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‎Jul 17, 2017
12:44 PM
That is neat indeed: charIDToTypeID('Bckw') Thank you sir 🙂 very much appreciated, one always learns in this place! Davide
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‎Jul 16, 2017
06:21 AM
Hi, I was wondering if some of you has already come up with a way to find the reference to the "parent" of a clipped layer. E.g. In this case, the input is the current layer (Levels), which is clipped (alongside with Curves) to the Dup layer. I'm interested in getting the "Dup" (as the parent, so to speak), starting from the "Levels" (the child clipped). Thanks, Davide http://htmlpanelsbook.com
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‎May 09, 2017
07:56 AM
Vasily, if I remember properly, in the HTML Panels book there are examples of Panels connecting to a remote server to load / execute JSX code: could that scenario fit as an answer to your question? Davide
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‎May 09, 2017
07:43 AM
Premiopolis, are you talking about the code I've provided? It's definitely not C++, it's ActionManager, which is a particular flavour of ExtendScript (quite a spicy one) 🙂 Not to give myself a plug, but as you might now I'm writing a book about Photoshop Scripting, and I've a big fat chapter on AM code – it'll take some extra months to be ready, though. Cheers, Davide
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‎May 04, 2017
12:35 PM
1 Upvote
Grazie @Premiopolis, you can also have a look at the "PIStringTerminology.h" file in the Photoshop SDK. Cheers, Davide
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‎May 02, 2017
02:53 PM
2 Upvotes
Apparently the On/Off is permanent – you can reboot PS and the setting sticks. I'm not sure about your second question: I would say that, being the logging shut off, the performance impact is negligible – but only an Adobe engineer can reply properly. Davide
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‎May 02, 2017
02:32 PM
4 Upvotes
Hi, is this one close enough? function cTID(key) { return charIDToTypeID(key); } function sTID(key) { return stringIDToTypeID(key); } var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putProperty(sTID('property'), cTID('wlcm')); ref.putEnumerated(sTID('application'), sTID('ordinal'), sTID('targetEnum')); var argsDesc = new ActionDescriptor(); argsDesc.putReference(sTID('target'), ref); var appDesc = executeAction(sTID('get'), argsDesc, DialogModes.NO); var convertDesc = new ActionDescriptor(); convertDesc.putObject(sTID('object'), sTID('object'), appDesc ); var jsonDesc = executeAction(sTID('convertJSONdescriptor'), convertDesc, DialogModes.NO ); jsonDesc.getString(sTID('json')); Davide www.davidebarranca.com http://htmlpanelsbook.com
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‎May 02, 2017
02:14 PM
3 Upvotes
I can confirm that ScriptingListener works on CC 2017. You should download the latest (available) version from Adobe, then move the file in the Photoshop CC 2017/Plug-ins/ folder and restart PS. The ScriptListener.log file should then be saved on your Desktop. You can switch on/off the ScriptingListener output with this code: /* OFF */ var listenerID = stringIDToTypeID("AdobeScriptListener ScriptListener"); var keyLogID = charIDToTypeID('Log '); var d = new ActionDescriptor; d.putBoolean(keyLogID, false); executeAction(listenerID, d, DialogModes.NO); /* ON */ var listenerID = stringIDToTypeID("AdobeScriptListener ScriptListener"); var keyLogID = charIDToTypeID('Log '); var d = new ActionDescriptor; d.putBoolean(keyLogID, true); executeAction(listenerID, d, DialogModes.NO); Davide Barranca www.davidebarranca.com
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‎May 02, 2017
02:02 PM
For that (timestamp server error), also have a look here: HTML Panel Tips #24: Fixing ZXP Timestamping errors | Photoshop, etc. I've had issues myself submitting to Adobe Add-ons yesterday (stalled while checking the upload), but now it seems fine. Davide
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‎May 01, 2017
02:26 PM
2 Upvotes
Mauricio, give the following a try: function drawButton() { this.graphics.drawImage(this.image,0,0); } var dlg = new Window ("dialog", "My dialog", [0,0,0,0]) dlg.size = [150,300] dlg.location = [600,260] var dlgborda = dlg.add('panel', [10,5,140,280], ''); var b1 = File (Folder.desktop + "/icon_fx.png"); var b1 = dlgborda.add("iconbutton", [0,0,0,0], ScriptUI.newImage(b1),) b1.location = [5, 8] b1.size = [50, 50] b1.onDraw = drawButton; var b2 = File (Folder.desktop + "/icon_fx.png"); var b2 = dlgborda.add("iconbutton", [0,0,0,0], ScriptUI.newImage(b2),) b2.location = [65,8] b2.size = [50, 50] b2.onDraw = drawButton; var b3 = File (Folder.desktop + "/icon_fx.png"); var b3 = dlgborda.add("iconbutton", [0,0,0,0], ScriptUI.newImage(b3),) b3.location = [65,62] b3.size = [50, 50] b3.onDraw = drawButton; var b4 = File (Folder.desktop + "/icon_fx.png"); var b4 = dlgborda.add("iconbutton", [0,0,0,0], ScriptUI.newImage(b4),) b4.location = [5,62] b4.size = [50, 50] b4.onDraw = drawButton; For some reason something weird happens in the second row in CC 2017, but with manual positioning I think you can workaround it. Hope this helps! Davide Barranca
