Get Altitude value from Photoshop Javascript

[Elias31446099b2ip]

I am currently working on a script that returns / get the Altitude value from Layer Style -> Global Light.

I am able to get the Global Light Angle through this script:

var r = new ActionReference ();
r.putEnumerated (stringIDToTypeID ("layer"), stringIDToTypeID ("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID ("targetEnum"));
alert(executeActionGet (r).getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("globalAngle"));

Here is a list of the properties I could find:

If someone knows how I can get the Altitude it would help me out so much!

Thank you for taking your time to read this.

[Elias31446099b2ip]

Here is a snippet of the Action Listener that sets the Global Light Angle and Altitude. I still havn't figured out how to read the Altitude value. You can see that:

desc234.putUnitDouble( idgagl, idAng, 90.000000 ); // Sets the Angle
desc234.putUnitDouble( idglobalAltitude, idAng, 30.000000 ); / Sets the Altitude

The code below is the Action Listener that sets the Global Light:

// =======================================================
var idsetd = charIDToTypeID( "setd" );
    var desc233 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
        var ref2 = new ActionReference();
        var idPrpr = charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" );
        var idgblA = charIDToTypeID( "gblA" );
        ref2.putProperty( idPrpr, idgblA );
        var idDcmn = charIDToTypeID( "Dcmn" );
        var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
        var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
        ref2.putEnumerated( idDcmn, idOrdn, idTrgt );
    desc233.putReference( idnull, ref2 );
    var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T   " );
        var desc234 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idgagl = charIDToTypeID( "gagl" );
        var idAng = charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" );
        desc234.putUnitDouble( idgagl, idAng, 90.000000 );
        var idglobalAltitude = stringIDToTypeID( "globalAltitude" );
        var idAng = charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" );
        desc234.putUnitDouble( idglobalAltitude, idAng, 30.000000 );
    var idgblA = charIDToTypeID( "gblA" );
    desc233.putObject( idT, idgblA, desc234 );
executeAction( idsetd, desc233, DialogModes.NO );

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I think this is a bug that apparently hasn't been fixed yet. You can easily get this data from the "application" object. But for "document" and "layer" it is not so simple. For these objects, try to get the “json” object property, and read the “globalLight” object in it. Your desired values will be there.

[Elias31446099b2ip]

Thank you for writing this! I'll look closer into it! 🙂