Save for Web- 6000 Images

I use Photoshop Elements 12. We need to run save for web on 6000 images. I am assuming an action file is the fastest way of doing this. Can we create an action file on a MAC and run it on PE 12 on a windows PC? I am thinking no because the directory structures are different. Open for any suggestions

Did you consider using either the 'process multiple files' feature in the editor or the 'export' feature in the organizer?
Both let you state wich pixel size and compression level you want.
If you are worried about leaving IPTC metadata like captions, you can delete them from the organizer. For keywords, I think you'd need an exif editor.
Edit:
If you have the very affordable Elements+ there is a script enabling you to run a batch with 'save for web':
"Batch Optimized" Category

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AI CS3 - Save for Web & Devises image name problem

Hi -
For some reason when I doubleclick to name an image slice, hit Done to go back to the file, then go back to Save for Web & Devices, AI doesn't remember the names. I have to retype them (defaults back to User1 or whatever number). Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks,
Sue

I just found this article document:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc4cd31/2
It looks like they now have to be saved via drop down menus in order for Illustrator to remember the slice names for export again:
"Object - Slice - Slice Options, and then in Save for Web, set the Output Settings for Saving Files"
In my opinion this is incredibly poor UI design. In prior versions of Illustrator, I would save the names in the Save for Web dialog box by simply double clicking the slice frame, and it would remember the names of my slices for export again.
Clicking through drop down menus just to name a slice is inefficient compared to just double clicking a slice frame to name the slice.
If this is a bug, is there a solution to this? (Or are we really stuck with this poor system?)

Can i batch process/save for web various images to the same exact KB size? not just the quality perc

Hello,
I have a batch of 500 jpg images all in different sizes 732 KB, 634 KB, 664 KB etc... I need to compress / save for web down to 130 KB the entire batch.
I've managed to create an action which compresses them lower than 130 KB at different sizes depending on how light or dark the images are, but still not to an exact number. Is there a way to create such an action or script?
I'm working off of Photoshop CS5, iMac 10.5.8
thank you for time,

Thank you for your response eartho, I have a client which needs them at that size for their site.
I figure i'll compress them as close as possible to 130 KB, but when I automate the batch resize certain images don't fall under 130 KB which is forcing me to go through the entire batch and look for those, and thus compress them individually.

"Save for web" forces image optimisation

1.I don't know at which point it happened, but when I open "save for web" it open's on an "optimised" tab and saves it like that, which is really horrible. when I open it in photo viewer it look's normal but in an explorer small preview and website it looks "optimised". Any ideas what I messed up?

I just found this article document:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc4cd31/2
It looks like they now have to be saved via drop down menus in order for Illustrator to remember the slice names for export again:
"Object - Slice - Slice Options, and then in Save for Web, set the Output Settings for Saving Files"
In my opinion this is incredibly poor UI design. In prior versions of Illustrator, I would save the names in the Save for Web dialog box by simply double clicking the slice frame, and it would remember the names of my slices for export again.
Clicking through drop down menus just to name a slice is inefficient compared to just double clicking a slice frame to name the slice.
If this is a bug, is there a solution to this? (Or are we really stuck with this poor system?)

CC: Selecting slices in "save for web"

Hi,
today, I tried to use the export function "save for web" in Illustrator CC 17.1.0 for the first time in many weeks.
I created a document with some slices. Strangely, in the dialogue of "save for web", the image preview isn't shown in the original size although the setting is set to 100%. It seems, like the preview is only about 50% of the original image size.
Furthermore, it is impossible to select the specific slices for renaming it. Also setting up the preview to 200% doesnt solve the problem.
I already uninstalled illustrator with the uninstall file and downloaded the software from the cloud again. But the problem still exists. I also created a complete new document without success...
I don't get the point. Does anyone have an idea how to fix it?
I'm using Mac OS 10.9.1.
Thanks!

I'm seeing this on both my HiDPI laptop display and an external display where the pixel ratio is 1.
I use Save for Web almost every day, so I suspect there was a bug introduced in the latest version of Illustrator. I've also found that when vector graphics are copied and pasted from Illustrator into Photoshop they come in at slightly smaller dimensions. Could be related?
Using File -> Save Selected Slices... in Illustrator seems to work fine, however.
I'm also on Mac OS 10.9.1, running Illustrator CC 17.1.0 on a Retina MacBook Pro, Mid 2012

CS4 Save For Web not the right size

I'm having problems with Illustrator images when I use the Save For Web. The image size always comes out the same size as my artboard. In other words I set up a new document to be letter size, create my drawing within that document. My drawing is only about 300 px by 150 px. When I Save for Web my image is the same size as the document or artboard not my drawing. Is this something new in CS4? Do I have a preference set incorrectly? The only way I have found to get rid of the background is to adjust the size of the artboard manually. Is there a way to adjust the artboard to fit my drawing automatically, like cropping to an object in Photoshop?

