Before I state the issue, I am running the latest updates and have tried this in Photoshop CS4 & CS5.
I believe this is a bug in Photoshop, unless someone can get this Action & droplet to work right.
Here's the issue:
I create an Action with the "Save as Web & Devices" and save the image as a PNG. Then create a Droplet and set the destination as "Folder" with a destination different from the source file, and check Override Action "Save As" Commands and use File Naming with Document Name + _H50 + extension (example: MyFile_H50.gif). The file naming convention I made doesn't carry over to the processed images.
However this droplet will work with the Action when I use the "Save As" command, but not the "save as web & devices" option. Has anyone came across this issue or know how to fix it?
The difference between "save as" and "Save as web" is a 3kb files size plus the "_H50" naming convention is not used.
Here's a detailed process of my action and creation of the droplet:
CREATION OF ACTION:
1.) I have a .TGA file open with alpha channel layer.
2.) I set the selection to the alpha channel, go back to the layers panel, double click layer, Set backgound to Layer 0, Inverse the selection, delete the background, trim image to transparent pixels, change image size to a fixed height of 50 pixels.
Here's the variable step that works or doesn't work depending if I choose "Save as" or "Save as Web & Devices"
3.) File > "Save as Web & Devices", save image as PNG w/ alpha, and select my "processed images" folder & save, close original image without saving.
CREATION OF DROPLET:
1.) Save droplet location, Play action with include subfolders, Suppress file open options dialog, Suppress Color profile warnings.
2.) Destination: Select a folder
3.) Use File Naming: Document Name + _H50 + extension
4.) Save log errors.
Next I drag some images onto the droplet, it processes the images into the folder but doesn't use the File Naming convention.
Now, if I use the "save as" command in the action and create the droplet the same way, it works!
The difference between "save as" and "Save as web" is a 3kb files size plus the "_H50" naming convention is not used.
What the heck is going on? Please Help
-Josh