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Apr 08, 2023
12:59 PM
It still seems to me that Photoshop began to behave strangely when getting a list of files via drag and drop or via command line arguments.
Earlier I wrote about a significant delay that appeared when opening files: Delay when opening files
Now I began to pay attention that Photoshop, as it were, shuffles files when opening: I open several files in a row and expect them to be closed in the reverse order, but Photoshop, after closing the last file, suddenly switches to the document from the middle. This can be seen on the video:
Naturally, I tried to eliminate all problems at the operating system level (I even wrote my own application to see in what order Windows files are transferred via the command line)), reset Photoshop settings, but this does not have any effect.
It would be very nice if someone from the community members could check the behavior of Photoshop on the attached files. I would be grateful if you review the topic at the link above and also try to check for delays with various ways to open documents (drag and drop works many times faster for me than transferring files through command line arguments).
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Apr 08, 2023
11:35 AM
4 Upvotes
/*
// BEGIN__HARVEST_EXCEPTION_ZSTRING
<javascriptresource>
<name>Poser Frames</name>
<menu>automate</menu>
<enableinfo>true</enableinfo>
<eventid>f35c20c1-2a5c-45d2-98e2-fead0d2bc8c3</eventid>
<terminology><![CDATA[<< /Version 1
/Events <<
/f35c20c1-2a5c-45d2-98e2-fead0d2bc8c3 [(Poser Frames) <<
/recipe [(Recipie text) /string]
>>]
>>
>> ]]></terminology>
</javascriptresource>
// END__HARVEST_EXCEPTION_ZSTRING
*/
var isCancelled = false;
main()
isCancelled ? 'cancel' : undefined
function main() {
if (!app.playbackParameters.count) {
//normal run (from scripts menu)
var result = displayDialog();
if (!result || result == '') { isCancelled = true; return } else {
var d = new ActionDescriptor;
d.putString(stringIDToTypeID('recipe'), result)
app.playbackParameters = d;
}
}
else {
var recipe = app.playbackParameters.getString(stringIDToTypeID('recipe'));
if (app.playbackDisplayDialogs == DialogModes.ALL) {
// user run action in dialog mode (edit action step)
var result = displayDialog(recipe);
if (!result || result == '') { isCancelled = true; return } else {
var d = new ActionDescriptor;
d.putString(stringIDToTypeID('recipe'), result)
app.playbackParameters = d;
}
}
if (app.playbackDisplayDialogs != DialogModes.ALL) {
// user run script without recording
alert('variable recordered in action:\n' + recipe);
}
}
}
function displayDialog(thisRecipe) {
var dialog = new Window("dialog");
dialog.size = [500, 150];
dialog.text = "Run Poser Frames with recipe";
dialog.orientation = "column";
dialog.alignChildren = ["left", "top"];
dialog.spacing = 10;
dialog.margins = 20;
dialog.statictext1 = dialog.add("statictext", undefined, undefined, { name: "label" });
dialog.statictext1.text = "Your recipe:";
dialog.statictext1.alignment = ["fill", "top"];
dialog.edittext1 = dialog.add("edittext", undefined, undefined, { multiline: true });
dialog.edittext1.alignment = ["fill", "top"];
dialog.edittext1.size = [400, 50];
dialog.edittext1.text = thisRecipe ? thisRecipe : '';
var submit = dialog.add("button", undefined, undefined, { name: "submit" });
submit.text = "Run Poser Frames!";
dialog.submit.onClick = function () {
thisRecipe = dialog.edittext1.text;
dialog.close();
};
dialog.show();
return thisRecipe;
}
* Photoshop registers your eventid on initialization. That is, the script must be in the presets folder at the time of launching Photoshop.
** working with variables written in the terminology section is not possible from the debugger (Photoshop does not record variables to the action, cannot read them from the action, since accesses the script by eventid). You need to either understand how it works, or or use your imagination by editing the script directly in the presets folder and displaying debugging information with alerts or through the console.
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Apr 06, 2023
10:32 AM
Look here: Option to automatically name /color code layers based on the layer's blending mode
maybe my solution will help you
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Apr 05, 2023
04:18 AM
1 Upvote
Scripting the "zoom to layers bounds" feature...
