{"id":519,"date":"2026-03-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dustmagic.io\/blog\/3-4-photoshop-batch-actions-layers\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T13:02:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:02:31","slug":"3-4-photoshop-batch-actions-layers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dustmagic.io\/blog\/3-4-photoshop-batch-actions-layers\/","title":{"rendered":"3.4 Photoshop: Batch Cleaning, Actions and Layers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DustMagic includes a Photoshop script, <strong>DustMagic Batch<\/strong>, that cleans dust, fibers and scratches without leaving Photoshop. It sends a flattened copy of your image to DustMagic and brings the cleaned result back, either as a new layer or flattened into the image. Your layers are never changed unless you choose to flatten.<\/p>\n<p>There are three ways to use it from Photoshop, plus the DustMagic app on its own:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>One image at a time<\/strong>, cleaned automatically or opened in DustMagic to check and brush by hand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>All open images in one go<\/strong> \u2014 the fastest way to clean a set of images inside Photoshop.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A Photoshop action run by File \u2192 Automate \u2192 Batch<\/strong>, for cleaning a whole folder unattended, including layered PSD files.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The DustMagic app<\/strong> \u2014 the fastest route of all for folders of TIFF or JPEG scans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Setting Up<\/h2>\n<p>DustMagic installs the script for you; it takes about a minute, once.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In DustMagic, choose <strong>Help \u2192 Photoshop Integration\u2026<\/strong> and click <strong>Install Script<\/strong>. If an older script is installed, the button reads <strong>Update<\/strong> instead, and DustMagic also offers the update when it starts.<\/li>\n<li>On Windows the script goes inside Photoshop&#8217;s own program folder, so the first install can ask for administrator rights. If it does, close DustMagic, right-click it, choose <strong>Run as administrator<\/strong>, and install again.<\/li>\n<li>Restart Photoshop. Photoshop only finds new scripts when it starts.<\/li>\n<li>Check that <strong>File \u2192 Automate<\/strong> now lists <strong>DustMagic Batch\u2026<\/strong>, next to Batch.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The script finds DustMagic by itself. If it ever says it can&#8217;t, run <strong>File \u2192 Scripts \u2192 DustMagic Configure Path<\/strong> once and point it at DustMagic (DustMagic.exe on Windows, DustMagic.app on a Mac).<\/p>\n<h2>The DustMagic Batch Dialog<\/h2>\n<p>Every run starts with one dialog, which remembers your last choices.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Option<\/th>\n<th>Choices<\/th>\n<th>What it does<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Images<\/td>\n<td>This image \u00b7 All open images<\/td>\n<td>Clean the active document, or every open document in one go.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mode<\/td>\n<td>Clean automatically \u00b7 Open in DustMagic<\/td>\n<td><em>Automatically<\/em>: DustMagic cleans in the background with no window. <em>Open in DustMagic<\/em>: the DustMagic window opens so you can check, brush and save by hand.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Profile<\/td>\n<td>Your default \u00b7 Conservative \u00b7 your saved profiles<\/td>\n<td>The detection settings to use. The first entry is whatever you chose with <strong>Default<\/strong> in DustMagic, or Conservative if you haven&#8217;t chosen one.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Resolution<\/td>\n<td>Quarter \u00b7 Half \u00b7 Three-quarter \u00b7 Full<\/td>\n<td>The resolution DustMagic detects at in automatic mode. Half suits most scans; the cleaned output is always full size. In <em>Open in DustMagic<\/em>, the window&#8217;s own Detection Res setting applies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Result<\/td>\n<td>Add as a new layer \u00b7 Replace the image<\/td>\n<td>Add the cleaned image as a <em>DustMagic Cleaned<\/em> layer on top, or flatten it into the image. See <a href=\"#layers\">Layers<\/a> below.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>DustMagic receives a flattened copy of the visible image, at the document&#8217;s own bit depth (8 or 16 bits; 32-bit is sent as 16-bit). Alpha and spot channels aren&#8217;t sent and stay untouched in your document.<\/p>\n<p>With <em>Open in DustMagic<\/em>, only the images you actually save in DustMagic are changed. If you close DustMagic without saving, the document is left as it was.<\/p>\n<h2>Choosing a Workflow<\/h2>\n<p>For a few images you have open, use <strong>All open images<\/strong>. For a folder of layered PSD files, use an action with Batch. For a folder of TIFF or JPEG scans, use the DustMagic app.