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dance621126
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September 22, 2022
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Trying to record w and h in info panel to create auto straighten object script in photoshop.

  • September 22, 2022
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I am trying to create a script to auto straighten items in ps cc. (note "crop & straighten" automation works well but not 100%; also note I can achieve this in lightroom but want to keep the process in cc).

 

The basic question I am asking is how to I record w and h values of selected items in the F8 info panel. I want to compare two h values and then return a command to photoshop to rotate an item based on the result. Is this done with javascript? VB? Where is a good resource to learn how to do this? I know my way around cc but know little about coding andmy coder is not familiar with cc. The explanation for why I am doing this is below...

 

Items I want to auto straighten are individual artworks on greenscreen background. After removing background I am left with an item which will be usually slightly skewed. To auto straighten the item I need to know the top left and top right information for the item so I can calculate the degree of rotation needed to auto straighten. CC doesnt seem to have an option to give this info. Cntl T doesnt reveal the lower of the two points.

 

But I have a work around. I use "Image>Canvas size" and remove 95 percent of the left hand side of the image. Then "Image>Trim" to remove any blank space above.

 

I then undo the canvas size and repeat that process after remopving 95% of the right hand side of the image.

 

I can then compare the height of the trimmed ( Image>Trim) left and right sides. If left is 30 pixels shorter than the right then I know I have to rotate the left 15 pixels up to straighten the image.

 

Thanks

 

 

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jefbr
Inspiring
September 23, 2022

And for the theory behind this operation, you could check out this information:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hough_transform

    Chuck Uebele
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    Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 23, 2022

    You can use the dimensions of a layer using "bounds" which will give you an array of the coordinates. The 0 part of the array is the width left side. 2 is the width right side. 1 is height top, and 3 is height bottom. Subtracting these numbers give you the actual dimension. 

     

    var doc = activeDocument
var lay= doc.activeLayer
var layHeight = lay.bounds[3]- lay.bounds[1]
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      dance621126Author
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      September 23, 2022

      Unless I misunderstood isnt that essentially drawing a rectangle around the object? It would give the height of the higher side of the skew but not the height of the lower side of the skew?

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      dance621126Author
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      September 23, 2022

      Here is my visual representation...

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