For what it is worth they are also deprecated in the CS3 Javascript guide. ... View more

Mark, I'm trying to follow this not knowing anything about AppleScript. It' looks like you are calling the js function, not the script( although in this case the entire js script is the function ). That is to say if I run that js scirpt in ESTK there would be no result as the js script does not call the function myTest(). For example if the script was just 'alert("Hello World");' could that be called from AppleScript? Which leads to my next question. Must the js return something? Both of those questions set aside the fact that it might be possible to do with AppleScript alone. Mike ... View more

I wouldn't think doc.index(0) would work in any version of Photoshop. var docs = app.documents; var sourceDoc = docs[0]; var sourceGroup = sourceDoc.layers.getByName('Stacked_basic_colors'); var targetDoc = docs[1]; sourceGroup.duplicate ( targetDoc ); ... View more

I don't have CS installed so I can't test for that version. But in CS4 it seems to be stored as ppi no matter which dropdown I use to set the value. Nor do I see any other key that holds in/cm other than ruler And at least on my system that setting is ignored and the New Document dialog uses the last used settings so I'm also not sure how to get that info in CS ... View more

That would work to get the size. But not with vector data. I guess that you could try Bridgetalk to see if it was opened in Illustrator for .ai and .eps files. I'm not sure what app would be used for .pdf However getting the size was an example of what could be done if the transform info could be determined by a script. And as far as old hat software goes, I'm still using MS Office 2000 ... View more

Perhaps Adobe changed smart objects since CS2. With CS4 if a smart object is not replaced with the same size file the visual bounds change. And it's true that if a script did the placement it could store the size for later use. But if the smart object already exists the script can only determine two things from the smart object descriptor - The type: 'rasterizeContent' or 'vectorData' And the filename of the placed file if it is a pixel mapped file. If the smart object is a vector even the filename is not stored, 'Vector Smart Object.ai' is always in that key. The script could also try to get the layer bounds before and after the replace to ensure the same bounds but that becomes difficult if the file was rotated when placed. ... View more

I agree that warps throw everything out the window, but I think the transform info would be very useful. Without that information a script can not know the height and width of the original file so that it can resize a different file to replace that Smart Objects contents and still have the same overall appearance. Without that info if the new file is not the same size as the original placed file, the size changes. ... View more

Xbytor is right. The Smart Object descriptor only has two key. One is for placed type(bitmap or vector) and the other is the filename(no path) of the placed file. In the GUI you can choose Edit-Transform-Scale with a Smart Object layer and the option bar will have the transform values but I have not been able to work out a way to do this via scripting. There are quite a few things that do not have scripting access, it looks like this is one. ... View more

It's shorthand for ExtendScript ToolKit, the editor/debugger that ships with Photoshop. ... View more

The playback functions are from Xbytor cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); }; sTID = function(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); }; Stdlib = function Stdlib() {}; Stdlib.setActionPlaybackOptions = function(opt, arg) {   function _ftn() {     var desc = new ActionDescriptor();     var ref = new ActionReference();     ref.putProperty(cTID("Prpr"), cTID("PbkO"));     ref.putEnumerated(cTID("capp"), cTID("Ordn"), cTID("Trgt"));     desc.putReference(cTID("null"), ref );     var pdesc = new ActionDescriptor();     pdesc.putEnumerated(sTID("performance"), sTID("performance"), sTID(opt));     if (opt == "pause" && arg != undefined) {       pdesc.putInteger(sTID("pause"), parseInt(arg));     }     desc.putObject(cTID("T "), cTID("PbkO"), pdesc );     executeAction(cTID("setd"), desc, DialogModes.NO);   }   _ftn(); }; Stdlib.setPlaybackAcclerated = function() {   Stdlib.setActionPlaybackOptions("accelerated"); }; Stdlib.setPlaybackStepByStep = function() {   Stdlib.setActionPlaybackOptions("stepByStep"); }; Stdlib.setPlaybackPaused = function(delaySec) {   Stdlib.setActionPlaybackOptions("pause", delaySec); }; I may have posted panel functions somewhere but if I did I didn't add them to my code lib and can't find them off hand. But I think that things like hiding panels and setting the zoom to some small percent only make the script marginally faster. The first step I would take would be to profile in ESTK ... View more

