Action sheet
Each action opened step by step: dialog turned on, recorded path, a plugin found on a single workstation, owner and review date. Actions without an owner are retired.
Deliverable: ficha_acoes.csv reviewed with the retouching teamOcto for actions and batch processing in Photoshop
Six hundred photos, one reviewed action, no file overwritten. The one who releases the batch is you.
Photoshop processes whole folders with recorded actions, through Batch, droplets, the Image Processor and variables. Octo inventories the actions, writes the output profiles and the naming pattern, calls the action from a script with several outputs without overwriting anything and checks the folder by content. The photo, the retouching and the release stay with people.
Current version27.11September 2026 update, according to Adobe's help
Actions per cloud request10in the Photoshop API, according to the documentation
Documented command linenonein the pages read; the batch runs with Photoshop open
Sources15listed at the end of the page
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What Octo does with your batch.
Six possible deliverables, drawn from the research. None of them saves over the original, all of them check the result by content, and all of them go to review by whoever answers for the image.
Versioned output profiles
Web, catalog and print, with long side, quality, ICC profile and file size range. The script and the check read the same file.
Deliverable: perfis_saida.json with historyA script that calls the action
The action does the retouching; the script decides name, destination and sizes, closes the original without saving and logs each file.
Deliverable: processar_lote.jsx and registro_lote.csvPieces from a spreadsheet
Variables in the template and a data set checked before import: column names, quotes in the price, photo path, file name.
Deliverable: lote_variaveis.csv, checkedChecks by content
JPEG, PNG, TIFF and PSD dimensions, embedded ICC profile, file size, naming pattern, what is missing and what is extra.
Deliverable: conferencia.csv and a manifest with sha256Source left untouched
The input folder is read-only; the queue works on copies with sha256, in parts that redo themselves.
Deliverable: fila_lote.sh and fila.csv
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Eight arms, one checked batch.
The same Octo cycle, applied to actions and batch processing. Each arm has a narrow role; the ones who approve the image, the action and the delivery are people.
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Discovery
Surveys what already runs
Which batches go out every week, with which actions, on which Photoshop version and on how many workstations.
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Data
Writes the sheet, profiles and spreadsheets
Action sheet, output profiles, naming pattern and data sets in versioned files.
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Security
Protects the source and the data
Read-only input, separate output, nothing overwritten, photos of people and spreadsheets with names flagged (LGPD, Brazil's data protection law).
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Architecture
Chooses the path
Batch, droplet, Image Processor, variables, script or cloud, depending on the task and the volume.
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Development
Writes the script, queue and check
A script that calls the action, a queue for the input folder and the check, with the source of each rule noted.
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Review
Checks by content
Dimensions, ICC profile, file size, names, missing and extra files. "The batch finished" is not a check.
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Release
Prepares the delivery
Checked folder and manifest. Delivery to the e-commerce site or the client is approved by a person.
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Documentation
Records what applies to your environment
Actions and versions, profiles, who approved each batch and what changed from one version of the action to the next.
Octo closes the original without saving and does not overwrite files. It does not approve photos, does not change actions without review and does not hold anyone's license.
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Every task, its own path.
The criteria Octo uses to choose, with the documented limit of each path.
| Task | Path | Notes |
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| Same action on a folder, one destination | Batch | Action with no dialogs and no recorded path |
| Studio input folder | Droplet with a queue | A droplet keeps the destination from when it was created |
| JPEG for web and TIFF for archive | Image Processor | Options to check in the installed version |
| Several outputs with the client's naming | Script with app.doAction | The script decides name and destination and doesn't overwrite |
| Series of pieces from a spreadsheet | Variables and data sets | Spreadsheet checked before import |
| Turning a reviewed action into code | "Copy As JavaScript" and batchPlay | Developer mode; see the scripts page |
| Large volume without a workstation | Photoshop API, execute-actions | Up to 10 actions and one image per request |
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From batching by hand to a checked batch.
Three steps. Each one only makes sense after the previous one has shown results on your team.
A proposal, not a promise
Sheet and check
Octo opens the actions and checks the folder that already goes out, without changing how you process.
