Apple Mac AUTOMATOR

[nopgma]

Where can I find the automator script actions?

I wan t to build a workflow, when an image/ images are placed in a  directory, photoshop wil combined these file as layer.

I want to build this in apple automator, but I can't find any information about this.

Also I want to put a map action that photoshop wil combine multiple images and align them.

I hope someone can help me find something.

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[Guest]

Hi

You may be better off posting over here, I can move the thread if you want

Photoshop Scripting

[nopgma]

YES PLEASE

[Guest]

No Problem, I'll mark the thread as unanswered

[JJMack]

Photoshop ships with a script the does what you want to do?  Menu File>Scripts>Load Files into Stack...

Its Dialog UI looks like this.  Its written in JavaScript nor Apple script works on both platforms.

[nopgma]

Yes but then I wand to automate this .

every time there are images placed in a directory then  photoshops combine these and save them in a pre defend directory.  and delete the old files

[JJMack]

If you know scripting you could program that automation, For example you could  modify my PasteImageRoll process a folder of images on a timed schedule or trigger it with some signal that the folder should now be processed.  Bypass the script dialog and Change the interactive select files section to process your folder of images and add a save as into your output folder to the script and empty the source folder.

My Photoshop Photo Collage Toolkit contains a script  written in JavaScript  PasteImageRoll.jsx that can Tile your image files onto a canvas Paste Image Roll

[nopgma]

Ok thanks .

Can download the script somewhere?

[JJMack]

Photo Collage Toolkit

Photoshop scripting is powerful and I believe this package demonstrates this here is a video showing a 5 image collage PSD template  being populated with images

The package includes four simple rules to follow when making Photo Collage Template PSD files so they will be compatible with my Photoshop scripts.

1. Size the photo collage templates for the print size you want - width, height and print DPI resolution.
2. Photo collage templates must have a Photoshop background layer. The contents of this layer can be anything.
3. Photo collage templates must have alpha channels named "Image 1", "Image 2", ... "Image n".
4. Photo collage templates layers above the background layers must provide transparent areas to let the images that will be placed below them show through.

There are fifteen scripts in this package they provide the following functions:

1. HelpPhotoCollageToolkit.jsx - Online Help
2. TestCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to test a Photo Collage Template while you are making it with Photoshop.
3. CollageTemplateBuilder.jsx - Can build Templates compatible with this toolkit's scripts.
4. LayerToAlphaChan.jsx - Used to convert a Prototype Image Layer stack into a template document.
5. InteractivePopulateCollage.jsx - Used to interactively populate Any Photo Collage template. Offers most user control inserting pictures and text.
6. ReplaceCollageImage.jsx - use to replace a populated collage image Smart Object layer with an other image correctly resized and positioned.
7. ChangeTextSize.jsx - This script can be used to change Image stamps text size when the size used by the populating did not work well.
8. PopulateCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
9. BatchOneImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Collage templates that only have one image inserted. The Collage or Image may be stamped with text.
10. BatchMultiImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with images in a source image folder. Easier to use than the interactive script. Saved collages can be tweaked.
11. PasteImageRoll.jsx - Paste Images into a document to be print on roll paper.
12. BatchPicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder.  Images Rotates for best fit.
13. BatchPicturePackageNoRotate.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder.
14. PopulatePicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template Fill with the same single image and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
15. PCTpreferences.jsx - Edit This File to Customize Collage Populating scripts default setting and add your own Layer styles.

Documentation and Examples

[Stephen Marsh]

I think you are talking about the following add-ons, as Apple Automator does not have these as standard:

Robot Photoshop