That mostly depends on what the script does. Iterating layers and working with textItems for example can be slow, sometimes very slow. You can profile your script in ESKT to see how long each part of your code runs. Once you know where the bottleneck is you can try to rewrite that part to speed this up. ... View more

It may be that EXR files need open arguments when scripting like PDF does. It may also be that the file type is not the issue. The error says the file referenced does not exists. So maybe the issue is the way the file is referenced. ... View more

I think you need the OpenEXR plugin to open EXR files in Photoshop. You should be able to suppress the profile dialog by editing your Color Management Policies in the Color Settings preference ... View more

It can. You can define as many text replacements as you need. At least I have never hit a limit. ... View more

In the sample you posted the only smart object layer is the arrow layer. I duped the laptop layer to a new doc and saved as png. I then saved the color bars as a png. I then placed the laptop as a new smart object layer and deleted to non SO version. Now by using replace I can switch back and forth between the laptop and the bars and both are where they should be. My samples are attached If I just convert the laptop layer to a smart object the bars are offset when replaced. So I think the key is if you want to have a replaceable SO in a doc you need to place instead of convert. ... View more

mazmax wrote: Use ExportOptionsSaveForWeb with JPEG 80% but it's giving me just 1 file name "filename-#0.jpg" with the contents of the lowest group I have seen others report this filename issue when scripting SFW on MacOS. I think the fix is to go into make sure your Filename Compatibility is set to Unix in the Saving Files section of the Output Settings in the flyout menu of the SFW dialog. Another option is to let SFW do it's thing and have the script rename the file to the desired name after the export. ... View more

1. Sometimes the modified file loses it's layering and winds up with only a "background" layer whereas other times it retains it's layering. I'm sure this is due to some characteristic of the input template .psd, but with limited understanding of photoshop itself I've no idea what characteristic to look for. Any suggestions as to what might be the source of this problem Some formats do not support layers- jpg and gif for example. 3. When replacing an image layer from another replacement file, the resulting new image in the modified file doesn't seem to be properly aligned. Incidentally, the same behaviour occurs if I do the steps of creating a smart layer and replacing manually in photoshop. I tried to attached the .psd files but the forum would not allow it. Again any ideas why it might be misaligned or a code change that will fix it When a file is placed, you set the size and position in the layer. When you replace the contents the same transform values are used. If the file used to replace is not the same size as the first, it will not be the same size and location in the layer. I don't know of any way to determine the transform or reset it. The script could resize but that would require opening the file, resizing, and saving before the replace. ... View more

The reason I asked is that in ESTK if I target Photoshop is works for me like it does in Photoshop - no alphas. But if I have ESTK as the traget, I do get alphas as you describe. ... View more

That's good to know. I was starting to think that I would have to ask you if I could come visit for coffee and typing lessons. Did you have ESTK as the target or Photoshop when you did your testing? I had looking at Fit Image in CS4 to try to learn how to use javascriptresource to write a plugin script. I saw those functions and thougth they would be useful in other scripts so I extraced and extended to handle integer, floats, alphas, and hex. ... View more

Sorry Paul, It's not that I did not believe you. I just don't understand how it can happen. But it's good to know. Would you mind testing to see if you can enter alpha chars into the Fit Image dialog in CS4? That is where I got the code from, maybe I missed something when I extracted this function that I didn't catch. ... View more

By the way. it really only has one more event handler ( NumericEditKeyboardHandler ) than your example. And in my posted example the onChage event doesn't occur until the control loses focus, so there are only two active event handlers while the user types with either exampe. All the extra helper functions do is eval expressions. I would think those run very much faster than one could type. ... View more

You must have had a BIG cup of coffee. I just tried and no mater how fast I typed I could only enter numbers. It might be better to change onChange to onChanging either way as that would test the range while the control has focus and handle any alpha chars the keyboard hander may have missed. And sorry, I should have pointed out that mouse and keyboard events only work in CS4. ... View more

This may not be the reason, but when using the way I create dialogs 'this' inside of an onClick points to the control.     win.btnAdd.onClick = function() {        //todo implement this        var f = File.openDialog("Open File") ;        win.lstImages.add("item", f.displayName );        this.EnableControls();    //<--- I would expect it to call another function of btnAdd                                         // this.parent.EnableControls() might be what you want if the control is not in some other container     }; ... View more

