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‎Aug 03, 2018
12:05 PM
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Hi Jeerish, I'm not 100% sure what you mean by "run a layer style on one file". Do you mean running an action or script on the file or some manual editing? The ScriptServer allowed you to run configure actions and scripts to be run automatically by either copying them to a specific folder or by making http-requests on your computer. So if it is "run one script/action", that would be pretty close. That said, the built in automation tools (scripts, assets, Generator) are probably also quite close and unless you're processing hundreds or thousands of files, total automation might not be worth it. Unfortunately I no longer pursue selling it and the existing version would need updates to work. However I've opensourced the core components that allow you to more easily create such extensions. If you are a developer type, you might develop a custom extension for your needs. The sample plugin shows how to turn Photoshop to a server that lists/opens/closes documents using http requests (e.g. curl). It would be quite easy to add a custom command to run a script on the document also. GitHub - RationalMatta/photoshop-generator-core: Wrapper for Adobe Photoshop Generator extension layer photoshop-generator-sample/generator_sample.js at master · RationalMatta/photoshop-generator-sample · GitHub Matias
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‎Mar 31, 2018
02:25 AM
Seems like a really fundamental/basic question that I can't answer, but is there a way (in ESTK) to get a layer reference by (doc and) layer Id? This is mainly a problem if you are sending a script to be evaluated from outside like Generator plugin, i.e. you know the Id of the layer you want to do something and are giving it as a parameter to JSX scripts. First trivial option is to traverse the DOM and search for your layer but in the worst case this will take minutes. Second option would be to use AM-code as everything works with layer Ids, but then you can't use the Javascript DOM API and you are really hampering your options. Third option that is closest viable would be to set the layer as active using AM-code (which might be needed in many cases anyhow) and use the Document.activeLayer. But can you use AM-code to get a DOM layer reference? Essentially I'm looking for a Document.getLayerById().
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‎Jul 18, 2017
11:08 AM
Hi, You can use a Folder-object to get a list of files and open them in loop, something like below. Look for "Javascript Tools Guide" var folder = new Folder('path/to/dir') var files = folder.getFiles()
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‎Jun 03, 2017
07:37 AM
2 Upvotes
The Github is "the place", plus reading code comments for methods & params. In the end it's 90% about the event data format you can find in Github and getting the pixmap data for writing PNGs. The "API surface" for Generator is not that big, even if it's a bit PITA to get started. Also there's a Google dev group read by the devs (better than here at least) you can post questions / report bugs. Google Groups
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‎Apr 20, 2017
05:53 AM
1 Upvote
Thanks for the feedback JJ! So there is two sides in this: You can manage documents and call scripts/actions from command line, e.g. build a script to automate a repetitive task You can copy files to a special folder run a script/action, e.g. adhoc process a bunch of files I have to admit that even after several years of Photoshop development I had not heard of droplets before this. But yes, for actions the folder-part would seem similar to droplets (which don't require Photoshop to be running). A benefit is that if you change the actions, you don't need to recreate droplets and you can build more complex scripts like running multiple actions My original case was command line scripts, i.e. doing intelligent batch processing in a windows .cmd terminal. Using this I'd go through a folder of files, open each in Photoshop, run script, close & open next. Because you can pass information, you can give a parameter like size to the .cmd, which would pass it to the .jsx. You also get the result back from the .jsx so you could do conditions and other more intelligent things. The trial limit means that you can pick one .jsx-file and action at time (while full version can have any number). There is also more documentation in the addon. If you get it and open the panel and Info-section, it explains the features.
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‎Apr 17, 2017
11:23 PM
1 Upvote
Hi, A bit self-promotion, but I created this Photoshop addon to automate scripts and actions and hoping to get some user feedback from experts of such It started from a personal need to run scripts from command line with more control. I had already done Generator/Node.js HTTP server for Photoshop so I added some APIs to manage files and run scripts using Curl. Then I tried it with an external folder watching utility, which worked out so well that decided to implement that as a feature. So what the add on does is allows you to pick scripts and actions to Drop files to script/action folders to run them automatically Use HTTP requests to manage documents (open/close/upload/download) and execute scripts/actions Communicate with scripts by passing URL parameters to script and return the script result in HTTP response to build intelligent automation So my question is what would be your use case for this kind thing (if any) and what should such a solution manage. Any thoughts/opinions/feedback is very much appreciated. Also if you find it interesting and would like to experiment and write something in your blog/vlog, I'd be happy to sponsor a full version for you. Video: Photoshop Script Server preview - YouTube Free version: https://creative.adobe.com/addons/products/18301 Matias
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‎Apr 01, 2017
03:58 AM
2 Upvotes
Found this searching and had a chuckle with Adobe staff (maybe that happened later?) asking forums how to do things
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‎Nov 05, 2016
11:19 PM
1 Upvote
Try this var path_parts = path.split('/') var last_folder = path_parts[path_parts.length-1] Two things you need if Windows gives you '\' instead of '/' and if path has a trailing '/' (in which case the last folder is path_parts.length-2
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‎Oct 27, 2016
09:40 PM
UNC links (i.e. \\server\path\to\share) are a Windows only solution that does not directly translate to Mac. Your working solution is likely the "Mac/Unix-way", i.e. mount the drive so it becomes a part of the filesystem.
