procces; there are a bunch of .psd files created these get saved in ..\\ntsrob22s\vormgeving\TV\!BrabNieuws 2007\dve\february 2012\07 february\.
After these files get aproved they get maunualy distorted from 1024*576 to 720*576 and saved as a JPEG in ..\\ntsrob22s\vormgeving\TV\!BrabNieuws 2007\dve\february 2012\07 february\JPEG\. After the person is done they execute this file
@ECHO OFF
CLS
SET sourceDir=\\ntsrob22s\vormgeving\TV\!BrabNieuws 2007\dve
SET destDir=\\media-storsvr\dve\BRABANT NIEUWS
SET jaar=%date:~-4,4%
SET mnd=%date:~-7,2%
SET dag=%date:~-10,2%
SET pse==%1
IF %mnd%==01 SET maand=Januari
IF %mnd%==02 SET maand=Februari
IF %mnd%==03 SET maand=Maart
IF %mnd%==04 SET maand=April
IF %mnd%==05 SET maand=Mei
IF %mnd%==06 SET maand=Juni
IF %mnd%==07 SET maand=Juli
IF %mnd%==08 SET maand=Augustus
IF %mnd%==09 SET maand=September
IF %mnd%==10 SET maand=Oktober
IF %mnd%==11 SET maand=November
IF %mnd%==12 SET maand=December
ECHO The PICs are copied to the BRABANTNIEUWS day folder and are ready to be used by pixelpower (%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%) gekopieerd!
ECHO .
COPY "%sourceDir%\%maand% %jaar%\%dag% %maand%\JPEG\*.jpg" "%destDir%\%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%"
ECHO Y | DEL "%destDir%\%jaar%-%mnd%-%dag%\dve standaard.JPG" > NUL
if "%1"=="" PAUSE
This looks in the folder ..\\ntsrob22s\vormgeving\TV\!BrabNieuws 2007\dve for the folder of 'today' and copies all the JPEGs to ..\\media-storsvr\dve\BRABANT NIEUWS\ into todays folder.
What i would like to create is that after they have created all the PSD files and they are aproved, all they have to to is run a Photoshop script or extension that opens all the PSD's that are in the 'today' folder -> then resizes those to 720*576 and save them in the \\media-storsvr\dve\BRABANT NIEUWS\"todays month"\"todays date" and overwrites if there is one with a simular name already.
Thx,
Salvador

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