Script EPS to TIFF

Question

Hello,
I would like to know if I could use a script to batch processing a lot of EPSs to TIFFs. Every time I open the EPS in PS, the dialog box appears so I could write down the resolution. Is there any way to have a batch that would take all EPSs in the given folder, open them with once given resolution in RGB mode and save them as TIFFs (no layers, no compression) so I wouldn't have to do it all manually? Every time I tried to record a script for this, I always got stuck on the accepted setting of that dialog box that somehow wasn't recorded.. Thanks a lot Pavel

Answer 1

This checks for eps only by using the name, so if other files mistakenly are named ».eps« it probably would cause problems, and I havent provided a provision for avoiding over-writting existing tiffs of the same names, but You could give this a try:
#target photoshop;
var dlg = new Window('dialog', "save flattened tiffs of eps-files", [500,300,880,525]);
//filter for checking if entry is numeric, thanks to xbytor;
numberKeystrokeFilter = function() {
   this.text = this.text.replace(",", ".");
   if (this.text.match(/[^\-\.\d]/)) {
      this.text = this.text.replace(/[^\-\.\d]/g, '');
//create the entry for resolution;
dlg.msgPnl = dlg.add('panel', [25,100,355,170], 'resolution');
dlg.msgPnl.msgEt = dlg.msgPnl.add('edittext', [15,20,135,40], 150, {multiline:false});
dlg.msgPnl.msgEt.onChange = numberKeystrokeFilter;
//create a field for folder-selection;
dlg.folderPnl = dlg.add('panel', [25,25,355,90]);
dlg.folderPnl.btn = dlg.folderPnl.add('button', [12,7,313,17], 'select a folder to process', {name:'remove'});
dlg.folderPnl.folderName = dlg.folderPnl.add('statictext', [12,35,313,55], "none selected", {multiline:false});
// select a folder-function;
function folderSelection (theFolder) {
   var theFolder = Folder.selectDialog ("select a folder");
   dlg.folderPnl.folderName.text = String(theFolder);
dlg.folderPnl.btn.onClick = folderSelection;
//fields for ok and cancel;
dlg.buildBtn = dlg.add('button', [25,185,175,195], 'OK', {name:'ok'});
dlg.cancelBtn = dlg.add('button', [185,185,355,195], 'Cancel', {name:'cancel'});
// show dialog;
var myReturn = dlg.show ();
//////////// the operation //////////////////
if (myReturn == true && dlg.folderPnl.folderName.text != "none selected") {
// retrieve file-list and resolution;
var theFolder = dlg.folderPnl.folderName.text;
var theFileList = Folder(theFolder).getFiles();
var theResolution = dlg.msgPnl.msgEt .text;
// do the thing;
for (var m = 0; m < theFileList.length; m++) {
   // getting the name and location;
   var docName = theFileList[m].name;
   var docPath = theFileList[m].path;
   var basename = docName.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1];
   // open only files whose names end on ».eps«;
   if (docName.slice(-4) == ".eps") {
      // =======================================================
      var idOpn = charIDToTypeID( "Opn " );
         var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
         var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
         desc1.putPath( idnull, new File( theFileList[m] ) );
         var idAs = charIDToTypeID( "As  " );
            var desc2 = new ActionDescriptor();
            var idRslt = charIDToTypeID( "Rslt" );
            var idRsl = charIDToTypeID( "#Rsl" );
            desc2.putUnitDouble( idRslt, idRsl, theResolution );
            var idAntA = charIDToTypeID( "AntA" );
            desc2.putBoolean( idAntA, true );
         var idEPSG = charIDToTypeID( "EPSG" );
         desc1.putObject( idAs, idEPSG, desc2 );
      executeAction( idOpn, desc1, DialogModes.NO );
      // define the copy:
      var theCopy = app.activeDocument;
      // tiff options;
      tifOpts = new TiffSaveOptions();
      tifOpts.embedColorProfile = true;
      tifOpts.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.TIFFLZW;
      tifOpts.alphaChannels = false;
      tifOpts.byteOrder = ByteOrder.MACOS;
      tifOpts.layers = false;
      // make a copy, flatten it, delete paths, set it to 8bit;
      theCopy.flatten();
      theCopy.bitsPerChannel = BitsPerChannelType.EIGHT;
      // save it;
      theCopy.saveAs((new File(docPath+"/"+basename+".tif")),tifOpts,true);
      theCopy.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
   else {}
// use it at your own risk;
If any of You spot unnecessary or stupid operations in the Script please let me know.