The line putUnitDouble( cTID('Scl '), cTID('#Prc'), 416.666667 ); is for the scale of that layer's effects. If you resize a doc in the GUI you will see a checkbox for 'Scale Styles'. That seems to where that value comes into play. It seems to be baised on the doc's ppi ie a 72ppi doc will have a scale value of 100.000. 240ppi = 333.333. 300ppi =416.666. So in the code Mark posted one style was recorded at 150ppi and the other at 300ppi Changing that value doesn't seem to have any effect when creating the style using scriptlistner code with the styles I have tested so you not need to worry about matching the scale to the ppi. However to be on the safe side I would set the scale to the correct setting for the doc ppi. Mike ... View more

What I do instead of installing and uninstalling the plugin, I set the log files to read only when I don't want the output logged. For that matter I always the the VB log set to read only as I only use the JS version. By toggling the log's read only property you can turn the pluging 'on' and 'off' without restarting Photoshop. ... View more

You shouldn't have to worry about creating a new doc bigger than the one in the clipboard. A layer bounds can be larger than the document's so you can create any size doc and the pasted layer's bounds will be the size of the clipboard image. I don't think you will have any luck with the profile. The doc profile is set when the doc is created. When pasting a mis-matched profile all you can do is convert to the doc's profile or cancel. ... View more

Hi X, I know that you have posted similar finding on the PS-Scripts forum, but like Paul it's been my findings that a layer's id is persistent. As long as a layer is in the doc it's id stays the same no matter how many other layers have been added, deleted, or moved. Or how many time the doc has been closed and reopened. And if that layer is deleted no other layer added later will have the same id as the deleted one. The only drawback I remember about using layerID is it is harder to use than Index or Name. Mike ... View more

If by jump you mean step i += 3 or i = i + 3 would step 3 ... View more

Photoshop comes with a editor/debugger called Extendscript Toolkit. On Windows it's default location is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities\ExtendScript Toolkit. ... View more

What version of Photoshop are you using? You may not have any choice but to run as a two step process or upgrade. Before CS4 ( maybe CS3, not sure ) a script can not call an action that uses a script. ... View more

That error normally means that the forum app can not connect to the database. I assume that it is an issue with Andrew's server as it happens about the same time of day every so often. It doesn't last long. Glad to see the you have become a member of PS-Scripts. Mike ... View more

You can use this function to test for a clipping path without the need to loop through the paths /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Function: clippingPathIndex // Description: Gets the index of the activeDocument's clipping path // Usage: clippingPathIndex() // Input: None // Return: Index as Integer. -1 if there is no clipping path /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// function clippingPathIndex(){ var ref = new ActionReference();     ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); var desc = executeActionGet( ref ); var clippingPath =  desc.getObjectValue(charIDToTypeID("Clpg")); return  clippingPath.getInteger(charIDToTypeID("ClpI" )); }; clippingPathIndex(); ... View more

I must have misunderstood you post. I thought that you were asking how to do the commented lines in your if statement. I don't see where you have a for loop for pathItems in your post. But no worries - glad you came up with something. ... View more

As long as you are not concerned about paths of a vector mask you can just loop through the pathItems and check the kind property. Soemthing like this var doc = activeDocument; var paths = doc.pathItems; for ( var p = 0; p < paths.length; p++ ) {     if( paths .kind == PathKind.CLIPPINGPATH ){         // code to deal with the clipping path     }     if( paths .kind == PathKind.NORMALPATH ){         // code to deal with saved paths     }     if( paths .kind == PathKind.WORKPATH ){         // code to deal with the work path     } } If you do want to deal with vector mask paths you have to do a nested loop with the outside loop for layers and the inside loop for paths. ... View more

I think one of the problems is that you don't have the full path. Try something like  jpgFile = new File( "/c/Temp001.jpeg" ); You may also need to supply the jpeg save options if the file was not opened as a jpeg ... View more

You should be able to edit the actions in the Photoshop GUI. Just double click on the step you want to edit. Any changes you make will be recorded. You may also want to look at Xbytor's extools. One of those scripts converts actions to XML and back. You may be able to edit the save path that way ... View more

This should work with or without background and with or without the top layer being visible var doc = app.activeDocument;// make a reference to the doc var topLayer = doc.layers[0];// make a reference to the top layer if ( doc.activeLayer != topLayer ) {// if the top layer is not the active layer     var cv = topLayer.visible;// store the visible state     doc.activeLayer = topLayer;// make active, which makes visible     topLayer.visible = cv;// so retore visible state     } if ( topLayer.visible == false ) doc.artLayers.add();// if not visible add a blank layer to merge into var desc = new ActionDescriptor();// Merge visible desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "Dplc" ), true ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "MrgV" ), desc, DialogModes.NO ); ... View more

