Can anybody help?? I need to do a batch convert from .psd to .jpeg and I'm not sure how to go about it, any suggestions would be appreciated. Also, is it possible to do this in another programme -say ACDSee for quickness?

i wrote this right after you posted the other day, and as i've lost "wordy" post in the past, i saved it to a text file first..
so here's the first part:

you can make an "action" that will handle it for you. think of "actions" and a tape recording of steps you perform to do something (in your case converting a file format...) that is repeated.

first thing: you'll want to do is open one of the images you need converted (.psd)

second: select the "action" tab and click on the "Create New Action" icon

third: name your action something like "Save as JPG" (you can also put the new action into a specific area/directory like "Default Actions" so you can keep organized. give it a hot key if you want too...)

fourth: click the "Start Recording" icon and just do what you'd normally do to save the file as a JPG. (FILE --> SAVE AS --> FORMAT --> JPG - set your options as you want...)

next: click the "Stop Recording" icon and your action is all made!!!! it should now be listed in your Action list

NEXT INSTALLMENT "Making a Batch"

hope this helps
:)
retrocity

Thanks Retrocity, that's going to come in real handy, can't wait for the next instalment..LOL, thanks again for taking the time and effort to help me out Bez :o)

Hey Bez, hopefully this will make it through...

You can "automate" any action and make what we call a "droplet" so you could just drag a folder over it and have it run the process (action). but for know i'll just show you the "automate/batch" method.

First: launch Photoshop and go to FILE --> AUTOMATE --> BATCH to open the dialog window

Second: select the action (SAVE AS JPG) from the drop-down menu

Third: click the "Choose" button to locate the folder containing the PSD files you want converted to JPG.

Fourth: choose the destination method (SAVE AND CLOSE, or choose another folder to store the converted files...)

Fifth: click OK button to run through all the files in the folder.

let me know if you have any problems. sometimes when saving to JPG, the "settings" dialog window pops up and pauses the batch on each file so you may need to tweek a setting or two

:)
retrocity

Thank yooooooooouuuu!!! This has been a big help to me, the screen shots have made it so easy...Thanks again for all the time and effort you've put into this...you're the best..... Bez