diff --git a/crates/engine/src/actions_cmds.rs b/crates/engine/src/actions_cmds.rs
index e454d31c..098d3087 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/actions_cmds.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/actions_cmds.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub fn shell_save_command(id: &str) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// View-only menu commands recorded by the desktop shell. Headless playback reports
-/// them as unsupported instead of silently dropping them.
+/// them as unsupported instead of silently dropping them; Batch and droplets skip them.
 pub fn shell_view_command(id: &str) -> bool {
     matches!(id, "view.fitOnScreen" | "view.actualPixels" | "view.zoomIn" | "view.zoomOut")
 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/automate_cmds.rs b/crates/engine/src/automate_cmds.rs
index 36c68d15..f26ba1ad 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/automate_cmds.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/automate_cmds.rs
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ fn create_droplet(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let path = p.get("path").and_then(Value::as_str).filter(|v| !v.is_empty()).ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, "missing \"path\" (where to save the droplet)"))?;
     let steps_v = p.get("steps").or_else(|| p.get("action")).ok_or_else(|| bad(cmd, "missing \"steps\" (the action to run)"))?;
     let mut steps = parse_steps(steps_v, cmd)?;
-    // The droplet's output folder replaces recorded saves, as in batch.
-    steps.retain(|(id, _)| !crate::actions_cmds::shell_save_command(id));
+    // The droplet's output folder replaces recorded saves, and view steps don't apply, as in batch.
+    steps.retain(|(id, _)| !crate::actions_cmds::shell_save_command(id) && !crate::actions_cmds::shell_view_command(id));
     check_known(&steps, cmd)?;
     let path = if path.ends_with(".pcdroplet") || path.ends_with(".json") { path.to_string() } else { format!("{path}.pcdroplet") };
     let name = p.get("name").and_then(Value::as_str).map(str::to_string).unwrap_or_else(|| stem(&path));
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/automate_cmds/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/automate_cmds/tests.rs
index 33ef1328..73fb157c 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/automate_cmds/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/automate_cmds/tests.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,21 @@ fn droplets_are_written_and_run() {
     assert!(s.execute("file.automate.createDroplet", json!({"path": path, "steps": [["bogus", {}]]})).is_err());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn batch_and_droplets_skip_recorded_view_steps() {
+    let dir = tmp("view-steps");
+    images(&dir, 1, 40, 20);
+    let steps = json!([["view.zoomIn", {}], ["image.imageRotation.90cw", {}], ["view.fitOnScreen", {}]]);
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let r = s.execute("file.automate.batch", json!({"steps": steps, "input": dir.clone(), "output": format!("{dir}/batch"), "format": "png"})).unwrap();
+    assert!(r["errors"].as_array().unwrap().is_empty(), "{r}");
+    let out = photocraft_codecs::decode(&std::fs::read(format!("{dir}/batch/img0.png")).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(out.dimensions(), (20, 40));
+    let r = s.execute("file.automate.createDroplet", json!({"path": format!("{dir}/Rotate"), "steps": steps})).unwrap();
+    let v: Value = serde_json::from_slice(&std::fs::read(r["path"].as_str().unwrap()).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(v["action"]["steps"], json!([["image.imageRotation.90cw", {}]]));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn statistics_makes_a_stack_mode_smart_object() {
     let dir = tmp("stats");
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/file_cmds.rs b/crates/engine/src/file_cmds.rs
index dcb6bd2b..c44373f4 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/file_cmds.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/file_cmds.rs
@@ -775,8 +775,9 @@ fn batch(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let mut steps =
         parse_steps(p.get("steps").or_else(|| p.get("action")).ok_or_else(|| EngineError::BadParams { cmd: cmd.into(), msg: "missing \"steps\"".into() })?)?;
     // Each result goes to the destination folder, which overrides the action's recorded Save /
-    // Save As steps (Photoshop's "Override Action 'Save As' Commands").
-    steps.retain(|(id, _)| !crate::actions_cmds::shell_save_command(id));
+    // Save As steps (Photoshop's "Override Action 'Save As' Commands"). Recorded view steps
+    // (zoom, fit) don't change the output, so they are skipped (#2752).
+    steps.retain(|(id, _)| !crate::actions_cmds::shell_save_command(id) && !crate::actions_cmds::shell_view_command(id));
     if let Some((id, _)) = steps.iter().find(|(id, _)| crate::commands::find(id).is_none()) {
         return Err(EngineError::BadParams { cmd: cmd.into(), msg: format!("unknown command `{id}` in the action") });
     }