PSD Timestamp photoshop script

haiddasalami

Pior requested this a while back and figured it was a good way to get me to learn photoshop scripting.

What it does?

Saves a PSD with a time stamp (DD-MM-YYYY HH-MM AM or PM). As of right now, the script just saves from where the original PSD sits.

Stuff to work on:

- Implement a check to see if the document has been saved.
- UI for target location

Feedback and suggestions always welcome

Install Instructions:

Copy and paste the Presets folder into respective Mac or PC paths.

Mac: <hard drive>/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS Version\
PC: \Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS Version\

Then, after you quit and restart Photoshop, the newly installed scripts will automatically appear in the File » Scripts submenu (in alphabetical order). To run a script, simply select it by name from the File » Scripts submenu, or choose File » Scripts » Browse to locate and run scripts that don't appear in the Scripts menu.

Adding a script to an action is the same as adding any other command to an action: simply select the script (from the File » Scripts menu) while in record mode and the script will be inserted as a step in the action.

Download Link

haiddasalami

Fixed download link. Had one of my alerts still in there.

haiddasalami

Updated link with better code format. Before everything was just in one big if statement. Now is separated out into functions and commented. (really bad at commenting/documenting stuff)

Kwramm

nice. thanks!

haiddasalami

Thanks for checking it out Kwramm. Let me know if you run into any issues.

haiddasalami

Updated script to have an optional prompt to change file name if needed.

pior

Interesting!!
I think thats a bit different from what I had in mind at first BUT I can see a lot of uses for this too! (incremental saved to go back too in order to make timelapse animations for instance!)

Will try it asap!

haiddasalami

Haha what did you have in mind? Might have misread your post. Shoot me any improvements you want. Will try and implement them. The optional prompt is a totally different script that way doesnt break anyone who doesnt want to change the name of the original PSD.

pior

Hello there!
My original idea was to have a script that would let us save a file without even having to do an initial save - by just defining a location once and for all in the preferences of the script. (the timestamp was more of a way to get rid of having to type anything at all)

For the end user it would be : open photoshop > create a file > start painting > hit a button when done (the script part) then move on the next.

I've actually been doing something like that for quick sketches using a screenshot/printscreen program (called Greenshot) but being able to safely store full PSDs would certainly be better!

Anyways, I am very interested by that first script you posted too

haiddasalami

Yeah I don't think I can save without putting something in though will look through Adobe docs. I can definitely do the location stuff and preferences (QSave does this so can check out their code) Gonna install Al.chemy and see what it does and hopefully translate that back. Thanks for the feedback!

AERION

I'm looking for a script that would time stamp a layer, save as jpg or gif, the move to the next layer and do the same. It should step through each layer and save it with the time stamp. Ideally, it should increment the time stamp seconds with each layer.

AERION

being able to input a start time and date would be great too.