#target photoshop;
zoomToLayer(app.activeDocument.activeLayer.id, 0.5)
function zoomToLayer(layerID, zoom) {
var s2t = stringIDToTypeID,
t2s = typeIDToStringID,
lrBounds = getProperty('layer', 'bounds', layerID),
x = lrBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(s2t('left')) + lrBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(s2t('width')) / 2,
y = lrBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(s2t('top')) + lrBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(s2t('height')) / 2,
w = lrBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(s2t('width')),
h = lrBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(s2t('height'));
var activeView = getProperty('document', 'viewInfo').getObjectValue(s2t('activeView')).getObjectValue(s2t('globalBounds'));
docW = activeView.getDouble(s2t('right')) - activeView.getDouble(s2t('left')),
docH = activeView.getDouble(s2t('bottom')) - activeView.getDouble(s2t('top')),
k = Math.min(docW / w, docH / h) * (zoom ? zoom : 1);
(d = new ActionDescriptor()).putUnitDouble(s2t('zoom'), s2t('percentUnit'), k);
setProperty('document', 'zoom', d);
(d = new ActionDescriptor()).putUnitDouble(s2t('horizontal'), s2t('distanceUnit'), x * k);
d.putUnitDouble(s2t('vertical'), s2t('distanceUnit'), y * k);
setProperty('document', 'center', d);
function getProperty(object, property, id) {
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t(property));
id ? r.putIdentifier(s2t(object), id) : r.putEnumerated(s2t(object), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
return getValue(executeActionGet(r), p)
function getValue(d, id) {
switch (d.getType(id)) {
case DescValueType.OBJECTTYPE: return d.getObjectValue(id);
case DescValueType.LISTTYPE: return d.getList(id);
case DescValueType.REFERENCETYPE: return d.getReference(id);
case DescValueType.BOOLEANTYPE: return d.getBoolean(id);
case DescValueType.STRINGTYPE: return d.getString(id);
case DescValueType.INTEGERTYPE: return d.getInteger(id);
case DescValueType.LARGEINTEGERTYPE: return d.getLargeInteger(id);
case DescValueType.DOUBLETYPE: return d.getDouble(id);
case DescValueType.ALIASTYPE: return d.getPath(id);
case DescValueType.CLASSTYPE: return d.getClass(id);
case DescValueType.UNITDOUBLE: return { value: d.getUnitDoubleValue(id), type: t2s(d.getUnitDoubleType(id)) };
case DescValueType.ENUMERATEDTYPE: return { value: t2s(d.getEnumerationValue(id)), type: t2s(d.getEnumerationType(id)) };
}
}
}
function setProperty(target, property, desc) {
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t(property));
r.putEnumerated(s2t(target), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
(d = new ActionDescriptor).putReference(s2t('null'), r);
d.putObject(s2t('to'), p, desc);
executeAction(s2t('set'), d, DialogModes.NO);
}
}
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Apr 05, 2023
12:14 AM
1 Upvote
.executeScript() works well.
illustrator.executeScript("alert(app)")
It should be understood that we are not passing the command "execute file", but the command "read the file as string and eval its contents in target application". So we need to be very careful about what this string contains - there are many situations where, due to a syntax error, the passed string with the script is not will work (even though it can work fine in the context of the application itself). For example, it is enough to remove the semicolon after the variable declaration in the following code so that it does not execute:
var a = function (){
var a = app;
alert(a)
}
illustrator.executeScript(a.toSource()+ '()')
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Apr 04, 2023
10:39 PM
2 Upvotes
Delete operator
var myMap = {}
myMap["A"]="AAA";
myMap["B"]="BBB";
alert (myMap["A"]);
delete myMap["A"];
alert (myMap["A"]);
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Apr 02, 2023
12:01 PM
@QPR John, reports of such problems are rare in the community.
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Apr 02, 2023
02:46 AM
Have you done a clean install of windows 11 or an upgrade? If it's an update, try uninstalling and reinstalling Photoshop. It is possible that during the upgrade process the objects required for VB ScriptingSupport to work were not re-registered in the operating system.
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Mar 30, 2023
10:32 PM
1 Upvote
You are writing code using ExtendScript and the Photoshop Object Model while trying to run it in the UXP Developer Tool which works with the Photoshop UXP API. This is are different scripting systems.
You can read more about UXP object models here: Photoshop API
You can also use the ExtendScript debugger for VSCode to work with the code you wrote (ExtendScript)
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Mar 30, 2023
09:16 AM
1 Upvote
Unfortunately in the latest version of Photoshop there is a bug with the inability to execute the save command in the action. We all hope to update and fix this bug soon.
Workaround: since you only have 2 commands, shorten the action to one - close (you can confirm saving when close the file). This will work.
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Mar 29, 2023
01:30 PM
You can't change Photoshop's standard panels, but you can write a new panel with the functionality you need.