You can also set up an event handler to check as the user enters test into the control. Below is an example that uses a keyboard event handler to allow only integers and an onChanging to check the integer's range is between 0 and 100. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Function: NumericEditKeyboardHandler // Usage: Do not allow anything except for numbers 0-9 // Input: ScriptUI keydown event // Return: <nothing> key is rejected and beep is sounded if invalid // From the script 'Fit Image.jsx' by Adobe /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// function NumericEditKeyboardHandler (event) {     try {         var keyIsOK = KeyIsNumeric (event) ||                       KeyIsDelete (event) ||                       KeyIsLRArrow (event) ||                       KeyIsTabEnterEscape (event);                               if (! keyIsOK) {             //    Bad input: tell ScriptUI not to accept the keydown event             event.preventDefault();             /*    Notify user of invalid input: make sure NOT                 to put up an alert dialog or do anything which                 requires user interaction, because that                 interferes with preventing the 'default'                 action for the keydown event */             app.beep();         }     }     catch (e) {         ; // alert ("Ack! bug in NumericEditKeyboardHandler: " + e);     } } //    key identifier functions function KeyIsNumeric ( event ) {     return  ( event.keyName >= '0' ) && ( event.keyName <= '9' ) && ! KeyHasModifier ( event ); } function KeyIsFloat ( event ) {     return  ( event.keyName.match( /[0-9.]/i ) != null ) && ! KeyHasModifier ( event ); } function KeyHasModifier ( event ) {     return event.shiftKey || event.ctrlKey || event.altKey || event.metaKey; } function KeyIsDelete (event) {     //    Shift-delete is ok     return (event.keyName == 'Backspace') && ! (event.ctrlKey); } function KeyIsLRArrow (event) {     return ((event.keyName == 'Left') || (event.keyName == 'Right')) && ! (event.altKey || event.metaKey); } function KeyIsTabEnterEscape (event) {     return event.keyName == 'Tab' || event.keyName == 'Enter' || event.keyName == 'Escape'; } createDialog = function ( ) {     var dlg = new Window( 'dialog', 'Example Dialog' );     dlg.maskSt = dlg.add( 'edittext', undefined, '' );     dlg.maskSt.preferredSize = [40,20];    // Add a panel for main dialog buttons    dlg.btnPnl = dlg.add( 'panel', undefined, 'Process' );    dlg.btnPnl.orientation = "row";    dlg.btnPnl.alignment = "right";    dlg.btnPnl.okBtn = dlg.btnPnl.add( 'button', undefined, 'Ok', { name:'ok' });    dlg.btnPnl.cancelBtn = dlg.btnPnl.add( 'button', undefined, 'Cancel', { name:'cancel' });    return dlg; }; initializeDialog = function( w ) {     with ( w ) {         maskSt.addEventListener ('keydown', NumericEditKeyboardHandler );         maskSt.onChange = function() {                                     // range check if needed                                         if( Number(this.text) < 0 || Number(this.text) > 100 ){                                             alert('Out of range');                                             this.text = '';                                         }                                     }      with ( btnPnl ) {          // The Ok and Cancel buttons close this dialog          okBtn.onClick = function ( ) { this.parent.parent.close( 1 ); };          cancelBtn.onClick = function ( ) { this.parent.parent.close( 2 ); };       }      } }; runDialog = function( w ) {    return w.show( ); }; var win = createDialog(); initializeDialog( win ); runDialog( win ); ... View more

It's fine with me. I have also made a post at http://ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=12641 that just has the final script. You may want to share that link instead so they do not have to wade through whole thread here. ... View more

