Have you checked out the Object Model Viewer? »Document.convertProfile (destinationProfile: string , intent: Intent , blackPointCompensation: Boolean , dither: Boolean )« ... View more

Are you talking about Layer Masks or Alpha Channels? If you want to remove Alpha Channels check out post 10 in this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/290238 As for removing paths, maybe this helps: http://ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=12177 ... View more

The textItem’s contents might be what you are after. But why not elaborate a bit, maybe with a few screenshots, so we can help you? ... View more

please tell me if theres is any possible convert script to plugin I don’t know, hopefully someone else does, but maybe you should start a new thread for that. ... View more

Please refer to the link provided in my previous post. ... View more

Tom Murray’s advice to use command-alt-shift-T is good. If the task arises very often you might consider a Scripting solution. This one would need to put the adequate number of copies in one Layer Group and select the Group before running it, but it could be adapted to create the copies, too. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/767611?tstart=-1 ... View more

Specific in what way? ... View more

Could you explain a in bit more detail? Is it one Layer Group, if so how is it identified – activeLayer, name, …? »All my documents« means what – all other open documents, all documents in a certain location, …? ... View more

Maybe app.open(File(/*insert the correct path as a string here*/)) ... View more

View > Proof Colors seems to produce no Scripting Listener Code, so I am somewhat skeptical – others may know better, though. What do you need it for anyway? A workaround to ensure it is turned it off might be to invoke some random Proof Setup and then toggle Proof Colors. ... View more

Depending on the number of drops it might be worth looking into automating the task (probably not, though), but as so often: posting a screenshot might have helped clarify the actual issues … ... View more

Wouldn’t loading the luminance (possibly after hiding the other layers and then showing them again) and subsequently creating the Solid Color Layer with that as a Mask be easier? But quite frankly I don’t quite get what the purpose is – maybe a screenshot could illuminate the issue. ... View more

Seems to only apply for files saved without »Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility«; when saved with maximized compatibility your Script seems to produce smaller files. ... View more

Thanks for testing. And the result surprises me – the Script uses the Style Stroke on a Solid Color Layer, but I’m not quite sure why that would produce a smaller file. ... View more

I am not familiar with "export layers to tiff" – or do you mean »Export Layers to Files«? What exactly are you trying to achieve anyway? ... View more

What color mode is the image? It should work for any layer-capable mode (in CS5). I'm new to scripting to Photoshop (done some js in 3d apps) so I need to get practicing here -  I'll look for some starter tutorials. You could check out »Photoshop CS5 Scripting Guide.pdf« and »Photoshop CS5 JavaScript Ref.pdf«. Can’t remember if they are part of the installation but you should be able to find them on the net at least. ... View more

Conciseness being advantageous when it comes to Scripting your Scripts seems much preferable. Have a good weekend Pfaffenbichler ... View more

