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September 27, 2019
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Request: Add Scale Styles option to "resize image" command in AppleScript

  • September 27, 2019
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The "resize image" command in AppleScript performs the Image Size command in Photoshop.

However, with the AppleScript's command, the Scale Styles option is not enabled. Which, obviously, leads to undesired results in many cases.

Unless I'm missing something, there's no way to enable the Scale Styles option in AppleScript.

So I hope Adobe can add this parameter to the "resize image" command in AppleScript.


Thanks,
Leo

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Correct answer Chuck Uebele

Unfortunately, I don't know AppleScript, nor do I have a Mac. However, with Javascript and scriptListener, you can record to scale layer styles. Does AppleScript work with scriptListener? Here is the javascript code that shows the scale styles:

var idImgS = charIDToTypeID( "ImgS" );
    var desc764 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idWdth = charIDToTypeID( "Wdth" );
    var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
    desc764.putUnitDouble( idWdth, idPrc, 50.000000 );
    var idscaleStyles = stringIDToTypeID( "scaleStyles" );
    desc764.putBoolean( idscaleStyles, true );//scale styles here
    var idCnsP = charIDToTypeID( "CnsP" );
    desc764.putBoolean( idCnsP, true );
    var idIntr = charIDToTypeID( "Intr" );
    var idIntp = charIDToTypeID( "Intp" );
    var idbicubicSharper = stringIDToTypeID( "bicubicSharper" );
    desc764.putEnumerated( idIntr, idIntp, idbicubicSharper );
executeAction( idImgS, desc764, DialogModes.NO );

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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January 31, 2020

UPDATE: After some searching, I managed to get an externally referenced .jsx to run when called from an AppleScript!

 

 
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC 2019"
activate
do javascript of file "/Users/username/Desktop/alert.jsx"
end tell

 

Or slightly different syntax to call the external script, here I have used different path delimiters, both types are valid and this makes no difference to the call:

 

tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC 2019"
activate
do javascript (file "Users:username:Desktop:alert.jsx")
end tell

 

    J
    joshuadwagner
    Participant
    May 20, 2023

    Adding to this:

    I found that the following would work for passing in arguments

     
    JavaScript

     

    function testFunc(t) {
 alert('argument one: ' + t[0] + '\r' + 'argument two: ' + t[1]);
}

testFunc(arguments);

     

     
    AppleScript

     

    tell application id "com.adobe.Photoshop"
activate
do javascript of file "pathToFile" with arguments {"foo", "bar"}
end tell

     

      Stephen Marsh
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      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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      September 28, 2019

      OK, minor progress...

       

      I can't get a reference to an external js/jsx file to work.

       

      I can get a simple single inline line of code to run:

       

       

      tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC 2019"
	activate
	do javascript "alert('Hello Photoshop!');"
end tell

       

       

      or something a little bit more exciting (select all layers menu command):

       

       

      tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC 2019"
	activate
	do javascript "app.runMenuItem(stringIDToTypeID('selectAllLayers')); "
end tell

       

       

      However my attempts at getting multi-line Script Listener recorded AM code to work have failed with AS compiler errors.

       

       

      leo.r
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      leo.rCommunity ExpertAuthor
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      September 28, 2019
      you need to escape all quotes in the script. as to path to external file then i couldn't make it work either. tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC 2019" set js to "var idImgS = charIDToTypeID( \"ImgS\" ); var desc764 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idWdth = charIDToTypeID( \"Wdth\" ); var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( \"#Prc\" ); desc764.putUnitDouble( idWdth, idPrc, 50.000000 ); var idscaleStyles = stringIDToTypeID( \"scaleStyles\" ); desc764.putBoolean( idscaleStyles, true );//scale styles here var idCnsP = charIDToTypeID( \"CnsP\" ); desc764.putBoolean( idCnsP, true ); var idIntr = charIDToTypeID( \"Intr\" ); var idIntp = charIDToTypeID( \"Intp\" ); var idbicubicSharper = stringIDToTypeID( \"bicubicSharper\" ); desc764.putEnumerated( idIntr, idIntp, idbicubicSharper ); executeAction( idImgS, desc764, DialogModes.NO );" --do javascript js end tell
      leo.r
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      leo.rCommunity ExpertAuthor
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      September 28, 2019
      umm i don't know what's up with the Reply function on this forum... I'll try to repost.
        Stephen Marsh
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        Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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        September 28, 2019

        It is the same for JavaScript, this option is not available using the standard reference code.

         

        Untested Idea: As AppleScript can call JS code, you would need to incorporate the desired chunk of JS code into your AS code. You can put the script "inline" or reference an external JS file.

        leo.r
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        leo.rCommunity ExpertAuthor
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        September 28, 2019
        Thanks - yes I tried it and I can run it from AppleScript
        Stephen Marsh
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        Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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        September 28, 2019
        Can you please share your working AS/JS code? As you will see from below, I have been trying to work this out for you, with only limited success...
        Chuck Uebele
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        Chuck UebeleCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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        September 27, 2019

        Unfortunately, I don't know AppleScript, nor do I have a Mac. However, with Javascript and scriptListener, you can record to scale layer styles. Does AppleScript work with scriptListener? Here is the javascript code that shows the scale styles:

        var idImgS = charIDToTypeID( "ImgS" );
    var desc764 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idWdth = charIDToTypeID( "Wdth" );
    var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
    desc764.putUnitDouble( idWdth, idPrc, 50.000000 );
    var idscaleStyles = stringIDToTypeID( "scaleStyles" );
    desc764.putBoolean( idscaleStyles, true );//scale styles here
    var idCnsP = charIDToTypeID( "CnsP" );
    desc764.putBoolean( idCnsP, true );
    var idIntr = charIDToTypeID( "Intr" );
    var idIntp = charIDToTypeID( "Intp" );
    var idbicubicSharper = stringIDToTypeID( "bicubicSharper" );
    desc764.putEnumerated( idIntr, idIntp, idbicubicSharper );
executeAction( idImgS, desc764, DialogModes.NO );
          leo.r
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          leo.rCommunity ExpertAuthor
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          September 28, 2019

          Thanks Chuck,

           

          I can run it from AppleScript and it works!

          Better than nothing - but I hope that Adobe will listen and give us the Scale Styles option as a regular AppleScript parameter.

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