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Michael_L_Hale
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Michael_L_Hale
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‎Nov 21, 2013
11:52 AM
I see two things wrong with what you posted. 1. You have not defined doc. Either define it before the resize line or replace doc with app.activeDocument. That is way you are getting that error message. 2. When resample is set to none you can only change the res. To change the width you need to do the math to determine what res will result in the new width. Using undefined instead of null is not the problem. If fact I recommend you continue to use undefined. Also setting doc to null at the end does not destroy the reference. It just changes what is stored in that variable. And with Photoshop scripts you don't need to do that kind of reference clean up. The variables defined by a script are destroyed when the script ends. They don;t stay in memory.
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‎Nov 21, 2013
11:14 AM
It helps that you added you want to get the transform of a text layer. I thought you were referring to a layerSet when you used the word group in your original post. var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); var desc = executeActionGet(ref); if(desc.hasKey(charIDToTypeID("Txt "))){ if(desc.getObjectValue(charIDToTypeID("Txt ")).hasKey(charIDToTypeID("Trnf"))){ var transformDesc = desc.getObjectValue(charIDToTypeID("Txt ")).getObjectValue(charIDToTypeID("Trnf")); var transform = []; transform.push(transformDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('xx'))); transform.push(transformDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('yy'))); } } alert(transform); Note I tested this in CC as that seems to be where it is needed the most.
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‎Nov 20, 2013
10:08 AM
That example doesn't check to see if Bridge is running and not busy before sending the message. If Bridge is not running sendResult will return false. It should return true if Bridge is running.
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‎Nov 20, 2013
08:02 AM
Older versions of Photoshop do not support png with compression.
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‎Nov 20, 2013
08:00 AM
1 Upvote
With the DOM you can check is a selection is one contiguous area with the solid property but that is about it. Rather than checking pixel by pixel you could turn the selection into a temp path. Each of the seperate selected areas will be subpaths in that temp path. The number of subpaths would tell you how many rectangles were selected and you can check the pathPoints to determine the size and position of each rectangle.
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‎Nov 19, 2013
03:28 PM
I don't think you can get pixel perfect accuracy positioning layer in regards to each other using a script. Depending on the layer the reported bounds can be off when compared to what is in the info panel. There is a long thread buried somewhere on ps-scripts dealing with this issue.
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‎Nov 19, 2013
12:21 PM
That is controlled by the saveForWeb preferences in Photoshop. As far as I know those preferences can only be changed in the GUI. With any image open choose File-Save for Web... Then in the flyout menu of the SFW dialog choose Edit Output Settings... In that dialog choose Saving Files from the dropdownlist at the top then uncheck Unix in the Filename Compatibility section. This only has to be done once as the settings are sticky. Once that setting has been changed your code should export the file without the underscore.
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‎Nov 18, 2013
11:14 AM
Use a redirect to save the output to a file. Then read the info from the file.
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‎Nov 16, 2013
11:59 AM
It would be better if you added the eventClass argument when setting up the notifier. That way the script would run only when a layer is selected. As it is now it would run when anything is selected. Becasue the script checks the class it will not do anything if it wasn't a layer selected but the script still runs.
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‎Nov 16, 2013
07:39 AM
It is an event script. You don't run it directly. It gets run every time there is a select event. That is if you have installed it as an event script using either the menu or by adding a notifier with the second script I posted. If you use the script to install make sure you edit the path to the event script.
