Batch PSD to AI: manifest naming, color buckets, and hash-idempotent retries at thousand-file scale
`batch-psd-ai` serves SKU packs and localized one-pagers: the failure mode is a few bad files hiding in a zip. Drive filenames from manifests, bucket mixed RGB/CMYK sources before prepress screams, throttle overnight egress, and skip re-encoding successes via output hashes—only retry true failures.
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- Pilot ~20 PSDs, batch-open in Illustrator for modal errors, freeze naming regex and manifest schema, then shard queues by locale or channel.
- Post-run, assert counts vs manifest, Acrobat-spot-check fonts, quarantine error classes, and forbid silent overwrites of good outputs.
- Ship manifests plus signed sampling reports; reruns touch only failed keys to save quota and bandwidth.
PSD to AI (batch) FAQ
Thousands of PSDs need .ai outputs—how do filenames stay locked to SKU, locale, and channel without human renames?
Generate names from a manifest keyed on PSD path or embedded metadata and validate with CI regex—manual tweaks break factory ingestion scripts and make recalls nearly impossible.
Some batch .ais throw Illustrator errors—how do we triage without rerunning everything?
Classify logs into corrupt files, oversize assets, missing fonts, and version issues, each with its own SLA; retry only the failing bucket to save time and quota versus blanket reruns.
One zip mixes sRGB, CMYK, and untagged PSDs—how do we keep prepress sane?
Normalize to agreed working spaces or split buckets before conversion and record ICC per row in the manifest—prepress gets profiles, not a mystery grab bag.
Nightly jobs peg outbound bandwidth—what scheduling guardrails help?
Apply rate limits, multipart uploads, and time windows; split giant directories so daytime human downloads stay usable and cloud egress bills stay predictable.
Failures trigger reruns—will we pay twice and overwrite good files?
Key on input hash plus parameter version: if an output hash already passed preflight, skip; retry failures into new attempt folders so successful bytes stay immutable for audits.