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Michael_L_Hale
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‎Aug 20, 2009
03:00 PM
This might be easier. It works with PDF's saved by Photoshop. Open the PDF, Convert each layer you want to replace into a smart object. Replace the contents of that smart object with the new image. That way there is no need to worry about where the image is on the layer as long as the replacement is the same size. I can post the code for working with smart objects if you need it or you can use scriptlistner. Or if you have Configurator you can get the code from there.
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‎Aug 19, 2009
10:15 AM
The easy answer first. Abode moved info about alert, prompt, and confirm to the tools guide a while back. Alert is use in the sample scripts so it also appears in the scripting guide. The function is just a cleaned up output from scriptlistner made into a function. ScriptListner is a plug-in that ships with Photoshop. It seems that details about it are also missing from both the scripting and tools CS4 guides. You copy or move the plug-in into the plug-in folder and restart Photoshop. Now almost every command or action you do is recorded in a log. When you need to script something that you can not find the guide, you do the step(s) in Photoshop and look in the log. Not everything is recorded. Painting would be an example. That is what I did with the posted function. The dialogMode is always set to NO. That lets the command take place with the recorded settings. Because user input is need I changed the mode to ALL. You might also want to have a look at Xbytor's Xtools( do a forum search ). It has most common scriptlistner only tasks as functions as well as a few uncommon ones.
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‎Aug 19, 2009
06:37 AM
Swedish characters and missing fonts should not be a problem. The only thing I can think of besides the number of layers would be the number of layer comps.
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‎Aug 19, 2009
06:24 AM
It basically says 'do command delete all hidden layers'. If that part of the code is not in the try/catch there is an error if there are no hidden layers. Adding the try will not change the speed of the script. A script that works with a document that has lots of layers can be slow. Does the doc you are having trouble with have a lot more layer than the one that worked fine? If not contact me by PM and I will try to help understand the speed difference. Mike
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‎Aug 18, 2009
04:32 PM
If you want the user to both enter then fit the text while your script is running, here is one way to do that. var typeLayer = activeDocument.activeLayer; var type = typeLayer.textItem; var t = prompt ("Enter text" , "new text"); type.contents= t; transformLayer(); function transformLayer() { try{ 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('Qcsa') ); var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor(); desc1.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Hrzn'), charIDToTypeID('#Rlt'), 0.000000 ); desc1.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Vrtc'), charIDToTypeID('#Rlt'), 0.000000 ); desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Ofst'), charIDToTypeID('Ofst'), desc1 ); desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Wdth'), charIDToTypeID('#Prc'), 100 ); desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Hght'), charIDToTypeID('#Prc'), 100 ); desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID('Lnkd'), true ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID('Trnf'), desc, DialogModes.ALL ); }catch(e){} };
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‎Aug 18, 2009
08:38 AM
1 Upvote
Here are some examples that will resize the document size activeDocument.resizeImage( new UnitValue( 5, 'in' ), undefined, 300, ResampleMethod.BICUBIC );// width, keep aspect 5x? activeDocument.resizeImage( undefined, new UnitValue( 7, 'in' ), 300, ResampleMethod.BICUBIC );// heigth, keep aspect ?x7 activeDocument.resizeImage( new UnitValue( 5, 'in' ), new UnitValue( 7, 'in' ), 300, ResampleMethod.BICUBIC );// both, may change aspect 5x7 There are lots of other way as well but any of those will change the printed size.
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‎Aug 18, 2009
06:37 AM
1 Upvote
Except for scale styles, all the options are in the document method. resizeImage([width] [, height] [, resolution] [, resampleMethod]) If you need access to scale styles you could make a imageSize function using scriptlistner.
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‎Aug 17, 2009
07:53 AM
Thanks for the testing. I knew it worked with javascript but I was worried that when Applescript passed the argument my constructor switch fails for some reason. Looking back over this thread maybe I should have been clearer on how to call the function when I first posted it. Thanks again, Mike
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‎Aug 17, 2009
05:23 AM
Hi Mark, if it's not too much trouble would you mind doing a test for me to see why my function doesn't work with Applescript? It takes only one argument. That can be a string or an array or a solidColor object. I wouldn't expect solidColor to work, the Applescript guide doesn't seem to list solidColor. With javascript the function would be called like this colorToSolidColorLayer( [255,255,255] ); or colorToSolidColorLayer( "a10000" ); For the test I would like you to add the following to the top of the function alert("The number of argument(s): " + arguments.length + "\rFirst argument: " + arguments[0] + "\rArgument class : " + arguments[0].constructor ); Thanks, Mike
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‎Aug 16, 2009
08:01 PM
If it helps both the applescript guide and the save sample script have a 'tell finder' line that I don't see in your code.
