One-button save PSD to folder, use timestamp as name ?

pior

Hello all!

I have been wondering about this one for a while, but I simply don't have the required knowledge to achieve it on my own.

Wouldnt it be awesome to have a Photoshop action that would simply :
- save the current image document,
- to a user-defined folder (example : MyPictures or something similar),
- using the current "yyyy MM dd - hh mm" timestamp as a name.

This would be bound to a KB shortcut. It would enable artists to freely jam on ideas, while making the saving process very transparent, since simply hitting a key on the keyboard would take care of safely saving whatever is being worked on.

So far I have been using TimeStamp 1.1 to copy the current time to clipboard, and then pasting that as name in the Photoshop save as dialog.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Clocks-Time-Management/TimeStamp.shtml

It works, but it does break the creative flow a lot (compared to the freedom of simply grabbing a new piece of paper in real life)

Any ideas ?

P

D4V1DC

That is actually a good idea, maybe they can also add how long It took to create the final result.

passerby

ya i wish they had a save option like silo just want commands and it is saved with a incremented number on it.

i also like blender's approach it is very quick to to save with a new version number just from the keyboard.

haiddasalami

Could see this being done with scripting. If only I was better at python XD

h6x6n

totally doable, either with javascript, or with Python or C# via the COM. I'm pretty swamped right now but I can look at it in a week or two