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Workflow<\/th>\n<th>Best for<\/th>\n<th>Speed<\/th>\n<th>Layers<\/th>\n<th>Unattended<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>DustMagic app<\/td>\n<td>Folders of TIFF or JPEG scans<\/td>\n<td>Fastest<\/td>\n<td>Writes flattened files to a <code>cleaned<\/code> folder; can&#8217;t open PSD files<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>All open images, automatic<\/td>\n<td>A set of images open in Photoshop<\/td>\n<td>Fast: one DustMagic run, images cleaned in parallel<\/td>\n<td>Kept (or flattened, your choice)<\/td>\n<td>Yes, once started<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>All open images, Open in DustMagic<\/td>\n<td>Reviewing and brushing a set by hand<\/td>\n<td>Your pace<\/td>\n<td>Kept (or flattened)<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>This image, automatic<\/td>\n<td>A quick clean while editing<\/td>\n<td>About 2\u20133 s per image<\/td>\n<td>Kept (or flattened)<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>This image, Open in DustMagic<\/td>\n<td>Checking and brushing one image<\/td>\n<td>Your pace<\/td>\n<td>Kept (or flattened)<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Action with File \u2192 Automate \u2192 Batch<\/td>\n<td>A folder of files, especially layered PSD<\/td>\n<td>Slowest: one DustMagic run per image<\/td>\n<td>Kept, saved back in the file&#8217;s own format<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Cleaning All Open Images in One Go<\/h2>\n<p>This is the quickest way to clean several images inside Photoshop. DustMagic starts once and cleans every image in parallel, instead of starting again for each one.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the images you want to clean (for example, select them in Bridge or Explorer and open them together).<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>File \u2192 Automate \u2192 DustMagic Batch\u2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Images<\/strong>, choose <strong>All open images<\/strong>. Choose <strong>Clean automatically<\/strong>, a profile, a resolution and a result, then click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>A progress window shows each stage: preparing the images, cleaning in DustMagic, then adding each result.<\/li>\n<li>A summary lists how many images were cleaned and any that couldn&#8217;t be. One problem image doesn&#8217;t stop the others.<\/li>\n<li>Save the images as usual. <strong>File \u2192 Close All<\/strong> asks about each one, or saves them all if you tick <strong>Apply to All<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To review a set by hand instead, choose <strong>Open in DustMagic<\/strong>. All the open images appear in DustMagic&#8217;s filmstrip. Brush and save the ones that need it, then close DustMagic; only the images you saved are updated.<\/p>\n<p>All open images is meant to be run from the menu. Don&#8217;t use it inside an action for File \u2192 Automate \u2192 Batch: Batch keeps your other documents open, so each pass would clean them again.<\/p>\n<h2>Recording a DustMagic Action<\/h2>\n<p>Record the action once; the settings you pick are stored in the action step, so it plays back the same way every time.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open any image and show the Actions panel (<strong>Window \u2192 Actions<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>Click the folder icon to create a set, e.g. <em>DustMagic<\/em>. Then click <strong>+<\/strong> to create an action, e.g. <em>DustMagic clean<\/em>, and click <strong>Record<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>File \u2192 Automate \u2192 DustMagic Batch\u2026<\/strong>. Pick <strong>This image<\/strong>, <strong>Clean automatically<\/strong>, your profile, a resolution and a result, then click <strong>OK<\/strong>. Wait for the cleaned result to appear.<\/li>\n<li>Optional: to save each result in a fixed format, choose <strong>File \u2192 Save As\u2026<\/strong>, pick the format (e.g. TIFF) and any folder, and save. You only need this for Batch&#8217;s <em>Folder<\/em> destination, below.<\/li>\n<li>Click the square <strong>Stop<\/strong> button in the Actions panel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The step appears in the action as <strong>DustMagic Batch\u2026<\/strong>. To change its settings later, double-click the step. To be asked each time instead, turn on its dialog toggle (the small box to the left of the step).<\/p>\n<p>Play the action from the Actions panel to clean the active image, or assign it a function key in <em>Action Options<\/em> to clean with a single key press.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Test it after a restart.<\/strong> Before running a big batch, quit and restart Photoshop, open an image and play the action once. It should clean the image without asking anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recorded your action before updating DustMagic?