This thread may help with the levels part. http://ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2498 As for the adjustment layer you need to get the color twice. Once with the adjustment layer visible then again with it not visible. var csColor = activeDocument.colorSamplers[0].color; activeDocument.layers.getByName('Levels').visible = false; var csColor2 = activeDocument.colorSamplers[0].color; alert( csColor2.rgb.red + " : " + csColor.rgb.red ); ... View more

With CS4 you can also toggle the panels and set image zoom to .25% to speed up the script. togglePalettes(); setZoom( .25 ); function setZoom( zoom ) {// as percent    cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); }; // from xbytor    var docRes = activeDocument.resolution;    activeDocument.resizeImage( undefined, undefined, 72/(zoom/100), ResampleMethod.NONE );    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();    var ref = new ActionReference();    ref.putEnumerated( cTID( "Mn  " ), cTID( "MnIt" ), cTID( 'PrnS' ) );    desc.putReference( cTID( "null" ), ref );    executeAction( cTID( "slct" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );    activeDocument.resizeImage( undefined, undefined, docRes, ResampleMethod.NONE ); } // your code here togglePalettes(); If you where using javascipt you could also place all you code in a string and suspendHistory to speed it up a little more. ... View more

If you have a folder of images that you know should all be grayscale but some may have been saved as RGB you can convert them with a script like the one below // checks a folder of jpg, tif, or psd images for RGB color space. If any are found they are opened, // converted to greyscale, and  resaved overwriting the RGB versions // requires Photoshop CS4 because it used the XMPLibrary #target Photoshop if( loadXMPLibrary() ){// if XMPLib error don't do anything      var targetFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder of documents to process");      var fList = targetFolder.getFiles(/\.(jpg|tif|psd)$/i);// get a list of files      for( var i = 0; i < fList.length; i++ ){// loop list           var mode = getColourMode( fList );// check mode           if( mode == 'RGB' ){// if RGB open and convert                app.open( fList );                app.activeDocument.changeMode( ChangeMode.GRAYSCALE );                app.activeDocument.close( SaveOptions.SAVECHANGES );           }      }      unloadXMPLibrary(); } function getColourMode( file ){      try{           loadXMPLibrary();           var xmpf = new XMPFile( file.fsName, XMPConst.UNKNOWN,                                    XMPConst.OPEN_FOR_READ );           var xmp = xmpf.getXMP();           xmpf.closeFile();           var ColourMode = xmp.getProperty(XMPConst.NS_PHOTOSHOP,'ColorMode', XMPConst.INTEGER);           if(ColourMode == undefined) ColourMode = 99;           switch (Number(ColourMode)){                case 0: ColourMode = "Bitmap"; break;                case 1: ColourMode = "Grayscale"; break;                case 2: ColourMode = "Indexed Color"; break;                case 3: ColourMode = "RGB"; break;                case 4: ColourMode = "CMYK"; break;                case 7: ColourMode = "Multichannel"; break;                case 8: ColourMode = "Duotone"; break;                case 9: ColourMode = "Lab"; break;                default : ColourMode = "Untagged"; break;                     }           return ColourMode      }catch(e){}      unloadXMPLibrary(); } function loadXMPLibrary(){      if ( !ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript ){           try{                ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject('lib:AdobeXMPScript');           }catch (e){                return false;           }      }      return true; } function unloadXMPLibrary(){      if( ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript ) {           try{                ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript.unload();                ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = undefined;           }catch (e){}      } } If you are not sure they should be grayscale and need to check you could open the image, dupe and convert to Lab then check the mid point of the a and b channels histogram. If they match the total number of pixels it's a grayscale image. Something like app.activeDocument.duplicate(); app.activeDocument.changeMode( ChangeMode.LAB ); var totalPixels = Number( app.activeDocument.width.as( 'px' ) ) * Number( app.activeDocument.height.as( 'px' ) ); var aMid = Number( app.activeDocument.channels[1].histogram[128] ); var bMid = Number( app.activeDocument.channels[2].histogram[128] ); if( aMid == totalPixels && bMid == totalPixels ){      alert('looks gray to me'); } ... View more

I know that there is an object model viewer for Photoshop in ESKT but I don't use in. I just refer to the javascripting guide. But I don't think any object viewer would have helped in this case as it only shows DOM objects and document presets are not part of the DOM. As I understand it you need BridgeTalk to script multiple applications in javacript becuse js runs in the host app. BridgeTalk allows you to sent script to another Adobe app. If you were scirpt using VBS or Applescript it's not needed as those run in the OS. ... View more

This only works with CS4 but you can use the 'clipboard' preset to make the new document. The new doc will have the size and color space of the clipboard contents. var desc = new ActionDescriptor();     var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();     desc1.putString( stringIDToTypeID( "preset" ), "Clipboard" ); desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "Nw  " ), charIDToTypeID( "Dcmn" ), desc1 ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Mk  " ), desc, DialogModes.NO ); That way the new doc will always be the size of the obj copied in InDesign. ... View more

