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john kw62803249
john kw62803249
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January 26, 2023
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Desire Script to send Alert with the foregroundColor.model

  • January 26, 2023
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I have just a little experience with PS scripts so struggling to make a script what will read the foreground color model that is being used.  Possible color models that are allowed are

RGB

CMYK

GRAYSCALE

LAB

HSB

NONE

As shown in SolidColor:

Having the result show in an Alert would be all I would need.

Thanks in advance for any help

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Correct answer Stephen Marsh

Well, that was easier than I thought!

 

alert(app.foregroundColor.model.toString().replace(/^.+\./, ""));

 

@jazz-y – thank you for the tip about the model not updating unless a value is changed, that unknown info would have driven me crazy! 

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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January 26, 2023

Well, that was easier than I thought!

 

alert(app.foregroundColor.model.toString().replace(/^.+\./, ""));

 

@jazz-y – thank you for the tip about the model not updating unless a value is changed, that unknown info would have driven me crazy! 

    john kw62803249
    john kw62803249Author
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    January 27, 2023

    Thank you @Stephen Marsh Stephen, that works perfect!

    Also thanks to @jazz-y as you identified a corner case that could make things very confusing.

    Much appreciation to you both!

    J
    jazz-y
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    January 26, 2023

     

    s2t = stringIDToTypeID;
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('foregroundColor'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t('application'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
alert(typeIDToStringID(executeActionGet(r).getObjectType(p)));

     

    * Photoshop updates foregroundColor object only after changing the color. If you switched the color selection mode, but did not change the color itself, the color model will not change.

      Stephen Marsh
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      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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      January 26, 2023

      For the foreground colour swatch, I think that you will need to look into the solid fill colour options. Sorry I'm not in front of a computer to check or write the code at this moment.

       

      Edit: Setting values is easier than getting values, so you may need AM code rather than regular DOM code.

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