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1. Re: Make Action to Batch process PDF to GIFs
Jack Cates Aug 8, 2008 12:51 PM (in response to CharlesBelov)On first (somewhat thorough) look, it's because you aren't telling the action to open any files.
Also, if you don't want to run into memory issues or the dreaded 400 file limit (or was it 200 or 300?) if you're doing this to a lot of files, you'll want to include 'close' as part of the action, too. -
2. Re: Make Action to Batch process PDF to GIFs
CharlesBelov Aug 8, 2008 2:17 PM (in response to CharlesBelov)Thanks, although it didn't solve the problem.
The action now consists of 4 commands:
Open
As: PDF Generic
Name: [my test file name]
Crop: Bounding Box
Resolution: 100 per inch
Mode: RGB color
Depth: 8
With Anti-Alias
Width: [file width at 100dpi]
Height: [file height at 100dpi]
With Constrain Proportions
Without Suppress Warnings
Selection: Page
Number: 1
[file name]
Convert mode (as before)
Save (as before)
Close
I closed and restarted Photoshop.
1. Launch Photoshop
2. File > Automate > Batch
3. Batch dialog:
Set [my set]
Action [pdf to gif]
Source: Folder
Choose: [my test folder with 2 pdf's]
Destination: Folder
Choose: [my testgif folder, empty]
File naming: Document name + extension
Errors: Log errors to file
File: [my testgif folder, empty]/error.txt
4. OK
Actual result: Open dialog displays with 300dpi, native size of the pdf file.
Expected result option 1 (preferred): Open dialog doesn't display. Assumes 100dpi and page 1, since that's what I stored with the action.
Expected result option 2 (2nd best): Open dialog displays with 100dpi, the resolution I stored with the action, and with page 1.
(By the way, all of the pdf's in the batch only have 1 page each.)
5. Set resolution to 100dpi.
6. Click OK for 1st pdf.
7. Click OK for 2nd pdf.
Actual result:
Both files open and stay open.
Both files are still RGB mode.
No gif's in testgif folder.
errors.txt reads:
Start Batch
End Batch
Expected result:
Files closed
2 gifs in the testgif folder. -
3. Re: Make Action to Batch process PDF to GIFs
Paul Riggott Aug 10, 2008 10:48 AM (in response to CharlesBelov)You could try using my PDF Processor
The last one will work for CS2 or CS3
http://www.ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1882 -
4. Re: Make Action to Batch process PDF to GIFs
CharlesBelov Aug 12, 2008 5:43 PM (in response to CharlesBelov)Ah, it does appear to be a bug.
1) Open step is not needed. If I specify a source folder, Photoshop will open each file.
2) Close step is not needed. If I specify a destination folder, Photoshop will close each file.
So all I need are the Mode and Save As commands.
3) However, if Photoshop is opening pdf's, it will only open the pdf's and not run the commands I've specified, so...
4) After all of the files are open, I just re-run the Action, with Open Documents as the source.
5) Photoshop correctly runs the script and closes all the files.
Voila!
Hope this helps,
Charles Belov
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5. Re: Make Action to Batch process PDF to GIFs
(andrea_paul) Aug 14, 2008 10:35 AM (in response to CharlesBelov)I have a similar situation. I want to make GIFS from Non-PSD PDFs. My Export and Close action/batch runs great for images and PSD-PDFs, just not InDesign exported PDFs. I DON'T want to have to open these all and then run it. Other ideas? Thanks. abp -
6. Re: Make Action to Batch process PDF to GIFs
DavidCardillo Jul 9, 2009 5:58 PM (in response to CharlesBelov)someone posted a reply to this thread [http://forums.adobe.com/message/2046550#2046550] where the solution was creating an action in the CS (or older) version.
Like everyone, I was perplexed that Photoshop applied the same file name (the one when the action was created) to all the saved JPEGs, no matter if "override action save dialog" was checked or not. (I was using CS2.) The earlier version doesn't record the file name as part of the Open command.
Better, part of my action was cropping the PDF to the trim marks, and it appears that the CS version does this "intuitively" (i.e. wrong).