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‎May 01, 2017
02:11 PM
1 Upvote
Hi, discussing your question on a higher level, scripting isn't well suited for pixel management. That's a shame because, say, with InDesign (which at the end of the day is an application managing text) you can script the "atoms" of text, i.e. characters. Being Photoshop an application managing images, it's peculiar that you can't really target the "atoms" of images, i.e. pixels. At least not directly, if memory doesn't fail me you could use Generator to extract an one dimension array of RGBA values out of your image, but the detour isn't trivial. Davide Barranca
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‎May 01, 2017
01:59 PM
Signature / Timestamping check (annoying as it might be) it can hardly be considered as a bug IMHO; can you share more about this to be solved in the next release? Thanks Davide
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‎Apr 29, 2017
04:44 AM
Not that I'm aware of it, Satish.
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‎Dec 28, 2016
03:58 PM
Thanks pixxxel schubser​, can you please confirm whether CS6 instead works fine with them, or what is the oldest version that supports them? I only have CC 2017 on Win10 virtualized with Parallels, and would rather prefer not to clog the virtual machine with the whole suite of versions, from CS6 up. Kukurykus​, Peter Kahrel targets chiefly InDesign – I've attached an image of PS CC 2017 from Windows, which proves vertical sliders work 🙂 BTW I've got in touch with him, and he confirms that it's a Photoshop-only thing (Win ID still doesn't support them). I logged that feature request in the past years, and I haven't discovered but very recently (this night) that it's been actually implemented. Thank you, Davide
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‎Dec 28, 2016
01:10 PM
Hi, can someone please tell me what is the last Photoshop version on Windows which does not support vertical sliders? E.g. var w = new Window("dialog"); w.s = w.add ("slider", [0,0,20,100]); w.show(); Thank you, Davide www.davidebarranca.com
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‎Nov 29, 2016
07:09 AM
Hi, there's a preference in the Adjustments palette flyout (I guess you need to check/uncheck it when no Adjustment Layer is active in order to make it the default choice): It controls whether to add or not a Layer Mask each time an Adjustment Layer is created. Since it's a permanent preference I'd say I should find it buried somewhere in the Application's Descriptor, but I've not been able to see it. Do you have any suggestion? (BTW, another preference that hides successfully is the Thumbnail Size in palettes such as Layers, Channels, Paths) Thank you! Davide Barranca
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‎Nov 19, 2016
07:18 AM
Thank you both, you've far better memory than me 🙂 (that's remarkably easy, though) So, SuperMerlin​ basically you're working around the "Class not loaded unless used" issue that is mentioned in the PS-Scripts thread this way? var ArtLayer = function () {} That's neat. Do you think it might be worth checking in advance? like: if (typeof ArtLayer === 'undefined') { ArtLayer = function() {}; // global, btw } Thank you, Davide
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‎Nov 19, 2016
05:12 AM
Hi, apparently InDesign implementation of ExtendScript allows DOM extension (see this thread). Basically you can add to a Class (say, an InDesign 'Cell') a new method. I was wondering whether the same is theoretically possible. My goal is to fill PS DOM gaps with ActionManager functions, to be attached (say) to ArtLayers. As an example, there's no DOM way to script a Hue/Saturation adjustment, and I can easily build my AM function for that matter. But it would run autonomously, and not as an actual ArtLayer method. E.g. function applyHueSat(opt) { // ... Long ActionManager implementation } Layer.prototype.applyHueSat = applyHueSat; app.activeDocument.activeLayer.applyHueSat(/* whatever */); Of course the above doesn't work (line 04 is the culprit). I know I can operator overload "classic" Classes, but I haven't been able to find a way in Photoshop to properly extend the DOM. Is this possible? Thank you, Davide
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‎Nov 11, 2016
02:15 PM
1 Upvote
Say that you need to run the following code: var doc = app.activeDocument; var lay = doc.activeLayer; var dup = lay.duplicate(); dup.name = "Friday"; dup.applyGaussianBlur (20); alert("Too much wine"); This leaves 3 steps in the History palette. The suspendHistory() method accepts two params: the string that is going to appear in the History palette in lieu of the 3 "normal" steps; and the 6 lines of ExtendScript I've written above. E.g. app.activeDocument.suspendHistory('Swing', 'var doc = app.activeDocument; var lay = doc.activeLayer; var dup = lay.duplicate(); dup.name = "Friday"; dup.applyGaussianBlur (20); alert("Too much wine");' Usually you won't stick that much code into a string, so the following is the usual pattern: function main() { var doc = app.activeDocument; var lay = doc.activeLayer; var dup = lay.duplicate(); dup.name = "Friday"; dup.applyGaussianBlur (20); alert("Too much wine"); } app.activeDocument.suspendHistory ("Swing", "main()"); Hope this helps, Davide