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‎Sep 14, 2016
10:43 PM
CSInterface is for HTML panels running inside Photoshop UI. There is nothing out-of-the-box that allows your website to talk to Photoshop. For a good intro, check out Davides site http://www.davidebarranca.com/category/code/html-panels/
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‎Sep 07, 2016
09:03 AM
Depends on the reason it no longer gets called.. If you have a main-loop of sorts that keeps on running, you can have registerDebounce(func, wait, immediate) that just stores func, wait and start time to a global table add tick() function to the main loop that does the logic "has it been called since wait" and either invoke the callback or reset start
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‎Sep 01, 2016
03:13 AM
A folder object has method .getFiles() that'll give you all files/folders in it as an array, then just start recursively parsing
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‎Aug 17, 2016
06:57 AM
1 Upvote
I'll cross post since my last answer in the other went through moderation and released after you posted this (and it's relevant for this topic) There seems to be _SEVERAL_ versions of the save dialogs file_entry.saveDlg(): Content of file_entry is the default value but not sure if it's locked to it File.saveDialog(): same as file_entry.saveDlg, but no preselect value. Maybe it's not locked to original dir folder_entry.saveDlg(): seems identical to file_entry.saveDlg, not sure if there is a difference. Folder.selectDialog: seems most general purpose, "just pick a file" You probably have to just do some trial and error to pick the best one, what rules each has. As far as I see Mac has no option to "create a new file, but only this extension". Extension filter only seems to apply to opening existing and Win (although even there it's just hiding, you can actually set different extension by typing it). Confusing part is that the "all folders grayed" would implicate it actually wants the filter even though docs say it does not. I.e. youd have to make a filter function that accepts either folders or files with right extension like below (not tested) filter = function (fileSystemEntry){ if (fileSystemEntry instanceof Folder) { return true } else { return filter_regex.test(fileSystemEntry.name) } }
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‎Aug 16, 2016
11:21 PM
Heh, this is getting confusing There seems to be _SEVERAL_ versions of the save dialogs file_entry.saveDlg(): Content of file_entry is the default value but not sure if it's locked to it File.saveDialog(): same as file_entry.saveDlg, but no preselect value. Maybe it's not locked to original dir folder_entry.saveDlg(): seems identical to file_entry.saveDlg, not sure if there is a difference. Folder.selectDialog: seems most general purpose, "just pick a file" You probably have to just do some trial and error to pick the best one, what rules each has. As far as I see Mac has no option to "create a new file, but only this extension". Extension filter only seems to apply to opening existing and Win (although even there it's just hiding, you can actually set different extension by typing it). Confusing part is that the "all folders grayed" would implicate it actually wants the filter even though docs say it does not. I.e. youd have to make a filter function that accepts either folders or files with right extension like below (not tested) filter = function (fileSystemEntry){ if (fileSystemEntry instanceof Folder) { return true } else { return filter_regex.test(fileSystemEntry.name) } }
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‎Aug 16, 2016
06:02 AM
1 Upvote
I checked the docs (javascript tools guide) and saveDlg takes a filter only in Windows, which allows you to set type like *.*, *.atlas. So you can try leaving it out.
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‎Aug 16, 2016
05:57 AM
1 Upvote
To be honest, I've never used saveDlg so not sure if that changes something. But at least one problem, you had replaced "file_entry" with "oldPath" in the filter function. What below means is you create a dynamic function that get's called with every file in the dialog window and it tests if the filename is suitable (has proper prefix). Variable file_entry is the parameter (of type File) of the function, using oldPath might confuse it with the higher level variable. filter = function (file_entry){ return filter_regex.test(file_entry.name) } Also make sure you call the function with extension only, i.e. "atlas", not ".atlas" or "*.atlas". And try debugging with ESTK, very easy to make a small text parsing error
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‎Aug 16, 2016
12:35 AM
In Mac the filter is a function that gets called for every file in a folder and you are supposed to return true/false depending if you are interested of it. That's why if it's null (basically assuming false for every file), you just get the folders. The Win version is simpler (and less powerfull) just specifying a set of file extensions as a specially formatted string. My script is intended that you can just give the extension you are looking for or null for all files.