I'll admit that I have only use the bindable and embed metadata tags in my panels but I would think that the only metadata tag that would used for panel sizing would be the event tag. And I wouldn't think events would work any better in the mx block than it does in the script block. ... View more

I know that it's not any help but I was also unable to stop the panel from being resized. All adding an event handler for StateChangeEvent.WINDOW_RESIZE seems to do is let you reset the size( undo the resize ) after the resize. And as you pointed out even that doesn't always work. ... View more

I guess it depends on the look wanted. My first thought when I read Andy's reguest was to suggest using Apply Image to set the layer to the black channel. But I also like Mark's blending suggestion. ... View more

I use the >> next to the then choose Syntax Highlighing- Plain ... View more

Below is a short example vb log REM ======================================================= DIM objApp SET objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") REM Use dialog mode 3 for show no dialogs DIM dialogMode dialogMode = 3 DIM idOpn idOpn = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Opn " )     DIM desc233     SET desc233 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionDescriptor" )     DIM idnull     idnull = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "null" )     Call desc233.PutPath( idnull, "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Mike\\Desktop\\white-to-to purple.psd" ) Call objApp.ExecuteAction( idOpn, desc233, dialogMode ) REM ======================================================= DIM objApp SET objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") REM Use dialog mode 3 for show no dialogs DIM dialogMode dialogMode = 3 DIM idsetd idsetd = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "setd" )     DIM desc234     SET desc234 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionDescriptor" )     DIM idnull     idnull = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "null" )         DIM ref140         SET ref140 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionReference" )         DIM idLyr         idLyr = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Lyr " )         DIM idOrdn         idOrdn = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Ordn" )         DIM idTrgt         idTrgt = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Trgt" )         Call ref140.PutEnumerated( idLyr, idOrdn, idTrgt )     Call desc234.PutReference( idnull, ref140 )     DIM idT     idT = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "T   " )         DIM desc235         SET desc235 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionDescriptor" )         DIM idUsrM         idUsrM = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "UsrM" )         Call desc235.PutBoolean( idUsrM, False )     DIM idLyr     idLyr = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Lyr " )     Call desc234.PutObject( idT, idLyr, desc235 ) Call objApp.ExecuteAction( idsetd, desc234, dialogMode ) REM ======================================================= DIM objApp SET objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") REM Use dialog mode 3 for show no dialogs DIM dialogMode dialogMode = 3 DIM idHd idHd = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Hd  " )     DIM desc236     SET desc236 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionDescriptor" )     DIM idnull     idnull = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "null" )         DIM list67         SET list67 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionList" )             DIM ref141             SET ref141 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionReference" )             DIM idLyr             idLyr = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Lyr " )             DIM idOrdn             idOrdn = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Ordn" )             DIM idTrgt             idTrgt = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Trgt" )             Call ref141.PutEnumerated( idLyr, idOrdn, idTrgt )         Call list67.PutReference( ref141 )     Call desc236.PutList( idnull, list67 ) Call objApp.ExecuteAction( idHd, desc236, dialogMode ) REM ======================================================= DIM objApp SET objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") REM Use dialog mode 3 for show no dialogs DIM dialogMode dialogMode = 3 DIM idslct idslct = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "slct" )     DIM desc237     SET desc237 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionDescriptor" )     DIM idnull     idnull = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "null" )         DIM ref142         SET ref142 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionReference" )         DIM idLyr         idLyr = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Lyr " )         Call ref142.PutName( idLyr, "Layer 3" )     Call desc237.PutReference( idnull, ref142 )     DIM idMkVs     idMkVs = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "MkVs" )     Call desc237.PutBoolean( idMkVs, False ) Call objApp.ExecuteAction( idslct, desc237, dialogMode ) REM ======================================================= DIM objApp SET objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") REM Use dialog mode 3 for show no dialogs DIM dialogMode dialogMode = 3 DIM idInvr idInvr = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Invr" ) Call objApp.ExecuteAction( idInvr, , dialogMode ) REM ======================================================= DIM objApp SET objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") REM Use dialog mode 3 for show no dialogs DIM dialogMode dialogMode = 3 DIM idMk idMk = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Mk  " )     DIM desc238     SET desc238 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionDescriptor" )     DIM idnull     idnull = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "null" )         DIM ref143         SET ref143 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionReference" )         DIM idAdjL         idAdjL = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "AdjL" )         Call ref143.PutClass( idAdjL )     Call desc238.PutReference( idnull, ref143 )     DIM idUsng     idUsng = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Usng" )         DIM desc239         SET desc239 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionDescriptor" )         DIM idType         idType = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Type" )             DIM desc240             SET desc240 = CreateObject( "Photoshop.ActionDescriptor" )             DIM idLvls             idLvls = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Lvls" )             Call desc240.PutInteger( idLvls, 4 )         DIM idPstr         idPstr = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Pstr" )         Call desc239.PutObject( idType, idPstr, desc240 )     DIM idAdjL     idAdjL = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "AdjL" )     Call desc238.PutObject( idUsng, idAdjL, desc239 ) Call objApp.ExecuteAction( idMk, desc238, dialogMode ) If you do like Xbytor suggested and replace the variables with function calls i.e. Call desc238.PutObject(objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Usng" ), objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "AdjL" ), desc239 ) it doesn't matter that Adobe changed the way the varibles are named. To me niether the old style of idNumber or new style of idCharID makes the log any more readable. ... View more

