"Make frames from layers" & ScriptListener

[Mountain_Peach]

In the Timeline window for animations, there is a flyout (?) menu, one of the options is "Make frames from layers". I would like to use this action in a script that i'm making, but can't capture it using ScriptListener.

For the time being, i've managed to 'manually' achieve the same functionality using script, but when dealing with hundreds of layers, its extremely slow whereas the 'Make frames from layers' is almost instant.

How can i use it? Why doesn't it get captured by ScriptListener?

[Paul Riggott · Accepted solution]

I can get this from scriptlistener....

executeAction(stringIDToTypeID( "makeFramesFromLayers" ), undefined, DialogModes.NO );

[Mountain_Peach]

Legend

Any reason why my ScriptListener logs would be blank when using flyout menu options? (latest version of ScriptListener + CS6 64bit + Windows7 )

[Paul Riggott]

CS6 doesn't give much information so I used CS5, CS3 is usually the best for getting ScriptListner information though.

[Tom Ruark]

@Paul, that is an interesting statement. Can you provide details, besides the "makeFramesFromLayers" above, where CS3 ScriptListener has output that later versions of Photoshop does not?

[Paul Riggott]

It is a general statement Tom, it doesn't apply to video as I have problems that CS3 doesn't support the few clips that I have. But some things are only available using CS3. There was a thread a few weeks ago that required CS3 to get the information.

[Zetta]

Hi Paul,

Nice to hear you say that (even though this is an old post)  I find the same thing as well.

if I can't get scriptinglistener to output anything in CS6 or CC, I can open my old CS3, do the same thing (if that feature is available in cs3) and I often get scripting listener results.

next time I find an exact issue where that has happened I'll try to remember to post it here.

[Michael_L_Hale]

The only time I have trouble with scriptlistener is when ESTK is also running with Photoshop as a target app. If ESTK is not running the plug-in records fine.

However Adobe changed the way adjustment layers are handled in CS4. I do think that CS3 is better for logging those kind of actions. They are logged in CS6/CC but the CS3 log has more detail.

[Zetta]

Ya know... I almost ALWAYS have the ESTK running with Photoshop as the target App.   AHHA!   I'll close it and try a few tests and see if that helps.

[Zetta]

BINGO!   I got a log entry just now that I wasn't getting before.  with the ESTK closed!  ARGH, you think after all these years I would have noticed that one!   I would always open a different version of PS, (that the ESTK was of course not pointing too) Do the function and get it out of there.  But in this case I'm scripting CC specific Timeline stuff, so that trick wouldn't work and I was stuck.  Thanks again Mike,  Genius!

[Michael_L_Hale]

I don't remember ESTK being a problem with versions prior to CS5 but, at least on my system, current versions also  interfere with Photoshop GUI. It will cancel things like dragging a document to move or resize the document window, editing layer names, selecting blend mode, values in the options bar, etc. It also sometimes prevents actions from recording correctly.

That seems to happen as soon as Photoshop is set as the target app. Changing the target app or closing the script does not help. You have to close ESTK to stop the interference.

I have gotten to the point were I don't use ESTK as an editor and only use it when I need to debug.

[Zetta]

I noticed the GUI stuff, but never thought it extended to the Listener.  If I may ask, what is your editor of choice then?

[Michael_L_Hale]

I have tried several and my current choice is Notepad++.