In javascript a colorSampler only returns a single pixel no matter what the sample size is in the GUI. Sounds like it the same with applescript ... View more

var file = new File( '/c/temp4/SLIP762011.jpg' ); var parentFolder = file.parent; var saveFolder = new Folder( parentFolder + '/' + file.name.substring( 0, 8 ) ); if( !saveFolder.exists ) saveFolder.create(); var saveFile = new File( saveFolder + '/' + file.name); if( file.copy( saveFile ) ) file.remove(); ... View more

Glad you got it working but transforming the selection was Mark's idea. You don't really need to know about charIDToTypeID to use the function but 'Chnl' is channel, 'Fsel' is selection, and 'Trnf' is transfrom so it's 'saying' perform a transform on the selection channel ... View more

Need more details. Where are the files now? Where do you want the new folder? etc ... View more

If you are on Windows you can have your javascript create a vbs script that can either create the csv file on demand or extract only the needed data. You could also use the excel ADODB driver to query the spreadsheet using sql. Unless the sheet changes often and you need to make sure that the cvs file is always curent I would use Paul's suggestion. ... View more

As far as I know scriptlistner is the only way to deal with a layer's channel masks. A vector mask is part of the pathItems collection when the layer is active. ... View more

That must be a VB issue. It doesn't seem to happen with JS ... View more

It's is the only work-around I know. Gradient is not in the Scriptingt API and tool options are not in the Action Manager API. That leaves using presets or scripting the placement of the gradient as Mark suggested. ... View more

'Lctn' does stand for location and it's the location on the stops in the gradient. In the gradient creation dialog it is express as percent. I don't know why it's not express that way in the descriptor. In your code if you look at the second stop you see the location is at 614. If you edit the Spectrum gradient in the GUI you will see the second stop is at 15%. 4096 x .15 = 614.4 but I have no idea why it uses 4096 instead on normal percent. ... View more

Mark, we were thinking the same thing it's just that I wasn't clear that I was thinking about creating the gradient in the artwork not as 'New Gradient'. ... View more

At least in CS4 name will return 'Adobe Photoshop' so you may want to use. var old_name = app.activeDocument.name; var new_name = old_name.replace( ".jpg", "tm.jpg" ); I mean the Transform Selection item under the Select menu and one action that has two steps - make a selection then transform. However you don't need to use actions at all. Just code your selection then call the function below. transformSelection = function() {// returns -1 if user cancelled   try{      var desc = new ActionDescriptor();      var ref = new ActionReference();      ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" ), charIDToTypeID( "fsel" ) );      desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref);      executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Trnf" ), desc, DialogModes.ALL );   }catch( e ){     if ( e.toString().match( /User cancelled/ ) ) {       return -1;     }else{       throw e;     }   } }; transformSelection() ... View more

Thanks Paul, I did miss the part about cropping but he never posted the details. Thanks also for pointing out that the scripting API has a glass filter method. ... View more

You can use Mark's suggestion with a slight mod. Record an action that makes the 95x95 selection as the 1st step then record a transform selection as the 2nd. Set the 2nd step to display a dialog and call the action from your script. There would only be two mouse actions. A click-drag to move the selection and a click on the checkmark to accept the move. ... View more

I think Mark was talking about using scriptlistner to create the gradient. Scriptlistner does record all the options then. If you only recorded the selection of the gradient tool, then you are right it doesn't record the options. However you can use scrptlister to select tool presets. Selecting a tool preset will let you change the gradient type with a script. // tool must be selected or 'show current tool only' unchecked 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 ); }; ... View more

The script I posted process a folder of psd textures. I posted it before you stated that you needed to adjust the canvas size. The resize can be added to the script but as I understand what you are trying to do it would be better to avoid actions. Perhaps if you outlined all the steps I can adust the script to meet your needs. Mike ... View more

You don't really need to understand the function to use it, but the putEnumerated is for the glass filter and putPath is for the file object that you want to use as a texture. The putInteger lines and the putBoolean line is for the other options from the dialog, all of which are arguments of the function. ... View more

This should get you started. function applyGlassFilter( distort, smooth, scale, invert, file ) {     var desc = new ActionDescriptor();     desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "GEfk" ), charIDToTypeID( "GEft" ), charIDToTypeID( "Gls " ) );     desc.putInteger( charIDToTypeID( "Dstr" ), distort );     desc.putInteger( charIDToTypeID( "Smth" ), smooth );     desc.putPath( charIDToTypeID( "TxtT" ), file );     desc.putInteger( charIDToTypeID( "Scln" ), scale );     desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "InvT" ), invert );      executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Gls " ), desc, DialogModes.NO ); } function revert(doc){     var desc = new ActionDescriptor();         var ref = new ActionReference();         ref.putName( charIDToTypeID( "SnpS" ), doc.name );     desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "slct" ), desc, DialogModes.NO ); }; saveOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();      saveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;      saveOptions.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE;      saveOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;      saveOptions.quality = 8;        var files = new Folder( '/c/temp3' ).getFiles('*.psd'); var saveFolder = new Folder( '/c/temp4'); var saveName = activeDocument.name; for( var i = 0; i < files.length; i++ ){      applyGlassFilter( 7, 3, 10, false, files[ i ] );      activeDocument.saveAs( new File( saveFolder + '/' + saveName + '_' + i +'.jpg' ), saveOptions, true,Extension.LOWERCASE);      revert( activeDocument ); } ... View more

