var dlg = new Window('dialog', 'Alert Box Builder',[100,100,480,225]); dlg.alertBtnsPnl = dlg.add('panel', [35,15,325,55], 'Button alignment'); dlg.alertBtnsPnl.alignLeftRb = dlg.alertBtnsPnl.add('radiobutton', [15,10,95,25], 'Left'); dlg.alertBtnsPnl.alignCenterRb = dlg.alertBtnsPnl.add('radiobutton', [105,10,185,25], 'Center'); dlg.alertBtnsPnl.alignRightRb = dlg.alertBtnsPnl.add('radiobutton', [195,10,275,25], 'Right'); dlg.alertBtnsPnl.alignCenterRb.value = true; dlg.okBtn = dlg.add('button',[190,80,245,100],'OK'); dlg.cancelBtn = dlg.add('button',[255,80,315,100],'Cancel'); dlg.show(); ... View more

I should note that the script only works correctly with 8bit images. ... View more

The problem is the metadata not the profile. The profile is saved as a string ie 'Adobe RGB'. The metadata adds about 32k to a file. Save for web removes the metadata and has an option for the profile ... View more

Hi Stan, I hate to say this but if include in not working for you it's not because of Adobe's products. Just have a look and photomerge. Not only does it have includes but some of those have their own includes as well. Here is what I would do. First put an alert at the start on the include file. If you don't get that alert when your main script runs you know there is a problem with the include path or syntax. If you do get the alert then you most likely have a scope issue. ... View more

You should be able to do it with either. With an action set you ruler to percent, select all on the layer you want to move and with the move tool move the image. The amount of the move will be recorded in percent. With a script use activeDocument.activeLayer.translate( new UnitValue(.9,'%'),undefined) to move to the right or activeDocument.activeLayer.translate( new UnitValue(-.9,'%'),undefined)to move to the left ... View more

All channels contain data. You can tell if an alpha channel is black, white, or greyscale by the histogram. For example if activeDocument.channels.getByName('myAlpha').histogram[0] == the number of pixels in the doc the alpha is all black. use histogram[255] to test for white. ... View more

Choose File-Automate-Create Droplet. From the dialog choose the action that runs your script. For most scripts you can leave all the play options unchecked. If you script doesn't save the document you can set the destination options if you like. ... View more

I haven't use CS for quite some time and file associations may not work with the command prompt. You can try using Windows Explorer to browse to a .js file then right click on that file. From the popup menu choose Open With. Even if you see Photoshop in the file list choose Browse at the bottom. Browse to Photoshop and make sure to check 'Always use selected program...' If that doesn't work you will need to create an action that runs your script and make a droplet from that action. You can then use the droplet in the command prompt. You may also need to create a 'dummy' image file to launch the droplet with if you script doesn't require an open document at startup. See http://www.ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=967 ... View more

You need to associate the .jx extension with Photoshop or change the ext to .jsx ... View more

This task can be scripted. It will need to use Action Manager code so tell your programmer to look at either the Javascript or VBS guide that ships with Photoshop. He will also need to install the scriptlistner plugin that also ships with Photoshop in order to create the Action Manager code for color overlay layer effect. With VB the script can access an Excel file directly. Javascript would require the Excel data to be exported as a csv file. ... View more

This can also be done without using Action Manger. var targetDoc = app.documents.getByName('Untitled-1');// create a reference var sourceGroup = app.activeDocument.layers.getByName('Group 1');// or use an existing reference sourceGroup.duplicate ( targetDoc ); ... View more

I had the same problem. I haven't used fromStream before and Photoshop choked on the couple of attempts I made. So instead of trying to get to and from stream working I looked at the raw data from the descriptor and an acv file. I noticed that they where very similar in the curve data parts. The script was written just to show the concept. I knew as I was writing it that Xbytor could have done a better job if he had time. If you run into any problems using it let me know. Judging by a few test I made it should be able to handle other color modes with few slight mods. Mike ... View more

Using Xbytor's suggestion, I created a sample script that will save an acv file using the data from a curve adjustment layer. Here is a link to the script http://ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=10945 ... View more

I had a look at the rawData in the descriptor and the structure of the acv file. I think it would be easy to covert the rawData to acv. The 7th byte of the rawData is a BCD of the channels. I can convert that byte using an array or lookup table but is there a better way to do the BCD conversion? ... View more