CS,
Basically the same issue was up, and answered, recently here:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2667045

CS3 Save for Web bugs - No answer from Adobe in all forum posts

I just upgraded to Illustrator 13.0.02 and the problem is the same: Slice names and output settings are not remembered/saved like all previous AI versions.
I don't understand why this post was closed: CS3 Save for Web Problems
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?128@@.3bc41aeb.
and this one: "Save for Web" names of frames vanish
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc4cd31/2
It is the same as: AI CS3 - Save for Web & Devises image name problem
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?128@@.3c057eab
Concerning slice name: It looks like they now have to be saved via drop down menus in order for Illustrator to remember the slice names for export again: "Object - Slice - Slice Options, and then in Save for Web, set the Output Settings for Saving Files"
In my opinion this is incredibly poor UI design. In prior versions of Illustrator, I would save the names in the Save for Web dialog box by simply double clicking the slice frame, and it would remember the names of my slices for export again.
Clicking through drop down menus just to name a slice is inefficient compared to just double clicking a slice frame to name the slice.

This is a bit of an old thread, but I too have recently discovered this problem in working with AI CS3.
I contacted Adobe support with the question. I asked them why it was not possible to select and optimize individual slices in the Save for Web and Devices dialog in CS3, and then maintain those settings after saving the slices or clicking "Done"... even though that very feature was available and working in CS2.
Adobe's answer was, quite simply, that they have ceased any development on CS3, including bug fixes, and that anyone who wants the problem fixes would have to buy CS4 in order to "fix" the problem.
In short, they are quite aware of the problem, but would rather have us pay for a new product in order to have it fixed, than to pay a programmer to spend a few hours or a few days in tracking down the problem and getting it sorted out. This is their short-term solution to a long-term problem.
There is a workaround to the slice naming, as you have found - name the slices from the Object - Slice - Slice Options menu. It's a royal PITA, I know, but it does maintain the slice name settings.
However, there is no real workaround to save the optimization and output settings (such as color tables and JPEG/GIF/PNG settings) for each slice. It's a completely broken feature, or in Adobe's own words, "a problem". A big fat bug. Let us not mince words here - it is technical and corporate incompetency. Technical incompetency can be excused - publishing a new build will fix the problem. But corporate incompetency, which tells the programmers that they don't need to fix the problem for "marketing" reasons, is totally inexcusable.
It doesn't cost Adobe anything to just shelve a problem... at least, not now. But I refuse to buy Illustrator CS4 as a result, because I don't want to give in to their ineptitude and lack of attention to the customer in this case. Which costs them more now, to pay the programmer to fix the error and then publish a new build on their web server... or to tell the customer that the problem won't be fixed and to buy the newest version? You do the math. Read 'em and weep.
Makes you want to migrate to Fireworks for web comp design, doesn't it. At least Illustrator has an excuse - it's an all-purpose vector graphics application, not specifically a web comp design app. If this were Fireworks, on the other hand, I think that there would be oodles of furious programmers screaming colorful obscenities at Adobe's front door.
I really like Illustrator for what it does, but I'm not using CS3 for any more web comps after this.
Jeff Chapman

Alternative to Save for Web/Export as CSS Layers?

I'm am SO DEVASTATED that CS6 got rid of the option to save as CSS layers in Save for Web. I just updated from 5 to 6 and now I'm looking for an alternative but am having no luck. I've tried some scripts I've found online but none of them work the way I need, or at all.
I do animation in AI where each layer is a frame on the animation. In CS5 I could Save for Web and check the Export as CSS Layers box. This would export all the layers in my AI file to pngs, where each layer is it's own png file, in one folder. I could then import them as an image sequence in Photoshop and turn layers on and off with each frame to create my animation.
I tried exporting my AI file to a PSD file with maximum editability but the more complicated the animation (meaning the more layers and the more objects on each layer) it would start flattening layers without warning. Not to mention the rendering time just opening the file in Photoshop and then trying to save it there once I had created all my frames. Photoshop froze on me 6 times this morning while I was trying things out.
I'm desperate for a simple way to do the CSS layer trick. If I can't find one, I'm going to have to go back to CS5 permanently, or until I can find a solution.

