I realized that the file naming-section won't work in the Batch...-window if Override Action Save As Commands is activated because the file naming is used particularly for the automatic saving that the Override disables.

Therefore, I think it might be best if you first created the pngs and then created another Batch that does nothing else but saves the files again using file naming to get rid of the copy at the end of the files' names. First you might want to check if Flash knows how to import sequences even while the file's name ends with the copy. I once saw a tutorial of how to use Photoshop actions to create DOF into 3D images.I think it was at http:www.computerarts.co.uk. Unfortunately they've started to collect payments for downloading the tutorials. On the other hand I couldn't find it there and they were giving it for free before so I might as well reveal it.

1. Open a file that has depth rendered into it
2. Start to record an action.
3. Create a duplicate layer of the original image and make sure the new layer is selected. This way you always have the original stored beneath the one that is going to be altered.
4. Load the depth channel as a selection.
5. Apply Gaussian blur from the Filters and Blur-menu
6. Use only small values (below 1) to avoid ghosty outlining.
7. Re-apply the Gaussian blur for twenty or thirty times to strengthen the blur
8. Press stop from the Actions-panel to stop recording the action.

It is possible to create breaks to the action so you can decide how much you want to blur your image and you only need to run the action once. Select a single event in the Action's description and select **Insert Stop...**from the menu under the button with the black arrow in the upper right corner of the Actions-panel. Into the opening window you can write a message that is displayed when the stop is occurs during the action. By checking the Allow continue you can make the action to ask if you want to continue running.

-Hannu Kulju