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Rectangle shape with javascript

Explorer ,
Jul 10, 2020 Jul 10, 2020

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Hi, 

 

Trying to get familiar with javaScript coding for Photoshop. Reading the documents a lot.

 

However, quick question. Is there any good tutorial on how to create / draw a new simple rectangle to the document? In Illustrator I find it very easy, but only examples I find for Photoshop is to manually draw out a path with coordinates for each point. Maybe this is the way to go? Want to see if there's any easier way to go with a simple shape like a rectangle. 

 

Thanks,

Mike

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Explorer , Jul 13, 2020 Jul 13, 2020

I've managed to figure it out using script listener. Great tool to extract actions in photoshop. It is a bit hard to read though.. but doable. Just need to spend some time cleaning it up. 🙂

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Jul 13, 2020 Jul 13, 2020

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I've managed to figure it out using script listener. Great tool to extract actions in photoshop. It is a bit hard to read though.. but doable. Just need to spend some time cleaning it up. 🙂

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Jul 19, 2020 Jul 19, 2020

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Hi @MikeCL-zZMTaZ,

you answered your question yourself - but it's still not clear.

 

@MikeCL-zZMTaZ wrote: "… how to create / draw a new simple rectangle to the document? …"

 

What do you really want?

What is a rectangle in your opinion?

  • a selection
  • a selection filled with pixel contents
  • other (pixel) layers contents
  • a work path
  • an path saved in Paths Panel
  • a vector shape
  • the canvas
  • a frame border
  • and so on …

 

All of this can be done. With Javascript (Adobe ExtendScript) and/or Script Listener Code (Action-Manager-Code = AM-Code). But you always have to describe in detail what you really want. Otherwise you will always get no or wrong answers.

 

BTW screenshot before and after and/or sample files are very helpful.

 

 

 

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Jul 19, 2020 Jul 19, 2020

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Yeah.. you're right.. Sorry... It was about a rectangle live shape filled with a color I was after. So I used Javascript (extend script), and in this case, together with AM-Code extracted from the script listener. I will try and be more precise in my questions.. Thanks for pointing that out!

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In this case, the use of AM code is the right choice.

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