HDR and Photomerge both include several scripts from the stack scripts folder. It looks like at least one of those scripts are missing on your system. That could because of a non-standard install or HD problem. You may have to reinstall if you can not locate the file using your os search app ... View more

One way, if you have cs4, is have the user drop a color sampler. Then you could do something like this app.activeDocument.colorSamplers[0].position;// get the position app.activeDocument.colorSamplers[0].remove()// remove the sample ... View more

Not having X's programing background I think of an action reference as something that tells Photoshop what to do. And yes it is like a little action that you write instead of record. For example the code that I and X posted could also be written like this var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" ), stringIDToTypeID('tool') );// what key to get ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );// where to get it from var cTool = executeActionGet(ref);// in this case returns a one key descriptor var cToolTypeID =  cTool.getEnumerationType( stringIDToTypeID('tool') );// get the value of that key alert( typeIDToStringID( cToolTypeID ) );// make that value readable Most of the ordinals you will see will be target as Photoshop likes whatever you are working on to be active. You sometimes see next or previous. I can't recall seeing a 'normal ordinal' like first or second. There is not much in the way of documentation. Most of what I know comes from looking at the scriptlistner log, xtools and X himself, and a little bit of code I put together for exploring action descriptors and action list. It's not as nice as X's getterdemo but works more the way I think. It sends it's output to the ESTK console window var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); var desc = executeActionGet(ref) var c = desc.count ; //for(var i=0;i<c;i++){ // to enumerate list //  $.writeln('Key '+i+' = '+desc.getType(i)) //} for(var i=0;i<c;i++){ //enumerate descriptor's keys   $.writeln('Key '+i+' = '+typeIDToStringID(desc.getKey(i))+': '+desc.getType(desc.getKey(i))) } ... View more

You can put the action call in a try/catch block try{     doAction('Action 1','Set 1' ); }catch(e){} ... View more

From looking at the scripting guide you just need to assign the element a new value; Note I had add a root level as you didn't post the full xml tree var newXml = new XML ( '<book><publishing_date><year>2002</year><month>Jan</month></publishing_date><success_date><year>2004</year><month>Feb</month></success_date></book>'); newXml..month[1] = 'mar'; or newXml.success_date.month = 'mar'; Or did I misunderstand your question? ... View more

You could test for your variable in a try/catch block. Something like this: try{ toggleState }// will throw error if toggleState is not defined catch(e){     var toggleState = true;// so we now define it } And if you have CS3 or CS4 you can find the current tool with these lines: var ref = new ActionReference(); ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); var cTool = typeIDToStringID(executeActionGet(ref).getEnumerationType(stringIDToTypeID('tool'))); alert( cTool ); ... View more

