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Apply an action to all selected layers

Explorer ,
Mar 03, 2017 Mar 03, 2017

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Hy!

I wish to do an action i 've made (select a specific zone and deleted it), on every layer i selected.

It can be 2 to 28 layers...

I hope you can help me

THX

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correct answers 1 Correct answer

Guide , Mar 03, 2017 Mar 03, 2017

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Mar 03, 2017 Mar 03, 2017

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Explorer ,
Mar 17, 2017 Mar 17, 2017

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Hi WonderMerlin

OK, i wish to scale all my layers to a selection, do you have an issue for this?

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Explorer ,
Mar 17, 2017 Mar 17, 2017

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i write this

#target photoshop

if (app.documents.length > 0) {

var myDocument = app.activeDocument;

myDocument.suspendHistory("operation", "main(myDocument)");

};

////////////////////////////////////

function main () {

var theLayers = getSelectedLayersIdx();

// do stuff;

// reselect layers;

for (var p = 0; p < theLayers.length; p++) {

  selectLayerByIndex(theLayers

, false);

  app.doAction('Scale layer to select', 'SHOES MODIF TAILLE');// ici defi l'action pour les layers selectiones

  };

};

//

function selectLayerByIndex(index,add){

add = undefined ? add = false:add

var ref = new ActionReference();

    ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), index);

    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();

    desc.putReference(charIDToTypeID("null"), ref );

       if(add) desc.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifier" ), stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifierType" ), stringIDToTypeID( "addToSelection" ) );

      desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" ), false );

   try{

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

}catch(e){

alert(e.message);

}

};

////// by paul mr;

function getSelectedLayersIdx(){

      var selectedLayers = new Array;

      var ref = new ActionReference();

      ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );

      var desc = executeActionGet(ref);

      if( desc.hasKey( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ) ) ){

         desc = desc.getList( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ));

          var c = desc.count

          var selectedLayers = new Array();

          for(var i=0;i<c;i++){

            try{

               activeDocument.backgroundLayer;

               selectedLayers.push(  desc.getReference( i ).getIndex() );

            }catch(e){

               selectedLayers.push(  desc.getReference( i ).getIndex()+1 );

            }

          }

       }else{

         var ref = new ActionReference();

         ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr") , charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ));

         ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );

         try{

            activeDocument.backgroundLayer;

            selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ))-1);

         }catch(e){

            selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" )));

         }

      }

      return selectedLayers;

};

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Mar 17, 2017 Mar 17, 2017

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#target photoshop

if (app.documents.length > 0) {

var myDocument = app.activeDocument;

myDocument.suspendHistory("operation", "main(myDocument)");

};

////////////////////////////////////

function main () {

var theLayers = getSelectedLayersIdx();

// do stuff;

// reselect layers;

for (var p = 0; p < theLayers.length; p++) {

  selectLayerByIndex(theLayers

, false);

  app.doAction('Scale layer to select', 'SHOES MODIF TAILLE');// ici defi l'action pour les layers selectiones

  };

};

//

function selectLayerByIndex(index,add){

add = undefined ? add = false:add

var ref = new ActionReference();

    ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), index);

    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();

    desc.putReference(charIDToTypeID("null"), ref );

       if(add) desc.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifier" ), stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifierType" ), stringIDToTypeID( "addToSelection" ) );

      desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" ), false );

   try{

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

}catch(e){

alert(e.message);

}

};

////// by paul mr;

function getSelectedLayersIdx(){

      var selectedLayers = new Array;

      var ref = new ActionReference();

      ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );

      var desc = executeActionGet(ref);

      if( desc.hasKey( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ) ) ){

         desc = desc.getList( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ));

          var c = desc.count

          var selectedLayers = new Array();

          for(var i=0;i<c;i++){

            try{

               activeDocument.backgroundLayer;

               selectedLayers.push(  desc.getReference( i ).getIndex() );

            }catch(e){

               selectedLayers.push(  desc.getReference( i ).getIndex()+1 );

            }

          }

       }else{

         var ref = new ActionReference();

         ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr") , charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ));

         ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );

         try{

            activeDocument.backgroundLayer;

            selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ))-1);

         }catch(e){

            selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" )));

         }

      }

      return selectedLayers;

};

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May 31, 2018 May 31, 2018

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Thank you for sharing!

 

(For those new to scripting, It is all about editing line 13 to reference the loaded action name and action set name.

 

A similar recent topic thread here:

 

Is there a way to resize the height of multiple images at once without setting a specific width?

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New Here ,
Sep 13, 2021 Sep 13, 2021

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do you mean line 113?

 

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Community Expert ,
Sep 13, 2021 Sep 13, 2021

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No, line 13 in the original post from showshow in 2017... The forum software has gone through a number of changes over time and old code is not always the same when viewed today:

 

app.doAction('Scale layer to select', 'SHOES MODIF TAILLE');// ici defi l'action pour les layers selectiones

 

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 17, 2021 Dec 17, 2021

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Hey, thanks for sharing this. I just ran the script by replacing your Action command with mine, but I'm getting below error. Any idea why?

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LEGEND ,
Dec 17, 2021 Dec 17, 2021

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selectLayerByIndex(theLayers[p], false)

 

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 18, 2021 Dec 18, 2021

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Dude, you are a genius! That worked like charm! Thank you so much!!

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 25, 2022 Feb 25, 2022

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These scripts are amazing! Just what I needed to help complete an otherwise time consuming task! However, I'm also having trouble for the script regarding resizing. I too got the error shown above, so I replaced line 41 with "selectLayerByIndex....", but now I get an undefined error. What am I doing wrong? 

 

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LEGEND ,
Feb 25, 2022 Feb 25, 2022

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Lines 23, 24, 25.

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 25, 2022 Feb 25, 2022

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I'm so sorry for my confusion, my javascript skills are very minimal. Are you saying that line 41 should have stayed as it was written and lines 23, 24 and 25 should  be replaced with just one line, this...

 

"selectLayerByIndex(theLayers[p], false)"

 

 If so, I did that, but now it says the command "Play" is not available.

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Feb 26, 2022 Feb 26, 2022

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The another popping up dialog is because of lack of your action that the script tries to play:

 

app.doAction('Scale layer to select', 'SHOES MODIF TAILLE')

 

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May 31, 2018 May 31, 2018

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your script is amazing, thank you so much!!

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Jan 27, 2022 Jan 27, 2022

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Jan 27, 2022 Jan 27, 2022

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You don't need the Scripts Events Manager. Sorry wrong link. Previous post updated!

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I had major issues editing on the phone, now that I am in front of a computer things should be fixed.

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