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June 13, 2020
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How to get the fill color of a vector or mask in scripting?

  • June 13, 2020
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Hello all. Recently made myself an ActionReference translator that essentially creates a simplified object of a given layer to make it much easier (in my opinion) to work with. As far as I can tell, it works for everything but in using it for a given vector I get results like this:

{
  "layer": "test",
  "color": "none",
  "visible": true,
  "mode": "normal",
  "opacity": 255,
  "layerID": 18,
  "itemIndex": 2,
  "count": 2,
  "preserveTransparency": false,
  "layerFXVisible": false,
  "globalAngle": 90,
  "background": false,
  "layerSection": 4187,
  "layerLocking": {
    "protectTransparency": false,
    "protectComposite": false,
    "protectPosition": false,
    "protectArtboardAutonest": false,
    "protectAll": false
  },
  "group": false,
  "targetChannels": { "count": 3, "typename": "ActionList" },
  "visibleChannels": { "count": 3, "typename": "ActionList" },
  "channelRestrictions": { "count": 3, "typename": "ActionList" },
  "fillOpacity": 255,
  "hasUserMask": false,
  "hasVectorMask": true,
  "proportionalScaling": false,
  "layerKind": 4,
  "hasFilterMask": false,
  "userMaskDensity": 255,
  "userMaskFeather": 0,
  "vectorMaskDensity": 255,
  "vectorMaskFeather": 0,
  "adjustment": { "count": 1, "typename": "ActionList" },
  "bounds": {
    "top": 300,
    "left": 300,
    "bottom": 500,
    "right": 500,
    "width": 200,
    "height": 200
  },
  "boundsNoEffects": {
    "top": 300,
    "left": 300,
    "bottom": 500,
    "right": 500,
    "width": 200,
    "height": 200
  },
  "boundsNoMask": {
    "top": 0,
    "left": 0,
    "bottom": 1000,
    "right": 1500,
    "width": 1500,
    "height": 1000
  },
  "pathBounds": {
    "pathBounds": {
      "top": 300,
      "left": 300,
      "bottom": 500,
      "right": 500
    }
  },
  "useAlignedRendering": true,
  "generatorSettings": {},
  "AGMStrokeStyleInfo": {
    "strokeStyleVersion": 2,
    "strokeEnabled": true,
    "fillEnabled": true,
    "strokeStyleLineWidth": 20,
    "strokeStyleLineDashOffset": 0,
    "strokeStyleMiterLimit": 100,
    "strokeStyleLineCapType": 2332,
    "strokeStyleLineJoinType": 2336,
    "strokeStyleLineAlignment": 2339,
    "strokeStyleScaleLock": false,
    "strokeStyleStrokeAdjust": false,
    "strokeStyleLineDashSet": { "count": 0, "typename": "ActionList" },
    "strokeStyleBlendMode": "normal",
    "strokeStyleOpacity": 100,
    "strokeStyleContent": {
      "color": "RGBColor(255,0,0)"
    },
    "strokeStyleResolution": 72
  },
  "keyOriginType": { "count": 1, "typename": "ActionList" },
  "fillEnabled": true,
  "animationProtection": {
    "animationUnifyPosition": false,
    "animationUnifyEffects": false,
    "animationUnifyVisibility": false,
    "animationPropagate": true
  },
  "artboard": {
    "artboardRect": {
      "top": 0,
      "left": 0,
      "bottom": 0,
      "right": 0
    },
    "guideIDs": { "count": 0, "typename": "ActionList" },
    "artboardPresetName": "",
    "color": "RGBColor(255,255,255)",
    "artboardBackgroundType": 1
  },
  "artboardEnabled": false,
  "vectorMaskEnabled": true,
  "vectorMaskEmpty": false,
  "textWarningLevel": 0
}

Noticeably it doesn't provide the fill color. I have a green rectangle with a red stroke in PS, but it I don't see any green color value here. The "color" StringID of a layer ActionReference always returns "none" even before I create a readable string format. There's a clear key object for the stroke, but nothing for a fill?

Just to be clear, I'm not looking to create a fill on a vector -- I'm trying to read the current fill of a given vector. Does any one have the charID chain to access this info? Is the issue in my translating function missing keys, or is there any other way to do this?

Thanks!

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Correct answer jazz-y

look into adjustment ActionList:

 

"adjustment": [
        {
            "_obj": "solidColorLayer",
            "color": {
                "_obj": "RGBColor",
                "blue": 0,
                "grain": 255,
                "red": 255
            }
        }
    ]

 

P.S. you can convert the entire descriptor to an object (or any part of it) without much effort in a similar way:

 

var s2t =stringIDToTypeID;
(r = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum"));
(d = new ActionDescriptor()).putObject(s2t("object"), s2t("object"), executeActionGet(r));
eval ('var obj = ' + executeAction(s2t("convertJSONdescriptor"), d).getString(s2t("json")));
alert (obj.toSource())

 

 

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J
jazz-yCorrect answer
Legend
June 13, 2020

look into adjustment ActionList:

 

"adjustment": [
        {
            "_obj": "solidColorLayer",
            "color": {
                "_obj": "RGBColor",
                "blue": 0,
                "grain": 255,
                "red": 255
            }
        }
    ]

 

P.S. you can convert the entire descriptor to an object (or any part of it) without much effort in a similar way:

 

var s2t =stringIDToTypeID;
(r = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum"));
(d = new ActionDescriptor()).putObject(s2t("object"), s2t("object"), executeActionGet(r));
eval ('var obj = ' + executeAction(s2t("convertJSONdescriptor"), d).getString(s2t("json")));
alert (obj.toSource())

 

 

    Inventsable
    InventsableAuthor
    Legend
    June 16, 2020

    Thanks!

     

    Just out of curiousity, is there any reason ActionRef returns an RGBColor as "Red Grain Blue"?

    J
    jazz-y
    Legend
    June 16, 2020

    I suppose that, when only 4-character charIDs were used (green was designated as 'Grn '). Perhaps, for optimization purposes or as a result of an error, the same ID was assigned to the Grain parameter in the filters. After stringID was added, it became possible to split green and grain, but the old notation remained for compatibility purposes. i.e

     

     stringIDToTypeID('green') == stringIDToTypeID('grain')

     

     

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