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‎Aug 13, 2016
08:04 AM
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Here's my script for prompting a file which handles the Win/Mac differences function isWindows() { return app.systemInformation.indexOf("Operating System: Windows") >= 0 } function isMac() { return app.systemInformation.indexOf("Operating System: Mac") >= 0 } function promptFile(filter_extension) { var filter = null if (isMac()) { if (filter_extension) { var filter_regex = new RegExp("[^\.]*\."+filter_extension+"$") filter = function (file_entry) { return filter_regex.test(file_entry.name) } } else { filter = function () { return true } } } else if (isWindows()) { if (filter_extension) { filter = filter_extension.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + filter_extension.slice(1)+"-files:*."+filter_extension } else { filter = "All files:*.*" } } else { filter = null } var f = File.openDialog("Select your file", filter, false) if (f) { return f.fsName.replace(/\\/g, "/") // sanitize to forward slash } } }
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‎Jul 21, 2016
10:57 PM
Like JJ said, if your desiredWidth/Height is just a number, it's missing the type. Most Photoshop methods take sizes as UnitValue, which is a utility class that can handle a the unit and conversions. If you give a number where UnitValue is needed, it implicitly converts using default value. So you can either Explicitly convert to UnitValue like desiredWidth = UnitValue(desiredWidth, "px") Set the default unit ​ app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS app.preferences.typeUnits = TypeUnits.PIXELS
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‎Jul 18, 2016
10:58 AM
Add ​app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO
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‎Jul 17, 2016
10:32 AM
saveAs works like in Photoshop UI, ie. converts open document to new fileformat (which for PNG means flattening layers). But you can just duplicate the original doc and use saveAs on that and close it. var tmp = original.duplicate("export_tmp") tmp.saveAs(saveFile, pngOpts, false, Extension.NONE) tmp.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES)
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‎Jul 07, 2016
10:30 AM
1 Upvote
I'd recommend basic wrapper over an instance of a PS doc for example (not bug-proofed) var MyDoc = { exportPng: function() {...}, create: function(ps_doc} { return { _doc: ps_doc, exportPng: MyDoc.exportPng } } } Then you'd var my_doc = MyDoc.create(app.documents.add()) mydoc.exportPng()
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‎Jul 04, 2016
11:47 PM
1 Upvote
xbytor is right, there's really no "regex-standard/compliance". Basic things work pretty universally, but there are platform specific features and conventions and you just need to test & work around them. That said, entering your regex to Online regex tester and debugger: JavaScript, Python, PHP, and PCRE gives and error "/ Unescaped delimiter", i.e. should be "/[^\/]*(?=\.[^.]+($|\?))/". Also using the explicit constructor is a tad safer way, typos result more sensible errors.
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‎Jul 04, 2016
05:48 AM
1 Upvote
Did you update manifest version range to 17? Also I think default CEP extension location was under ~/Library, not /Library. And check from Davide survival guides HTML Panel Tips #21: Photoshop CC 2015.5 survival guide | Photoshop, etc.
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‎Mar 28, 2016
09:58 AM
Nice, but something wrong with the link.
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‎Mar 25, 2016
03:24 AM
1 Upvote
That seems to be just a plugin wrapper for the actual decoder in https://github.com/autoboosh/jsxbin-to-jsx-converter/releases which seems to be taken down. Sounds like someone grabbed the actual decoder from an Adobe product and modified it to decompile jsxbin. Although as someone depending on jsxbin format to protect my IPRs, I'm not totally bummed.
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‎Mar 20, 2016
11:30 PM
That sounds really weird... So "generator" is actually several things: Node.js server built into the Photoshop CC that runs everything Generator Node-app developed by Adobe that implements basic Node-Photoshop integration like the event system and import/export of pixel data Assets-plugin for Generator Node-app developed by Adobe that implements the auto export of PNG's (this is what users see as "generator") Your plugin for Generator Node-app What you describe sounds like the Assets-plugin, it's feature is that you can name a layer like "foo.png" to get it automatically exported. And your plugin should have nothing to do with it (except maybe the example you started with starts from that?).
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‎Mar 20, 2016
12:06 PM
Does it happen also if you drag with a mouse or do individual nudges (i.e. not holding down the arrow key)? Holding the key down is potentially one of those things you have to consider a bit: how do you handle it if events stack up or come late. I.e. one issue could be (if you process & write files) that you're not ready with previous event when the next arrives and something wonky happens. I've resulted in building an action queue, i.e. I process events and queue the actions (checking if I have same kind of action already stacked up so I don't do same thing several times) and let that process a bit late.
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‎Mar 20, 2016
09:24 AM
I recommend to start with printing all event data to console and see what you're getting in different scenarios. For example imageChanged can have a multitude of different shapes from file save to reordering to content changes. On element move it should fire on "every nudge" (I checked my code), you might have some other issue. There is also a Google Groups forum which I've used mainly for bug reporting. Google Groups
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‎Mar 10, 2016
10:12 PM
In the call to suspendHistory, remove parenthesis from the function, i.e. 'doc.suspendHistory("Do everything", do_everything)'. What you want is to give the function as a parameters (in Javascript, functions are a data type same as numbers and objects) and let suspendHistory call your function. What you are now doing is first calling the function and giving suspendHistory the return value of the function (probably undefined).
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