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‎Nov 15, 2013
03:59 PM
There are two ways to add an eventHander. One is by using the menu. Choose File-Scripts-Scripts Event Manager... then set it up in the dialog that opens. I prefer to install with a sperate script. if(!app.notifiersEnabled) app.notifiersEnabled = true; var hasSelectEvent = false; for(var e = 0;e<app.notifiers.length;e++){ if(app.notifiers .event == 'slct') hasSelectEvent = true; } if(!hasSelectEvent) { var eventFile = new File('~/desktop/layerPreset.jsx'); app.notifiers.add( "slct", eventFile); }
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‎Nov 15, 2013
02:43 PM
function _selectLayerHandler(desc) { var layerName = app.activeDocument.activeLayer.name; switch( layerName ){ case "Airbrush": selectPreset('Airbrush-Grainy Opaque'); break; case "Pastel": selectPreset('Angle - Flat Opaque'); break; } }; function selectPreset(presetName) { var desc = new ActionDescriptor(); var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putName( stringIDToTypeID( "toolPreset" ), presetName); desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "slct" ), desc, DialogModes.NO ); }; try { if (arguments.length >= 2) { var desc = arguments[0]; var event = arguments[1]; if (event == charIDToTypeID('slct')) { var ref = desc.getReference(charIDToTypeID('null')); var cls = ref.getDesiredClass(); if (cls == charIDToTypeID('Lyr ')) { _selectLayerHandler(desc); } } } } catch (e) { alert( "Error: " + e + ":" + e.line ); }
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‎Nov 14, 2013
07:56 AM
findElement works with the controls name. If you want to use that method with the second example you need to add names to the contols.
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‎Nov 14, 2013
07:51 AM
You should be able to do something like that using a 'select' eventListener. The event script should first check that a layer was selected( not a path, channel, tool, etc ) then check the active layer name and switch the presets. The key is the event handler runs the script for you. You will not need a different script for each layer. Just have a switch or multiple if statements to handle as many layers as needed.
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‎Nov 12, 2013
04:23 PM
1 Upvote
If you don't want to use one of the preset anchor positions you need to use Action Manager. function transform( x, y) {// anchor position as pixels var desc = new ActionDescriptor(); var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') ); desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref ); desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('FTcs'), charIDToTypeID('QCSt'), charIDToTypeID('Qcsi') ); var desc7 = new ActionDescriptor(); desc7.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Hrzn'), charIDToTypeID('#Rlt'), x ); desc7.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Vrtc'), charIDToTypeID('#Rlt'), y ); desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Pstn'), charIDToTypeID('Pnt '), desc7 ); desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Wdth'), charIDToTypeID('#Prc'), 100 ); desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Hght'), charIDToTypeID('#Prc'), 100 ); desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID('Lnkd'), true ); desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Intr'), charIDToTypeID('Intp'), charIDToTypeID('Bcbc') ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID('Trnf'), desc, DialogModes.ALL ); }; transform( 584, 330)
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‎Nov 12, 2013
11:58 AM
2 Upvotes
Yes you can use either forward or back slashes. That wasn't the reason for your problems with getFiles(). The problem is you were trying to use a folder method on a string object. // just get files var sourceFolder = "C:\\temp\\json";// this is a string object if (sourceFolder != null)// it will never be null because it was just defined on th line above. Did you mean sourceFolder.exists? { //var fileList = sourceFolder.getFiles();// strings do not have a getFiles method. var fileList = Folder(sourceFolder).getFiles(); }
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‎Nov 11, 2013
08:33 AM
..and it actually worked - it changed it to a deep green which isn't available as a standard color. But for some reason it won't work now. It doesn't work for me. In fact if the layer already has a color this will set the color to none, removing the existing layer color. Even if it did work I wouldn't recommend tying to do something that is not supported by the GUI. I think it might cause problems to have unexpected colors in the layer descriptor.
