Opacity, flow, hue etc.. on a dial

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November 29, 2023
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Hello everyone,

I'm trying to create a script for brush opacity, hue, flow and other stuff because I want to put those on a dial..

here my script but I get the error 21: undefined is not an object line 5: if (activeTool.kind == ToolKind.BRUSH) {

Anyone can help? Thanks

// Get the active brush tool

var activeTool = app.activeTool;

// Check if the active tool is a brush tool

if (activeTool.kind == ToolKind.BRUSH) {

// Get the current opacity of the active brush

var currentOpacity = activeTool.settings.opacity;

// Calculate the new opacity

var newOpacity = currentOpacity - (currentOpacity * 0.05);

// Set the new opacity of the active brush

activeTool.settings.opacity = newOpacity; } else { alert("Please select a brush tool"); }

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c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

This should serve as an example of how to get information about the current Tool.

The screenshot shows the second alert for the Brush Tool for example:

// based on code by michael l hale;
// 2012, use it at your own risk;
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); 
var appDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
//checkDesc2(appDesc);
alert (typeIDToStringID(executeActionGet(ref).getEnumerationType(stringIDToTypeID('tool'))));
var toolOptions = appDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('currentToolOptions'));
checkDesc2(toolOptions);
};
//////
// by michael l hale;
function checkDesc (theDesc) {
var c = theDesc.count;
var str = '';
for(var i=0;i<c;i++){ //enumerate descriptor's keys
	str = str + 'Key '+i+' = '+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getKey(i))+': '+theDesc.getType(theDesc.getKey(i))+'\n';
	};
alert("desc\n\n"+str);
};
////// based on code by michael l hale //////
function checkDesc2 (theDesc) {
var c = theDesc.count;
var str = '';
for(var i=0;i<c;i++){ //enumerate descriptor's keys
str = str + 'Key '+i+' = '+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getKey(i))+': '+theDesc.getType(theDesc.getKey(i))+'\n'+getValues (theDesc, i)+'\n';
};
alert("desc\n\n"+str);
};
////// check //////
function getValues (theDesc, theNumber) {
switch (theDesc.getType(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))) {
case DescValueType.BOOLEANTYPE:
return theDesc.getBoolean(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.CLASSTYPE:
return theDesc.getClass(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.DOUBLETYPE:
return theDesc.getDouble(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.ENUMERATEDTYPE:
return (typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getEnumerationValue(theDesc.getKey(theNumber)))+"_"+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getEnumerationType(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))));
break;
case DescValueType.INTEGERTYPE:
return theDesc.getInteger(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.LISTTYPE:
return theDesc.getList(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.OBJECTTYPE:
return (theDesc.getObjectValue(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))+"_"+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getObjectType(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))));
break;
case DescValueType.REFERENCETYPE:
return theDesc.getReference(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.STRINGTYPE:
return theDesc.getString(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.UNITDOUBLE:
return (theDesc.getUnitDoubleValue(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))+"_"+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getUnitDoubleType(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))));
break;
default: 
break;
};
};

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andrea33946492g6lrAuthor

Participant

Thanks so much for the reply! I'll give it a try for sure

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Do you have any Scripting experience?

Are you familiar with UXP?

What kind of Dialog or Panel do you want to create (please post a sketch)?

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

By the way: ESTK Scripts can create modal dialogs (though there are supposedly work-arounds), if you want a non-modal Panel you would need to create a UXP Panel.

Which would probably be better anyway in the long run as ESTK Scripting appears to be on the way out.