Not really game art related but a quick photoshop question
So at work im dealing with this retarded task of importing pdf files and having to export each one as a .gif named after its page number so they can work in a pop out preview interface on a website
so
[Folder]
-pdffile.pdf
-1.gif
-2.gif
-3.gif
is the hierarchy I need
and so on. I made an action to go ahead and just export without me having to rename it manually, but the problem is they come out like this. (These are the file names photoshop gave each page document, you can see it already has the numbers I need but it has a rather large prefix)
[Folder]
-pdffile.pdf
-pdffile-1.gif
-pdffile-2.gif
-pdffile-3.gif
so I had to go through and quickly go down and rename them all, basically removing the pdffile- from each one.
This has turned into an issue because some of these pdf files can have 180+ pages, and we're talking 50-80 pdf files
Im thinking there has to be a better way to do this completely automated, but I couldn't exactly fool around with batch export at work.
Anyone else familiar with this?
Replies
it exports numbered images with proper padding for double digit or triple digit sequences.
http://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=7403
if you have multiple pdf files then you can combine all in acrobat, then export image.
I should also add that we're resizing, flattening, and adjusting colors during this process but all of that I know how to do, the renaming is the part im having trouble with.
lol, u want the job done or not ?
if you export from acrobat u can name it as you want, then you can do a batch action in photoshop for rest of adjustments.
anyways, you can also use freeware such as UFU to batch rename
http://www.replsoft.com/
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
@JR I very rarely work in-office and am not exactly allowed to bring in software because I have no dedicated computer
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Graphics/Windows-Portable-Applications-Portable-FastStone-Image-Viewer.shtml
I sit in the same room as them and he does often lol, im only 18
JR is that your only solution?
anyone know whats up? I really doubt something this simple would be left out of photoshop