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‎Nov 11, 2016
02:06 PM
1 Upvote
Might depend on the number of Fonts he has installed, or stuff like that. As a rule (and when possible! which is not always the case) prepend the app descriptor get with the prop you're interested into, so that you're retrieving that only, e.g. // DO var ref = new ActionReference (); ref.putProperty (stringIDToTypeID ("property"), stringIDToTypeID ("interpolationMethod")); ref.putEnumerated (stringIDToTypeID ("application"), stringIDToTypeID ("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID ("targetEnum")); var interpolationDesc = executeActionGet (ref); var theInterpolationMethod = typeIDToStringID (interpolationDesc.getEnumerationValue (stringIDToTypeID ("interpolationMethod"))); alert (theInterpolationMethod); // DON'T var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); var applicationDesc = executeActionGet(ref); var theInterpolationMethod = typeIDToStringID(applicationDesc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID('interpolationMethod'))); alert (theInterpolationMethod); Hope this helps! Davide
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‎Nov 05, 2016
04:31 PM
1 Upvote
Hi, give this a try: // add document name in text layer; #target photoshop if (app.documents.length > 0) { var myDocument = app.activeDocument; var originalUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits; app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS; // getting the name; var docName = myDocument.name; //var basename = docName.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1]; //getting the location; var docPath = myDocument.path; // make the layer; var myLayerRef = myDocument.artLayers.add(); myLayerRef.kind = LayerKind.TEXT; myLayerRef.name = "text"; var myTextRef = myLayerRef.textItem; myTextRef.size = 12; myTextRef.font = "Arial"; myTextRef.justification = Justification.RIGHT; //Set text colour in RGB values var newColor = new SolidColor(); newColor.rgb.red = 192; newColor.rgb.green = 44; newColor.rgb.blue = 44; myTextRef.color = newColor; // Set the position of the text - percentages from left first, then from top. myTextRef.position = new Array( myDocument.width -670, myDocument.height -1640); myLayerRef.blendMode = BlendMode.NORMAL; myLayerRef.opacity = 100; myTextRef.contents = docPath.toString(); app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalUnits; }; Davide Barranca http://htmlpanelsbook.com www.davidebarranca.com
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‎Nov 01, 2016
11:19 AM
3 Upvotes
Tom Ruark​, I didn't know you have a repository on GitHub, immediately starred 🙂 I've been able to borrow code from the example you pointed me to, and in fact the solution is much simpler than I thought: var d = new ActionDescriptor(); var r = new ActionReference(); r.putClass(stringIDToTypeID("moveTool")) d.putReference(stringIDToTypeID("null"), r); var d2 = new ActionDescriptor(); d2.putBoolean(charIDToTypeID('AtSl'), true); d.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("to"),stringIDToTypeID("null"),d2) executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("set"),d,DialogModes.NO) Thank you very much!! Davide
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‎Oct 30, 2016
03:38 AM
Hi, I'm trying to switch true/false the Auto-Select option in the Move Tool. Which seems to be buried in the "currentToolOptions", as the "AtSl" CharID: var ref = new ActionReference (); ref.putEnumerated (stringIDToTypeID ("application"), stringIDToTypeID ("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID ("targetEnum")); var appDesc = executeActionGet(ref) var currentToolOptions = appDesc.getObjectValue (stringIDToTypeID ("currentToolOptions")); $.writeln(currentToolOptions.getBoolean(charIDToTypeID('AtSl'))); // true or false I've tried the following (extract the actual currentToolOptions descriptor, then set it in the application), to no avail: var ref = new ActionReference (); ref.putEnumerated (stringIDToTypeID ("application"), stringIDToTypeID ("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID ("targetEnum")); var appDesc = executeActionGet(ref) var currentToolOptions = appDesc.getObjectValue (stringIDToTypeID ("currentToolOptions")); $.writeln(currentToolOptions.getBoolean(charIDToTypeID('AtSl'))); // Setting true currentToolOptions.putBoolean(charIDToTypeID('AtSl'), true) var desc = new ActionDescriptor(); var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID( "currentToolOptions" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) ); desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref ); desc.putObject( stringIDToTypeID('to'), stringIDToTypeID( "currentToolOptions" ), currentToolOptions ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "setd" ), desc, DialogModes.NO ); General Photoshop error, blabla. Where am I wrong? The usual suspect who finds solutions to my AM code is Mikaeru69​ 🙂 but anyone contribution is more than welcome. Thank you! Davide
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‎Oct 28, 2016
01:53 PM
I've solved the situation with the following hack.
