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Hi @Red-Temujin , just to follow up on the Photoshop trim command, not sure if this works for you, but the script below will open the document links in Photoshop, and trim away the white pixels. My example opens all of the links, which you might not want, but it could also specify the links on a targeted layer, or the single link as you place:
Edited Code:
//#targetengine "session";
//opens document links in Photoshop and trims
app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.P
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More details below.
Even if I would like to script this ( which is technically doable) using the result path of the Text Wrap functionality of InDesign with Apply Text Wrap to Motif will not result in a perfect solution:
So with an image like that it's hard to impossible to automate this if you want the motif here, the rectangle with the rounded corners.
FWIW: What could yield a better result is a script that would use PhotoShop perhaps. But here we have also the issue to part the foreground motif from its background.
Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( ACP )
Thank you for providing the sample document with the image file.
Unfortunately the sample proofs that (mis)-using InDesign's 2021 new text wrap feature to crop that image is not good enough for the precision we need here:
That means we need the help of PhotoShop for pixel precision.
Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( ACP )
Hi Uwe & Red, have you considered using the InDesign clipping path/detect edges tool? you can apply a negative frame inset, which removes the interior white areas from the path.
Hi Uwe, Not sure if this helps, but Photoshop has the trim() method, which lets you trim to the transparent or white background pixels. So this trims away the pixels defined by the top left pixel color. There are also boolean parameters for skipping the top, left, bottom, or right sides:
var d = app.activeDocument
d.trim(TrimType.TOPLEFT)
Does this:
https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/photoshop-latest/#Document.html#d1e47935__d1e49165
Hi @Red-Temujin , just to follow up on the Photoshop trim command, not sure if this works for you, but the script below will open the document links in Photoshop, and trim away the white pixels. My example opens all of the links, which you might not want, but it could also specify the links on a targeted layer, or the single link as you place:
Edited Code:
//#targetengine "session";
//opens document links in Photoshop and trims
app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.POINTS;
var lnks = app.documents[0].links;
var pad = 4;
var img, fr, x;
for (var i = 0; i < lnks.length; i++){
trimLink(lnks[i].filePath);
while (lnks[i].status != LinkStatus.NORMAL) {lnks[i].update()}
img = lnks[i].parent
fr = img.parent
x = fr.geometricBounds[3]-img.geometricBounds[3]
img.move([0,0], [x,0]);
img.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);
fr.textWrapPreferences.properties = {textWrapMode:TextWrapModes.BOUNDING_BOX_TEXT_WRAP, textWrapOffset:[0,pad,0,pad] }
};
/**
* A function to run in Photoshop
* @ param file path
* return file path
*/
function trimLink(pa){
var bt = new BridgeTalk();
bt.target = "photoshop";
bt.body = psScript.toString() + "\rpsScript('"+pa+"');";
bt.onResult = function(resObj) { }
bt.onError = function( inBT ) { alert(inBT.body); };
bt.send(8);
//opens the link, trims white pixels and saves
function psScript(pa) {
app.bringToFront();
open(File(pa));
var d = app.activeDocument;
d.trim(TrimType.TOPLEFT);
d.save();
d.close();
}
};
Run on your sample files:
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