From Photoshop actions to Photoshop scripting?

Question

I would like Photoshop to automatically execute the following task for a given folder:

1. Load all PNG files in a given folder.
2. Convert each file\'s mode to

Answer 1

look for the file SaveAsDifferentFileType.jsx on your computer, i think you could use this as starting point.

There is now way that i know of to generate this code automatically. I think there is no way around learning how it works:

Here the documentation: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/scripting.html And here a tutorial that will tell you where to begin: http://morris-photographics.com/photoshop/tutorials/scripting1.html

If you are using a MAC you could try the Automator Photoshop actions: http://www.completedigitalphotography.com/?p=339

They will let you do what you want, without any programming know-how.