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Coordinates for translations?

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Oct 30, 2013 Oct 30, 2013

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Hi there,

i'm knew to all fo this and am quite frankly very lost.

I wish to create a script with six images,( which all seems to be working fine)

my trouble is trying to work out the coordinates(translations) of where i want the photos- I used the x and y top left coordinates from photoshop but when I run the script they end up in a different position. I am so lost and getting extremely frustrated so I would be very grateful if somebody could help me.

Caillte.

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To you translation, you have to use the change in postion, not the corner of the document.  So you want to get where the layer is currenly and then figure how far you want to move it.  So if your image is as x = 10 and y =20, and you want it at x=50 and y= 5 then you would say:

yourLayer.translate(50-10,5-20)

In code it would look like this:

var docRef = activeLayer

var yourLayer = activeLayer

var wantLayerHereX = 50

var wantLayerHereY = 5

var layerIsHereX = yourLayer.bounds[0]

var layerIsHereY = yourLayer.bounds[1]

yourLayer.translate(wantLayerHereX-layerIsHereX, wantLayerHereY-layerIsHereY)

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that's great thatnk you very much!!

for the new position would using the x and y form the centre point be right??

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The example I gave uses the top left corner, which is most likely the easiest.  You can do the center, but you have to calculate it from the bounds command, which only gives you the corners:

bounds[0] is left side

bounds[1] is top

bounds[2] is right side

bounds[3] is bottom

for center it would be:

x = bounds[2]-bounds[0]

y = bounds[3]-bounds[1]

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PasteImageRol Script   This script set a selections for image lactations then paste image into the selection the new layer is masked by Photoshop with the selection  to mask off any excess. The Script also aligns the Layer to the selection but that may not be needed. For the Paste most likely centers the image over the area during the paste into operation.

/* ==========================================================

// 2012  John J. McAssey (JJMack)

// ======================================================= */

// This script is supplied as is. It is provided as freeware.

// The author accepts no liability for any problems arising from its use.

/* Help

<javascriptresource>

<about>$$$/JavaScripts/PasteImageRoll/About=JJMack's PasteImageRoll^r^rCopyright 2012 Mouseprints.^r^rCreate a document for printing on roll paper^rcan also be used as a wall hanging when^rall selected images have the same orientation.^rImages will be rotated to match cell orientation</about>

<category>JJMack's Collage Script</category>

</javascriptresource>

*/

//Set Defaults here

var dfltRes = 300;          // default print DPI

var dfltCpys = 1;          // default image copies

var dfltPw  = 16;          // default roll paper width in inches

var dfltPl  = '';          // default roll paper length in feet. if set to null script will use 100 ft.

var dfltCw  = 4;          // default cell width in inches best if it divides paper with evenly.

var dfltCh  = 6;          // default cell height in inches

var dfltBw  = 0;          // default Border width in inches example .2 for 1/5 inch

var dfltGw  = 0;          // default Grout width in inches example .2 for 1/5 inch

//End Defaults

var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS; // tell ps to work with pixels

try {

          // begin dialog layout

          var RollPaperDialog = new Window('dialog');

          RollPaperDialog.text = 'Paste Image Roll';

          RollPaperDialog.frameLocation = [70, 70];

          RollPaperDialog.alignChildren = 'center';

          RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl = RollPaperDialog.add('panel', [2, 2, 200, 56], 'Print Resolution');

                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.add('statictext', [10, 16, 50, 48], 'DPI ');

                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.docResEdt = RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.add('edittext', [50, 13, 90, 34], dfltRes, {name:'prtRes'});

                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.docResEdt.helpTip = 'Image Resolution';

                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.add('statictext', [96, 16, 140, 48], 'Copies ');

                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.imgCpysEdt = RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.add('edittext', [140, 13, 175, 34], dfltCpys, {name:'imgCpys'});

                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.imgCpysEdt.helpTip = 'Number of copies of selected Images';

          RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl = RollPaperDialog.add('panel', [2, 2, 200, 56], 'Roll Paper Size');

                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.add('statictext', [10, 16, 50, 48], 'Width ');

                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt = RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.add('edittext', [50, 13, 90, 34], dfltPw, {name:'pprWth'});

                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt.helpTip = 'Roll width in inches';

                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.add('statictext', [96, 16, 140, 48], 'Length ');

                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt = RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.add('edittext', [140, 13, 175, 34], dfltPl, {name:'pprLnth'});

                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt.helpTip = 'Remaing roll length in feet';

          RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl = RollPaperDialog.add('panel', [2, 2, 200, 56], 'Tile Cell Size');

                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.add('statictext', [10, 16, 50, 48], 'Width ');

                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt = RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.add('edittext', [50, 13, 90, 34], dfltCw, {name:'cllWth'});

                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt.helpTip = 'Width in inches';

                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.add('statictext', [96, 16, 140, 48], 'Height ');

                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt = RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.add('edittext', [140, 13, 175, 34], dfltCh, {name:'cllHgt'});

                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt.helpTip = 'Height in inches';

          RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl = RollPaperDialog.add('panel', [2, 2, 200, 56], 'Grout Size');

                    RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.add('statictext', [10, 16, 50, 48], 'Border ');

                    RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt = RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.add('edittext', [50, 13, 90, 34], dfltBw, {name:'grtBdr'});

                    RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt.helpTip = 'Width in inches';

                    RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.add('statictext', [96, 16, 140, 48], 'Grout ');

                    RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt = RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.add('edittext', [140, 13, 175, 34], dfltGw, {name:'grtWth'});

                    RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt.helpTip = 'Height in inches';

          var buttons = RollPaperDialog.add('group');

          buttons.orientation = 'row';

                              var okBtn = buttons.add('button');

                    okBtn.text = 'OK';

                    okBtn.properties = {name: 'ok'};

                              var cancelBtn = buttons.add('button');

                    cancelBtn.text = 'Cancel';

                    cancelBtn.properties = {name: 'cancel'};

                    // nothing for now

                    RollPaperDialog.onShow = function() {

                    }

                    // do not allow anything except for numbers 0-9

                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.docResEdt.addEventListener ('keydown', NumericEditKeyboardHandler);

                    RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.imgCpysEdt.addEventListener ('keydown', NumericEditKeyboardHandler);

                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt.addEventListener ('keydown', DesmalEditKeyboardHandler);

                    RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt.addEventListener ('keydown', DesmalEditKeyboardHandler);

                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt.addEventListener ('keydown', DesmalEditKeyboardHandler);

                    RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt.addEventListener ('keydown', DesmalEditKeyboardHandler);

                    RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.aspectWidthEdt.addEventListener ('keydown', DesmalEditKeyboardHandler);

                    RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.aspectHeightEdt.addEventListener ('keydown', DesmalEditKeyboardHandler);

          // display dialog and only continues on OK button press (OK = 1, Cancel = 2)

          if (RollPaperDialog.show() == 1) {

                    //variables passed from user interface

                    var res                    = String(RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.prtRes.text); if (res=="") { res = dfltRes;}

                    var copies          = String(RollPaperDialog.PrintResPnl.imgCpys.text); if (copies=="") { copies = dfltCpys;}

                    var pprwidth    = String(RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.pprWth.text); if (pprwidth=="") { pprwidth = dfltPw;}

                    var pprlength   = String(RollPaperDialog.PaperSizePnl.pprLnth.text); if (pprlength=='') { pprlength= 100; }

                    var cellwidth   = String(RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.cllWth.text); if (cellwidth=="") { cellwidth = dfltCw;}

                    var cellheight  = String(RollPaperDialog.CellSizePnl.cllHgt.text); if (cellheight=="") { cellheight = dfltCh;}

