If you set your Photoshop Preset UI to display all tool presets not just the current tool you should be able to run the code without the brush tool being the current tool. If you have create those two tool presets. The Preset are requited to be in you Photoshop configuration. To be safe the brush tool should be active.
Its complicated.
// Note: This script only works if the correct tool for the preset is currently selected.
// Or "current tool only" is not checked in Photoshop's "Tool Options Bar" Presets pull-down list dialog at the bottom left.
var ToolPresetName = "JJMack soft oval red brush" ; // The Photoshop Tool preset name that you created and saved into a set
var ToolPresetSet = "JJMackToolsPresetsSet"; // The SetName.tpl file need to be same folder as this Photoshop script.
try {SelectToolPreset(ToolPresetName);}
catch(e) {
if (LoadToolPresetSet(ToolPresetSet)) {
try {SelectToolPreset(ToolPresetName);}
catch(e) {alert("Was unable to Select the Tools Preset " + ToolPresetName);}
}
else {alert("Was unable to load Tools Presets Set " + ToolPresetSet);}
}
// =================================================== Helper functions ===================================================== //
function SelectToolPreset(PresetName) {
// === Select Preset, tool must be selected or 'show current tool only' unchecked ===
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putName( stringIDToTypeID( "toolPreset" ), PresetName );
desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );
executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "slct" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
}
function LoadToolPresetSet(SetName) {
returncode = true;
var scriptLocation = String(findScript());
var path = scriptLocation.substr(0, scriptLocation.lastIndexOf("/") + 1 ) ;
var SetFile = new File(path + SetName + ".tpl"); // Requited to be in the script's folder
if (!SetFile.exists) { returncode = false; }
else {
try {LoadToolsSet(SetFile);}
catch(e) { returncode = false; }
}
return returncode ;
}
function LoadToolsSet(tplFile) {
// ========load a set of Tools Presets=========================
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" ), stringIDToTypeID( "toolPreset" ));
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "capp" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );
desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );
desc.putPath( charIDToTypeID( "T " ), new File( tplFile ) );
desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "Appe" ), true );
executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "setd" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
}
// Find the location where this script resides
function findScript() {
var where = "";
try { FORCEERROR = FORCERRROR;}
catch(err) { where = File(err.fileName);}
return where ;
}
After CC 2014 you can test if the current tool is a brush type tool and if not select the Brush Tool this function only works if the brush tip is a round brush tip
// Features(Diameter,Hardness,Angle,Roundness,Spacing,Flipy,Flipx)
//setBrushFeatures(undefined,undefined,undefined,undefined,undefined,undefined,undefined);
//setBrushFeatures(null,null,null,null,null,null,null);
//setBrushFeatures(13,0,0,100,25,0,0); //Adobe Defaults
//setBrushFeatures(13,0,0,100,25,true,true); //Diameter,Hardness,Angle,Roundness,Spacing,Flipy,Flipx
//setBrushFeatures(13,0,0,100,25,1,0); //Diameter,Hardness,Angle,Roundness,Spacing,Flipy,Flipx
//setBrushFeatures(13,0,0,100,25,0); //Diameter,Hardness,Angle,Roundness,Spacing,Flipy
//setBrushFeatures(13,0,0,100,1); //Diameter,Hardness,Angle,Roundness,Spacing
//setBrushFeatures(13,0,0,50); //Diameter,Hardness,Angle,Roundness
//setBrushFeatures(13,0,45); //Diameter,Hardness,Angle
//setBrushFeatures(13,50); //Diameter,Hardness
//setBrushFeatures(25); //Diameter
setBrushFeatures(20,20,20,20,2,0,0);
//==============================================================================================//
function setBrushFeatures (Diameter,Hardness,Angle,Roundness,Spacing,Flipy,Flipx) {
//A Brush tool must be the current tool
if (!app.toolSupportsBrushes(app.currentTool)) selectBrush(); //CC 2014 test if the current tool is a brush type tool else select the brusg tool
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var appDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var toolDesc = appDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('currentToolOptions'));
var brushDesc = toolDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('brush'));
if (Diameter == undefined || Diameter == null) Diameter = brushDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('diameter'));
if (Hardness == undefined || Hardness == null) Hardness = brushDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('hardness'));
if (Angle == undefined || Angle == null ) Angle = brushDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('angle'));
if (Roundness == undefined || Roundness == null) Roundness = brushDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('roundness'));
if (Spacing == undefined || Spacing == null ) Spacing = brushDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('spacing'));
if (Flipy == undefined || Flipy == null ) Flipy = brushDesc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID('flipY'));
if ( Flipx == undefined || Flipx == null ) Flipx = brushDesc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID('flipX'));
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Brsh" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );
desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );
var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('diameter'), Diameter);
desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('hardness'), Hardness);
desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('angle'), Angle);
desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('roundness'), Roundness);
desc1.putUnitDouble( stringIDToTypeID('spacing'), charIDToTypeID('#Prc'), Spacing);
desc1.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID('flipY'), Flipy);
desc1.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID('flipX'), Flipx);
desc.putObject( stringIDToTypeID('to'), charIDToTypeID( "Brsh" ), desc1 );
executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "setd" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
}
function selectBrush() {
//select brush scriptlistener code
var idslct = charIDToTypeID( "slct" );
var desc12 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
var ref8 = new ActionReference();
var idPbTl = charIDToTypeID( "PbTl" );
ref8.putClass( idPbTl );
desc12.putReference( idnull, ref8 );
executeAction( idslct, desc12, DialogModes.NO );
}
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