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Hi all. Can't seem to wrap my head around this one.

Basically I want a batch action to take a folder full of images, retain the filenames, but replace all target images in the batch with duplicates of one specific source image.

Things I've tried:

• Pasting from the clipboard seems to be no good since the image is transparent. I have the source image positioned the way I want it, but "select all, copy, paste" will re-center it in the wrong spot since the clipboard ignores transparency.
• I tried leaving the source image open and attempted to duplicate the source image's layer onto the target image, but that's no good since the action just records changes to the specific target image I'm starting with and returns errors if I'm trying to batch a target image with a different file name.
• I guess maybe I could have multiple save steps in the action, but since the filenames and number of images I'll be batching are going to vary, I'm not sure how that would work.

For me actions are a bit of a headache to set up sometimes, but so useful once you get there. Thanks in advance for any advice!