Auto Layout Scripting

[acotraining]

Hi Friends,

Do we have any experinces about Auto-Layout Scripts? Actions?

Which Software is better, Photoshop or Indesign?

Is javascript useful way to make a auto-layout plug-in?

Thanks A Lot

Aco

[Kukurykus]

Give some examples of Auto-Layout 😉

[acotraining]

I didn't see any previous examples, I wanna write some rules to arrange images and texts,

how can I do that?

Tnx

[Kukurykus]

I meant to paste some images of that you want to achieve, so someone who writes scripts may know what to do.

[JJMack · Accepted solution]

Both Photoshop and Indesign can do layout. Many will write the Indesign is the better choice.  This may be true for me it is not. Because I do not install or know how to use Indesign. I also do not want to learn or install an other complex Adobe application for Adobe application support is to poor. I do not want an other Application like Photoshop that will have many reported bugs not fixed by Adobe support. 

Photoshop Actions are very limited and would not be a feature to use for making composite layouts. Photoshop can be scripted and can have  Plug-in type Dialogs and can even be programed to be a Photoshop Plug-in that can be  recorded in action like some Photoshop Plug-ins have Action support programed in. 

Indesign may have better layout features than Photoshop and most like has Scripting support so Auto Layout scripts may be easier to program using Indesign.  However, I'll never go there for I do not want to deal with an other complex Adobe Application because of the way Adobe supports Photoshop.

Auto-Layouts need to be design and programmed. In Photoshop auto-layout need design, a Photoshop Script programed and content files. Sometimes the script have the layout programmed in but other Scripts like Photoshop feature Data Driven graphics need the user to create a layout design template and provide replacement content.   For example my free package has PasteImageRoll script and other scripts that required Mockup or Collage Templates 

[Bojan Živković · Accepted solution]

InDesign is easier to use out of box because it does offer to place and auto-layout images in grid for which you can specify number of rows and columns. Both applications offers and so called data driven graphics which are not difficult to learn and use. Both applications offers and extentibility using javascript what is not that easy. If you going to work purelly with digital images then my recommendation is to use Photoshop because you will be prompted to use it anyway. If in other hand you must use and typography then your better choice is InDesign or both programs because InDesign does not offer any image processing capabilities.