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The original ones throw the error I screenshotted
Thanks for confirming, as I previously wrote, I can't reproduce this 8800 error in 2021 or 2024 versions. The method exists, so I don't know why it is failing.
The new ones throw an error saying they are made only for the 2020 version of Photoshop.
By @NicNamSam
That is correct and by design, I added different code specifically for v2020 and then added a check to abort the script if another version was attempting to use the script. For the 2020 script, the version check could be removed or changed to 2024 (the script can't be used in 2019 or earlier as other code parts didn't exist in those versions):
From 2020:
if (versionCheck != 21) {
To the following for 2024:
if (versionCheck != 25) {
Or all versions from 2020:
if (versionCheck >= 21) {
it looks like some weird issue on my end...
By @NicNamSam
Perhaps, all I know is that it works for me and not for you! :]
Please try this much simpler version, it was my initial first draft before I reworked the script. It is only for embedded:
/*
Faux Place Embedded Retaining Pixel Size.jsx
v1.0 - 12th June 2022, Stephen Marsh
v1.1 - 7th April 2024, Added a conditional layer bounds vs. canvas check
*/
#target photoshop
function main() {
// Set the ruler units to px
var savedRuler = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
// Set the target doc
var targetDoc = activeDocument;
// Open menu to select the file instead of place embedded
var idopen = stringIDToTypeID("open");
executeAction(idopen, undefined, DialogModes.NO);
// Set the source doc
var sourceDoc = activeDocument;
// Set the source doc name
var sourceName = sourceDoc.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
// Select All
sourceDoc.selection.selectAll();
// Copy
sourceDoc.activeLayer.copy();
// Set the target doc
activeDocument = targetDoc;
// Paste
targetDoc.paste();
// Close the source doc
sourceDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
// Rename the layer
targetDoc.activeLayer.name = sourceName;
// Convert to smart object
var idnewPlacedLayer = stringIDToTypeID("newPlacedLayer");
executeAction(idnewPlacedLayer, undefined, DialogModes.NO);
// Set the SO layer
var theSO = targetDoc.activeLayer;
// Get the layer bounds
var layWidth = targetDoc.activeLayer.bounds[2].value - targetDoc.activeLayer.bounds[0].value;
var layHeight = targetDoc.activeLayer.bounds[3].value - targetDoc.activeLayer.bounds[1].value;
// Optionally handle oversized content
if (layWidth > activeDocument.width.value || layHeight > activeDocument.height.value) {
if (confirm("Convert Background to layer & reveal all content?", true)) {
// Select the Background layer if it exists (silently fails if there is no such layer)
try {
targetDoc.activeLayer = targetDoc.backgroundLayer;
} catch (error) {}
// Convert the Background layer to a normal layer
if (targetDoc.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer) {
targetDoc.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer = false;
targetDoc.activeLayer.name = "Background";
}
targetDoc.revealAll();
}
}
// Select the SO layer
targetDoc.activeLayer = theSO;
// Reset the ruler prefs
app.preferences.rulerUnits = savedRuler;
}
app.activeDocument.suspendHistory("Faux Place Embedded Retaining Pixel Size.jsx", "main()");
Note:
If you do reveal all, the canvas is resized from the upper-left in this script (as opposed to the middle-centre in the previous scripts).
Yes, this works!
By @NicNamSam
This was my first draft attempt, I moved away from it's simplicity to the more complicated final versions, however I'm glad that I kept the code!
Thank you! Is there a feature that this older script doesn't have that the new ones do?
By @NicNamSam
The newer scripts use the place embedded or place linked commands and then reset the placed transformations to return to the original pixel values, among other things.
This simpler script uses copy and paste to retain the original pixel values, then it creates an embedded smart object from the pasted image.
Two different routes to the same end of an embedded smart object honouring pixel size over resolution/print size.
I see no problem beside anoying pop-up?
Yet another option is automation via the Script Events Manager:
https://prepression.blogspot.com/2021/10/photoshop-script-events-manager.html
Setup a new event that listens for the placeEvent (embedded or linked) operation:
Then create an an action to reset transformations after placing a smart object (found in the Properties panel):
Alternatively, a .jsx ExtendScript version of the same command:
#target photoshop
executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "placedLayerResetTransforms" ), undefined, DialogModes.NO );
The placed image will be automatically reset to its original pixel values directly after placing it.
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