> Having created an Action, whenever I use it subsequently, the changed files
> are saved in the folder specified in the original Action.
>
> As Actions seem to require 'save as' rather than 'save' is there a way to
> avoid this? Even when creating a Droplet, the files I drog onto it remain
> the same and the resulting files end up on a distant hard disk.
Check the "override action 'save as' commands" checkbox in the destination
section of the "create droplet" dialog. This lets you specify the
destination at the time you create the droplet. Until Photoshop CS, there's
no way to do a "save as" in a batched or dropleted action and have it save
the files back to the same folder they came from -- you have to either:
1. Save 'em to the folder specified in the action (what you're doing now).
2. Save 'em to the folder specified when you create the droplet or run the
batch (the "override" option).
3. Save 'em back over the originals (destination=save and close).
CS lets you have a "save as" in the action and have that folder replaced by
the folder from which the files originally came. This is particularly handy
when you are processing nested folders of images ("include all subfolders"
option in the source part of the batch or create droplet dialog). With this,
you can have a batch or droplet run through nested groups of folders and,
say, save JPEGs next to original camera raw input images.
BTW, the way you enable this is to pick destination="save and close" and
check "override action 'save as' commands". In PS 7 and previous, that
checkbox isn't enabled when you've picked "save and close" for destination.
Russell
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