You could give this a try: // add layer with stroke and text with measurements of selection; // 2011, use it at your own risk; #target photoshop try {      var state = app.activeDocument.activeHistoryState;      app.activeDocument.selection.deselect();      if (app.activeDocument.activeHistoryState != state) {           app.activeDocument.activeHistoryState = state           var check = true;           }      else {           var check = false           };      } catch (e) {var check = false}; // if document and selection; if (check == true) {      var originalRulerUnits = preferences.rulerUnits;      preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;      var originalResolution = app.activeDocument.resolution;      var myDocument = app.activeDocument;      myDocument.resizeImage (undefined, undefined, 72, ResampleMethod.NONE); // get selection measurements;      var theBounds = myDocument.selection.bounds;      var width = theBounds[2] - theBounds[0];      var height = theBounds[3] - theBounds[1]; // make layer;      var theLayer = makeFillLayer(width+"x"+height, 0, 0, 0, 0);      theLayer.fillOpacity = 0;      addStroke(); // create a text layer;      var textLayer = myDocument.artLayers.add();      textLayer.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;      textLayer.name = width+" x "+height;      var myTextRef = textLayer.textItem;      myTextRef.size = 12 * originalResolution / 72;      myTextRef.font = "Arial-BoldMT"; //Set text colour in RGB values      var newColor = new SolidColor();      newColor.rgb.red = 0;      newColor.rgb.green = 0;      newColor.rgb.blue = 0;      myTextRef.color = newColor;      myTextRef.justification = Justification.RIGHT;      myTextRef.kind = TextType.POINTTEXT;           myTextRef.position = [theBounds[2], theBounds[1] - 10];      myTextRef.contents = width+" x "+height;      textLayer.blendMode = BlendMode.NORMAL;      textLayer.opacity = 100; // reset;      preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;      myDocument.resizeImage (undefined, undefined, originalResolution, ResampleMethod.NONE);      }; ////// the fill-layer-function ////// function makeFillLayer (name, b, c, d, e) { var idMk = charIDToTypeID( "Mk  " );     var desc6 = new ActionDescriptor();     var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );         var ref2 = new ActionReference();         var idcontentLayer = stringIDToTypeID( "contentLayer" );         ref2.putClass( idcontentLayer );     desc6.putReference( idnull, ref2 );     var idUsng = charIDToTypeID( "Usng" );         var desc7 = new ActionDescriptor();         var idNm = charIDToTypeID( "Nm  " );         desc7.putString( idNm, name );         var idType = charIDToTypeID( "Type" );             var desc8 = new ActionDescriptor();             var idClr = charIDToTypeID( "Clr " );                 var desc9 = new ActionDescriptor();                 var idCyn = charIDToTypeID( "Cyn " );                 desc9.putDouble( idCyn, b );                 var idMgnt = charIDToTypeID( "Mgnt" );                 desc9.putDouble( idMgnt, c );                 var idYlw = charIDToTypeID( "Ylw " );                 desc9.putDouble( idYlw, d );                 var idBlck = charIDToTypeID( "Blck" );                 desc9.putDouble( idBlck, e );             var idCMYC = charIDToTypeID( "CMYC" );             desc8.putObject( idClr, idCMYC, desc9 );         var idsolidColorLayer = stringIDToTypeID( "solidColorLayer" );         desc7.putObject( idType, idsolidColorLayer, desc8 );     var idcontentLayer = stringIDToTypeID( "contentLayer" );     desc6.putObject( idUsng, idcontentLayer, desc7 ); executeAction( idMk, desc6, DialogModes.NO ); return app.activeDocument.activeLayer }; ////// stroke ////// function addStroke () { // ======================================================= var idsetd = charIDToTypeID( "setd" );     var desc5 = new ActionDescriptor();     var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );         var ref2 = new ActionReference();         var idPrpr = charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" );         var idLefx = charIDToTypeID( "Lefx" );         ref2.putProperty( idPrpr, idLefx );         var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " );         var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );         var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );         ref2.putEnumerated( idLyr, idOrdn, idTrgt );     desc5.putReference( idnull, ref2 );     var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T   " );         var desc6 = new ActionDescriptor();         var idScl = charIDToTypeID( "Scl " );         var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );         desc6.putUnitDouble( idScl, idPrc, 416.666667 );         var idFrFX = charIDToTypeID( "FrFX" );             var desc7 = new ActionDescriptor();             var idenab = charIDToTypeID( "enab" );             desc7.putBoolean( idenab, true );             var idStyl = charIDToTypeID( "Styl" );             var idFStl = charIDToTypeID( "FStl" );             var idInsF = charIDToTypeID( "InsF" );             desc7.putEnumerated( idStyl, idFStl, idInsF );             var idPntT = charIDToTypeID( "PntT" );             var idFrFl = charIDToTypeID( "FrFl" );             var idSClr = charIDToTypeID( "SClr" );             desc7.putEnumerated( idPntT, idFrFl, idSClr );             var idMd = charIDToTypeID( "Md  " );             var idBlnM = charIDToTypeID( "BlnM" );             var idNrml = charIDToTypeID( "Nrml" );             desc7.putEnumerated( idMd, idBlnM, idNrml );             var idOpct = charIDToTypeID( "Opct" );             var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );             desc7.putUnitDouble( idOpct, idPrc, 100.000000 );             var idSz = charIDToTypeID( "Sz  " );             var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );             desc7.putUnitDouble( idSz, idPxl, 1.000000 );             var idClr = charIDToTypeID( "Clr " );                 var desc8 = new ActionDescriptor();                 var idRd = charIDToTypeID( "Rd  " );                 desc8.putDouble( idRd, 0.000000 );                 var idGrn = charIDToTypeID( "Grn " );                 desc8.putDouble( idGrn, 0.000000 );                 var idBl = charIDToTypeID( "Bl  " );                 desc8.putDouble( idBl, 0.000000 );             var idRGBC = charIDToTypeID( "RGBC" );             desc7.putObject( idClr, idRGBC, desc8 );         var idFrFX = charIDToTypeID( "FrFX" );         desc6.putObject( idFrFX, idFrFX, desc7 );     var idLefx = charIDToTypeID( "Lefx" );     desc5.putObject( idT, idLefx, desc6 ); executeAction( idsetd, desc5, DialogModes.NO ); }; ... 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True, especially if the Selection is basically polygonal without a lot of curving or gets feathered strongly anyway this might be an more convenient solution. ... View more

