I'm not sure what you are asking. If you want the bounds of the selection after transforming the selection just get the selection bounds after the transform. If you want the bounds of the new transformed area of a layer where only the selected part of the layer was transformed, get the selection bounds after thransform. If you want the bounds of the new transformed area of a layer where the entire layer was transformed, get the layer bounds after thransform. With any of those cases the bounds may be larger than the document bounds. In that case expect to see negitive numbers in the bounds. ... View more

The script as is saves the document as a tiff file. If you would rather have it save as jpeg let me know and I will post a jpeg version. ... View more

X, could he use either a file or CustomOptions to store the save folder in such a way that the script only needs to prompt for the save folder with the first image? The files in the folder would still be processed one at a time but it should on need to prompt the user once. ... View more

This script will export the activeDocument as a jpg and gif function exportSFWJpg( doc, saveFile, qty ) {      var exportOpts = new ExportOptionsSaveForWeb( );      // see guide for other options      exportOpts.format = SaveDocumentType.JPEG      exportOpts.includeProfile = true;//default false      exportOpts.quality = qty;      if ( saveFile.exists ) saveFile.remove( );      doc.exportDocument( saveFile, ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, exportOpts ); } function exportSFWGif( doc, saveFile, qty ) {      var exportOpts = new ExportOptionsSaveForWeb( );// default format is gif      // see guide for other options      if ( saveFile.exists ) saveFile.remove( );      doc.exportDocument( saveFile, ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, exportOpts ); } var doc = activeDocument; var docPath = decodeURI( doc.path ); var docName = decodeURI ( doc.name ); docName = docName.match( /(.*)(\.[^\.]+)/ ) ? docName = docName.match( /(.*)(\.[^\.]+)/ ) : docName = [ docName, docName, undefined ]; var saveName = docName[ 1 ]; exportSFWJpg( doc, new File( docPath + '/' + saveName + 'POWERPOINT.jpg' ), 80 ); exportSFWGif( doc, new File( docPath + '/' + saveName + 'WEB.gif' ) ); ... View more

Several of us have tried to find a way. As far as I know no one has. ... View more

I posted a snippet at http://ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2818 that shows how one can deternine info about guides if you first save the doc as a psd. It needs to be fleshed out to be useful but it does show the basic outline and does gives alerts about the guides. ... View more

It is possible, but most people find it too slow to be of much use. Below is an example of how to check Total Ink in a doc. app.activeDocument.colorSamplers.removeAll(); var inkLimit = 300; var xPos = new UnitValue( 0.5,'px') ; var yPos = new UnitValue( 0.5,'px' ); var pixPos = [ xPos, yPos ]; var step = new UnitValue( .5, 'px' ); var mySampler = app.activeDocument.colorSamplers.add( pixPos ); var w = app.activeDocument.width.as( 'px' ); var h = app.activeDocument.height.as( 'px' ); for(x = 0; x < w - 1; x++) {    for(y = 0; y < h - 1; y++){       pixPos = [ new UnitValue( x, 'px' ) + step, new UnitValue( y, 'px' ) + step ];       mySampler.move( pixPos );       var myColor = mySampler.color;       var cyan = myColor.cmyk.cyan;       var yellow = myColor.cmyk.yellow;       var magenta = myColor.cmyk.magenta;       var black = myColor.cmyk.black;       var totalInk = cyan + yellow + magenta + black;       if( totalInk >= inkLimit )   {          alert('Over limit pixel found at ' + pixPos + '\nTotal ink amout = ' + totalInk );       }    } } app.activeDocument.colorSamplers.removeAll(); ... View more

Paul, I thought the reason for the exit code might be because a javascript engine was running durning the quit command. By adding the Exit as the last step in the droplet no scriping engine should be running and that might give the proper exit code. ... View more

You could try a action where you insert a menuItem for File-Exit. Perhaps that will create the correct exit code. ... View more

The info on BitmapConversionOptions is on page 38 of the CS4 VBS guide. With javascript if you want to use the default conversion options you do something like this: activeDocument.changeMode( ChangeMode.BITMAP, new BitmapConversionOptions );// doc must be greyscale ... View more

Yes, scriptlistner is the only to control a gradient with scripting. You could call an action if you wanted to apply a fixed gradient. ... View more