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‎Aug 16, 2009
07:49 PM
Sorry, as I said I don't know Applescript so I did not know that my function would not work for you. I would guess that it has something to do with the way arguments are passed. But I'm glad you got that part working. Hopefully someone will post a fix for you save problem soon.
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‎Aug 16, 2009
04:18 PM
It's already saving with all your options except for no matte. To change that find the line desc4.putBoolean( id35, true ); //matte and change to desc4.putBoolean( id35, false ); //matte
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‎Aug 16, 2009
03:27 PM
Send the javascript the hex value you want as a string. The function below will accept a string. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Function: colorToSolidColorLayer // Description: Sets color of active layer solidColor // Usage: colorToSolidColorLayer( [ 72, 50.6, 45.45 ] ); // Input: Color as one of String, Array, or SolidColor // Return: -1 if fails // Notes: Use Array for 16bit color. Both String and // SolidColor are 8bit. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// function colorToSolidColorLayer( color ){ var arg = arguments[0].constructor; switch( arg ){ case Array: var c = color; break; case SolidColor: var c = new Array(); c.push( color.rgb.red ); c.push( color.rgb.green ); c.push( color.rgb.blue ); break; case String: var c = new Array(); var sc = new SolidColor(); sc.rgb.hexValue = color; c.push( sc.rgb.red ); c.push( sc.rgb.green ); c.push( sc.rgb.blue ); break; default: return -1; } try{ 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 " ), c[ 0 ] ); colorDesc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Grn " ), c[ 1 ] ); colorDesc.putDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Bl " ), c[ 2 ] ); modeDesc.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "Clr " ), charIDToTypeID( "RGBC" ), colorDesc ); desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "T " ), stringIDToTypeID( "solidColorLayer" ), modeDesc ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "setd" ), desc, DialogModes.NO ); }catch(e){ return -1; } } EIther that or convert the 3 hex pairs to 3 decimal numbers if that is possible in Applescript. Edit: I hate the way this forum mangles code. Remove all the & ndsp;
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‎Aug 16, 2009
02:19 PM
Colors, dither, and matte are not standard save options with PNG files. To get those options you need to export using saveforweb. It's hard to give you any suggestions on how to modify the script when you did not post the code or a link to the script.
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‎Aug 16, 2009
08:05 AM
I think the javascript guide is unclear about path.kind. It can return any of the PathKind constants. But you can only set NORMALPATH or CLIPPINGPATH.
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‎Aug 16, 2009
07:37 AM
Sorry, I skipped past the vectormask part and only looked at the code. You can not create a mask with the scripting DOM. You will need to use scriptlistner. Something like this will make a vector mask to the active layer using the selected( active ) path. var desc = new ActionDescriptor(); var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putClass( charIDToTypeID( "Path" ) ); desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref ); var maskRef = new ActionReference(); maskRef.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Path" ), charIDToTypeID( "Path" ), stringIDToTypeID( "vectorMask" ) ); desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "At " ), maskRef ); var pathRef = new ActionReference(); pathRef.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Path" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) ); desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "Usng" ), pathRef ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Mk " ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
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‎Aug 16, 2009
06:15 AM
I, like Xbytor, have a code library. I use mine to keep functions and examples. So I didn't have to create the example, I just copy and paste. I too think that the function is the problem. That and the operation property of the SubPathInfo is required. The guide seems to say it's only needed it there is already another subpath but I find it doesn't work without setting this property even with a new path.
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‎Aug 16, 2009
06:04 AM
1 Upvote
I don't use Applescript but I think the guide it trying to note that the returned value of that property is a String. Some expect it to be a Number. I know that with javascript and VB the only way to change solidfill layer is with scriptlistner. I expect it's the same with Applescript.