As far as I can tell: No. Alternative options would be • creating a Path and using strokePath or • trying to recreate the whole Mask as Paths and apply the necessary Blur afterwards or • inserting the channel from a separate file Edit: Could you post a screenshot of what you are aiming for? ... View more

Well, what do you know, a button I had not noticed so far! One more thing learned. ... View more

I do see how combining two 4 point rectangles can produce a path with 8, 10, or 12 points depending on which shape operation was used. But Photoshop does not actually create those points, I think, and as calculating the intersection-points is way beyond me it might be easier to do in Illustrator with BridgeTalk. (If Pathfinder operations can be Scripted that is, Illustrator’s Scripting support seems less than thorough sometimes …) I cut some corners in that I omitted Operation (for which I could not find the handle) and the PathPointKind completely – operation being irrelevant if each path is supposed to be on its own anyway … // 2011, use it at your own risk; #target photoshop if (app.documents.length > 0) { var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits; app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.POINTS; myDocument = app.activeDocument; var theLayer = myDocument.activeLayer; var thePath = myDocument.pathItems[myDocument.pathItems.length - 1]; var theArray = collectPathInfoDesc (myDocument, thePath); //var theArray = collectPathInfo (myDocument, thePath); for (var m = 0; m < theArray.length; m++) {      myDocument.activeLayer = theLayer;      try{                var aPath = createPath ([theArray ], thePath.name+"_"+m);           makeSolidFillAdjLayer(app.foregroundColor);           aPath.remove();           }      catch (e) {};      }; app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits; }; //////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////// ////// function to create path from array with one array per point that holds anchor, leftdirection, etc, 2010 ////// function createPath (theArray, thePathsName) { var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits; app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.POINTS; lineSubPathArray = new Array (); if (theArray[theArray.length - 1].constructor != Array) {var numberOfPoints = theArray.length - 1} else {var numberOfPoints = theArray.length}; for (var b = 0; b < numberOfPoints; b++) {      var lineArray = new Array ();      for (c = 0; c < (theArray.length - 1); c++) {           lineArray = new PathPointInfo;                      if (!theArray [3]) {lineArray .kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT}           else {lineArray .kind = theArray [3]};                      lineArray .anchor = theArray [0];           if (!theArray [1]) {lineArray .leftDirection = theArray [0]}           else {lineArray .leftDirection = theArray [1]};                      if (!theArray [2]) {lineArray .rightDirection = theArray [0]}           else {lineArray .rightDirection = theArray [2]};                      };      lineSubPathArray = new SubPathInfo();             lineSubPathArray.closed = theArray[theArray.length - 1]; //     lineSubPathArray.operation = theArray[theArray.length - 1];      lineSubPathArray.operation = ShapeOperation.SHAPEADD;      lineSubPathArray.entireSubPath = lineArray;      }; var myPathItem = app.activeDocument.pathItems.add(thePathsName, lineSubPathArray); app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits; return myPathItem }; ////// collect path infor from actiondescriptor ////// function collectPathInfoDesc (myDocument, thePath) { //var myDocument = app.activeDocument; var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits; app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.POINTS; // based of functions from xbytor’s stdlib; var ref = new ActionReference(); for (var l = 0; l < myDocument.pathItems.length; l++) {      var thisPath = myDocument.pathItems ;      if (thisPath == thePath && thisPath.name == "Work Path") {           ref.putProperty(cTID("Path"), cTID("WrPt"));           };      if (thisPath == thePath && thisPath.name != "Work Path" && thisPath.kind != PathKind.VECTORMASK) {           ref.putIndex(cTID("Path"), l + 1);           };      if (thisPath == thePath && thisPath.kind == PathKind.VECTORMASK) {         var idPath = charIDToTypeID( "Path" );         var idPath = charIDToTypeID( "Path" );         var idvectorMask = stringIDToTypeID( "vectorMask" );         ref.putEnumerated( idPath, idPath, idvectorMask );           };      }; var desc = app.executeActionGet(ref); var pname = desc.getString(cTID('PthN')); // create new array; var theArray = new Array; var pathComponents = desc.getObjectValue(cTID("PthC")).getList(sTID('pathComponents')); // for subpathitems; for (var m = 0; m < pathComponents.count; m++) {      var listKey = pathComponents.getObjectValue(m).getList(sTID("subpathListKey")); //     var operation = listKey.getEnumerationType(sTID('operation')); // for subpathitem’s count;      for (var n = 0; n < listKey.count; n++) {           theArray.push(new Array);           var points = listKey.getObjectValue(n).getList(sTID('points'));           var closed = listKey.getObjectValue(n).getBoolean(sTID("closedSubpath")); // for subpathitem’s segment’s number of points;           for (var o = 0; o < points.count; o++) {                var anchorObj = points.getObjectValue(o).getObjectValue(sTID("anchor"));                var anchor = [anchorObj.getUnitDoubleValue(sTID('horizontal')), anchorObj.getUnitDoubleValue(sTID('vertical'))];                var thisPoint = [anchor];                try {                     var left = points.getObjectValue(o).getObjectValue(cTID("Fwd "));                     var leftDirection = [left.getUnitDoubleValue(sTID('horizontal')), left.getUnitDoubleValue(sTID('vertical'))];                     thisPoint.push(leftDirection)                     }                catch (e) {};                try {                     var right = points.getObjectValue(o).getObjectValue(cTID("Bwd "));                     var rightDirection = [right.getUnitDoubleValue(sTID('horizontal')), right.getUnitDoubleValue(sTID('vertical'))]                     thisPoint.push(rightDirection)                     }                catch (e) {};                theArray[theArray.length - 1].push(thisPoint);                };           theArray[theArray.length - 1].push(closed);           };      }; // by xbytor, thanks to him; function cTID (s) { return cTID || cTID = app.charIDToTypeID(s); }; function sTID (s) { return sTID || sTID = app.stringIDToTypeID(s); }; // reset; app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits; return theArray; };function makeSolidFillAdjLayer(solidColor) {     var desc = new ActionDescriptor();         var adjLayer = new ActionReference();         adjLayer.putClass( stringIDToTypeID('contentLayer') );     desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), adjLayer );         var fill = new ActionDescriptor();             var sc = new ActionDescriptor();                 var color = new ActionDescriptor();                 color.putDouble( charIDToTypeID('Rd  '), solidColor.rgb.red );                 color.putDouble( charIDToTypeID('Grn '), solidColor.rgb.green );                 color.putDouble( charIDToTypeID('Bl  '), solidColor.rgb.blue );             sc.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Clr '), charIDToTypeID('RGBC'), color );         fill.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Type'), stringIDToTypeID('solidColorLayer'), sc );     desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Usng'), stringIDToTypeID('contentLayer'), fill );     executeAction( charIDToTypeID('Mk  '), desc, DialogModes.NO ); }; ... 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Mike, I’ve tried to get a grasp on the descriptor (by looking at an copying stuff from xbytor’s Stdlib mainly) and I think one should be able to work it out by creating a new Array and push one Array for each count of a pathComponents’ subpathListKey. But by now I suspect the OP might want something different, the reference to two rectangles that should produce more than 8 points has me wondering if something like Illustrator’s Pathfinder is actually desired. Edit: The PS-Scripts test-file’s path’s individual segments would currently produce this ... View more

Make a layer with a few subpaths and intersect them, combine then and check the result with script. Sorry if I don’t get it, but what exactly do you mean with Intersect? The Options Bar setting »Intersect path areas« or which operation exactly? Mike, seems you are looking into this and quite frankly this seems to be out of my depth anyway as I went strictly along the DOM-route, so sorry to have butted in. Just one observation: I can reproduce the issue of such a Path only when splitting a Path manually into two (or more) segments by deleting points upon which operation Photoshop does not seem to create additional subPathItems. (This seems to have nothing to do with the number of points in a Path but with how it was created/split.) The DOM may be a bit at odds with such paths. ... View more

Sorry, I hadn’t checked that link. Anyway I haven’t come across missing points yet; could you post a jpg with a path that produces such faulty results? ... View more