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It should be scriptable. Here’s a simple example where 3 documents are created from a list of hex values—var hxList. I haven’t included a save as to JPEG, but that would be easy, and a script could also open a CSV to get the list:
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.INCHES;
var hxList = ["60b7ba", "ff0000", "be6fb2"]
var w = 5;
var h = 7;
var r = 72;
var doc, cn, fc;
for (var i = 0; i < hxList.length; i++){
cn = hxList[i]
fc = makeRGB(hxList[i]);
doc = app.documents.add(w, h, r, cn);
doc.selection.fill(fc);
};
/**
* Makes and returns an HEX color
* @Param hex string
* @Returns a RGBColor
*
*/
function makeRGB(a){
var colorobj = new RGBColor()
colorobj.hexValue = a;
return colorobj;
};
Actually I’m not sure how to do it in Photoshop—maybe someone else can help.
I do it in InDesign with this, but it doesn’t return the file contents in Photoshop:
var path = File(Folder.desktop + "/Test.csv");
var str = readFile(path)
var a = str.split(",")
$.writeln(a);
//returns 60b7ba,ff0000,be6fb2
function readFile(p) {
var f = new File(p);
f.open("r");
var x = f.read();
f.close();
return x; //returns text in the file
}
Here’s an example Save As JPEG code:
var f = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder for the Saved JPEGs");
var so = new JPEGSaveOptions();
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.INCHES;
var hxList = ["60b7ba", "ff0000", "be6fb2"]
var w = 5;
var h = 7;
var r = 72;
var doc, cn, fc;
for (var i = 0; i < hxList.length; i++){
cn = hxList[i]
fc = makeRGB(hxList[i]);
doc = app.documents.add(w, h, r, cn);
doc.selection.fill(fc);
doc.saveAs(new File(f + "/" + cn + ".jpg"), so);
doc.close();
};
/**
* Makes and returns an RGB color
* @Param a an array of RGB values
* @Returns a SolidColor
*
*/
function makeRGB(a){
var colorobj = new RGBColor()
colorobj.hexValue = a;
return colorobj;
};
If the hex list could be a simple text file, getting the values would be easier—you wouldn’t have to parse columns and rows.
If the text file could be the values separated by a return:
Then this would work:
var tf = File.openDialog("Select a text file to read");
tf.open("r");
var txt = tf.read();
var hxList = txt.split("\n")
var f = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder for the Saved JPEGs");
var so = new JPEGSaveOptions();
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.INCHES;
var w = 5;
var h = 7;
var r = 72;
var doc, cn, fc;
for (var i = 0; i < hxList.length; i++){
cn = hxList[i]
fc = makeRGB(hxList[i].toString());
doc = app.documents.add(w, h, r, cn);
doc.selection.fill(fc);
doc.saveAs(new File(f + "/" + cn + ".jpg"), so);
doc.close();
};
/**
* Makes and returns an RGB color
* a HEX string
* returns an RGBColor
*
*/
function makeRGB(a){
var colorobj = new RGBColor()
colorobj.hexValue = a;
return colorobj;
};
I wondered how many colors and how different they can be when converting to jpg. I took a standard TC 283 RGB profiling target and compared the original tif with the converted jpg at maximum quality. As a result, 187 fields differ in color, and 63 of them have dE LAB greater than 0.5 (maximum 1.1). Yes, this difference is insignificant for visual perception, but it can be critical when it comes to accurate color reproduction.
Frankly, I'm shocked. Since I myself have repeatedly converted the profiling targets to jpg to save disk space 😞
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