Are you sure that you are using Paul's latest version? ... View more

Strange it works in CS4 and I can't understand why it wouldn't work in CS3 but if you are seeing black I would think this should fix it. colorPicker(); ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Function: colorPicker // Description: Creates a temp solidcolor adjustment layer to //                let the user set the forground color //                   // Usage: colorpicker() // Input: None // Return: None // Dependencies: None // Notes:              ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// function colorPicker(){     // set starting color     var startColor = app.foregroundColor;     // create colour layer     CreateSolidLayer();     // call the color picker     var desc = new ActionDescriptor();         var ref = new ActionReference();         ref.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID( "contentLayer" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );     desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );     var modeDesc = new ActionDescriptor();         var colorDesc = new ActionDescriptor();             colorDesc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Rd  " ), startColor.rgb.red );             colorDesc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Grn " ), startColor.rgb.green );             colorDesc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Bl  " ), startColor.rgb.blue );         modeDesc.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "Clr " ), charIDToTypeID( "RGBC" ), colorDesc );     desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "T   " ), stringIDToTypeID( "solidColorLayer" ), modeDesc );     executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "setd" ), desc, DialogModes.ALL )     // get user's color and set to forground color     var ref = new ActionReference();         ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );     var desc = executeActionGet(ref)     var adjList = desc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('adjustment'));     var adjDesc = adjList.getObjectValue(0);     var colorDesc = adjDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('color'));     var Colour = new SolidColor();         Colour.rgb.red = colorDesc.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Rd  '));         Colour.rgb.green = colorDesc.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Grn '));         Colour.rgb.blue = colorDesc.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Bl  '));     // restore     activeDocument.activeLayer.remove();     app.foregroundColor = Colour;     }     function CreateSolidLayer() {         var startColor = app.foregroundColor;         var desc = new ActionDescriptor();             var ref = new ActionReference();             ref.putClass( stringIDToTypeID('contentLayer') );         desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );             var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();                 var desc2 = new ActionDescriptor();                     var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();                     desc3.putDouble( charIDToTypeID('Rd  '), startColor.rgb.red );                     desc3.putDouble( charIDToTypeID('Grn '), startColor.rgb.green );                     desc3.putDouble( charIDToTypeID('Bl  '), startColor.rgb.blue );                 desc2.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Clr '), charIDToTypeID('RGBC'), desc3 );             desc1.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Type'), stringIDToTypeID('solidColorLayer'), desc2 );         desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Usng'), stringIDToTypeID('contentLayer'), desc1 );         executeAction( charIDToTypeID('Mk  '), desc, DialogModes.NO ); }; ... View more

I thought that it might be nice if it started with the color you were using at the time the script runs. That way if you are doing shading, to would already be at the current color. So here is a cleaned up commented version that does that. colorPicker(); ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Function: colorPicker // Description: Creates a temp solidcolor adjustment layer to //                let the user set the forground color then //                removes the temp layer.   // Usage: colorpicker() // Input: None // Return: None // Dependencies: None // Notes:              ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// function colorPicker(){     // create colour layer     CreateSolidLayer();     // set starting color     var startColor = app.foregroundColor;     // call the color picker     var desc = new ActionDescriptor();         var ref = new ActionReference();         ref.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID( "contentLayer" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );     desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );     var modeDesc = new ActionDescriptor();         var colorDesc = new ActionDescriptor();             colorDesc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Rd  " ), startColor.rgb.red );             colorDesc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Grn " ), startColor.rgb.green );             colorDesc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Bl  " ), startColor.rgb.blue );         modeDesc.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "Clr " ), charIDToTypeID( "RGBC" ), colorDesc );     desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "T   " ), stringIDToTypeID( "solidColorLayer" ), modeDesc );     executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "setd" ), desc, DialogModes.ALL )     // get user's color and set to forground color     var ref = new ActionReference();         ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );     var desc = executeActionGet(ref)     var adjList = desc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('adjustment'));     var adjDesc = adjList.getObjectValue(0);     var colorDesc = adjDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('color'));     var Colour = new SolidColor();         Colour.rgb.red = colorDesc.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Rd  '));         Colour.rgb.green = colorDesc.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Grn '));         Colour.rgb.blue = colorDesc.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Bl  '));     // restore     activeDocument.activeLayer.remove();     app.foregroundColor = Colour;     }     function CreateSolidLayer() {         var desc = new ActionDescriptor();             var ref = new ActionReference();             ref.putClass( stringIDToTypeID('contentLayer') );         desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );             var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();                 var desc2 = new ActionDescriptor();                     var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();                     desc3.putDouble( charIDToTypeID('Rd  '), 0.000000 );                     desc3.putDouble( charIDToTypeID('Grn '), 0.000000 );                     desc3.putDouble( charIDToTypeID('Bl  '), 0.000000 );                 desc2.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Clr '), charIDToTypeID('RGBC'), desc3 );             desc1.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Type'), stringIDToTypeID('solidColorLayer'), desc2 );         desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Usng'), stringIDToTypeID('contentLayer'), desc1 );         executeAction( charIDToTypeID('Mk  '), desc, DialogModes.NO ); }; ... View more