                    var borderwidth = String(RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.grtBdr.text); if (borderwidth=="") { borderwidth = dfltBw;}

                    var groutwidth  = String(RollPaperDialog.GroutSizePnl.grtWth.text); if (groutwidth=="") { groutwidth = dfltGw;}

                    var maxpaperwidth=pprwidth*res;                    // Printer Paper width in pixels inches*res 

                    var maxpaperlnth=pprlength*12*res;          // Printer Paper Roll length in pixels

                    var width=cellwidth*res;                    // Document Cell width in pixels inches*res

                    var height=cellheight*res;                    // Document Cell height in pixels inches*res

                    var cols=0;                                        // Document number of columns will be determined by script using paper width and cell width 

                    var rows=0;                                        // Document rows will be determined by script using columns and # of images selected

                    var borderspace = borderwidth*res;          // border size

                    var whitespace = groutwidth*res;          // inter image spacing

                    if (width>maxpaperwidth) { throw "error1"; }

                    //cols=Math.round((maxpaperwidth/width)-.499); //round down

                    cols=Math.round(((maxpaperwidth+whitespace-2*borderspace)/(width+whitespace))-.499); //round down

                    if (height>maxpaperlnth) { throw "error2"; }

                    var file = new Array();

                    file = app.openDialog();// Open dialog choose images

                    if (file.length<1) { throw "error3"; }

                    rows=Math.round((file.length*copies/cols)+.499); //round up

                    //if (height*rows>maxpaperlnth) { throw "error4"; }

                    if ((height+whitespace)*rows+2*borderspace>(maxpaperlnth+whitespace)) { throw "error4"; }

                    //var doc = app.documents.add(width*cols, height*rows, res);

                    var doc = app.documents.add((width+whitespace)*cols-whitespace+2*borderspace, (height+whitespace)*rows-whitespace+2*borderspace, res);

                    var currrow=0; var pasted=0;

                    for (var i=0;i<file.length;i++) {

                              if (file instanceof File && !file.name.match(/\.(nef|cr2|crw|dcs|raf|arw|orf|dng|psd|tif|tiff|jpg|jpe|jpeg|png|bmp|)$/i) ) continue; //next file if not matched

                              app.load(file);                               // load it into a document

                              var backFile= app.activeDocument;       // image document 

                              var imageName = backFile.name;          // image file name

                              flatten(); //handle layered images          // flatten active document incase its layered.

                              if (backFile.width.value<backFile.height.value&&width>height ) { backFile.rotateCanvas(-90.0);  } // Rotate portraits

                              if (backFile.height.value<backFile.width.value&&height>width ) { backFile.rotateCanvas(-90.0);  } // Rotate landscapes

                              if (backFile.width.value/backFile.height.value > width/height) { backFile.resizeImage(null, height, null, ResampleMethod.BICUBIC); } // wider

                              else {backFile.resizeImage(width, null, null, ResampleMethod.BICUBIC);} // same aspect ratio or taller

                              backFile.selection.selectAll();

                              backFile.selection.copy();                     //copy resized image into clipboard

                              backFile.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); //close image without saving changes

                              for (var n=0;n<copies;n++) {                    // number of copies

                                        var x =pasted*(width+whitespace)+borderspace;

                                        var y =currrow*(height+whitespace)+borderspace;

                                        var selectedRegion = Array(Array(x,y), Array(x+width,y), Array(x+width,y+height), Array(x,y+height));

                                        doc.selection.select(selectedRegion);

                                        doc.paste(true); //paste image into masked layer your document

                                        doc.activeLayer.name=imageName;          //label layer with image file name

                                        doc.selection.select(selectedRegion);

                                        align('AdCH'); align('AdCV');

                                        doc.selection.deselect();

                                        pasted++

                                        if ( pasted==cols ) { pasted=0; currrow++; }

                                        }

                              }

                    }

          else {

                    //alert('Operation Canceled.');

