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michaelg15618274
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December 29, 2015
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how do i record the eye droper in an action

  • December 29, 2015
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I'm trying to figure out a way to record the eye dropper in an action. I would like to sample the top middle portion of the image, do some other actiony stuff and then eye drop the bottom portion. I can't get it to work. It was suggested to me to write a script to make this magic happen but i have no idea about scripting. How in the dang-diddly-darn do i write a script that does that? Any help would be much appreciated!

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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December 29, 2015
do some other actiony stuff

What in particular?

And of what significance are the color values you want to measure for the procedure anyway?

c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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December 29, 2015

// 2015, use it at your own risk;

#target photoshop

if (app.documents.length > 0) {

var myDocument = app.activeDocument;

var theColor = eyedropperTool(500, 500);

if (theColor) {

alert (theColor.rgb.red+"_"+theColor.rgb.green+"_"+theColor.rgb.blue)

}

};

////// simulate eyedropper with color sampler //////

function eyedropperTool (theX, theY) {

// set units;

var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

// set sampler;

try {

var theSampler = activeDocument.colorSamplers.add([theX, theY]);

var theColor = theSampler.color;

theSampler.remove();

} catch (e) {return};

// reset;

app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;

return theColor

};

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