Save jpg with path does not work?

Photoshop
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ok, I’m not giving up yet, let’s trace our steps.

please paste the following in the console

console.log("PsVer", require("uxp").host.version)
console.log("manifestVersion", require("./manifest.json").manifestVersion)
console.log("localFileSystem", require("./manifest.json").requiredPermissions.localFileSystem)
console.log("lfs", lfs.isFileSystemProvider);
console.log(await lfs.getEntryWithUrl("/Users/myname/Desktop"));
console.log(await lfs.createEntryWithUrl("/Users/myname/Desktop/testfile.jpg"));

and share the result

also, have you tried other locations?

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this is the result of the console

file png

23

ok, we’re getting somewhere
your photoshop version is outdated and does not support getEntryWithUrl
it requires version 24.2+

you will need a different approach that requires the user to pick a folder.

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24

Sorry.
I was not aware that you are using a Mac. :scream:

25

Maher this morning I updated to version 24.2 but it still doesn’t work
here is the screenshot of the console

console

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why aren’t you running the last 3 lines?

console.log("lfs", lfs.isFileSystemProvider);
console.log(await lfs.getEntryWithUrl("/Users/myname/Desktop"));
console.log(await lfs.createEntryWithUrl("/Users/myname/Desktop/testfile.jpg"));
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sorry for the mistake

1280×271 72.5 KB

28

you’re just repeating the first 3 lines, 3 times

29

@haller

Sorry for my earlier response in a Windows environment.

This worked for me.
The first time it asked for permission to save.

I used Photoshop version 24.4.1.
I hope this will be helpful.

      let myDir = await lfs.getEntryWithUrl("Users\\hideo\\Desktop"); //Mac
      let myFile = await myDir.createFile("pollo.jpg", { overwrite: true });
      await app.activeDocument.saveAs.jpg(myFile, { quality: 12 }, true);
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Maher
when i enter this code i get this in the console

const {app,core: { executeAsModal }} = require("photoshop");
const {storage: { localFileSystem: lfs }} = require('uxp');
try {
    await executeAsModal(async()=>{
        let myDir = await lfs.getEntryWithUrl("/Users/myname/Desktop")
        console.log("myDir")
        console.log(myDir)
        console.log("-----------------")
        let myFile = await myDir.createFile("pollo.jpg", { overwrite: true });
        console.log("myFile")
        console.log(myFile)
        console.log("-----------------")
       await app.activeDocument.saveAs.jpg(myFile, {quality: 12}, true);
     })
} catch (error) {
    console.log(error)
}

error console

https://i.postimg.cc/Px7PLwrz/Schermata-2023-05-09-alle-09-16-41.png

when i enter this code


console.log("PsVer", require("uxp").host.version)
console.log("manifestVersion", require("./manifest.json").manifestVersion)
console.log("localFileSystem", require("./manifest.json").requiredPermissions.localFileSystem)
console.log("lfs", lfs.isFileSystemProvider);
console.log(await lfs.getEntryWithUrl("/Users/myname/Desktop"));
console.log(await lfs.createEntryWithUrl("/Users/myname/Desktop/testfile.jpg"));

this error comes up

31

in older version of photoshop, you need to start your urls with file:/ or file:\\

in the latest version you don’t have to

32

Maher I am using version 24.2 so the latest version. what code should i use because i am getting confused.

33

24.2 is not latest
use file:/ it works with all versions

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34

Your error quite clearly tells you which format your path needs to be in.
Is part of the issue perhaps that you’re running PS 24.2 which I assume likes file:, and not the latest stable release which is 24.4.1, which I assume doesn’t want the path prefix?
(I’m guessing a little here as I’m not fully familiar with which feature was added with each release)

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35

Maher adding files - works perfectly
I don’t know why it does the important thing that it works

a question
instead of pollo.jpg
I would like to leave the original file name
what string should you add

thanks again for all your help
much appreciated

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//getting file name of active document (without extention)
let fileName = path.parse(app.activeDocument.name).name
let myFile = await myDir.createFile(fileName + ".jpg", { overwrite: true });
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37

Maher sorry if I bother you again
this works well for jpg files
if I wanted to use it to save .tif files how should I proceed
I tried changing .jpg
await app.activeDocument.saveAs.jpg(myFile, { quality: 12 }, true);
with .tif
await app.activeDocument.saveAs.tif(myFile, { quality: 12 }, true);
but I don’t get any feedback where I’m wrong,
you have a solution.

38

As far as I know, TIFF is not (yet) supported by the API. You need to use batchPlay if you want to save as TIFF, e.g. as described in this forum thread.

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I can’t believe it and since this morning I’ve been going crazy about it and now you tell me it wasn’t planned!!!

crazy stuff
I really can’t like this uxp.

I would like to use await lfs.getEntryWithUrl
to save the tif
how could we proceed,
always can it be done?

Thanks for your post

40

A friendly advice to save yourself trouble next time is to read the docs carefully. TIFF is not mentioned with a single word.

Also this thread has been marked as resolved a long time ago. If you have unrelated follow-up questions I’d suggest starting a new thread. For your particular question, there are tons of posts if you search on the forum, e.g. this one where I explained the differences between entries and tokens. getEntryWithURL will give you an entry, turn that into a token and pass it to batchPlay.

As a last piece of friendly advice. Start using try/catch and look at your error messages. This would have told you right away that you were calling a non-existent function with “app.activeDocument.saveAs.tif” :wink:

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