                    }

          // Return the app preferences

          app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;

          }

catch(err){

          // Return the app preferences

          app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;

          if (err=="error1") {alert("Paper width exceeded reduce the cell width");}

          else if (err=="error2") {alert("Paper roll length exceeded reduce cell height");}

          else if (err=="error3") {alert("No Images Selected");}

          else if (err=="error4") {alert("Paper roll length exceeded try selecting fewer images or reducing cell height");}

          // Lot's of things can go wrong, Give a generic alert and see if they want the details

          else if ( confirm("Sorry, something major happened and I can't continue! Would you like to see more info?" ) ) { alert(err + ': on line ' + err.line ); }

          }

// -----------------------------------------

// flatten Image

// -----------------------------------------

function flatten() {

          try{

                    executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "FltI" ), undefined, DialogModes.NO );

          }catch(e){}

}

// -----------------------------------------

// Align Layers to selection

// -----------------------------------------

function align(method) {

          var desc = new ActionDescriptor();

          var ref = new ActionReference();

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

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

          desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Usng" ), charIDToTypeID( "ADSt" ), charIDToTypeID( method ) );

          try{

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

          }catch(e){}

}

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

// Function: NumericEditKeyboardHandler

// Usage: Do not allow anything except for numbers 0-9

// Input: ScriptUI keydown event

// Return: <nothing> key is rejected and beep is sounded if invalid

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

function NumericEditKeyboardHandler (event) {

    try {

        var keyIsOK = KeyIsNumeric (event) ||

                                                    KeyIsDelete (event) ||

                                                    KeyIsLRArrow (event) ||

                                                    KeyIsTabEnterEscape (event);

        if (! keyIsOK) {

            //    Bad input: tell ScriptUI not to accept the keydown event

            event.preventDefault();

            /*    Notify user of invalid input: make sure NOT

                                     to put up an alert dialog or do anything which

                                     requires user interaction, because that

                                     interferes with preventing the 'default'

                                     action for the keydown event */

            app.beep();

        }

    }

    catch (e) {

        ; // alert ("Ack! bug in NumericEditKeyboardHandler: " + e);

    }

}

function DesmalEditKeyboardHandler (event) {

    try {

        var keyIsOK = KeyIsNumeric (event) ||

                                                    KeyIsPeriod (event) ||

                                                    KeyIsDelete (event) ||

                                                    KeyIsLRArrow (event) ||

                                                    KeyIsTabEnterEscape (event);

        if (! keyIsOK) {

            //    Bad input: tell ScriptUI not to accept the keydown event

            event.preventDefault();

            /*    Notify user of invalid input: make sure NOT

                                     to put up an alert dialog or do anything which

                                     requires user interaction, because that

                                     interferes with preventing the 'default'

                                     action for the keydown event */

            app.beep();

        }

    }

    catch (e) {

        ; // alert ("Ack! bug in NumericEditKeyboardHandler: " + e);

    }

}

//    key identifier functions

function KeyHasModifier (event) {

    return event.shiftKey || event.ctrlKey || event.altKey || event.metaKey;

}

function KeyIsNumeric (event) {

    return  (event.keyName >= '0') && (event.keyName <= '9') && ! KeyHasModifier (event);

}

function KeyIsPeriod (event) {

    return  (event.keyName == 'Period') && ! KeyHasModifier (event);

}

function KeyIsDelete (event) {

    //    Shift-delete is ok

    return ((event.keyName == 'Backspace') || (event.keyName == 'Delete')) && ! (event.ctrlKey);

}

function KeyIsLRArrow (event) {

    return ((event.keyName == 'Left') || (event.keyName == 'Right')) && ! (event.altKey || event.metaKey);

}

function KeyIsTabEnterEscape (event) {

    return event.keyName == 'Tab' || event.keyName == 'Enter' || event.keyName == 'Escape';

}

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