<\/strong> Record it again. Actions recorded with an older version of the script can stop working after Photoshop restarts: playing them opens <em>Configure DustMagic Path<\/em>, or asks where DustMagic is for every image. Update DustMagic, choose <strong>Update<\/strong> in <strong>Help \u2192 Photoshop Integration\u2026<\/strong>, restart Photoshop, then delete the old action and record a new one.<\/p>\n<h2>Cleaning a Folder with File \u2192 Automate \u2192 Batch<\/h2>\n<p>Batch runs your action on every file in a folder without you there. It is the right choice for layered PSD files, which the DustMagic app can&#8217;t open.<\/p>\n<p>Choose <strong>File \u2192 Automate \u2192 Batch<\/strong> and set:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Play:<\/strong> your <em>DustMagic<\/em> set and action.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Source:<\/strong> <em>Folder<\/em>, then choose the folder. Tick <strong>Suppress File Open Options Dialogs<\/strong> and <strong>Suppress Color Profile Warnings<\/strong> so nothing stops the run.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Destination:<\/strong> one of the three options in the table below.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Errors:<\/strong> <strong>Log Errors to File<\/strong>, so one failed image doesn&#8217;t stop the batch; the log lists any that failed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Destination<\/th>\n<th>What happens<\/th>\n<th>Use it when<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Save and Close<\/td>\n<td>Each file is saved back over itself, in its own format, bit depth and compression<\/td>\n<td>Layered PSD files you want to keep layered, or flat scans with <strong>Replace the image<\/strong>. Work on a copy of the folder, since the originals are overwritten. With <strong>Add as a new layer<\/strong>, TIFFs get much bigger (see <a href=\"#layers\">Layers<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Folder<\/td>\n<td>Each file is saved to the folder you choose, using the format from your action&#8217;s <em>Save As<\/em> step<\/td>\n<td>You want the originals untouched. Tick <strong>Override Action &#8220;Save As&#8221; Commands<\/strong>; the action must contain a Save As step (step 4 when recording)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<td>Files are left open<\/td>\n<td>Only a handful of images you want to check before saving<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Keep the action&#8217;s DustMagic step on <strong>This image<\/strong>; <strong>All open images<\/strong> doesn&#8217;t suit Batch (see above).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"layers\">Layers: Keep Them or Flatten<\/h2>\n<p>Choose <strong>Add as a new layer<\/strong> to keep your layers, and <strong>Replace the image<\/strong> for flat scans where layers don&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Add as a new layer<\/th>\n<th>Replace the image<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Your layers<\/td>\n<td>All kept; the result sits on top as <em>DustMagic Cleaned<\/em><\/td>\n<td>Merged into one; layers are lost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Undo a cleaned area<\/td>\n<td>Paint on a layer mask, or lower the opacity<\/td>\n<td>Use History, or undo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>File size<\/td>\n<td>Grows by the stored layers. A flat TIFF saved with layers can be about five times its original size<\/td>\n<td>About the same as the original<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Best for<\/td>\n<td>Edited or layered files, and checking the result<\/td>\n<td>Flat scans going straight to TIFF or JPEG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Things to know when you keep layers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The cleaned layer is a picture of the image as it looked when you cleaned it.<\/strong> It covers everything below it, so later changes to layers underneath won&#8217;t show. Clean first and edit afterwards, or keep adjustment layers above the cleaned layer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smart objects, adjustment layers and blend modes<\/strong> are all included as they look, because DustMagic cleans the flattened visible image.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saving decides what survives.<\/strong> PSD keeps every layer. TIFF can keep layers if you tick <em>Layers<\/em> when saving. JPEG can&#8217;t hold layers, so Photoshop saves a flattened copy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Batch with Save and Close<\/strong> saves each file in its own format, so layered PSD files stay layered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Layered TIFFs are large.<\/strong> A TIFF with layers stores the flattened image plus every layer, and Photoshop compresses the layers with RLE by default, which hardly shrinks photos. In our tests an 8-bit LZW scan of about 23 MB became about 125 MB with a <em>DustMagic Cleaned<\/em> layer added. The bit depth and image compression stay as they were. For flat scans, choose <strong>Replace the image<\/strong> and files stay close to their original size. To keep the layer in a smaller file, add a <strong>Save As<\/strong> step to the action with <strong>Layer Compression: ZIP<\/strong> (and <strong>Image Compression: ZIP<\/strong>) in the TIFF Options, and use Batch&#8217;s <em>Folder<\/em> destination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Speed: Photoshop or the DustMagic App<\/h2>\n<p>The DustMagic app is the fastest way to clean many scans. Inside Photoshop, <strong>All open images<\/strong> is several times faster than Batch.