There is a workaround - you can write a separate action that will run the script. In this case, the script will do what you need. Not sure if UXP scripts support writing to actions, but it is possible with old *.jsx scripts.
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Mar 29, 2023
01:28 PM
This is a bug in the latest version of Photoshop. The Save command written to the action causes an error. We all hope that it will be quickly fixed and a new update will be released.
At the moment, I recommend installing the previous version (24.2.1) of Photoshop. Don't forget to save your actions, keyboard shortcuts, workspaces to disk so that you don't lose access to them when you upgrade to a previous version.
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Mar 29, 2023
01:26 PM
3 Upvotes
*.jsx are scripts written in ExtendScript, an old scripting engine
UXP is a new technology and is not compatible with older ExtendScripts
You must save your code to *.psjs file (UXP script standalone) and run it via File > Scripts > Browse... (drag and drop is not supported yet)
you can read more here: UXP Scripting in Photoshop
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Mar 29, 2023
01:13 PM
2 Upvotes
const reverseOrder = false; // true - layers pass from top to bottom, false - from bottom to top
var s2t = stringIDToTypeID,
layerMasks = [];
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('hasBackgroundLayer'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
var offset = executeActionGet(r).getBoolean(p) ? 1 : 0;
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('numberOfLayers'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
var to = executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p);
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('itemIndex'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t('layer'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
var activeLayer = executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p) - offset;
for (var i = 1; i <= to; i++) {
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('layerKind'));
r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i);
if (executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p) != 13) {
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('hasUserMask'));
r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i);
if (executeActionGet(r).getBoolean(p)) layerMasks.push(i)
}
}
if (reverseOrder) layerMasks.reverse()
var i = 0;
if (layerMasks.length) {
do {
if (i == layerMasks.length) { i = 0; activeLayer = reverseOrder ? to + 1 : 0 }
if (reverseOrder ? layerMasks[i] < activeLayer : layerMasks[i] > activeLayer) { activeLayer = layerMasks[i]; break; }
i++
} while (true)
(r = new ActionReference()).putIndex(s2t("layer"), activeLayer);
(d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t("target"), r)
executeAction(s2t("select"), d, DialogModes.NO);
(r = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated(s2t("channel"), s2t('channel'), s2t('mask'));
(d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t('target'), r);
executeAction(s2t('select'), d, DialogModes.NO);
}
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Mar 29, 2023
04:55 AM
Try to make all functions synchronous
function getSelectedAction() {
const batchPlay = require('photoshop').action.batchPlay;
const result = batchPlay(
[
{
"_obj": "get",
"_target": [
{
_ref: "action", _enum: "ordinal", _value: "targetEnum"
}
],
"_options": {
"dialogOptions": "dontDisplay"
}
}
],
{
"synchronousExecution": true
}
);
const selectedAction = {
selectedAction: result[0].name,
selectedActionSet: result[0].parentName
};
return selectedAction;
}
try {
const selectedAction = getSelectedAction();
console.log('Selected action:', selectedAction);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
In any case, I would advise you to visit the community creativeclouddeveloper.com which is focused on UXP
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Mar 29, 2023
04:11 AM
Спасибо! Я уже накидал свой вариант, но, конечно, в более сокращенном виде 🙂
This code is only suitable for RGB:
const AVERAGE_AREA = 51;
var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits,
startTypeUnits = app.preferences.typeUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS
app.preferences.typeUnits = TypeUnits.PIXELS
var doc = activeDocument,
colorSampler = activeDocument.colorSamplers[0],
x = colorSampler.position[0].value,
y = colorSampler.position[1].value;
var selRegion = [
[x - AVERAGE_AREA / 2, y - AVERAGE_AREA / 2],
[x + AVERAGE_AREA / 2, y - AVERAGE_AREA / 2],
[x + AVERAGE_AREA / 2, y + AVERAGE_AREA / 2],
[x - AVERAGE_AREA / 2, y + AVERAGE_AREA / 2]
]
doc.selection.select(selRegion)
var mean= [],
color = new SolidColor;
for (var i = 0; i < doc.channels.length; i++) {
var n = p = 0,
cur = doc.channels[i].histogram;
for (var x = 0; x < cur.length; x++) {
n += cur[x]
p += cur[x] * x
}
mean.push(p / n)
}
doc.selection.deselect()
with (color.rgb) { red = mean[0]; green = mean[1]; blue = mean[2]; };
var readColorHue = Math.round(color.hsb.hue)
var readColorSaturation = Math.round(color.hsb.saturation)
var readColorBrightness = Math.round(color.hsb.brightness)
alert('H ' + readColorHue + ' S ' + readColorSaturation + ' B ' + readColorBrightness)
app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits
app.preferences.typeUnits = startTypeUnits
@r-bin proposed a similar solution to this problem, but it is more complete and faster. At the link above you will find a function that changes app.foregroundColor to the color at the given point. You can get the coordinates of this point from the .position property of the colorSampler. After that, you need to create a selection by sequentially describing the coordinates of the selection points (note that @r-bin shifts the coordinates to the right down from the desired point by 1 pixel, you need to rewrite the code so that the point you need is in the center of the selection). Further, everything is simple - after executing the function, you just need to read the color value of app.foregroundColor
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Mar 29, 2023
02:59 AM
No. AM code also shows 1x1 pixel color value
A workaround is needed here. The problem is that blur filters includes pixels outside the selection for averaging. Perhaps the Custom filter would help here, but I don’t know how to use matrices at all, maybe the @r-bin will help.