I'm building the Action from an XML template that I fill at runtime and save to a temp folder; then I use xtools to write and load the .atn file. In case the ActionSet already exists, I read the current xml, append the new Action xml, delete the ActionSet, write and load the new one.
Once more, xtools saved my butt 🙂
Davide
Davide Barranca
HTML Panels
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‎Oct 28, 2016
01:46 PM
Sure it can't work... Object.keys is an EcmaScript 5 feature, and ExtendScript is stuck at version 3 (that's the why you're importing json2.js – no native json support in this dry land). According to Mozilla, this polyfill will work: // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/keys if (!Object.keys) { Object.keys = (function () { 'use strict'; var hasOwnProperty = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, hasDontEnumBug = !({toString: null}).propertyIsEnumerable('toString'), dontEnums = [ 'toString', 'toLocaleString', 'valueOf', 'hasOwnProperty', 'isPrototypeOf', 'propertyIsEnumerable', 'constructor' ], dontEnumsLength = dontEnums.length; return function (obj) { if (typeof obj !== 'object' && (typeof obj !== 'function' || obj === null)) { throw new TypeError('Object.keys called on non-object'); } var result = [], prop, i; for (prop in obj) { if (hasOwnProperty.call(obj, prop)) { result.push(prop); } } if (hasDontEnumBug) { for (i = 0; i < dontEnumsLength; i++) { if (hasOwnProperty.call(obj, dontEnums)) { result.push(dontEnums); } } } return result; }; }()); } Hope this helps, Davide Barranca www.davidebarranca.com http://htmlpanelsbook.com
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‎Oct 23, 2016
05:22 AM
Have you saved the file?
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‎Oct 23, 2016
04:36 AM
Actually, the following works for me (Mac, CC 2015.5) app.activeDocument.info.creationDate = "20101024" app.activeDocument.info.creationDate; // 20101024 If you input a wrong string, it returns undefined. Davide
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‎Oct 23, 2016
03:21 AM
1 Upvote
Hi, I'm working on a Panel which acts as a GUI for scriptable Plug-ins. I'd like to feature "action recordability", but I've not been able to make an HTML Panel leave a trace in the Action palette: I've tried to set app.playbackParameters to a descriptor (as I'd do with regular scripts), to no avail. Retrieving the params and let the Action play the correct thing (without \<javascriptresource\> tags would have been problem #2... So I dropped this route altogether. A very different approach would be to make the panel create out of nothing an action and load it in the Actions panel (so that it can be used as a LEGO brick). I know xbytor2​ has libs for Actions, he may give his opinion on what follows – the idea could be like: – User presses a "build action" button – Panel retrieves GUI parameters and writes a script file on disk (which content is: run the scriptable plugin passing params) – Panel "builds" an action calling that very script. – Panel loads that action in PS. Given that the above is feasible (is it?), I wonder how I could build/load a single action into an existing ActionSet. Say that the Panel has already created the ActionSet, which contains 1 Action. What should I do – save the entire ActionSet on disc, convert it to xml, add the new action, convert it back to .atn, load it? What about the existing set? I've the feeling it'll be a tad overkill. Thoughts and suggestions are welcome! Thank you, Davide
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‎Oct 14, 2016
01:08 AM
Great!! Thanks for sharing! Davide
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