Set spacing for brush

[jayanam]

HI, I want to set hardness for a brush, but when I use a function to do so, the spacing and diameter is set to 25 automatically. So I use this function to set hardness, spacing and  diameter:

  function setBrushFeatures(Diameter,Hardness,Spacing) { 

  var ref = new ActionReference(); 

  ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); 

  var appDesc = executeActionGet(ref); 

  var toolDesc = appDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('currentToolOptions')); 

  var brushDesc = toolDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('brush')); 

  var desc = new ActionDescriptor(); 

  var ref = new ActionReference(); 

  ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Brsh" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) ); 

  desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref ); 

  var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor(); 

  desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('diameter'), Diameter); 

  desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('hardness'), Hardness); 

  desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('spacing'), Spacing); 

  var desc5 = new ActionDescriptor(); 

  var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" ); 

  var ref3 = new ActionReference(); 

  var idBrsh = charIDToTypeID( "Brsh" ); 

  var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ); 

  var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ); 

  ref3.putEnumerated( idBrsh, idOrdn, idTrgt ); 

  desc5.putReference( idnull, ref3 ); 

   desc5.putObject(charIDToTypeID('T   '), charIDToTypeID('Brsh'), desc1); 

   executeAction(charIDToTypeID('setd'), desc5, DialogModes.NO); 

}

This works but the spacing is not applied, what am I missing?

Cheers

Matthias

[SuperMerlin · Accepted solution]

setBrushFeatures(50,50,50);
 function setBrushFeatures(Diameter,Hardness,Spacing) {  
  var ref = new ActionReference(); 
  ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); 
  var appDesc = executeActionGet(ref); 
  var toolDesc = appDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('currentToolOptions')); 
  var brushDesc = toolDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('brush')); 
  var desc = new ActionDescriptor(); 
  var ref = new ActionReference(); 
  ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Brsh" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) ); 
  desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref ); 
  var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor(); 
  desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('diameter'), Diameter); 
  desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('hardness'), Hardness); 
  desc1.putUnitDouble( stringIDToTypeID('spacing'), charIDToTypeID('#Prc'), Spacing);
  var desc5 = new ActionDescriptor(); 
  var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" ); 
  var ref3 = new ActionReference(); 
  var idBrsh = charIDToTypeID( "Brsh" ); 
  var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ); 
  var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ); 
  ref3.putEnumerated( idBrsh, idOrdn, idTrgt ); 
  desc5.putReference( idnull, ref3 ); 
  desc5.putObject(charIDToTypeID('T   '), charIDToTypeID('Brsh'), desc1); 
  executeAction(charIDToTypeID('setd'), desc5, DialogModes.NO); 
};

[jayanam]

Ah cool, thx, How did you found out that #Prc is needed?

Matthias

[SuperMerlin]

Just used scriptListener after altering the spacing.

[jayanam]

ok thx, is there a script listener for photoshop CC 2015 also? can't find it.

[SuperMerlin]

You should be able to download it from here:-

Adobe Photoshop Scripting | Adobe Developer Connection

[jayanam]

Yes, thank you. But where to put it, in which folder, there is no folder for Plugins or Utilities.

[SuperMerlin]

It goes in the Applications Plug-ins\Automate folder if they do not exist create the folders.

On my Windows Photoshop 64 bit it is in:

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\Automate

[Jaxiter]

Hi SuperMerlin,

With me, Script listener doesn't output anything when adjusting any brush value. Would you possibly know the reason?

[SuperMerlin]

The simple answer is ScriptListener does not record everything.

[Jaxiter]

Oh, okay, but I thought that the spacing it would show as you said "Just used scriptListener after altering the spacing."?