The simplest thing that comes to mind is to find the point where the Color Sampler is set, create a selection of the desired size, read and average the information about the colors of the pixels from the histogram. However, I am also not at the computer right now to check how the result will match the information panel.
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Mar 29, 2023
02:18 AM
3 Upvotes
I wanted to lead you to the idea that mixing DOM and AM code is not a good idea. DOM objects often have attributes that are similar to AM, but carry a completely different meaning. In your code, you use indexes from the activeDocument.layers collection, hoping that it will coincide with the indexing order in AM, however, in AM, indexing of layers is end-to-end within the document (counting from bottom to top) plus it contains indexes of hidden elements (closing sections of groups), in the DOM, layer indexing goes at the level of the current parent element, starts from top to bottom and does not contain indexes of hidden elements.
Basically I write the code by hand. It took me a couple of years to learn and memorize frequently used objects and functions. When it comes to something unfamiliar, I use either scriptListener or app.notifiers (in the latter case, I can immediately get a ready-made descriptor and study it in a way that suits me)
I often reuse code. I have an object template with basic functions for getting and setting parameters, in which I usually put the functions necessary for the operation of a particular script, something like in this topic: .jsx script extremely slow If necessary, I combine some functions and make them dependent on the properties of the parent object (for example, you can activate, delete a layer, document, channel, path with the same function, simply by changing the name of the object class and the name of the action).
I don't like compiling code into one big library because I try to make every script clean of dependencies. In general, I am an ordinary photographer and writing scripts is nothing more than a hobby. You can learn a lot from @xbytor2 xtools, he did a great job putting together a lot of features. Many of the things he did are still beyond my comprehension.
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Mar 28, 2023
02:44 PM
The frame tool can help you (with the resize during place option set in the Photoshop settings). The only condition is that the image you are dragging must be equal to or larger than the size of the frame.
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Mar 28, 2023
02:22 PM
Color replacement tool works in one of four color replacement modes - color, luminosity, saturation, hue. Apparently your shapes slightly differ in lightness. When you work with the Color replacement tool in color mode, it actually changes the color, but it keeps the object's original lightness. You need to either additionally go over it with the Color replacement tool in luminosity mode
or lock the transparency of the layer and change the color of the object using the paintbrush tool (if the shape is on a separate layer and is bounded by transparency)
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Mar 28, 2023
02:14 PM
@Lkiia wrote:
To match the color, I used the eyedropper tool, picked color on the left pic, and then switched to the layer of the right pic
From your description it is not entirely clear whether the objects are in the same document or in different ones at the time of color transfer?
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Mar 28, 2023
09:39 AM
1 Upvote
Good! Now test your code on these files:
Test1.psd has 7 invisible layers.
Test2.psd has 5 invisible layers (note - the visibility of the background layer is turned off)
Would it be that easy to change your code to get the right answer? 🤔
* initially my ActionManager code didn't take groups into account, because I just wanted to demonstrate the difference in execution time, now I've fixed it
** i just want to push you to certain conclusions
$.hiresTimer
var s2t = stringIDToTypeID;
invisible = layerCount = 0;
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('hasBackgroundLayer'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
var from = executeActionGet(r).getBoolean(p) ? 0 : 1;
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('numberOfLayers'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
var to= executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p);
for (var i = from; i <= to; i++) {
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('layerKind'));
r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i);
if (executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p) != 13){
layerCount++
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('visible'));
r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i);
if (!executeActionGet(r).getBoolean(p)) invisible++
}
}
alert ('Total layers: ' + layerCount +'\nInvisible layers: ' + invisible +'\nTimer: ' + Number($.hiresTimer)/1000000+ 's')
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Mar 28, 2023
08:37 AM
2 Upvotes
@jefbr, remove background layer from the document and run your code again 😉
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Mar 28, 2023
06:59 AM
3 Upvotes
I would say this - if you study the ActionManager (or its upgraded version of batchPlay (UXP)) sufficiently, then there will be no desire to return to DOM objects. I usually only use the DOM for basic functionality related to interacting with the application.
