The frame tool is not a mask, but a kind of hybrid between a smart object and a layer group.   go to "Preferences" -> "General" and enable "Resize image during place" option after that try dragging the image into the frame rectangle again   Based on what you wrote, I would agree that it would be a clear improvement to have the frame tool automatically create a frame along the borders of the selection (if there is one in the document). Now the frame needs to be drawn every time.         ... View more

Hmm... frame tool? You can also select the area you need with any convenient tool, fill with any color it and convert it to a smart object ... View more

try this:   #target photoshop var f = new File(Folder.temp + '/script.vbs'), s = 'Set o = CreateObject("htmlfile"):t = o.ParentWindow.ClipboardData.GetData("text"):f=CreateObject("WScript.Shell").ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%TEMP%") & "\\clipboard.txt":set c = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").OpenTextFile(f, 2, True,-1):c.WriteLine(t):c.Close'; f.open("w"); f.encoding = "UTF8"; f.write(s); f.close() f.execute() $.sleep(500) var c = new File(Folder.temp + '/clipboard.txt'), s = ''; if (c.exists) { c.open("r"); s = c.read(); c.close() } f.remove() c.remove() var SetPath = prompt("Paste folder path", s); var SetPath2 = SetPath.replace(/['"]+/g, '') $.setenv("myFolder_doc_env", encodeURI(SetPath2));   (added UTF8 markers and converted folder name with unicode characters to URI)         ... View more

I've seen several GPU-related bug reports in Community and they all have the same NVIDIA driver version 528.02. Try installing either an earlier version or upgrade to 528.24 (studio branch)   ... View more

Let's take a closer look at your image: It can be seen from the histogram that in the areas that seem to be transparent, there are actually quite a large number of red pixels, their transparency is just very low.   It is important to understand how the "mask from transparency" function works - it does 2 things: 1. Sets the alpha channel value (opacity) for ALL pixels to 100%. 2. The original opacity value of the alpha channel for EACH pixel is transferred to the mask.   In other words, as a result, we get a completely opaque image and a mask that describes its initial transparency. It's not a bug, it's a feature. Watch this video to understand how it works: During any deformation operation that leads to recalculation of pixels (translate, resize, etc.), the values of the image pixels are interpolated, that is, the brightness and transparency of closely spaced pixels are mixed - due to this, you observe the effect of adding pixels with low transparency (which become visible at the moment separating the transparency mask from the color).   To avoid this effect, you can: a) create an opacity mask by clicking on the RGB channel icon, then increase the contrast of this mask using any brightness adjustment tools so that only 2 colors remain: black and white b) to move the layer, instead of the translate method (which does not allow you to control the interpolation algorithm), use the transfrom method with the nearest neighbor interpolation or move (functions available through the ActionManager code)     transform(-100, -50); function transform(horizontal, vertical) { var s2t = stringIDToTypeID; (r = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum")); (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t("target"), r); d.putEnumerated(s2t("freeTransformCenterState"), s2t("quadCenterState"), s2t("QCSAverage")); (d1 = new ActionDescriptor()).putUnitDouble(s2t("horizontal"), s2t("pixelsUnit"), horizontal); d1.putUnitDouble(s2t("vertical"), s2t("pixelsUnit"), vertical); d.putObject(s2t("offset"), s2t("offset"), d1); d.putEnumerated(s2t("iterfaceIconDimmed"), s2t("interpolationType"), s2t("nearestNeighbor")); executeAction(s2t("transform"), d, DialogModes.NO); } move(-100, -50); function move(horizontal, vertical) { var s2t = stringIDToTypeID; (r = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated( s2t( "layer" ), s2t( "ordinal" ), s2t( "targetEnum" )); (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference( s2t( "target" ), r ); (d1 = new ActionDescriptor()).putUnitDouble( s2t( "horizontal" ), s2t( "pixelsUnit" ), horizontal ); d1.putUnitDouble( s2t( "vertical" ), s2t( "pixelsUnit" ), vertical ); d.putObject( s2t( "to" ), s2t( "offset" ), d1 ); executeAction( s2t( "move" ), d, DialogModes.NO ); }       ... View more

Photoshop stores text in special text layers. PNG files have no layers and are just a sequence of pixels. That is, quick text editing in such a file is impossible.   Contact the author of the cover and ask him to send you source file in layers, or correct cover according to your requests. If this is not possible, then you just have to carefully delete the text with drawing tools and re-create it yourself ... View more

Everything should work. Check the state of the document (if an invisible layer is selected, then mergeVisible will not work). ... View more

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Hi, @contactzero! I tried to write several batchPlay functions - everything works for me. Windows   Try asking a similar question here - Adobe Creative Cloud Developer Forums  ... View more

Photoshop does not support editing multiple layers. All editing tools work with only one active layer. Operations with muliple layers are supported only for transformation, grouping and other interaction not related to changing pixels content. ... View more

