Creating an action - export-legacy

[Krista]

Hi

 

I am trying to create an action where I go to File>export>legacy (which I can do) but I am stuck on how to save the images with different names when its a combo image.  Combo image meaning using Morai compositor where all the combos default to the name “untitled 1".  I just can’t figure it out.

 

Any help appreciated

[Damien Symonds]

The only way I know is to put an Image>Duplicate step at the beginning of the action.  It's Part 4 Step 1 in this article.  Also, Part 6.

[Damien Symonds]

How did it go, @Krista?

[Krista]

before you had gotten back to me yesterday I had already been trying to do a duplicate layer twice and then naming one ending in insta and the other FB and then running my save to fb and then saved to insta action.  I just tried your suggestion of adding the duplicate layer in the action but couldn’t figure out how to add a stop in order to change the name - which was when I was changing the names by hand....what do you think?

[Damien Symonds]

No, not duplicate layer!  Duplicate the FILE.

[Krista]

Sorry that was a mistype  - i meant duplicate file .  would you put a stop in before it, command u, change file name and then restart action?

[Damien Symonds]

Come on Krista, have you actually tried doing it exactly as my instructions tell you?

[Damien Symonds]

No stop required, I promise.

[Damien Symonds]

Is it working for you, @Krista?