Access Image Variables Using Scripts

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November 21, 2024
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I've looked through the Photoshop scripting object model to see if there's a way to create and/or modify image variables & datasets using scripting. I haven't been able to find anything, and the few things I've found Googling haven't seemed to work.

Ideally there'd be something along the lines of "activeDocument.image.variables.define(...)"

Does anyone know whether you can do variable changes via scripting?

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c.pfaffenbichler

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What would you expect the result of "activeDocument.image.variables.define(...)" to be?

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RationalIcthusAuthor

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Well, in the Variables dialog in Photoshop, you can create a variable and associate it with a layer and a particular set of actions. So (for example) activeDocument.image.variables.define(card_layer, "card_replacement_text", TEXT) would create a variable associated with a layer "card_layer,", would be a text replacement variable named "card_replacement_text." That variable could then be assigned text in a DataSet and the image updated.