@Anthony L. Cityscape, try this:    function processSmartObj(obj) { var localFilePath = ""; var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putIdentifier(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), obj.id); var desc = executeActionGet(ref); var smObj = desc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('smartObject')); try { var localFilePath = smObj.getType(stringIDToTypeID('link')) == DescValueType.ALIASTYPE ? smObj.getPath(stringIDToTypeID('link')) : new File(smObj.getString(stringIDToTypeID('link'))) alert("Layer " + obj.name + ' linked file is"' + localFilePath + '"'); } catch (e) { } return localFilePath; }   to @r-bin , тебе встречались ситуации, когда путь к смарт-объекту был в виде string, а не в виде пути? Это можно как-то вопроизвести? ... View more

Run the code and look in the debug window for the structure of the descriptor (is there a path to the file at all, if so, in which variable it is written): #target photoshop s2t = stringIDToTypeID; (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('smartObject')); r.putEnumerated(s2t('layer'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum')); (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putObject(s2t('object'), s2t('object'), executeActionGet(r)); $.writeln(executeAction(s2t('convertJSONdescriptor'), d).getString(s2t('json')));   ... View more

Are you using macOS? The fact is that when opening a file, the paths of lost smart objects in Windows and macOSare interpreted differently (Photoshop in windows saves the path to the file, Photoshop for macOSloses the path to the file, but leaves its name) Try this:   function processSmartObj(obj) { var localFilePath = ""; var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putIdentifier(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), obj.id); var desc = executeActionGet(ref); var smObj = desc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('smartObject')); try { var localFilePath = smObj.getString(stringIDToTypeID('fileReference')); alert("Layer " + obj.name + ' linked file is"' + localFilePath + '"'); } catch (e) { } return localFilePath; }   You can also look at the topic in which I suggested a script to update the lost paths of linked smart objects:  Is there an option that shows me a list with all smart objects paths?  (I don’t remember how up-to-date the code is, the latest version is available in my github repository Layers -> Layers - relink layers 2.jsx)     ... View more

1. When recording an undo, switch to the history palette and select the desired step in the history with the mouse 2. Use named history snapshots - this is much more convenient than going back a certain number of steps back (because regardless of the number of operations, you can always return to the state of the document you need).   ... View more

Everything works. Are you sure you are using it correctly? Does the function take as an argument a layer that is a linked smart object? Does the layer refer to a file on disk or from a library in the cloud? Are you getting some kind of error or is the function returning an empty value? ... View more

... аааааааааааааааааааа!!!! 🙂 Гениально! Я думал layerComps только для хипстеров со смузи, которые всякими UI/UX занимаются 🙂  ... View more

@Stephen Marsh wrote: I am not happy that I have to select the (variable length) back layer within the active layer set in order to set its name as a variable. As the child layers length is variable (2 or 20 child layers in the set), I can't get the last/back layer via an explicit absolute [index number]. Is there any AM code for this, or a way to do this via DOM, to get the relative name without actually selecting the layer?   not very elegant, but you can do it like this:   [].slice.call(activeDocument.activeLayer.layers).reverse()[0]   When I need to know the location of layers relative to groups, I usually use my getLayersCollection() AM function. It returns a DOM-like object with the document structure and the properties I specified. Further, this object can be easily and quickly parsed using a recursive function. Since indexing in the AM code is the opposite of DOM indexing, the first nested layer in each object will be the bottom one:   /**Get the full structure of document layers (including nested groups) * as an array of objects. Parameters that you need to specify yourself * (in the example, the script gets the name, id, type, visibility, three types of layer borders) */ #target photoshop var o = getLayersCollection() function getLayersCollection() { var doc = new AM('document'), lr = new AM('layer'), indexFrom = doc.getProperty('hasBackgroundLayer') ? 0 : 1, indexTo = doc.getProperty('numberOfLayers'); return layersCollection(indexFrom, indexTo) function layersCollection(from, to, parentItem, group) { parentItem = parentItem ? parentItem : []; for (var i = from; i <= to; i++) { var layerSection = lr.getProperty('layerSection', i, true).value; if (layerSection == 'layerSectionEnd') { i = layersCollection(i + 1, to, [], parentItem) continue; } var properties = {}; { /** get AM proprties here */ properties.name = lr.getProperty('name', i, true) properties.artboard = lr.hasProperty('artboardEnabled', i, true) ? lr.getProperty('artboardEnabled', i, true) : false; } if (layerSection == 'layerSectionStart') { for (o in properties) { parentItem[o] = properties[o] } group.push(parentItem); return i; } else { parentItem.push(properties) } } return parentItem } } function AM(target, order) { var s2t = stringIDToTypeID, t2s = typeIDToStringID; target = target ? s2t(target) : null; this.getProperty = function (property, id, idxMode) { property = s2t(property); (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), property); id != undefined ? (idxMode ? r.putIndex(target, id) : r.putIdentifier(target, id)) : r.putEnumerated(target, s2t('ordinal'), order ? s2t(order) : s2t('targetEnum')); return getDescValue(executeActionGet(r), property) } this.hasProperty = function (property, id, idxMode) { property = s2t(property); (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), property); id ? (idxMode ? r.putIndex(target, id) : r.putIdentifier(target, id)) : r.putEnumerated(target, s2t('ordinal'), order ? s2t(order) : s2t('targetEnum')); return executeActionGet(r).hasKey(property) } this.descToObject = function (d) { var o = {} for (var i = 0; i < d.count; i++) { var k = d.getKey(i) o[t2s(k)] = getDescValue(d, k) } return o } function getDescValue(d, p) { switch (d.getType(p)) { case DescValueType.OBJECTTYPE: return { type: t2s(d.getObjectType(p)), value: d.getObjectValue(p) }; case DescValueType.LISTTYPE: return d.getList(p); case DescValueType.REFERENCETYPE: return d.getReference(p); case DescValueType.BOOLEANTYPE: return d.getBoolean(p); case DescValueType.STRINGTYPE: return d.getString(p); case DescValueType.INTEGERTYPE: return d.getInteger(p); case DescValueType.LARGEINTEGERTYPE: return d.getLargeInteger(p); case DescValueType.DOUBLETYPE: return d.getDouble(p); case DescValueType.ALIASTYPE: return d.getPath(p); case DescValueType.CLASSTYPE: return d.getClass(p); case DescValueType.UNITDOUBLE: return (d.getUnitDoubleValue(p)); case DescValueType.ENUMERATEDTYPE: return { type: t2s(d.getEnumerationType(p)), value: t2s(d.getEnumerationValue(p)) }; default: break; }; } }     ... View more

