I know this has been asked for a long time but I haven't seen any solutions yet. What I want to do is run saving actions that will preserve the folder tree of the original files. Therefore if I want to run an action that creates thumbnails of my master files which happen to be saved in the following hierarchy:

Europe
>France
>Paris
>Dijon
>Spain
>Madrid
>Toldedo

Then PS will create the same folder structure in the output directory and the thumbnails will be nested just like the originals.

I doubt it can be done with an Action. Might be scriptable. Ask on the Photoshop Scripting forum.
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Create an action that thumbs file. No open, no save. Just the thumb process. Then copy the complete folder structure to a new folder called "thumbed". Now batch your action on the "thumbed" folder. Select only "include subfolders". For destination, select save and close. Now you'll have a duplicate folder structure with thumbs. My guess is you can find a shareware renamer and synchronizer to merge the structures should you wish.

This is why folder structures suck. Dijon, Spain. Never heard of it.

J

Dijon is under France J. M-m-m-m-m-m, mustard!

I'm sure there's a Dijon, Texas. Somewhere in the east.

J

Ah Quebec!

Excuse me, do you have any #808080 Poupon?

Thanks for the replies.

Nice.

I saw some guy named Dijon in the police log the other night, busted for selling crack, fleeing & eluding, and possession of a stolen handgun.

I didn't think that sort of thing happened in France!

I saw in a police log in London a man who had been arrested for car burglary over five hundred times. No jail time. Talk about anti-social behavior!

J

Yeah thats the UK for you - prisons here are apparently too "full" you see.

BACK ON SUBJECT
Tommy - maybe droplets are your answer? might make the whole process quicker

I would do it the way J Maloney is suggesting. It;s not perfect, but it will get you there.

Randy
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