timlogochair wrote:
Basically want to be able to drop very large image files into a folder, have them processed automatically (make several sizes/copies), and then archive the original. Dr Brown's script seem awesome...but I don't want to have to manually do anything to get the thing rolling.
No because you state that you do not want to do anything manually to get the thing rolling right after stating that you will be manually dropping large files into a folder to start with.
Since you are doing something manually why monitor a source image folder and start an automated process for if the process start as you are dropping a large set of large file into your source image folder. Some file may be processed and other may not for they did not exist when the automate process started, You seem to indicate that the process may use the Image processor pro script to process the images. The Image Processor pro would the get the list of files in the source image folder. These file would then be processed as your other large images are still being moved or copied into the source image folder when the image processor pro script ends the automated process must then move the source images to an archive folder that process could move process and unprocessed image files now in the source image folder to the archive folder.
The Image Processor Pro script is also a Photoshop Plug-in which means you can record its use in an action. So all you need do is create an action the uses the image processor pro script to process you source image folder. When you record the action you will need to set all the options you want the script to use in its dialog. These will be recorded into the action step by the image processor pro as the action step is recorded. When the action is played there will be no dialog display no intervention needed the image processor pro script will run using the recorded dialog settings. When the image processor pro action step completes its job the action need to then archive the source image folders files. How the action does the may be platform dependent. For windows the action could use a Photoshop script that simply writes a windows bat command file containing a move file system command to move all files in the source image folder to the archive folder. once the temp bat file is written the script executes the file.
So after you manually drop all the files you want to processed in a batch and to drop copy or move finishes all you need do is run the action in Photoshop. I have not used droplets in years perhaps the action could be turned into one and dropping the image onto the droplet may automate the whole thing. One version of Photoshop I installed had bugs in its droplet feature so I stopped using them for anything.