Photoshop v24.1.0
App Version 24.1.0
UXP Version 6.4.0
Goal:
I am writing a plugin and from the UI I want to click a button and have that trigger a series of functions to do the following.
1) Select a layer : "mainimage"
2) Create a selection on that layer
3) Copy that selection to a newlayer
4) Rename that new layer to : temp_image
5) Export that temp_image layer with a randomized name
Method 01:
1) Create an 'action' of the steps listed above
2) Play that action in response to a button trigger from the UI
Method 02:
1) Use a plugin called 'Alchemist" to record the UI actions and convert them into batch commands
2) Run those batch command in sequence in response to a button trigger from the UI
Challenge :
The entire operation will run successfully the first time.
Any attempt via the plugin made after the first one will Fail with the following error :
The command “Layer Via Copy” is not currently available.
Running the actions through the UI will work every single time with no error.
What I think is happening:
When i execute the command the first time it somehow locks the "copy via layer" command. Each susbsequent call from the plugin fails.
====================== METHOD 01 ==============
document.querySelector("#btnNewInstance").onclick = handleNewInstanceBtn;
function handleNewInstanceBtn(){
createTempImageLayer()
deselectAllLayers()
}
async function createTempImageLayer() {
const batchCommands = {
_obj: "play",
_target: [
{
_ref: "action",
_name: "Create MainImage"
},
{
_ref: "actionSet",
_name: "Default Actions"
}
],
_options: {
dialogOptions: "dontDisplay"
}
}
console.log("BatchCommands : createTempImageLayer")
return await require("photoshop").core.executeAsModal(async () => {
await require('photoshop').action.batchPlay([batchCommands], { });
}, { commandName: "Make New Text Layer" });
}
async function deselectAllLayers() {
const batchCommands = {
_obj: "set",
_target: [
{
_ref: "channel",
_property: "selection"
}
],
to: {
_enum: "ordinal",
_value: "none"
},
_options: {
dialogOptions: "dontDisplay"
}
}
console.log("BatchCommands : deselectAllLayers")
return await require("photoshop").core.executeAsModal(async () => {
await require('photoshop').action.batchPlay([batchCommands], { });
}, { commandName: "Make New Text Layer" });
}
====================== METHOD 02 ==============
async function makeSelection() {
const batchCommands = {
_obj: "set",
_target: [
{
_ref: "channel",
_property: "selection"
}
],
to: {
_obj: "rectangle",
top: {
_unit: "distanceUnit",
_value: 410.88
},
left: {
_unit: "distanceUnit",
_value: 0
},
bottom: {
_unit: "distanceUnit",
_value: 1296
},
right: {
_unit: "distanceUnit",
_value: 1031.52
}
},
_options: {
dialogOptions: "dontDisplay"
}
}
const batchCommands2 = {
_obj: "copyToLayer",
_options: {
dialogOptions: "dontDisplay"
}
}
console.log("batchCommands : makeSelection")
return await require("photoshop").core.executeAsModal(async () => {
await require('photoshop').action.batchPlay([batchCommands,batchCommands2], { synchronousExecution: true,
modalBehavior: "fail"});
}, { commandName: "Make New Text Layer" });
}
async function copyToNewLayer() {
const batchCommands = {
_obj: "copyToLayer",
_options: {
dialogOptions: "dontDisplay"
}
}
console.log("BatchCommands : copyToLayer")
return await require("photoshop").core.executeAsModal(async () => {
await require('photoshop').action.batchPlay([batchCommands], { });
}, { commandName: "Make New Text Layer" });
}
Any advice would be useful and very well recieved ...!!!
Thanks
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