This is easy enough to do through AM: var s2t = stringIDToTypeID, t2s = typeIDToStringID; (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('numberOfLayers')); r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum')); var len = executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p), result = []; for (var i = 1; i <= len; i++) { (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('layerSection')); r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i); if (t2s(executeActionGet(r).getEnumerationValue(p)) == 'layerSectionEnd') continue; (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('layerKind')); r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i); if (executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p) == 7) { (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('name')); r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i); var title = executeActionGet(r).getString(p); (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('layerID')); r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i); var id = executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p); var kind = ''; (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('artboardEnabled')); r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i); if (executeActionGet(r).hasKey(p) && executeActionGet(r).getBoolean(p)) kind = 'artboard'; (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('framedGroup')); r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i); if (executeActionGet(r).hasKey(p)) kind = 'frame layer' if (kind=='') kind = 'layer section' result.push('Layer "' + title + '" with id ' + id + ' is ' + kind) } } alert(result.join('\n'))   ... View more

Understood what the problem is. I thought that the task was to avoid changing the visibility of the layer during selection, but it turns out that the task is to preserve the visibility of the layer (even if it was changed during the script). The easiest way is to save the visibility state of all layers and after the script runs, restore it (all, since we know very well that if you change the visibility of the nested elements of the group, the visibility of the parent group will also change): var currentLayersState = getLayersVisiblity(); // some code here setLayersVisiblity(currentLayersState) function getLayersVisiblity() { var s2t = stringIDToTypeID, t2s = typeIDToStringID; (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('targetLayersIDs')); r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum')); var targetLayers = executeActionGet(r).getList(p), seletion = [], visiblity = {}; for (var i = 0; i < targetLayers.count; i++) seletion.push(targetLayers.getReference(i).getIdentifier()); (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('numberOfLayers')); r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum')); var len = executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p); for (var i = 1; i <= len; i++) { (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('layerSection')); r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i); if (t2s(executeActionGet(r).getEnumerationValue(p)) == 'layerSectionEnd') continue; (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('layerID')); r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i); var id = executeActionGet(r).getInteger(p); (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('visible')); r.putIndex(s2t('layer'), i); var visible = executeActionGet(r).getBoolean(p); visiblity[id] = visible; } return { selection: seletion, visiblity: visiblity } } function setLayersVisiblity(layersStateObject) { var s2t = stringIDToTypeID; for (var a in layersStateObject.visiblity) { makeVisible = layersStateObject.visiblity[a] ? "show" : "hide"; (r = new ActionReference()).putIdentifier(s2t('layer'), a); (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t('target'), r); executeAction(s2t(makeVisible), d, DialogModes.NO); } if (layersStateObject.selection.length) { var r = new ActionReference() for (var i = 0; i < layersStateObject.selection.length; i++) r.putIdentifier(s2t("layer"), layersStateObject.selection[i]); (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t("target"), r); d.putBoolean(s2t("makeVisible"), false); executeAction(s2t("select"), d, DialogModes.NO); } else { (r = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum')); (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t('target'), r); executeAction(s2t('selectNoLayers'), d, DialogModes.NO); } } ... View more

* an interesting fact (which I came across in one of the previous threads) - frame layers are also a group 🙂 Sometimes this can prevent the script from working correctly. alert (activeDocument.layerSets.length + '\n' + (activeDocument.activeLayer.typename === "LayerSet"))     ... View more

I remember that this option was, but could not find it 🤦 Does it work when recording in action? ... View more

reference point enabled? ... View more

Not difficult. Just add before execute action 'select'   d.putBoolean(s2t("makeVisible"), false);   ... View more

Мне кажется в любой программе есть опции, которые никто никогда не включает 😛 @J.C.C.1, аs @r-bin noted, Photoshop has a built-in logging function. At a concise level, there is enough information to understand which file and at what time work is being done. Perhaps you should just enable this option and write a log file parser that will collect data into a single table ... View more