<\/p>\n<p>Each image going through Photoshop involves steps the app skips. Photoshop flattens and exports a copy, then reopens the cleaned file and adds it to your document. DustMagic&#8217;s own part is short: about 2 seconds per scan, including about 1 second to start.<\/p>\n<p>That start-up time is why Batch is the slowest route. Batch handles one file at a time, so DustMagic starts once for every image. <strong>All open images<\/strong> starts DustMagic once and cleans the images in parallel. In our tests on 8 scans (2,658 \u00d7 1,753 px, 16-bit), DustMagic&#8217;s part took 15.9 s with one start per image and 6.2 s all at once. Photoshop&#8217;s own exporting and pasting comes on top of both.<\/p>\n<p>The DustMagic app has no Photoshop steps at all and cleans on up to 8 processor cores at once. For a folder of TIFF or JPEG scans, clean it in the app first, then open the cleaned files in Photoshop to carry on editing.<\/p>\n<h2>License Notes and Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n<p><strong>License.<\/strong> In the free trial everything works, but cleaned results carry a &#8220;DUSTMAGIC TRIAL&#8221; watermark. After a license expires you can keep cleaning one image at a time by hand, with no watermark. Automatic cleaning (including All open images, actions and Batch) needs a current license. With an expired license, DustMagic opens its window for each image instead, so you can clean and save it yourself.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Problem<\/th>\n<th>Fix<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>DustMagic Batch isn&#8217;t in <strong>File \u2192 Automate<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Restart Photoshop. If it&#8217;s still missing, reinstall from <strong>Help \u2192 Photoshop Integration\u2026<\/strong> in DustMagic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8220;DustMagic&#8217;s location isn&#8217;t set&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Run <strong>File \u2192 Scripts \u2192 DustMagic Configure Path<\/strong> once and choose DustMagic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Playing an action opens <em>Configure DustMagic Path<\/em>, or asks where DustMagic is for every image<\/td>\n<td>The action was recorded with an older script. Update DustMagic, update the script from <strong>Help \u2192 Photoshop Integration\u2026<\/strong>, restart Photoshop, then delete the action and record it again<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Files saved by Batch are several times bigger<\/td>\n<td>The cleaned layer was saved inside the TIFF. Use <strong>Replace the image<\/strong> for flat scans, or save with ZIP layer compression (see <a href=\"#layers\">Layers<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8220;The DustMagic profile \u2026 no longer exists&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>The profile was renamed or deleted. Double-click the action step and choose another profile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8220;This DustMagic is older than the Photoshop script&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Update DustMagic to the latest version<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The image wasn&#8217;t changed<\/td>\n<td>DustMagic was closed without saving. Run it again and save the image before closing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A black command window flashes for each image<\/td>\n<td>Normal: it&#8217;s how the script starts DustMagic and waits for it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Batch stops on an error<\/td>\n<td>Set <strong>Errors<\/strong> to <strong>Log Errors to File<\/strong> in the Batch dialog so the rest carry on<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Next Steps<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Photoshop basics and other editors \u2014 <strong>3.2: Photoshop &amp; Other Editors<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Choosing detection settings and saving profiles \u2014 <strong>2.1: DustMagic Profiles Explained<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Large folders in the DustMagic app \u2014 <strong>4.3: High-Volume Processing Tips<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clean all open images in one go, record a DustMagic action for File \u2192 Automate \u2192 Batch, and choose between keeping layers and flattening, plus how Photoshop compares with the DustMagic app for speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-series-3-integration-guides"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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