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Dear Gurus,


I have multiple (400+) folders, each containing 3 .tga files. The names  of those 3 files are the same in every folder (beauty, ambient &  outline). I'm looking for a way to do the following:

 

 Step 1: Open beauty.tga

 Step 2: Use the alpha channel to duplicate the subject into a new layer

 Step 3: Rename this layer to "beauty"

 Step 4: Delete the Background layer

 Step 5: Open ambient.tga 

 Step 6: Use the alpha channel to duplicate the subject into a new layer

 Step 7: Rename this layer to "ambient"

 Step 8: Copy this "ambient" layer to beauty.tga

 Step 9: Set the layer style of the "ambient" layer to Multiply

 Step 10: Open Outline.tga

 Step 11: Use the alpha channel to duplicate the subject into a new layer

 Step 12: Rename this layer to "outline"

 Step 13: Copy this "outline" layer to beauty.tga

 Step 14: Save beauty.tga as a .PSD file

 Step 15: Automatically repeat these steps for every single one of those 400+ folders.


 Actually, I did manage to get the first 14 steps working, but...

Now the "open" commands within the action refer to actual files, instead  to filenames within a certain folder. So every time I play the action,  it just uses the exact files I used when I was recording. Makes sense of  course, but that way I can't apply the action to multiple folders.


Any ideas/solutions?


 Thanks!


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