Since Photoshop CC 2015 many of the resources of Photoshop has moved to shared folders to allow multiple versions of Photoshop to access them. So they moved brushes, gradients, etc...   For instance, the Plug In forlder is now located (Windows) at: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins. One oculd also create shared Fonts folder in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts (See Where do I install fonts in photoshop cc or can I?).   Now, I wonder, do we have something similar for Scripts? I'm looking for the path both on Windows and macOS.   Thank You. ... View more

Hello, I would like to add Selection / Masking awareness to my Plug In. The problem is I can't get the information about the Selection from Photoshop (At least not according to my understanding of the documentation). Here is a simple test case. Lets say we have an image (Background Layer only) of size 400 x 400 (Width x Height). The user used Rectangular Marquee Tool to select a rectangle area of 50 x 50 (Width x Height) which it top left corner is on pixel 51, 51 (Row Number, Column Number). So it masks pixels [51:100, 51:100]. The question is, how can I get the coordinates of this selection. Here is the relevant documentation in PIFilter.h (Assuming using non BigDocument for the simplicity): /** @ingroup FilterModule */ /** This structure is passed to the plug-in module through the parameter block. * See @ref PGPluginEntryPoint "Plug-in Entry Point" for an explanation of how the * host calls a plug-in. */ typedef struct FilterRecord { Point imageSize; /**< \deprecated Use \c BigDocumentStruct::imageSize32. The width and height of the image in pixels. If the selection is floating, this field instead holds the size of the floating selection.  */ Rect filterRect; /**< \deprecated Use \c BigDocumentStruct::filterRect32. The area of the image to be filtered. This is the bounding                                      box of the selection, or if there is no selection, the                                      bounding box of the image. If the selection is not a perfect                                      rectangle, Photoshop automatically masks the changes to the                                      area actually selected (unless the plug-in turns off this                                      feature using autoMask). This allows most filters to ignore                                      the selection mask, and still operate correctly. */ Rect inRect; /**< \deprecated Use \c BigDocumentStruct::inRect32.                                      The area of the input image to access. The plug-in should set this field in the \c filterSelectorStart and                                      \c filterSelectorContinue handlers to request access to an                                      area of the input image. The area requested must be a subset                                      of the image’s bounding rectangle. After the entire                                      \c filterRect has been filtered, this field should be set to                                      an empty rectangle.  */ Rect outRect; /**< \deprecated Use \c BigDocumentStruct::outRect32.                                      The area of the output image to access. The plug-in should set                                      this field in its \c filterSelectorStart and \c filterSelectorContinue                                      handlers to request access to an area of the output image.                                      The area requested must be a subset of \c filterRect. After                                      the entire \c filterRect has been filtered, this field                                      should be set to an empty rectangle.  */ void * inData; /**< A pointer to the requested input image data. If more than                                      one plane has been requested (see \c inLoPlane and \c inHiPlane), the                                      data is interleaved. */ int32 inRowBytes; /**< The offset between rows of the input image data. The end of each row may or may not include pad bytes. */ void * outData; /**< A pointer to the requested output image                                      data. If more than one plane has been requested                                      (see \c outLoPlane and \c outHiPlane), the data is interleaved. */ int32 outRowBytes; /**< The offset between rows of the output image data.                                      The end of each row may or may not include pad bytes. */ Boolean isFloating; /**< Indicates if the selection is floating. Set to TRUE if and only if                                      the selection is floating. */ Boolean haveMask; /**< Indicates if the selection has a mask. Set to true if and only if                                       non-rectangular area has been selected. */ Boolean autoMask; /**< Enables or disables auto-masking. By default, Photoshop                                      automatically masks any changes to the area actually selected.                                      If \c isFloating=FALSE, and \c haveMask=TRUE, the plug-in can                                      turn off this feature by setting this field to FALSE. It can                                      then perform its own masking. <br><br> If the plug-in has set the PiPL bit \c writesOutsideSelection, this will always be FALSE and the plug-in must supply its own mask, if needed. */ Rect maskRect; /**< \deprecated Use \c BigDocumentStruct::maskRect32.                                      Provides a mask rectangle. If \c haveMask=TRUE, and the                                      plug-in needs access to the selection mask, the plug-in                                      should set this field in your \c filterSelectorStart and                                      \c filterSelectorContinue handlers to request access to an                                      area of the selection mask. The requested area must be a                                      subset of \c filterRect. This field is ignored if there is                                      no selection mask.  */ void * maskData; /**< A pointer to the requested mask data. The data is in the                                      form of an array of bytes, one byte per pixel of the selected                                      area. The bytes range from (0...255), where 0=no mask                                      (selected) and 255=masked (not selected).                                      Use \c maskRowBytes to iterate over the scan lines of the                                      mask. */ int32 maskRowBytes; /**< The offset between rows of the mask data. */ int16 imageMode; /**< The mode of the image being filtered, for example, Gray Scale, RGB Color,                                      and so forth. See @ref ImageModes "Image Modes" for values. The \c filterSelectorStart                                      handler should return \c filterBadMode if it is unable to                                      process this mode of image. */ Point floatCoord; /**< \deprecated Use \c BigDocumentStruct::floatCoord32.                                      The coordinate of the top-left corner of the selection                                      in the main image’s coordinate space. */ Point wholeSize; /**< \deprecated Use \c BigDocumentStruct::wholeSize32.                                      The size in pixels of the entire main image. */ ///@name New in 3.0. //@{ int16 filterCase; /**< The type of data being filtered. Flat, floating, layer                                      with editable transparency, layer with preserved transparency,                                      with and without a selection. A zero indicates that the host                                      did not set this field, and the plug-in should look at                                      \c haveMask and \c isFloating. See @ref FilterCaseIdentifiers for values. */ Fixed inputRate; /**< The sampling rate for the input. The effective input                                      rectangle in normal sampling coordinates is                                      <code> inRect * inputRate. </code> For example,                                      <code> (inRect.top * inputRate,                                      inRect.left * inputRate, inRect.bottom * inputRate,                                      inRect.right * inputRate). </code> The value for                                      \c inputRate is rounded to the                                      nearest integer in Photoshop 3.0.1+. Since the scaled                                      rectangle may exceed the real source data, it is a good                                      idea to set some sort of padding for the input as well. */ Fixed maskRate; /**< Like \c inputRate, but as applied to the mask data. */ //@} ///@name Reserved Space for Expansion //@{ char reserved [46]; /**< Reserved for future use. Set to zero. */ //@} } FilterRecord, *FilterRecordPtr; Looking at this I would assume the data would be available in filterRect as its description says: This is the bounding box of the selection, or if there is no selection, the bounding box of the image. Yet it always holds the size of the image itself. Anyone could comment on how it should be done?First for Selection and later for Masks (Soft Selections). Thank You. ... View more

Hello, Even in Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 Plug In SDK the examples use Cocoa in macOS.  Namely they use the Rez command to process resource files. I was wondering if there is a way to create a plug in without this stage. I don't need my plug in to have About menu or anything as I just interact with it using ExtendScript. All I need is to have it available on the Filter Menu (Just in order to see it is available to Photoshop). Has anyone manged to create a working Photoshop Filter without this step? It would be even nice to move over this step in Windows as well. Thank You. ... View more