Save As in actions

I don't know if this has been addressed in Photoshop 10, but earlier versions don't let you use Save As in an action. Adding the menu command add a Save A Copy command instead.

I work with Photoshop 11, so I can't verify for older versions, but are You sure You didn’t just try to »save as« in file formats that couldn’t handle what the file contained (like layered files as jpgs and such)?
And are You familiar with Image Processor? Not that that would be much help with Actions intended to be applied to one file at a time.

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USAlias wrote:
The only workaround is when you're running the action as a batch operation. Then you can override the action's target folder to anything you want. But I wanted an operation I could use on an individual file, that would be quicker than running File>Save As, hitting Return twice, and closing.
Actually I was trying to make you think. I always want to make users think when they write the only way is. I have a problem believing there is only one way to do something in Photoshop. I know you wrote about batch and I wanted you to think more about it and also about scripting.
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