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‎Nov 11, 2013
08:27 AM
I think there are at least two ways to do something like this. One way would be to give the controls names. You can then find them by name. var par = Array("Select your choise","test 1","test 2", "test 3"); var rez = ask(par); if( rez == 1) alert(wask.findElement('rb1').value); function ask(par){ wask = new Window('dialog', ''); wask.orientation = "column"; wask.alignment="top"; wask.spacing=0; grs0 =wask.add('group'); grs0.spacing=0; grs0.add('statictext', undefined, par[0]); grs0.alignment="top"; grs0.preferredSize.height = 40; grs1 =wask.add('group'); grs1.spacing=0; grs1.alignment="left"; grs1.preferredSize.height = 20*par.length; grs1.orientation = "column"; for(var i=1;i<par.length;i++){ r = grs1.add("radiobutton", undefined, par,{name:'rb'+i}); r.alignment="left"; } bt1 = wask.add ("button", undefined, "Select",{name:'ok'}); bt2 = wask.add ("button", undefined, "Close",{name:'cancel'}); return wask.show(); } Another way would be to use an eval statement in the loop that creates the controls. Something like var par = Array("Select your choise","test 1","test 2", "test 3"); var rez = ask(par); if( rez == 1) alert(wask.rb1.value); function ask(par){ wask = new Window('dialog', ''); wask.orientation = "column"; wask.alignment="top"; wask.spacing=0; grs0 =wask.add('group'); grs0.spacing=0; grs0.add('statictext', undefined, par[0]); grs0.alignment="top"; grs0.preferredSize.height = 40; grs1 =wask.add('group'); grs1.spacing=0; grs1.alignment="left"; grs1.preferredSize.height = 20*par.length; grs1.orientation = "column"; for(var i=1;i<par.length;i++){ eval('wask.rb'+i+' = grs1.add("radiobutton", undefined, par['+i+']);'); eval('wask.rb'+i+'.alignment="left";'); } bt1 = wask.add ("button", undefined, "Select",{name:'ok'}); bt2 = wask.add ("button", undefined, "Close",{name:'cancel'}); return wask.show(); }
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‎Nov 07, 2013
08:43 AM
When Adobe introduced text styles they changed what was already a difficult scripting problem into a rats nest. I think what is happing is if the text has a style override( noted by the + in the style name ) then you can't access most of the text properties using the DOM. The Action Descriptors change radically if the style has an override. For example the justification setting is found in different in different descriptors depending on if the style has an override. I think with enough work you should be able to get the info using Action Manager. It's on my list of things to do when I have the time.
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‎Nov 05, 2013
02:29 PM
Photoshop saves the scriptlistener logs to the desktop on both WindowsXP and Windows7. If you are not seeing the log on the desktop after your upgrade it is because the plugin is not installed. To install you copy 'ScriptListener.8li' from the utilities folder to the plugin folder. If you want the plugin to record in both the 32 and 64 bit versions you need to copy it to each folder. That is to say if it is in the 32bit plugin folder only nothing gets recorded in the 64bit version. You don't edit the plugin itself. You edit the log. The log is named 'ScriptingListenerJS.log' for the javascript version.
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‎Nov 05, 2013
12:18 PM
Seems this needs more time than I have. I can't reproduce most of those issuses. For me it does unlock folders( if they are insisible ). It does work with nested layer and layerSets. And I can't get it to leave a layer visible that was not visible at the start. The one thing I did notice was if a layer is in a hidden layerSet it is not visible regardless of it's visible property. Because the script checks that property it fails to unlock.
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‎Nov 05, 2013
11:06 AM
Replace these lines if(doc.activeLayer.kind != LayerKind.TEXT && doc.activeLayer.pixelsLocked) doc.activeLayer.pixelsLocked = false; if(doc.activeLayer.kind != LayerKind.TEXT && doc.activeLayer.transparentPixelsLocked) doc.activeLayer.transparentPixelsLocked = false;
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‎Nov 05, 2013
06:30 AM
function showLayerSet( setName ){ // still need a known layer structure var overlaySet = app.activeDocument.layerSets.getByName('Overlay Icon').layerSets.getByName('overlayicon'); // loop all the layers in the main layerSet for( var setIndex = 0;setIndex<overlaySet.layerSets.length;setIndex++){ if(overlaySet.layerSets[setIndex].name == setName){ overlaySet.layerSets[setIndex].visible = true; }else{ overlaySet.layerSets[setIndex].visible = false; } } } showLayerSet( 'Overlay 1' );
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‎Nov 05, 2013
04:42 AM
One way to protect a script is to export it as binary. In ESTK choose File - Export as Binary from the menu. Remember to save a normal version as well because you will not be able to edit the binary version.
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‎Nov 05, 2013
04:38 AM
This is a user to user forum, not a place to find official Adobe support. It is also a forum about scripting Photoshop. You may have better luck getting an anwer in another forum. The Photoshop SDK forum maybe.
