I am assuming that this is the first time for these particular files to be run through PS. If this is the case you need to understand that PS needs to be told the compression level for the JPEG to be saved at. If you have not incorporated it into the action somehow then it is going to pause until it gets its answer from you directly. What you need to do is put a "save as" command into the action followed by a "close" command. These two steps will of course be the final lines in the action. Its not important where you save the file that you are using to write the action. I usually just save it to the desktop for easy deletion later. The important part is that this step sets the level of compression for when the file gets saved. You are actually going to override the "save as" step when you run the batch by designating "folder" in the destination box and choosing the appropriate folder and also checking the "override action save as command" box. This is the key to this puzzle. After you have run images through an initial batch such as this then you may do a simple "save and close" to run any subsequent batches on these images.
Hope this makes sense. Its a little confusing the first time you have to do it.
thanks, David
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