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SpaghettiSam
Inspiring
June 8, 2022
Question

The 'Render Image Sequence' functionality returns an error when being called from Javascript

  • June 8, 2022
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I've been extracting Javascript from some Photoshop actions to use in my Applescripts, with no issues at all. This was all going well until I came across an export action I had setup, which doesn't want to work. I've run the extracted script on Photoshop 2020, and it works as it should. Trying to run the same script on Photoshop 2022 returns the following error...

 

Adobe Photoshop 2022 got an error: General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop. - Error 8800: General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop. - The parameters for command “Export” are not currently valid. Line: 32 -> executeAction(cTID('Expr'), desc1, dialogMode);

 

I had a similar issue when using GUI methods a while back... older versions of Photoshop used 'Export Video', whereas it's now referred to as 'Export Image Sequence'. It's weird because I'm extracting the Javascript from Photoshop 2022, so you would assume this would be ok? I'm assuming the 'videoExport' part on Line 32 is no longer supported... Would anyone know what this might be referred to instead?

 

tell application "Adobe Photoshop 2022"
	
	do javascript "cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); };
sTID = function(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };

function VideoSequence() {

  function step1(enabled, withDialog) {
    if (enabled != undefined && !enabled)
      return;
    var dialogMode = (withDialog ? DialogModes.ALL : DialogModes.NO);
    var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var desc2 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc2.putPath(sTID('directory'), new File('/Users/blah.blah/Desktop/'));
	desc2.putString(sTID('subdirectory'), 'Test_Folder');
	desc2.putString(cTID('Nm  '), 'Test_File_.png');
    var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var desc4 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc4.putEnumerated(cTID('Mthd'), sTID('PNGMethod'), sTID('quick'));
    desc4.putEnumerated(sTID('PNGInterlaceType'), sTID('PNGInterlaceType'), sTID('PNGInterlaceNone'));
    desc4.putEnumerated(sTID('PNGFilter'), sTID('PNGFilter'), sTID('PNGFilterAdaptive'));
    desc4.putInteger(cTID('Cmpr'), 6);
    desc3.putObject(cTID('As  '), sTID('PNGFormat'), desc4);
    desc2.putObject(sTID('sequenceRenderSettings'), sTID('sequenceRenderSettings'), desc3);
    desc2.putInteger(sTID('minDigits'), 4);
    desc2.putInteger(sTID('startNumber'), 0);
    desc2.putBoolean(sTID('useDocumentSize'), true);
    desc2.putDouble(sTID('frameRate'), 15);
    desc2.putBoolean(sTID('allFrames'), true);
    desc2.putEnumerated(sTID('renderAlpha'), sTID('alphaRendering'), sTID('straight'));
    desc2.putInteger(cTID('Qlty'), 1);
    desc2.putInteger(sTID('Z3DPrefHighQualityErrorThreshold'), 5);
    desc1.putObject(cTID('Usng'), sTID('videoExport'), desc2);
    executeAction(cTID('Expr'), desc1, dialogMode);
  };

  step1();      // Export
};

VideoSequence.main = function () {
  VideoSequence();
};

VideoSequence.main();"
	
end tell

 

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2 replies

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Lumigraphics
Legend
June 9, 2022

Photoshop on M1 doesn't support video unless run under Rosetta. So that's the ONLY way it will work.

    S
    SpaghettiSamAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2022

    Apologies, got the terminology the wrong way round... it used to be 'Render Image Sequence' but in Photoshop 2022 it's now referred to as 'Render Video'...

    S
    SpaghettiSamAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 8, 2022

    I'm edging closer to the solution... Opening Photoshop 2022 using Rosetta seems to fix the problem, although I'm going to keep digging to find a solution without having to enable it! :-S

     

    S
    SpaghettiSamAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 9, 2022

    So after a bit more research, I was initially correct after all... 'Render Image Sequence' is currently used on Photoshop 2022. However, when opening Photoshop 2022 using Rosetta, it reverts it back to the old terminology, 'Render Video', hence why the script only works when it's running in Rosetta!

     

    Anyway, I've come up with a workaround, which is to follow the initial script but forcing the 'Render Image Sequence' dialog to load, and use GUI scripting to confirm the selection. To stop the above script from crashing, you need to enable the dialog by changing:

    step1();      // Export

    to...

    step1(true, true);      // Export

     

    And, to ensure the dialog is confirmed, adding timeouts will allow for the script to error, which in turn will allow GUI scripting to kick in... In this case, pressing the 'Render' button.

     

    tell application "Adobe Photoshop 2022"
	
	try
		
		with timeout of 1 second

do javascript "<insert javascript from initial post here, with the updated dialog bits mentioned in this post>"

		end timeout
		
	on error
		
		tell application "System Events"
			
			click button 8 of window 1 of process "Adobe Photoshop 2022"
			delay 0.1
			
		end tell
		
	end try
	
end tell

     

    Not the most poetic way of resolving the issue but if anyone has any methods to run this script without the need for GUI scripting, I'm all ears! 🙂

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