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‎Nov 04, 2013
06:40 PM
I don't use VBS so this is just a guess based on what I have read in this forum. I think when you are passing an 'array' to javascript it needs to be a variant data type. My guess your arguments are not making it to the javascript because it it the wrong data type.
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‎Nov 04, 2013
06:05 PM
function makeActiveByIndex( index, visible ){ var desc = new ActionDescriptor(); var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID( 'Lyr ' ), index ) desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( 'null' ), ref ); desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( 'MkVs' ), visible ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID( 'slct' ), desc, DialogModes.NO ); }; function getNumberOfLayers(){ var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID( 'Prpr' ), charIDToTypeID( 'NmbL' ) ); ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Dcmn'), charIDToTypeID( 'Ordn' ), charIDToTypeID( 'Trgt' ) ); return executeActionGet( ref ).getInteger( charIDToTypeID( 'NmbL' )) ; }; function getProperty( psClass, psKey, index ){// integer:Class, integer:key var ref = new ActionReference(); if( psKey != undefined ) ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" ), psKey ); if(index != undefined ){ ref.putIndex( psClass, index ); }else{ ref.putEnumerated( psClass , charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) ); } try{ var desc = executeActionGet(ref); }catch(e){ return; }// return on error if(desc.count == 0) return;// return undefined if property doesn't exists var dataType = desc.getType(psKey); switch(dataType){// not all types supported - returns undefined if not supported case DescValueType.INTEGERTYPE: return desc.getInteger(psKey); break; case DescValueType.ALIASTYPE: return desc.getPath(psKey); break; case DescValueType.BOOLEANTYPE: return desc.getBoolean(psKey); break; case DescValueType.BOOLEANTYPE: return desc.getBoolean(psKey); break; case DescValueType.UNITDOUBLE: return desc.getUnitDoubleValue(psKey); break; case DescValueType.STRINGTYPE: return desc.getString(psKey); break; case DescValueType.OBJECTTYPE: return desc.getObjectValue(psKey); break; case DescValueType.LISTTYPE: return desc.getList(psKey); break; case DescValueType.ENUMERATEDTYPE: return desc.getEnumerationValue(psKey); break; } }; var doc = app.activeDocument; var layerCount = getNumberOfLayers(); var invisibleLayers = []; var loopStart = Number(!doc.layers[doc.layers.length-1].isBackgroundLayer); for(var layerIndex = loopStart;layerIndex<=layerCount;layerIndex++){ if(!getProperty( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), stringIDToTypeID( 'visible' ), layerIndex )) invisibleLayers.push(layerIndex); } for(var hiddenIndex=0;hiddenIndex<invisibleLayers.length;hiddenIndex++){ makeActiveByIndex( invisibleLayers[hiddenIndex], true); if(doc.activeLayer.allLocked) doc.activeLayer.allLocked = false; if(doc.activeLayer.pixelsLocked) doc.activeLayer.pixelsLocked = false; if(doc.activeLayer.positionLocked) doc.activeLayer.positionLocked = false; if(doc.activeLayer.transparentPixelsLocked) doc.activeLayer.transparentPixelsLocked = false; doc.activeLayer.visible = false; }
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‎Nov 04, 2013
05:26 PM
Near the top where you set the ruler add these lines.
var startColor = app.backgroundColor;
if(startColor.rgb.hexValue != 'FFFFFF'){
var white = new SolidColor();
white.rgb.hexValue = 'FFFFFF';
app.backgroundColor = white;
}
and at the bottom add this line
if(white != undefined) app.backgroundColor = startColor;
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‎Nov 04, 2013
05:22 PM
I don't know about ACDSee but you can see that metadata in Bridge. It is under IPTC(IIM,legacy). You may want to check your perferences in Bridge's metadata panel to make sure it is shown.
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‎Nov 04, 2013
02:01 PM
When a script makes an invisible layer active it also makes it visible. That script starts at the top of the layer stack and works it's way down until it cycles off the bottom and reaches the top again. Because of the way it handles the layers there is no way to check the visibility of a layer before it is made active. So this will not work for what you need.
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