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Adding to selection with photoshop scripts

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
September 1, 2022
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Hey! I have a super quick question that I have spend way to much time struggling with.
I am rewriting an action into a script file and I am looking for the correct way to add to a selection within a script, same as ctrl+shift clicking in photoshop. As of now I have the script selecting the layer mask, rotating the selection, and expanding the selection by 1%. The one step I am missing is adding the original layer mask selection back to the rotated selection.
The current code I have is

Here is a screenshot of the action

Here is a screenshot of the desired seleciton effect.

Here is the text of the code...

var doc = activeDocument;

var old_units = app.preferences.rulerUnits;

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

if (app.documents.length > 0) {main()};

function main () {

var theCheck = hasLayerMask();

if (theCheck == true) {

var idchannel = stringIDToTypeID( "channel" );

var idmask = stringIDToTypeID( "mask" );

loadSelectionOfLayerMask();

transformSelctionOfLayerMask();

}

};

function hasLayerMask () {

var m_Dsc01, m_Ref01;

m_Ref01 = new ActionReference();

m_Ref01.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("layer"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt"));

m_Dsc01 = executeActionGet(m_Ref01);

return m_Dsc01.hasKey(charIDToTypeID("Usrs"));

};

function loadSelectionOfLayerMask() {

try {

var idchannel = stringIDToTypeID( "channel" );

var desc70 = new ActionDescriptor();

var ref9 = new ActionReference();

ref9.putProperty( idchannel, stringIDToTypeID( "selection" ) );

desc70.putReference( stringIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref9 );

var ref10 = new ActionReference();

ref10.putEnumerated( idchannel, idchannel, stringIDToTypeID( "mask" ) );

desc70.putReference( stringIDToTypeID( "to" ), ref10 );

executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "set" ), desc70, DialogModes.NO );

} catch (_error) {alert (_error)}

};

function transformSelctionOfLayerMask()

{

try{

app.activeDocument.selection.rotateBoundary(90,(AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER))

app.activeDocument.selection.resizeBoundary(101,101,(AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER))

}

catch (_error) {alert (_error)}

};

Thanks!

Actions and scripting

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Correct answer Stephen Marsh

I don't believe that there is a native DOM method. Try this AM function, the layer with the mask has to be active/targeted:

addMaskSelToSel();

function addMaskSelToSel() {
	function s2t(s) {
        return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
    }
	var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
	var reference = new ActionReference();
	var reference2 = new ActionReference();
	reference.putEnumerated( s2t( "channel" ), s2t( "channel" ), s2t( "mask" ));
	descriptor.putReference( s2t( "null" ), reference );
	reference2.putProperty( s2t( "channel" ), s2t( "selection" ));
	descriptor.putReference( s2t( "to" ), reference2 );
	executeAction( s2t( "add" ), descriptor, DialogModes.NO );
}

Stephen Marsh

Adobe Expert

@J.C.C.1 - So how did you go?

J

J.C.C.1Author

Known Participant

The first answer worked perfectly. As always thanks for your help @Stephen Marsh!

Stephen MarshCorrect answer

Adobe Expert

I don't believe that there is a native DOM method. Try this AM function, the layer with the mask has to be active/targeted:

addMaskSelToSel();

function addMaskSelToSel() {
	function s2t(s) {
        return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
    }
	var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
	var reference = new ActionReference();
	var reference2 = new ActionReference();
	reference.putEnumerated( s2t( "channel" ), s2t( "channel" ), s2t( "mask" ));
	descriptor.putReference( s2t( "null" ), reference );
	reference2.putProperty( s2t( "channel" ), s2t( "selection" ));
	descriptor.putReference( s2t( "to" ), reference2 );
	executeAction( s2t( "add" ), descriptor, DialogModes.NO );
}

Stephen Marsh

Adobe Expert

An alternative approach, rather than adding to the current selection, use Quick Mask mode for a hybrid channel/selection approach... Again, presuming that the correct layer is targeted:

// Enter QM mode
activeDocument.quickMaskMode = true;
// Load selection from layer mask
maskToSelection();
// Clear/delete
activeDocument.selection.clear();
// Exit QM mode
activeDocument.quickMaskMode = false;


///// Functions /////

function maskToSelection() {
    var s2t = function (s) {
        return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
    };
	var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
	var reference = new ActionReference();
	var reference2 = new ActionReference();
	reference.putProperty( s2t( "channel" ), s2t( "selection" ));
	descriptor.putReference( s2t( "null" ), reference );
	reference2.putEnumerated( s2t( "channel" ), s2t( "channel" ), s2t( "mask" ));
	descriptor.putReference( s2t( "to" ), reference2 );
	executeAction(s2t( "set" ), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
}

J

J.C.C.1Author

Known Participant

If it helps this is the XML of the ATN

{
expanded: true,
enabled: true,
showDialogs: false,
dialogMode: 0,
commandName: 'Add',
descriptor: {
_obj: 'add',
_target: [
{
_ref: 'channel',
_enum: 'channel',
_value: 'mask'
}
],
to: [
{
_ref: 'channel',
_property: 'selection'
}
]
}
},

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