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‎Aug 16, 2009
05:54 AM
Yes, it is hard to tell what is wrong without that function. Here is an example that works without functions, // create a document reference to work with var doc = app.activeDocument; //define the path var lineArray = new Array(); lineArray[0] = new PathPointInfo; lineArray[0].kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT; lineArray[0].anchor = Array(100, 100);//top left lineArray[0].leftDirection = lineArray[0].anchor; lineArray[0].rightDirection = lineArray[0].anchor; lineArray[1] = new PathPointInfo; lineArray[1].kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT; lineArray[1].anchor = Array(200, 100);//top right lineArray[1].leftDirection = lineArray[1].anchor; lineArray[1].rightDirection = lineArray[1].anchor; lineArray[2] = new PathPointInfo; lineArray[2].kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT; lineArray[2].anchor = Array(200, 2900);//bottom right lineArray[2].leftDirection = lineArray[2].anchor; lineArray[2].rightDirection = lineArray[2].anchor; lineArray[3] = new PathPointInfo; lineArray[3].kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT; lineArray[3].anchor = Array(100, 2900);//bottom left lineArray[3].leftDirection = lineArray[3].anchor; lineArray[3].rightDirection = lineArray[3].anchor; var lineSubPathArray = new Array(); lineSubPathArray[0] = new SubPathInfo(); lineSubPathArray[0].operation = ShapeOperation.SHAPEADD; lineSubPathArray[0].closed = true; lineSubPathArray[0].entireSubPath = lineArray; // now make the path var myPathItem = doc.pathItems.add("myPath", lineSubPathArray);
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‎Aug 15, 2009
06:23 AM
Nice script Christoph. I have some suggestions to handle some issues you haven't covered. If you would like details check for a PM from me. Mike
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‎Aug 14, 2009
09:00 AM
I expect your designer might balk at not being able to use blendmodes or masks. I would start by looking at a script that ships with CS3( and CS4 ) named 'LayerComps to Files.jsx'. It does not have a option to remove non-visible layers but it's a place to start. You could always modify that script to remove the non-visible layers and layer groups( folders ).
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‎Aug 13, 2009
08:45 AM
I don't think that Batch will let you leave off the extension using either the script or GUI version. You would need script your own batching type script to have no extension, but why no extension?
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‎Aug 13, 2009
08:42 AM
Xbytor's script is the way to go in Photohop. Have a look at ThumbsPlus to make contacts without Photoshop on Windows OS
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‎Aug 12, 2009
08:52 AM
As far as I know Adobe doesn't list those IDs in their scripting docs. They may be in the Photoshop SDK but I recommend that if you are new to scripting you have a look at Xbytor's Xtools. http://sourceforge.net/projects/ps-scripts/files/xtools/ In his stdlib.js he has functions for most of the useful menuItems. If you want just the menuItem ID, there are several ways to find them. Most start with creating a new action and inserting the menuItem of intrest into the action( using the popup menu of the action panel ) then saving the action set. Now either look at that atn file with an hexeditor or use one of Xbytor's actionsTo scripts found in Xtools. But again your best bet is stdlib
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‎Aug 11, 2009
05:21 PM
1 Upvote
Also I think that is an old tutorial written when CS3 was in beta. I would suggest you try the Photomerge that shipped with CS3. It does the stacking for you and gives the same results as stacking and aligning. And if you have CS4, Photomerge's layer blending as been improved.
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‎Aug 11, 2009
12:32 PM
Strange, I have only checked the descriptor when DialogModes is set to ALL to get the user's settings. It seems that when DialogModes is not set to ALL the returned descriptor is not accurate. However the new values are being used ( at least in my test of your code ). For example if I make a big change, say change the radius from 8 to 48 I can clearly see that the new values are used even though the alert doesn't show the new value.
