'Open' VS 'Open in camera raw' => "to respect image sequence

[pedromarques]

This is my open event that runs a script when an image is opened:

Code: Select allif (BridgeTalk.appName == "photoshop"){
    app.notifiersEnabled = true;
    var eventFileOpn = new File("myFileScript.jsx");
    try{
        app.notifiers.add("Opn ", eventFileOpn);
    }catch(e){}
}

When I open an image directly on photoshop, my active open event runs a script and this runs well.
When I open a group of CR2 images using Open normal command it automatically opens it through AdobeCameraRaw and then opens it on Photoshop, and my active open event runs that same script well.

But, when I do the same using "open in camera raw" (not the normal open on bridge) the open listener event doesn't run anymore.

In addition, the command "Open" doesn't respect the manual sort sequence of images on bridge but the "open in camera raw" does!

A
Conclusion, I need "open in camera raw" to get my correct sequence of images but I loose photoshop open event detection. I need this sequence of images because I will rename and save automatically numbered that sequence with other script.
B
Or I open normally in bridge (loosing manual sort sequence order) and having photoshop open event detection working well.

This makes no sense because I need both, and I must use Bridge navigation to choose and classify images.

[Mike Hale]

I have also run into this problem. I was unable to find a way to get the open event handler to respond to images open that way.

One workaround is to use Bridge to batch rename the manually sorted images. Then use the normal open command which should now maintain the order because of the renaming.

[pedromarques]

Yes Mike, I remember that well. 2 or 3 years ago I have made that question and the solution was that.
It is not the ideal one.
At that time I was able to deal with 100 images in one day average.
3 years passed and now I have in my team several colleagues that are dealing with 500 images daily each one and with more quality per image.

The milliseconds in all scripts must be reviewed and optimized.
If I had to choose, I would prefer to loose the open event and get the images on its manual chosen sequence with 'open in cameraraw'.


I think it would be logical to have a open command that might behave like 'open in cameraraw' or at least give us that choice.
The renaming thing works but it not always work well if we are in a productivity environment where the time is money. Bridge is a bit slow at the end.


Thanks anyway.

[Mike Hale]

Here is something else that may work for you. You can use BridgeTalk to get an array of images selected in Bridge. That array honors the Bridge custom sort. Depending on what you are trying to do you may need to move the code from your open handler to inside the loop that opens the array. I don't think the open event handler will run if the file is opened with a script.

[Paul MR]

If you are working on a selection of files this might work for you...
http://www.scriptsrus.talktalk.net/Manual%20Batch.htm

I'm sure it could be modified to open the files in ACR.