In Bridge choose from the menu Edit-Preferences-Startup Scripts. Click on the button named Reveal Scripts. That will either open Finder or Windows Explorer to the folder where you need to place the script. Copy the script and paste it into a plain text editor. Save it as plain text in the startup scripts folder above with jsx as the ext and restart Bridge. Upon restart Bridge will ask if you want to enable the script. Once Bridge is running you should see a new menu item under Tools Clear history in Metadata. ... View more

This should clear the history of selected files in Bridge #target bridge // let EntendScript know what app the script is for clearHistory = {};// create an object clearHistory.execute = function(){// create a method for that object var sels = app.document.selections;// store the array of selected files for (var i = 0; i < sels.length; i++){//loop though that array var md = sels.synchronousMetadata;// get the metadata for the file md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/";// set the namespace md.History = " ";//set the porperty } } // this script only works in bridge if (BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge"){ //creage the munuItem var menu = MenuElement.create( "command", "Clear history in Metadata", "at the end of Tools"); menu.onSelect = clearHistory.execute; } ... View more

I think the bottom line is the image's quality and that is subjective. Even if the image has not been resampled it still may look bad if they sent you a jpeg with high compression. Some things can't be scripted. ... View more

I use javascript so this may not help. From looking at the guide I would think that it should be objPhotoshopApp.ChangeColorSettings("Friesens_Yearbook_Custom_Color_Settings","C:\Friesens_Yearbook_Custom_Color_Settings.csf") ... View more

I had a look at the arguments of the close event. It seems if the user chooses Yes to the save changes dialog you can get the path to the file that was closed. arguments[0].getPath(stringIDToTypeID('in')); If they choose No or the doc's saved property was true, the path is not in the descriptor. ... View more

Xbytor, Can you post an example for getting the doc's file using arguments? When I try I get either an empty descriptor if the doc's saved property was true or a one key descriptor that has the close options if it was false. ... View more

Mr. Cox, With experience the atn files are human readable and they can be edited with Xbytor's scripts. I know because I have done both. Although I too wondered how something 'not allowed' was recorded in an action. Mike ... View more

I would be happy to email you. But I think others may like to see the code as well. Would you be willing to make a post at PS-Scripts? http://ps-scripts.com/bb/ There you can either post the code in the message itself or as a zip in the upload section. Or may I post your code there if you prefer email? Thanks, Mike ... View more

I would like to see what you came up with. I thought it was an interesting problem as well but I'm working on another project with a deadline so didn't have time to follow it. I think it would be useful for more that just matching of angle shots of TV screens. Mike ... View more

You don't need a script for this. Actions can play other actions. Create an action that plays all the actions you want to apply to the image then assign that new action a keyboard shortcut. Mike ... View more

var x = 0.235 Math.asin( x )*(180/Math.PI) ... View more

John, When saving tiff files both LZW and and ZIP compression are 'lossless'. This is they don't affect image quality. Only using JPEG compression will. I have one program that I use that will not read a compressed tiff otherwise I would always save tiffs with compression. It is my understanding that all versions of Photoshop can read tiff file with either byte order. Because the byte order is one of the tiff tags, I would think that it would have to be a very poor reader that couldn't deal with either. ... View more

If you find the method to cancel something the user does please post it here. Like X, the only way I know to do that is with the history panel. Either by index like X posted or by using snapshots. ... View more

As scripts go this one is about as simple as they get. I'll let Paul explain how to save his code as a script. But can I ask why you want to do this? If it's just to save the document to a file format that does not support layers or channels you can just saveAs and check the 'As a copy' box. Photoshop will flatten and delete the channels for you. ... View more

You could use scriptlistner (it ships with Photoshop) to make a function for each of you custom warps. But it will be recorded in pixels so all of your images will be need to be the same. Or have the script adjust the function for the differences in size. While it is true that there are only 4 points, you can click and drag anywhere in the bounding box to edit the warp. You could also make a template by warping a smart layer. Then all you would need to do is replace the smart objects contents by choosing Layer->Smart Objects->Replace Contents. The new contents will have the same warp. But again the images need to be the same size. Mike ... View more

If I understand your question fully. I would do something like this: // check doc status if( ! activeDocument.saved ) { if(isDocumentNew()){// X's function //sample code to handle a new doc var f = new File('/c/temp/temp.psd'); activeDocument.saveAs(f); }else{ //sample code to handle a changed doc activeDocument.save(); } } // now saple code to handle all doc as saved activeDocument.close(); Mike ... View more