With the scriptlistner plugin installed create an outerbevel with the settings you require. Then before doing anything else in Photoshop open the scriptlistnerJS log and find the last entry. It should look something like this. This is an outerbevel with the default settings. // ======================================================= var idsetd = charIDToTypeID( "setd" );     var desc9074 = new ActionDescriptor();     var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );         var ref109 = new ActionReference();         var idPrpr = charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" );         var idLefx = charIDToTypeID( "Lefx" );         ref109.putProperty( idPrpr, idLefx );         var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " );         var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );         var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );         ref109.putEnumerated( idLyr, idOrdn, idTrgt );     desc9074.putReference( idnull, ref109 );     var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T   " );         var desc9075 = new ActionDescriptor();         var idScl = charIDToTypeID( "Scl " );         var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );         desc9075.putUnitDouble( idScl, idPrc, 416.666667 );         var idebbl = charIDToTypeID( "ebbl" );             var desc9076 = new ActionDescriptor();             var idenab = charIDToTypeID( "enab" );             desc9076.putBoolean( idenab, true );             var idhglM = charIDToTypeID( "hglM" );             var idBlnM = charIDToTypeID( "BlnM" );             var idScrn = charIDToTypeID( "Scrn" );             desc9076.putEnumerated( idhglM, idBlnM, idScrn );             var idhglC = charIDToTypeID( "hglC" );                 var desc9077 = new ActionDescriptor();                 var idRd = charIDToTypeID( "Rd  " );                 desc9077.putDouble( idRd, 255.000000 );                 var idGrn = charIDToTypeID( "Grn " );                 desc9077.putDouble( idGrn, 255.000000 );                 var idBl = charIDToTypeID( "Bl  " );                 desc9077.putDouble( idBl, 255.000000 );             var idRGBC = charIDToTypeID( "RGBC" );             desc9076.putObject( idhglC, idRGBC, desc9077 );             var idhglO = charIDToTypeID( "hglO" );             var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );             desc9076.putUnitDouble( idhglO, idPrc, 75.000000 );             var idsdwM = charIDToTypeID( "sdwM" );             var idBlnM = charIDToTypeID( "BlnM" );             var idMltp = charIDToTypeID( "Mltp" );             desc9076.putEnumerated( idsdwM, idBlnM, idMltp );             var idsdwC = charIDToTypeID( "sdwC" );                 var desc9078 = new ActionDescriptor();                 var idRd = charIDToTypeID( "Rd  " );                 desc9078.putDouble( idRd, 0.000000 );                 var idGrn = charIDToTypeID( "Grn " );                 desc9078.putDouble( idGrn, 0.000000 );                 var idBl = charIDToTypeID( "Bl  " );                 desc9078.putDouble( idBl, 0.000000 );             var idRGBC = charIDToTypeID( "RGBC" );             desc9076.putObject( idsdwC, idRGBC, desc9078 );             var idsdwO = charIDToTypeID( "sdwO" );             var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );             desc9076.putUnitDouble( idsdwO, idPrc, 75.000000 );             var idbvlT = charIDToTypeID( "bvlT" );             var idbvlT = charIDToTypeID( "bvlT" );             var idSfBL = charIDToTypeID( "SfBL" );             desc9076.putEnumerated( idbvlT, idbvlT, idSfBL );             var idbvlS = charIDToTypeID( "bvlS" );             var idBESl = charIDToTypeID( "BESl" );             var idOtrB = charIDToTypeID( "OtrB" );             desc9076.putEnumerated( idbvlS, idBESl, idOtrB );             var iduglg = charIDToTypeID( "uglg" );             desc9076.putBoolean( iduglg, true );             var idlagl = charIDToTypeID( "lagl" );             var idAng = charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" );             desc9076.putUnitDouble( idlagl, idAng, 120.000000 );             var idLald = charIDToTypeID( "Lald" );             var idAng = charIDToTypeID( "#Ang" );             desc9076.putUnitDouble( idLald, idAng, 30.000000 );             var idsrgR = charIDToTypeID( "srgR" );             var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );             desc9076.putUnitDouble( idsrgR, idPrc, 100.000000 );             var idblur = charIDToTypeID( "blur" );             var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );             desc9076.putUnitDouble( idblur, idPxl, 5.000000 );             var idbvlD = charIDToTypeID( "bvlD" );             var idBESs = charIDToTypeID( "BESs" );             var idIn = charIDToTypeID( "In  " );             desc9076.putEnumerated( idbvlD, idBESs, idIn );             var idTrnS = charIDToTypeID( "TrnS" );                 var desc9079 = new ActionDescriptor();                 var idNm = charIDToTypeID( "Nm  " );                 desc9079.putString( idNm, "Linear" );             var idShpC = charIDToTypeID( "ShpC" );             desc9076.putObject( idTrnS, idShpC, desc9079 );             var idantialiasGloss = stringIDToTypeID( "antialiasGloss" );             desc9076.putBoolean( idantialiasGloss, false );             var idSftn = charIDToTypeID( "Sftn" );             var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );             desc9076.putUnitDouble( idSftn, idPxl, 0.000000 );             var iduseShape = stringIDToTypeID( "useShape" );             desc9076.putBoolean( iduseShape, false );             var iduseTexture = stringIDToTypeID( "useTexture" );             desc9076.putBoolean( iduseTexture, false );         var idebbl = charIDToTypeID( "ebbl" );         desc9075.putObject( idebbl, idebbl, desc9076 );     var idLefx = charIDToTypeID( "Lefx" );     desc9074.putObject( idT, idLefx, desc9075 ); executeAction( idsetd, desc9074, DialogModes.NO ); You need to include all of those lines in the code that you call with your applescript. ... 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customOptions work in CS3 and CS4. Here is an example of how to store your togglestate var toggleState = true;// the value you wish to store // to store use these lines var desc = new ActionDescriptor();// create a descriptor to hold value desc.putBoolean ( 0 , toggleState );// store the data by type app.putCustomOptions( 'mhScript', desc, true );// store the descritor by unique name // to retrive the stored value var desc = app.getCustomOptions ( 'mhScript' );// retrive by name var toggleState = desc.getBoolean(0);// retrive the data by type // some point later app.eraseCustomOptions( 'mhScript' );// delete when no longer needed ... View more

X is right. You do not have to worry about the file I/O when only reading/writting a small text file. And writing a text file is not only easy but works with all versions of Photoshop. I don't use putCustomOptions but I think it only works in CS4 and as I understand it the data has to be stored as actionDescriptors. The other methods I know of such as scriptStore( CS2 only? ) are just variations on the text/ini file method. ... View more

I think that you do not understand how to use the scriptlistner plugin. You can not use just part of the log like apply layer style theTextLayer using "antialiasGloss" "antialiasGloss" that is from the scriptlistner log is just part of the action descriptor that photoshop needs to perform the action. You need to include everything in that step. You can clean it up and make it into a function as Mark did in his post. ... View more

There are several ways to store a value. One easy way is to write it to a text file somewhere and have your script read that text file for the value on the next run. ... View more

desaturate may be simple but it doesn't work like channel mixer. The function Paul posted does. I am not sure what you are trying to do but a channel can not have 3 values unless it is a spot color channel. The component channels do not have a color property. ... View more