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‎Aug 11, 2009
10:08 AM
// This script will save the active document to a folder with an incremental sufix // Change the options below to match your needs var saveFolder = new Folder( '/c/temp2' ); var saveSufixStart = '_'; var saveSufixLength = 3; saveOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions(); saveOptions.embedColorProfile = true; saveOptions.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE; saveOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE; saveOptions.quality = 8; // End of user options //========================================== var saveExt = 'jpg'; function zeroPad ( num, digit ){ var tmp = num.toString(); while (tmp.length < digit) { tmp = "0" + tmp;} return tmp; } var docName = decodeURI ( activeDocument.name ); docName = docName.match( /(.*)(\.[^\.]+)/ ) ? docName = docName.match( /(.*)(\.[^\.]+)/ ) : docName = [ docName, docName, undefined ]; var saveName = docName[ 1 ]; // activeDocument name with out ext var files = saveFolder.getFiles( saveName + '*.' + saveExt );// get an array of files matching doc name prefix if( files.length == 0 ) { // no file with that name so start at one var saveNumber = 1; } if( files.length == 1 ) { // one file found, see if it has a sufix var fileName = decodeURI ( files[ 0 ].name ); fileName = fileName.match( /(.*)(\.[^\.]+)/ ) ? fileName = fileName.match( /(.*)(\.[^\.]+)/ ) : fileName = [ fileName, fileName, undefined ]; if( fileName[1].match( /_(\d{3})$/ ) == null ){ var saveNumber = 1;// does not have sufix so set to one } else{// has sufix var saveNumber = parseInt( fileName[ 1 ].match( /_(\d{3})$/ )[1] ) + 1; // strip the ext and get the sufix , convert to number and add 1 } } if( files.length > 1 ){ files.sort(); var fileName = decodeURI ( files[ files.length -1 ].name ); fileName = fileName.match( /(.*)(\.[^\.]+)/ ) ? fileName = fileName.match( /(.*)(\.[^\.]+)/ ) : fileName = [ fileName, fileName, undefined ]; var saveNumber = parseInt( fileName[ 1 ].match( /_(\d{3})$/ )[1] ) + 1; // strip the ext and get the sufix , convert to number and add 1 } var saveFile = new File( saveFolder + '/' + saveName + '_' + zeroPad( saveNumber, saveSufixLength ) + '.' + saveExt ); activeDocument.saveAs( saveFile, saveOptions ,true ,Extension.LOWERCASE);
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‎Aug 10, 2009
07:10 AM
The string version of that ID is 'using'. It's most often see with putObject and putReference. It can sometimes be seen with putEnumerated. I see that I left it off the angle part of my example, along with other errors. As I noted that example may not work. Because of the way the scriptlistner output can be different from the options bar I had to put several together to include everything.
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‎Aug 08, 2009
05:55 PM
I know of no way to to set the handles directly. As Xbytor said, most scripters I know either do the transform in the GUI with the scriptlistner plugin running to get the settings or set the DialogModes to DialogModes.ALL and let the user of the script do the transform. If you really want to understand the transform descriptor below is my notes on the descriptor. Note in may not run as is. It's just for comments and does not include any warp settings. var desc = new ActionDescriptor(); var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), icharIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" )); desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref ); // 0ne of the 9 anchor points in the option bar or "Qcsi" for custom anchor desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "FTcs" ), charIDToTypeID( "QCSt" ), charIDToTypeID( "Qcsa" ) ); /* this block is only needed for "Qcsi" var pointDesc = new ActionDescriptor(); pointDesc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" ), 50.000000 ); pointDesc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" ), 50.000000 ); desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "Pstn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Pnt " ) pointDesc ); */ var offsetDesc = new ActionDescriptor(); // + or - amount to translate in pixels. // activeDocument.selection.translate( new UnitValue( 50, 'px' ), new UnitValue( 50, 'px' ), AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER ); // or activeDocument.selection.translate( new UnitValue( 50, 'px' ), new UnitValue( 50, 'px' ), AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER ); offsetDesc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" ), icharIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" ) 50.000000 ); offsetDesc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" ), 50.000000 ); desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" ), offsetDesc ); // + or - amount to scale in percent. // activeDocument.selection.resize( 110, 110 ) // activeDocument.activeLayer.resize( 110, 110 ) desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Wdth" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" ), 110.000000 ); desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Hght" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" ), 100.000000 ); // + or - 90 degree to skew. no DOM API method. var skewDesc = new ActionDescriptor(); skewDesc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" ), 50.000000 ); skewDesc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" ), 0.000000 ); desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "Skew" ), charIDToTypeID( "Pnt " ), skewDesc ); // 0 to 359 degree to rotate // activeDocument.selection.rotate( 90,AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER ); // activeDocument.activeLayer.rotate( 90, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER ); desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Angl" ), charIDToTypeID( "Angl" ), 90.000000 ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Trnf" ), desc, DialogModes.NO ); Everything seems straight forward is you just want to do one thing such as rotate or translate. It also seems to be ok if you want to translate, scale, rotate, and skew in just one direction. Things get strange when you try to do everything. The scriptlistner output now longer matches the settings in the option bar and those changes vary with which anchor point is used. I gave up long ago trying to understand this and now follow the suggestion to use different recorded transforms or let the user do it themselves.
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‎Aug 08, 2009
03:47 PM
I know it's not any help, but changing the values work for me. CS4, WinXP
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