- Actions with dialogs and recorded paths
- Missing and extra files against the originals
- Manifest with sha256
Profiles and script
Written profiles, a naming pattern and the script calling the reviewed action with several outputs.
- Nothing overwritten
- A log of every file
- Retoucher present and releasing
Queue and spreadsheets
Input folder in a checked queue and series of pieces from a checked spreadsheet.
- Parts that redo themselves
- Data sets with no swapped prices
- Cloud only for actions already tested
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Confirmed by a source.
Every point below has a source published by the vendor, by the project or by the responsible agency. The sources are in the next section.
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points with a published source, each with its reference shown alongside.
- ConfirmedActions become code through the Actions panel
- With developer mode, "Copy As JavaScript" copies the steps as
batchPlaycalls; commands that change the document run inexecuteAsModal.Source: developer.adobe.com, batchPlay and executeAsModal - ConfirmedCloud actions have limits
- Up to 10 actions per request, one input image, up to 25 outputs, inline ActionJSON up to 50 KB.Source: developer.adobe.com, Photoshop API, Actions Migration
- ConfirmedUXP script run from an action
- A .psjs script (Photoshop 23.5 or newer) runs from File > Scripts > Browse, by dragging the file or from an action.Source: developer.adobe.com, UXP Scripting in Photoshop
- ConfirmedBatch options
- Source, destination, names and error logging; "Save and Close" writes over the originals.Source: Adobe help, Batch and droplet processing options (Feb 23, 2026)
- ConfirmedDroplets across systems
- EXE extension when creating; a Windows droplet is dragged onto the Photoshop icon on macOS to be updated.Source: Adobe help, Create a droplet from an action (Feb 23, 2026)
- ConfirmedImage Processor options
- JPEG (quality 0 to 12), PSD and TIFF with LZW, resize to fit, sRGB, ICC profile and action; each format in its own subfolder, without overwriting.Source: Adobe help, Convert files with the Image Processor (Feb 23, 2026)
- ConfirmedFile name from the spreadsheet
- Export generates one PSD per data set, with the base name plus the data set name; the first column can provide the data set name on import.Source: Adobe help, Create data-driven graphics and Import variable data sets (October 2026)
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What Octo does, and what stays with you.
Octo prepares everything, but it does not sign. The document of record stays with whoever is accountable for it.
Octo prepares
Surveys, calculates, organizes and produces the documents: processed files, proofs, reports and spreadsheets.
Deliverable: material ready to checkYour team checks
The client or the art director checks what Octo delivered before approving. If something doesn't add up, it goes back to Octo with the correction.
Step: checked by the person who approvesWho approves
Octo does not approve the artwork. Artwork carries no legal signature: approval of the artwork and the proof stays with the client or the art director.
Approval: client or art director
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Sources.
Adobe developer pages (UXP, batchPlay, executeAsModal, manifest, migration, Photoshop API), Photoshop help pages and an Adobe community post, consulted on Oct 31, 2026.
- batchPlayCopy As JavaScript, descriptors
- executeAsModalModal state, progress, history
- UXP Scripting in Photoshop.psjs, run from an action
- Photoshop manifestenableMenuRecording
- Photoshop API, Actions Migrationexecute-actions, limits
- Photoshop API, Photoshop Actions.atn file, actionName
- UXP Migration CenterRoadmap per application
- What's new in PhotoshopHelp; 27.11, September 2026
- System requirementsHelp; version 27.x
- Variables and naming from the spreadsheetAdobe community, 2017
- Batch and droplet processing optionsHelp; Batch and droplet options
- Create a droplet from an actionHelp; droplets across systems
- Convert files with the Image ProcessorHelp; Image Processor options
- Create data-driven graphicsHelp; one PSD per data set
- Import variable data setsHelp; quotes, paths, first column
Your Photoshop batch, with a reviewed action and a checked folder.
The assessment starts with the sheet of the actions that already run and a check of an output folder that already exists. You get what is missing, what is extra, what fell outside the profile and the questions only your team can answer, and you decide with that in hand.