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Roger Sawhill
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July 3, 2010
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Trying to use Applescript to save for web

  • July 3, 2010
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I am fairly new to Applescript and have been getting frustrated trying to build a script that:

1) converts a PDF to pixels

2) flattens the image

3) saves the image via Save for Web (JPEG, quality 60)

4) saves the file to the Desktop using the original file name

I have managed the first two, but am totally stumped on the last two. Currently my script is:

set XXres to 85

tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS4"
    set XXfile to choose file with prompt "Open file to be edited"
    open XXfile as PDF with options {class:PDF open options, mode:RGB, resolution:XXres, use antialias:true, page:1, constrain proportions:true}
    delay 1
    flatten current document
end tell


All my attempts and online searches for samples have produced negative results, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Roger

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Muppet_Mark-QAl63s
Muppet_Mark-QAl63s
Inspiring
July 4, 2010

I have the Trial version of CS5 and don't have the time to fix it's AppleScript Issues (Im mostly trying to learn JavaScript instead) So this is NOT tested but I would expect you syntax to go like this…

set XXres to 85
--
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
     set XXfile to choose file with prompt "Open file to be edited"
     open XXfile as PDF with options ¬
          {class:PDF open options, mode:RGB, resolution:XXres, use antialias:true, page:1, constrain proportions:true}
     delay 1
     tell current document
          set Doc_Name to name
          flatten
          set SFW_Options to {web format:JPEG, quality:60, with profile:false}
          set SFW_Path to (path to desktop as text) & Doc_Name
          export in file SFW_Path as save for web with options SFW_Options
          close without saving
     end tell
end tell

Paul Riggott
Paul Riggott
Inspiring
July 4, 2010

As you know Mark I nothing of AppleScript but I don't think your code will work without a slight amendment. When opening a PDF you can not get the path of the active document it isn't there, you must get all the details when opening the document and use that.

Muppet_Mark-QAl63s
Muppet_Mark-QAl63s
Inspiring
July 4, 2010

I NO need the 'path' just the name of the active document when opened will do as its saving back to the desktop's path… It may require a file extension addding to 'SFW_Path' as I can't remember off hand if the app will auto sort this with SFW? If NOT then this should do…

set SFW_Path to (path to desktop as text) & Doc_Name & ".jpg"

The document name by default is the PDF file name without extension, plus 'hyphen' and which ever page number was in the open options…

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