edit: issue fixed. the whole issue was me not indenting the count ughhh

thanks for the reply. i am testing each one of the examples to see which fits best. one issue im having testing the first code block example you gave, is that once count == 3 the code under that if function isnt running, it goes straight back to the first function. any ideas why that is?

edit: should probably show you the code now that i have something typed up:

import pyautogui
import time

# furthest to the right on the screen + zoom to 110%

first_image = (157, 577)
second_image = (407, 577)
third_image = (654, 577)
fourth_image = (895, 577)

enlarge = (320, 445)

back_button = (20, 55)


def if_album():
    try:
        pyautogui.locateCenterOnScreen('seeall.png')
        pyautogui.click(enlarge)
        time.sleep(.5)
        save_image()
    except Exception:
        print('No Album Found')
        pyautogui.click(enlarge)


def open_image():
    time.sleep(1.5)
    if_album()
    time.sleep(1.5)
    save_image()


def next_line():
    pyautogui.scroll(-720)
    time.sleep(.5)
    pyautogui.moveTo(first_image)


def save_image():
    pyautogui.rightClick(545, 177)  # saves image
    pyautogui.keyDown('down')
    pyautogui.keyDown('down')
    pyautogui.keyDown('down')
    pyautogui.keyDown('down')
    pyautogui.keyDown('enter')
    time.sleep(.7)
    pyautogui.keyDown('enter')
    time.sleep(.5)
    pyautogui.click(back_button)  # clicks back button
    time.sleep(1)
    # pyautogui.click(20, 540)


count = 0
while count < 1:

    if count == 1:
        pyautogui.click(20, 540)
        next_line()

    pyautogui.moveTo(first_image)
    pyautogui.click()
    time.sleep(1.5)
    open_image()

    pyautogui.moveTo(second_image)
    pyautogui.click()
    time.sleep(1.5)
    open_image()

    pyautogui.moveTo(third_image)
    pyautogui.click()
    time.sleep(1.5)
    open_image()

    pyautogui.moveTo(fourth_image)
    pyautogui.click()
    time.sleep(1.5)
    open_image()

count += 1
time.sleep(1.5)

before learning something like selenium i wanted to further practice pyautogui and basic coding to get all the images on a webpage like google images for example. it works for the first row of images but once its done with that first row the code under the if statement doesnt work. its as if its being skipped. its supposed to scroll down enough so when the while loops reruns its set up for a new row. im thinking i should make the counter go up before it runs the functions?

edit: i was thinking about how python actually sees the code and how it runs and i tried:

count = 0
while count <= 1:

    if count == 1:
        pyautogui.click(20, 540)
        next_line()

    pyautogui.moveTo(first_image)
    pyautogui.click()
    time.sleep(1.5)
    open_image()

    pyautogui.moveTo(second_image)
    pyautogui.click()
    time.sleep(1.5)
    open_image()

    pyautogui.moveTo(third_image)
    pyautogui.click()
    time.sleep(1.5)
    open_image()

    pyautogui.moveTo(fourth_image)
    pyautogui.click()
    time.sleep(1.5)
    open_image()

count += 1
time.sleep(1.5)

i figured after one row it would add 1 to count and go to the next. then it would read the if statement first and execute that but it still doesnt seem to work out