A simple example: a 1x1px file with 601 layers (including background) is attached to a post. Let's say we need to count how many invisible layers are in this document:
DOM code:
$.hiresTimer
var doc = activeDocument,
invisible = 0;
for (var i=0; i<doc.layers.length;i++) if (!doc.layers[i].visible) invisible++
alert ('Total layers: ' + i +'\nInvisible layers: ' + invisible +'\nTimer: ' + Number($.hiresTimer)/1000000+ 's')
Result:
ActionManager code:
$.hiresTimer
var s2t = stringIDToTypeID;
invisible = 0;
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('hasBackgroundLayer'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
var from = executeActionGet(r).getBoolean(p) ? 0 : 1;
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('numberOfLayers'));
r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
var to= executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p);
for (var i = from; i <= to; i++) {
(r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('visible'));
r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i);
if (!executeActionGet(r).getBoolean(p)) invisible++
}
alert ('Total layers: ' + (to + !from) + '\nInvisible layers: ' + invisible +'\nTimer: ' + Number($.hiresTimer)/1000000+ 's')
Result:
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Mar 28, 2023
04:12 AM
4 Upvotes
In both cases, you are dealing with javascript (more precisely, with its variant extendScript).
The first example is the Photoshop Object Model (DOM), the second example is ActionManger code.
The DOM is well documented, however it doesn't fully cover all of Photoshop's automation capabilities. ActionManger has no documentation, it's essentially an internal action language. But with it, you can perform a significantly larger number of operations than with the help of DOM.
ActionManger code typically runs faster or at the same speed as DOM.
Both options have compatibility issues with past versions of Photoshop.
ActionManger is of interest when you need to do something that can't be done with regular DOM functions.
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Mar 28, 2023
12:41 AM
1 Upvote
Where did you find that you can get the name of the active action using the "selected" property? 🤔
async function getSelectedAction() {
const batchPlay = require('photoshop').action.batchPlay;
const result = await batchPlay(
[
{
"_obj": "get",
"_target": [
{
_ref: "action", _enum: "ordinal", _value: "targetEnum"
}
],
"_options": {
"dialogOptions": "dontDisplay"
}
}
],
{
"synchronousExecution": true
}
);
const selectedAction = {
selectedAction: result[0].name,
selectedActionSet: result[0].parentName
};
return selectedAction;
}
(async () => {
try {
const selectedAction = await getSelectedAction();
console.log('Selected action:', selectedAction);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
})();
* it should be understood that there are several border states that need to be taken into account and processed separately: a) if an ActionSet is selected, b) if a command inside an action is selected.
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Mar 27, 2023
10:34 AM
Istall ExtendScript Debugger, this will allow you to run and debug *.jsx scripts in VS Code.
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Mar 27, 2023
01:28 AM
2 Upvotes
Explain in more detail where you are trying to run this code?
Your code looks like Extend Script (*.jsx). Save it as a separate text file, change the extension to *.jsx and try dragging it into Photoshop (or use menu File -> Sripts -> browse)
If we are talking about UXP Developer Tools, then it is quite logical that you get errors - there is a different structure of DOM objects. Read about it here:Photoshop API
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Mar 27, 2023
12:02 AM
In Windows, you can press Win+R, enter the path %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\adobe and confirm.
A directory with Adobe application settings will open, among which you can see folders with the current and previous versions of Photoshop (there you can find settings for hotkeys, workspaces, etc.). However, you will not see the actions there: if you did not take care to save them to disk in advance, then they are stored in the current Photoshop settings file: Adobe Photoshop Prefs.psp (and extracting them from there is a difficult task).
If you haven't uninstalled the current version yet, you can save your actions to disk:
and then load them to the previous version.
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Mar 26, 2023
11:20 PM
1 Upvote
@Bojan Živković, using actions, we can create a copy of the mask in the way i described (in one command). As we can see from the parameters, the mask of another layer is assigned to the current layer. The only condition is that before copying, you need to select the target layer (without a mask).
we can also create a new mask on the target layer and copy the existing mask using the Apply Image command:
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