Thanks scotths. That would have been perfect, but I've the scripting skills of a dung beetle :( Maybe its time I learn Eric, you sir, are a godsend! Thats exactly what I was looking for, many thanks
Starting with CS2 (I think) Photoshop included the ability to create very robust scripts using javascript -- think about anything where an action was not quite able to do what you wanted it to do, like conditional logic (if there is an alpha channel do this, if there isn't do this other thing). If this is just a one-time…