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Mattmcquiff
Mattmcquiff
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September 3, 2014
Question

Applescript, crop based on selection without deleting pixels

  • September 3, 2014
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I'm trying to crop the image in the same way you would in photoshop.

You select the area with the marquee then select the crop tool, this then has the tick box to crop without deleting the pixels.


How can I do this please?

I believe the crop that I use below is from the menu item and not the crop tool.




tell application id "com.adobe.photoshop"

  set ruler units of settings to pixel units

  tell current document

  trim basing trim on top left pixel

  set {height:originalHeight, width:originalWidth} to it

  log originalWidth

  log

  select region {{0, (originalHeight / 2)}, {originalWidth, (originalHeight / 2)}, {originalWidth, originalHeight}, {0, originalHeight}} without antialiasing

  set theCropBounds to bounds of selection

  --crop based on selection without deleting pixels as per crop tool not crop in the menu item

  crop bounds theCropBounds

  --reveal all

  end tell

end tell

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pixxxelschubser
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pixxxelschubserCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 4, 2014

Hi Mattmcquiff,

I'm not familiar with AppleScript.

But this JavaScript (with a bit AM code) should do the same:

// CropBasedOnHalfOfPicture.jsx


// https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1564681


// regards pixxxelschubser




var strtRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;


app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.POINTS; 




var originalWidth = app.activeDocument.width;


var originalHeight = app.activeDocument.height;


var halfHeight = Math.floor (originalHeight / 2);




var desc = new ActionDescriptor();


var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T   " );


var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();


    desc1.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Top " ), charIDToTypeID( "#Rlt" ), halfHeight );


    desc1.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Left" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Rlt" ), 0 );


    desc1.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Btom" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Rlt" ), originalHeight );


    desc1.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Rght" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Rlt" ), originalWidth );


    


    desc.putObject( idT, charIDToTypeID( "Rctn" ), desc1 );


    desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Angl" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" ), 0.000000 );


    


    desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "Hd  " ), true );


    


    desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Wdth" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" ), 0.000000 );


    desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Hght" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" ), 0.000000 );


    desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Rslt" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Rsl" ), 0.000000 );


    


executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Crop" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );




app.preferences.rulerUnits = strtRulerUnits;

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