here you go, let me know if it cuts it.
#target Illustrator
// script.name = exportLayersAsCSS_PNGs.jsx;
// script.description = mimics the Save for Web, export images as CSS Layers (images only);
// script.requirements = an open document; tested with CS5 on Windows.
// script.parent = carlos canto // 05/24/13; All rights reseved
// script.elegant = false;
* export layers as PNG
* @author Niels Bosma
// Adapted to export images as CSS Layers by CarlosCanto
if (app.documents.length>0) {
    main();
else alert('Cancelled by user');
function main() {
    var document = app.activeDocument;
    var afile = document.fullName;
    var filename = afile.name.split('.')[0];
    var folder = afile.parent.selectDlg("Export as CSS Layers (images only)...");
    if(folder != null)
        var activeABidx = document.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex();
        var activeAB = document.artboards[activeABidx]; // get active AB
        var abBounds = activeAB.artboardRect;// left, top, right, bottom
        showAllLayers();
        var docBounds = document.visibleBounds;
        activeAB.artboardRect = docBounds;
        var options = new ExportOptionsPNG24();
        options.antiAliasing = true;
        options.transparency = true;
        options.artBoardClipping = true;
        var n = document.layers.length;
        hideAllLayers ();
        for(var i=0; i<n; ++i)
            //hideAllLayers();
            var layer = document.layers[i];
            layer.visible = true;
            var file = new File(folder.fsName + '/' +filename+ '-' + i+".png");
            document.exportFile(file,ExportType.PNG24,options);
            layer.visible = false;
        showAllLayers();
        activeAB.artboardRect = abBounds;
    function hideAllLayers()
        forEach(document.layers, function(layer) {
            layer.visible = false;
    function showAllLayers()
        forEach(document.layers, function(layer) {
            layer.visible = true;
    function forEach(collection, fn)
        var n = collection.length;
        for(var i=0; i<n; ++i)
            fn(collection[i]);

Adobe Save For Web Error???

i have a core2duo, xp sp3 running 8GB of ram
3.5GB as my main memory, 4.5GB as my virtual memory.
setup by Gavotte Ramdisk.
and my photoshop cs3 scratch disk is set to a 500GB drive with more 300GB of free space. and i let photoshop cs3 uses upto 100% of the memory (1707MB) and i'm pretty sure i've read all the memory optimization for photoshop cs3 that i could find on the web...
yet i still get this error when trying to save an image using save for web.
my image dimension is 2560x1600 72dpi and saving using jpg high quality 60 settings, the image size is showing 702K. but once i click on save, this msg shows up...
Adobe Save For Web Error
Could not write the file, there is not enough scratch memory available.
what's going on? can somebody help me out?

I have 200gb available on my hard drive as well. I am also experiencing the same issue. Plenty of RAM, plenty of hard drive space. I'm getting more an more of the not enough scratch disk errors, even though I've got 2 scratch disks on separate volumes. I know the files I'm working on a pretty large, but normally I'm saving web versions from print resolution files. Photoshop should handle it. Older versions on slower machines would. I'm sure the error is something else, even though it's telling me that there is not enough room.
For me it appears it's only with the preview though.

Save for web win7 x64 CS4 x64

...is Rubbish!
crashes everytime. I have to do my save for web in 32bit photoshop. it was flaky on XP 32bit as well but not as consistantly wobbly.
Can anyone report whether its better on CS5?

Can you be more specific about what size image you're starting with, what color depth, what color space? Are you saving .gif, .jpg, what?
I just saved this animated .gif image, for example, using that combination on Windows 7 x64. Notably it continued to work, but when I finally shut Photoshop down Windows reported "Photoshop Has Stopped Working", so... I think your problem is confirmed.
In my case, it was a fresh start of Photoshop, 2 opens via Camera Raw, some minor editing to overlay one image over the other, sizing, Make Frames from Layers, Save For Web. Images were 8 bit, sRGB when saved.
P.S., the image below doesn't seem to animate except when it's expanded to full size.
-Noel

Can't change image size % in save for web

Hello,
I'm using Photoshop CC. When slicing a web mockup, and saving for web, the image percent is blocked at 58.49% and I am not able to increase it to 100%. So my original image of 1024px wide comes out at 600px
I haven't changed any settings (that I know of) and do not have this problem on any other mockup files I have. What setting do I need to adjust in order to save for web my slices at 100%?
Thanks!

I worked out what the issue was, my document height was over 8000px tall which is causing the issue, even though my slices are less than 2000px tall. When I temporarily crop the document to below 7000px, I can save out the slices at 100%. Annoying work around.
It seems a bit random.

Image resize quality not saved in Save For Web Preset?

