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Community Question: What are your absolute favorite scripts or actions that you can't live without?

  • April 19, 2023
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I've been actively upgrading my Photoshop workflow with vairous scripts and actions. Here's my actions panel now:



Here are my most used addons:



1. [Unsolicited link to paid for product removed - this breaks forum guidelines]
2. Arranger 
3. Pathfinder for Photoshop 
4. Uberspacer 
5. ReOrder 
6.[Unsolicited link to paid for product removed - this breaks forum guidelines]

7. Layrs Control 2 

 

As well as Chameleon Adaptive Palette:

 
I mainly use Photoshop for screen work and Icon Design. I'm really curious about what workflow enhancements all of you are using on a daily basis. One missing element to my workflow is a good layer renamer. I came across  Renamy and it looks great.

So:

1. What are your most used scripts?
2. What are your most useful actions?
3. Any good add-ons you can reccommend?

Would love to get some feedback!

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    Greg von Neulich
    Greg von Neulich
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    April 20, 2023

    Check out our new plugin available on the CC MarketPlace

    https://adobe.com/go/cc_plugins_discover_plugin?pluginId=c36e02fb&workflow=share

    It greatly speeds up the process of selecting and renaming layers. And can also perform other batch process that have always been a big pain when working with a large number of layers.

      Greg von Neulich
      Greg von Neulich
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      April 20, 2023

        futuremotion6798557
        futuremotion6798557Author
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        April 26, 2023

        Bought it! It's great. Thank you for developing and sharing the link!

          c.pfaffenbichler
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          c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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          April 19, 2023

          I guess the Script I use most often is probably the one that raises the old, modal dialog for Adjustment Layers (I find editing them in the Properties Panel disruptive). 

           

          I don’t use custom UXP Panels so far (despite having bought Davide Barranca’s book on the issue) so one of the other Scripts I use pretty often is just a dialog with buttons for the about twenty Filters I expect to use »often« – assigning all of them keyboard shortcuts would be a bit much for me. 

           

          Another Script (though the process should also be possible as an Action) I use fairly frequently duplicates the image, converts it to Lab, duplicates the a- and b-Channels to the original image and closes the duplicate.

          But this is primarily useful for editing photographic images if one needs to mask certain color areas. 

           

          An Action I use fairly often converts a Layer to a Smart Objects, opens, flattens, saves and closes it.

          Again primarily useful for editing photographic images when Smart Objects don’t need transparency; the reason for this is that flat Smart Objects can help save space compared to Smart Objects that consist of a regular Layer. 

            futuremotion6798557
            futuremotion6798557Author
            Inspiring
            April 19, 2023

            Awesome! I really like the first thing you mentioned about the old modal dialog. How are you doing that? Can you share the script?

            Thanks so much.

            c.pfaffenbichler
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            c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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            April 19, 2023
            //opens the modal dialog for editing selected adjustment layers of some types, not all though; based on john nack’s panel;
// use it at your own risk;
#target photoshop;
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
var checksOut = true;
switch (myDocument.activeLayer.kind) {
	case LayerKind.CURVES:
	theVars365 = 1131574899;
	break;
	case LayerKind.HUESATURATION:
	theVars365 = 1213428850;
	break;
	case LayerKind.SELECTIVECOLOR:
	theVars365 = 1399612227;	
	break;
	case LayerKind.LEVELS:
	theVars365 = 1282829427;
	break; 
	case LayerKind.BLACKANDWHITE:
	theVars365 = 1113681495;
	break;
	case LayerKind.POSTERIZE:
	theVars365 = 1349743730;
	break;
	case LayerKind.GRADIENTMAP:
	theVars365 = 1197755760;
	break;
	case LayerKind.CHANNELMIXER:
	theVars365 = 1130917453;
	break;
	case LayerKind.THRESHOLD:
	theVars365 = 1416131187;
	break;
	case LayerKind.COLORBALANCE:
	theVars365 = 1131180610;
	break;
	case LayerKind.VIBRANCE:
	theVars365 = stringIDToTypeID( "vibrance" );
	break;
	case LayerKind.EXPOSURE:
	theVars365 = 1165521011;
	break;
	default:
	checksOut = false;
	};
// adjustment layers;
if (checksOut == true){
	var id365 = theVars365;
	theModalDialogue (theVars365);
	}
else {
// else check for solid fill layer;
	if (myDocument.activeLayer.kind == "LayerKind.SOLIDFILL" || myDocument.activeLayer.kind == "LayerKind.PATTERNFILL" || myDocument.activeLayer.kind == "LayerKind.GRADIENTFILL") {
		try {
			layerContentOptions()
			}
		catch (e) {}
		}
	else {
		alert("selected layer is neither curves–, hue/saturation-, selective color-, levels-, black and white-, posterize-, gradient map- or threshold-adjustment layer nor a solidfill-, gradient- or pattern-layer")
		}
	}
};
////// modal editing //////
function theModalDialogue (theVars365) {
ErrStrs = {}; 
ErrStrs.USER_CANCELLED=localize("$$$/ScriptingSupport/Error/UserCancelled=User cancelled the operation"); 
try {
	var id359 = charIDToTypeID( "setd" ); 
	var desc77 = new ActionDescriptor(); 
	var id360 = charIDToTypeID( "null" ); 
	var ref48 = new ActionReference(); 
	var id361 = stringIDToTypeID( "contentLayer" ); 
	var id362 = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ); 
	var id363 = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ); 
	ref48.putEnumerated( id361, id362, id363 ); 
	desc77.putReference( id360, ref48 ); 
	var id364 = charIDToTypeID( "T   " ); 
	
	desc77.putClass( id364, id365 ); 
	executeAction( id359, desc77, DialogModes.ALL );
	} 
catch(e){
	if (e.toString().indexOf(ErrStrs.USER_CANCELLED)!=-1) {;
		} 
	else{
		alert("$$$/ScriptingSupport/Error/CommandNotAvailable=The command is currently not available");
		}
	}
};
////// edit solid fill //////
function layerContentOptions () {
var id450 = charIDToTypeID( "slct" );
var desc90 = new ActionDescriptor();
var id451 = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
var ref61 = new ActionReference();
var id452 = charIDToTypeID( "Mn  " );
var id453 = charIDToTypeID( "MnIt" );
var id454 = charIDToTypeID( "AdjO" );
ref61.putEnumerated( id452, id453, id454 );
desc90.putReference( id451, ref61 );
executeAction( id450, desc90, DialogModes.ALL )
};
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