Scripting layers and layerset it not straight forward and there are several ways to handle them. One simple way is if the script works with a doc where the layer structure is know is to just hard code the reference. For example let's say you have a layerset named 'bkground' and that set has layers named ' USA bkground' and 'UK bkground'. To reference the USA layer you could do something like this: activeDocument.layers.getByName('bkground').layers.getByName('USA bkground').visible = true; You could also rewrite the line above like this: var doc = activeDocument; var bkSet = doc.layers.getByName('bkground'); bkSet.layers.getByName('USA bkground').visible = true; ... View more

Can I ask why adding that line makes it work? Take this function for example: function helloWorld(){      alert( "Hello World" 😞 } The code above defines the function but if you run it nothing happens because that is all it does - defines a block of code that can be reference by name. By adding helloWorld(); to the script that runs that block of code and the alert will appear. And of course this is a simple example. Function can also have arguments and return objects. ... View more

It sounds like you need to add the line _000(); to the bottom of your script. If that doesn't work you may want to post the full script either inline or as a zip file attachment. ... View more

JSWriter.massageName = function(name) {   var n = localize(name);   n = n.replace(/\s+/g, '');  // remove any embedded spaces   n = n.replace(/\W/g, '_');  // replace any non-word characters with '_'   n = n.replace(/[_]+$/, ''); // remove any trailing '_'   n = n.replace(/^(\d)/g, '_$1');  // add '_' prefix to names begining with a number   return n; }; ... View more

The if statement lets you skip the function much like the checkbox in the action panel The ! means not so the statments read if enabled is not equal to undefined and is not true return without doing anything. ... View more

That was an example of how you could edit the script to convert 11 lines of code to one line. All the code in function step1 does is make sure the layer with the name "USA bkgnd" is visible. And you would need to edit either to work with a different layer. I should note that if the layers are in layersets you will need to change the one line I posted. It only works if all the layers are not in layersets. ... View more

I wouldn't think the size of the script would cause ESKT any problems. However one thing you can do now that you have the action as a script is go through it and replace the contevted action manager code to DOM calls. For example you should be able to replace the first two functions, step1 and step2, with the following app.activeDocument.layers.getByName( "USA bkgnd" ).visible = true;// step1 app.activeDocument.layers.getByName( "Infantry" ).visible = true;// step2 ... View more

I'm not sure how it happened but I think the problem is the first funtion's name. Javascript functions can not start with a digit. Try renaming the function and it call to something like step0 or action0. I would guess the call would be somewhere near the botton of the script. ... View more

You will want to edit javascript in Extended Tool Kit or a plain text editor. And no, you will not be able to convert you javascript back to action. But from what you have posted I think that scripting is the way you want to go. You may need help but a scirpt can prompt for paths and filename components. If you stick with actions every time you change folders you will need to redo the atm/xml/atm cycle. ... View more

The basic step are: 1 Save your action to an atn file. 2 Use Xbytor's ActionFileToXML.jsx to convert the atn file to xml 3 Edit the paths in the xml to the new paths you would like 4 Use ActionFileFromXML.jsx to convert the edited xml back into an atn file 5. Load the atn in Photoshop Or you could use ActionFileToJavascript.jsx to convert the action into javascript. You could then edit that javascript to change the paths. If the action runs in Photoshop the javascript created from the action should also run without error. What error are you getting? ... View more

It looks like exportInfo.fileType is not getting defined in your script before this line is run. For CS2 you will need to store your settings in a text file. A forum search for ini should give you examples of how that is done. ... View more

Here a simple script the does what I think you want. // squares the canvas. uses the background color var doc = activeDocument; var maxDim = Math.max( doc.width, doc.height ); doc.resizeCanvas( maxDim, maxDim, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER ); ... View more

You need Photoshop 7 or higher to use scripting. ... View more

If you can pass the full path to the folder as a string this should work. function runLoadStack( folderPath ){// full path as String     var loadLayersFromScript = true;// must be set before the include     // @include '/C/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS4/Presets/Scripts/Load Files into Stack.jsx'     var folder = new Folder( folderPath );     var fList = folder.getFiles('*.jpg')     var aFlag = true;     loadLayers.intoStack( fList, aFlag ); } ... View more

I posted a sample script to your post you made at PS-Scripts.com. ... View more

I think your best resource is here and http://ps-scripts.com/bb/index.php Both have lot's of example code and people willing to help. The scripting guides that ship with Photoshop are another good rescource. ... View more