L.S.,
I have been working on an Action to create 12 separate PNG's for further use in my icon-software. What I do is basically this:
Start out with a 256x256px image, save it for web four times in steps from 256, 48, 32 and 16px, (32-bit)
apply some masks / layers, save it for web again four times from 256-16px, (8-bit)
set the mode to indexed colour / apply other masks and layers, and save it for web again from 256-16px. (4-bit)
I let the sizing be done in the Save for Web step.
The 256-sized pics give me no problem as they are not scaled down.
The 32-bit pics give me no problem as they are scaled down, and antialias comes along, but they have 8-bit transparency: no problem.
In the 8-bit and 4-bit versions from 48-16px, I definitely want no antialias in the sized down versions. So I set the resize quality to 'Nearest Neighbor'.
However, Photoshop seems not to be able to remember different resize qualities in one Action.
In every Save for Web-action that I do, when I set it to resize, it does so. But the resize quality is not taken from the setting. It seems to be taken from the last used or recorded setting.
That is pretty annoying, because:
- When I let the downscaled ones of the first 4, be downscaled 'bicubic sharper'
- And I let the downscaled ones of the second 4, and third 4, be downscaled 'nearest neighbor'
Next time I run the Action, all downscaling is done by 'nearest neigbor'. That ruins my downscaled 32-bit icons - they get jaggy.
If I alter the steps in the action manually and set the first ones to 'bicubic sharper' again, suddenly all downscaled ones are done by 'bicubic sharper'.
That ruins my downscaled 8-bit and 4-bit icons: they get antialias, to lime green, and that shows...
I can save Presets in the Save For Web dialog, but as the groupbox already tells me: these presets only apply to the Image quality parameters, not to the sizing parameters. Those seem to be taken from the last run.
I have one alternative to this: before every Save for Web step, I downsize the image myself, and undo the history step after saving. It's quite some work and I would just rather see that the sizing parameters saved in the Preset!

That's never been saved as part of the S4W presets. Bloody annoying.

Image Byte size in "Save for Web"-Dialog is wrong?

The Image Byte size in the finder is always larger than the size stated in Photoshop's "Save for Web"-Dialog box. For example, it shows me 34,36 KB in the SfW-Dialog, while the file information in Finder puts out "38,831 KB". Does anybody know how to fix this annoying behaviour?
kind regards,
tomasio

The size reported in the Finder can be in base 1000 (lying numbers used by disk makers) instead of base 1024 (actual bytes) if you don't change the settings.
The size reported in the Finder can include the resource fork (metadata and thumbnails, some added by the OS), plus some extra space for disk block allocations (if you write 1 byte to a file, it still takes 4k or more of disk space).
The size given in SFW is a close estimate of the actual number of bytes written to the disk, and usually matches the size reported by FTP and the web server (sometimes the estimate is off by a little bit due to the final compression options chosen).
But SFW cannot account for the oddities of the Finder or Windows Explorer's accounting of file size.

Save Image size setting in Save for Web

I'm using Save for Web (CS3) and scaling the file to different sizes with "scale image". I'm wanting to use the same scale settings for many images but when I save the pre-set the image size settings don't get saved. I'm wanting to use it as part of an action but the setting wont stick. Any suggestions? Alternative work flows?

That's never been saved as part of the S4W presets. Bloody annoying.

Save for Web... and grayscale images

I noticed a strange behavior when I use "Save for Web and Devices" on scanned BW negatives...
I import the negatives via the scanner's twain driver in Photoshop as 16bit grayscale images. My grayscale working space is normally set to the default DotGain 20% profile. When I want to show these images on the web, I use "Save for Web and Devices..." and I have selected the convert to sRGB option. For some reason, the "embed color profile" option is disabled (grayed out) when the document is in grayscale mode.
When I view the the exported image (in a color managed application or browser) it looks too dark and shadow detail is lost. Examining the file info shows that the JPG file is in RGB color space and has the sRGB profile assigned.
When I convert the image to RGB mode before I do save for web... the exported image will look exactly like it looked in Photoshop. Also, the mode change doesn't cause a change in appearance. Also, after changing to RGB, the "embed color profile" option in save for web... becomes enabled.
I experimented with other working color spaces and noticed that an image exported from a grayscale image in "GrayGamma 2.2" working color space will display almost like an image that was exported from a grayscale image converted to RGB.
I would like to understand this behavior and whether it is correct. My assumption would be that a conversion to sRGB during the export should yield the same result like a manual conversion of the image in photoshop but for some reason the results are quite different.
How can I export my grayscale images to sRGB JPG without having to convert to RGB manually while preserving the tonality from the original image?
I have attached an image which I hope might illustrate the effect I'm describing. The crop on left hand side looks as expected and is the result of exporting from an image that was converted from grayscale to RGB mode (sRGB working space) before using save for web...
The image in the middle is the result from converting to GrayGamma 2.2 color space but leaving the image in grayscale mode before saving for web and devices. It is almost identical to the crop on the left. The crop on the right hand side is the result of using save for web and devices from the original image in grayscale mode with the default DotGain 20% profile.
Thanks
/lars

These are my settings. Are they the same in your SFW dialog?

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