ESKT 2 should have been uninstalled when you uninstalled Photoshop CS3. If you haven't uninstalled Photoshop you may want to keep ESKT 2 for testing your scripts in CS3. ESTK 3 will only target CS4 apps. ... View more

With JS bitmap and index mode need a second parameter setting the conversion options. You also need to convert color images to greyscale before conerting to bitmap. I would imagine that it is the same in VB ... View more

Everything as in any or all events. The scripting guide lists this as the 'All ' event code. ... View more

Most events that I have used run the script after the event but I'm not sure about the startup event order either. You might try add the creation of a new doc to your action. Then after the nik step close the doc without saving. That may force Photoshop to wait until the plugin loads before running the action. Another thing you could try is create an script that calls your action. Something like doAction( 'run Nik', 'startup actions' );// action name, action set. I don't think that will help but its simple and might work. If that doesn't work then I can help you with a script that you can attach to a different event. It check to see if it's been run before and if not run your action. You could attach the script to all events to make sure it gets run soon after startup. ... View more

The reason I asked is most filters need an open document. I thought the reason it was not working could be that there in no image to filter at startup. But as I said I don't have nik plugins so I could be wrong. ... View more

In CS4 there is a runMenuItem method but I don't know if it works with plugins. And I would think that if the action is not working in the startup event because the plugin is not yet loaded a script would have the same problem as it would be run at the same point in the startup. Are you sure the reason for not working is the plugin is not loaded? Have you tried a different action that does not need a plugin to see if you are setting the event correctly? ... View more

If all you want to do is edit the name of the saved file then you could just do a saveAs and edit the name. ... View more

Below is a script I found in my notes. I'm not sure who wrote it, but it does show a progress bar with a close button that works with CS4 ( at least on my system ) // // createProgressWindow //   title     the window title //   min       the minimum value for the progress bar //   max       the maximum value for the progress bar //   parent    the parent ScriptUI window (opt) //   useCancel flag for having a Cancel button (opt) //    //   onCancel  This method will be called when the Cancel button is pressed. //             This method should return 'true' to close the progress window // function createProgressWindow(title, min, max, parent, useCancel) {   var win = new Window('palette', title);   win.bar = win.add('progressbar', undefined, min, max);   win.bar.preferredSize = [300, 20];   win.parent = undefined;   if (parent) {     if (parent instanceof Window) {       win.parent = parent;     } else if (useCancel == undefined) {       useCancel = parent;     }   }   if (useCancel) {     win.cancel = win.add('button', undefined, 'Cancel');     win.cancel.onClick = function() {       try {         if (win.onCancel) {           var rc = win.onCancel();           if (rc || rc == undefined) {             win.close();           }         } else {           win.close();         }       } catch (e) {         alert(e);       }     }   }   win.updateProgress = function(val) {     var win = this;     win.bar.value = val;     // recenter the progressWindow if desired     // win.center(win.parent);     win.show();     win.hide();     win.show();   }   win.center(win.parent);   return win; }; var arry = ['a','b','c','d'];   var progressWindow = createProgressWindow("Progress...",                                             0, arry.length, true);   progressWindow.isDone = false;   progressWindow.onCancel = function() {     this.isDone = true;     return true;  // return 'true' to close the window   }   try {     for (var i = 0; i < arry.length; i++) {       if (progressWindow.isDone) {         break;       }       progressWindow.text = ("Processing element " + (i+1) + " of " + arry.length + "...");       progressWindow.updateProgress(i);        $.sleep(5000)        alert(arry);             }   } catch (e) {     alert(e);   } finally {     progressWindow.close();   } $.sleep(5000); alert('done'); ... View more

In a way Photoshop can do this. If you changed your workflow so that you copied each of the images off the contact sheet and minized them until all the images where copied off the sheet you could then batch your save action on the open files and rename them almost anyway you like. ... View more

jugejury, thanks for you post. 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 ); } setZoom(150); ... View more

You can set the zoom to 50, 100, 200, or 300 with either a script or an action. As far as I know you can not set the zoom to 75 or 150 with either. With CS4 you can determine the currrent zoom of a document by getting the 'zoom' key of the document descriptor using action manager, but I have not been able to set the zoom using that key. ... View more

If you make a 3 step action where you insert menu item View-Actual Pixels followed by inserting menu item View-Zoom in twice you will now have an 'view 300% action. Do the same but replace zoom in with zoom out and you now have a 'view 50%' action. ... View more