Adobe knows about the problems with ESTK and is working on an update. The following code will work with or without a background layer: var desc = new ActionDescriptor(); desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "Dplc" ), true ); executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "MrgV" ), desc, DialogModes.NO ); Layers contains groups and artlayers. Artlayers only contains artlayers. ... View more

Keywords should be part of the Dublin Core namespace. If the app you used to create the eps files adds metadata the the file then exiftool should be able to read/write keywords. But it can't create metadata for that type of file. If keywords are really needed and exiftool doesn't help you can add them with Photoshop but that would require opening and resaving each file. ... View more

From a speed standpoint the script will be faster if the playback option is set to accelerated. You could either give the user an alert at the start of the script asking them to wait while the script runs or just let the screen not refresh as you were doing. Depending on the script you could also use the wait for redraw funtion when needed. That would let the script run faster and let the user see some progress. If the script really takes a long time a dialog with a progress bar would give the user an idea of how far along the script has run. You can use the function below from Xbytor to set the playback options with a script. I don't think there is a way to determine the current settings. 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); }; ... View more

You can try this function: function WaitForRedraw() {      var desc = new ActionDescriptor();      desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Stte"), charIDToTypeID("Stte"), charIDToTypeID("RdCm")  );      executeAction( charIDToTypeID("Wait"), desc, DialogModes.NO); }; Or you can create a dialog with a progressbar it that doesn't work. ... View more

You should have a look at Xbytor's xtools http://ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2333 It has a javascript that you could adapt that would allow any actions that have file paths changed when distributing actions. The end user would only have to run the install script once to update the action to the new path. ... View more

cooroo, If you have Photoshop you already have Bridge. However as far as I know Bridge can only be scripted with javascript. I don't use applescript but if you can't use it directly to add keywords you could use Exiftool with applescript to avoid opening the files in Photoshop. ... View more

That function works with layersets as well. With either layers or layersets, the layer you want to apply the mask to needs to be the activeLayer. ... View more

Use makeLayerMask ("HdAl") with the above function ... View more

Hi X, I understand how the call stack can effect an if(error) return statement but how do you use a try/catch to bail without the user seeing an error alert? It seems to me that to stop the script you would have to re-throw an error inside the catch. ... View more

I don't use Applescript but I sometimes call VBS from javascript so maybe you can do the same. Xbytor has a tutorial on File.execute here http://ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=344 You will find info about OSX near the end of the thread. ... View more

Because you say you use function keys to trigger script steps, I not sure if you are using actions or scripts. I don't think that you can do want you want with just plain actions. It would be easy to check for an existing file with a script. ... View more

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/javascript.html ... View more

Any code I post is open source unless the comments say otherwise. I wrote that so long ago I can't remember if I posted it here or at PS-Scripts. Here is a version that checks for bit depth. var SizeOfFile = prompt("Please Enter Size In Megabytes",48);// defaults to 48mb. Change 48 to whatever size needed. // var SizeOfFile = 48;// or comment out line above and uncomment this line to hardcode size if ( SizeOfFile > 0 ) resizeToMB( SizeOfFile ); function resizeToMB( size_in_MB ) { var current_units = preferences.rulerUnits; preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS; var width_pixels = activeDocument.width; var height_pixels = activeDocument.height; var channel_count = activeDocument.channels.length; if( activeDocument.bitsPerChannel == BitsPerChannelType.ONE ){// let's not resize bitmap images return; } if( activeDocument.bitsPerChannel == BitsPerChannelType.EIGHT ){ var final_size = ( 1024 * 1024 * size_in_MB ) / channel_count; } if( activeDocument.bitsPerChannel == BitsPerChannelType.SIXTEEN ){ var final_size = (( 1024 * 1024 * size_in_MB ) / channel_count)/2; } var image_bytes = width_pixels * height_pixels; var image_scale = Math.sqrt( final_size/ image_bytes ); var final_width = width_pixels * image_scale; var final_height = height_pixels * image_scale; var final_dpi = activeDocument.resolution; if ( image_scale > 1 ) { activeDocument.resizeImage( final_width, final_height, final_dpi, ResampleMethod.BICUBICSMOOTHER ); } else { activeDocument.resizeImage( final_width, final_height, final_dpi, ResampleMethod.BICUBICSHARPER ); } preferences.rulerUnits = current_units; } ... View more