Hey, It's me again, thanks for helping me out last time, now i got a new question.
I got this script from a friend of mine, it originally simply would invert the text layer stroke color, but i added a function that adds the stroke itself based on the text layer size (In pixels), however it works about right on new text layers, but when I try to run it in the already existing layers, it will mess up the size, at first I thought it was something about the way it measures size, but now I honestly don't know what might be the problem.
I had also in mind adding a function that makes it work only with one specific font, but I think the main problem is the stroke size, I really hope someone can help me out, thanks beforehand.
Here's the code in question:
// Add a stroke on a text layer
// Stroke will be the inverse of the text layer's color
function getStrokeSize(){
try{
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var desc = executeActionGet(ref).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('layerEffects')).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('frameFX'));
return desc.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID('size'));
}catch(e){}
};
var textRed = app.activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.color.rgb.red
var textBlue = app.activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.color.rgb.blue
var textGreen = app.activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.color.rgb.green
var textRed = Math.abs(textRed - 255)
var textBlue = Math.abs(textBlue - 255)
var textGreen = Math.abs(textGreen - 255)
function newStroke(size){
function newStrokeEffect(strokeSize, strokeColor, strokePosition) {
var effectDescriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
var effectColor = new ActionDescriptor();
var strokeOpacity = 100.0; // 0 - 100 %
var strokeBlend = "Nrml"; // Normal[Nrml], ColorBurn[CBrn], SoftLight[SftL}, Color[Clr ]
effectDescriptor.putBoolean(charIDToTypeID("enab"), true);
effectDescriptor.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID("Styl"), charIDToTypeID("FStl"), charIDToTypeID(strokePosition));
effectDescriptor.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID("PntT"), charIDToTypeID("FrFl"), charIDToTypeID("SClr"));
effectDescriptor.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID("Md "), charIDToTypeID("BlnM"), charIDToTypeID(strokeBlend));
effectDescriptor.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("Opct"), charIDToTypeID("#Prc"), strokeOpacity);
effectDescriptor.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("Sz "), charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), strokeSize);
effectColor.putDouble(charIDToTypeID("Rd "), strokeColor.rgb.red);
effectColor.putDouble(charIDToTypeID("Grn "), strokeColor.rgb.green);
effectColor.putDouble(charIDToTypeID("Bl "), strokeColor.rgb.blue);
effectDescriptor.putObject(charIDToTypeID("Clr "), charIDToTypeID("RGBC"), effectColor);
return(effectDescriptor);
}
var tmpC = new SolidColor();
tmpC.rgb.red = textRed
tmpC.rgb.blue = textBlue
tmpC.rgb.green = textGreen
var layerOptions = new ActionDescriptor();
var refr01 = new ActionReference();
var layerProperties = new ActionDescriptor();
layerOptions.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("Scl "), charIDToTypeID("#Prc"), 100.0);
var layerEffects = newStrokeEffect(size, tmpC, "OutF");
layerOptions.putObject(charIDToTypeID("FrFX"), charIDToTypeID("FrFX"), layerEffects);
refr01.putProperty(charIDToTypeID("Prpr"), charIDToTypeID("Lefx"));
refr01.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt"));
layerProperties.putReference(charIDToTypeID("null"), refr01);
layerProperties.putObject(charIDToTypeID("T "), charIDToTypeID("Lefx"), layerOptions);
try {
executeAction(charIDToTypeID("setd"), layerProperties, DialogModes.NO);
} catch(ex) {
if (ex != "Error: User cancelled the operation")
alert(scriptName + " newLayerEffect() exception caught? line[" + ex.line + "] " + ex);
}
}
var textLayer = app.activeDocument.activeLayer; // Get the active text layer
var textSize = textLayer.textItem.size; // Get the height of the text layer
var strokeSize = textSize * 0.15; //Calculates a 15% of the original font size to be used as stroke, you can change it to whatever % you want.
strokeStatus = getStrokeSize()
if (typeof strokeStatus !== "number") {
newStroke(strokeSize); //Uses the previously calculted 15% for the new stroke
} else {
newStroke(getStrokeSize()) //If the layer already has a stroke it will do the color inverse function, but if the stroke color is already the opposite of the text color, it wont do anything
}
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True, I changed it, this is the new line:
newStroke(strokeSize)But now i have a new problem, small images will work normally, while big images will mess up the size. Heres the problem:
I tested it with a
textSize * 0.10 To prevent errors. [The left image is 8598x5470 (120ppi) and the one in the right is 1200x836 (72ppi)]
The left image has a 100px text and it gives me a 2px stroke, while the right one has a 30px text and gives me a 3px stroke, so I don't really know what might be the problem now.
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