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chrisc96145186
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March 11, 2020
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Photoshop Script to randomly select from Actions

  • March 11, 2020
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Hi friends,

 

I do not know coding at all. 

I have created a Set of Actions in Adobe Photoshop CC (2019), like so...

Im looking for some help in writing a piece of script/code (javascript Im guessing? But whatever will work is fine) which will RANDOMLY select and play one of the three Actions from the Set.

 

Set Name = "MJ_HUE"
Action Names = "HUE_1", "HUE_2", "HUE_3"

 

Ive been trying to figure this out using this thread, but Im having no luck so far. I imagine this is quite simple for someone who knows coding (I definitely do not). 
If you need further clarification, please dont hesitate to ask 🙂

 

Thanks
Chris

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    Chuck Uebele
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    Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 12, 2020

    Try this:

    #target photoshop
var doc = activeDocument

actionArray = ["HUE_1", "HUE_2", "HUE_3"];//put your action names here.

var randomNum = Math.floor(Math.random()*actionArray.length);

playAction (actionArray[randomNum]);

function playAction(action){
    var idPly = charIDToTypeID( "Ply " );
        var desc11 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
            var ref2 = new ActionReference();
            var idActn = charIDToTypeID( "Actn" );
            ref2.putName( idActn, action );
            var idASet = charIDToTypeID( "ASet" );
            ref2.putName( idASet, "MJ_HUE" );//Change this to whatever your action set is called
        desc11.putReference( idnull, ref2 );
    executeAction( idPly, desc11, DialogModes.NO );    
    }
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