I would say if anything the new paragraph styles have made scripting text layer harder if you want to do more that what is supported in the Object Model. It looks like there isn't a paragraph ID. It looks like it is using a start and end char range. So now we have to deal with paragraph ranges in addition to text ranges. ... View more

I think in Photoshop paragraph marks are really just line break chars. So you could search the textItem contents for line break chars to get the number of paragraphs. As for the rest, I wouldn't hold my breath. ... View more

I have not done any scripting of paragraph styles but a quick test shows that applying a style is recorded and looks very straightforward. Creating a new style is also recorded but looks like it sets overrides to an existing style so may be a littler tricker to script. I can find a lot of detail about the paragraph style of a textLayer in the descriptor but not the name of the style. I also don't see a way to determine anything about the styles in a document. Names, current or selected style, that kind of thing. Not saying it is not possiblle, just nothing from a quick look. ... View more

I don't see a way without user interaction. ... View more

c.pfaffenbichler wrote: The only way I can think of to determine the »originator«-file and thus its path is the name-similarity. I suppose one could run through app.files with a for-clause and compare the names. It's hard to tell without seeing the full script but if it is opening the files one at a time to run Crop and Straighten and saving the open documents created then app.documents[0] would be the 'source' file and you could base the new names off of that document name. ... View more

Thanks to c.pfaffenbichler I just noticed the line if(theDoc.saved==false) theDoc.save(); That line will only save if the doc has been changed since it was opened. Could it be you want to save a doc that hasn't been changed like the doc you ran Crop and Straighten on? ... View more

I think the problem is you are mixing how you spec the path, even on Windows I would use the following ( otherwise you end up with E:\Split/someDocName.jpg ) var docPath = '/E/Split'; If you really want to use the Windows style for the path do this instead var docPath = new Folder('E:\\Split'); But the bigger problem may be the Split folder doesn't exists. I would add a line to make sure E:Split is an existing folder ( if it doesn't exists the save will fail ) if(!docPath.exists) docPath.create(); Finally, one of the save is in a catch block. Are you sure that the save in that block is ever called? ... View more

If you are not running an action then I don't think changing the script to use snapshots will fix the problem you are having. And sorry but I can not reproduce that problem. IP runs fine for me with RAW or JPEG files. ... View more

Using a snapshot does avoid the issue of trying to set the history to a no longer valid state because it has be pushed off the history stack. I tested with the default number of 20 states and a 30 step action and it runs fine. I then changed the number of states to 1 with the same action and it still ran. TaylorMichigan, are you running an action when you have problems? ... View more

Do you have a web server installed and running on your system? You don't need an .asp file but but I think you do need a web server( localhost in this case ). You can not just access a local file as you are doing in your first post. ... View more

Tom Ruark wrote: The script should probably set the history states high then reset it at the end. The problem with that is all machines may not be able to handle the large amount of history steps. Meaning, bumping up the history steps may lead to "out of memory" or "scratch disk is full" errors. Tom, instead of changing the number of history states couldn't you create a snapshot, revert to the snapshot, then remove the snapshot at the end. ... View more

Andy_Bat1 wrote: and how to apply this script to windows ? This thread is about setting the file's color property, which Windows doesn't have. So you can't do this on Windows. If you want to set the label( color ) in the XMP from Photoshop you either need to use BridgeTalk or the AdobeXMPScript lib. ... View more

What version of Photoshop are you using? I think you are either using a old version of Photoshop or have a bad install so it can not find the lib. Posting the error message helps more than the line that caused the error. Both is better but if you are only going to post one, post the error message. ... View more

Unless Xbytor knows something about layers that I don't I think when he said 'a hidden text layer' he meant a normal text layer with the visibility turned off. The layer would still be in the layers panel. I am not sure what you mean by 'CompsLayer'. If you mean Layer Comps, then no layer comps are not layers so don't have layer metadata. Here is an example of using reading/writing layer metadata. loadXMPLibrary(); try{ var layerXMP = new XMPMeta( activeDocument.activeLayer.xmpMetadata.rawData );// get the object }catch(e){     var layerXMP = new XMPMeta();// layer did not have metadata so create new } var lastUpdated = getLayerChangedDate();// get the date. Photoshop updates time so no need to set. setDescMetadata( 'Desc' );// set desc var comment = layerXMP.getProperty( XMPConst.NS_EXIF, "userComment" );// get comment var count = layerXMP.countArrayItems( XMPConst.NS_DC, "description"  );// get the number of items if ( count == 0 ) {     layerXMP.getArrayItem( XMPConst.NS_DC, "description", 1 ); } setCommMetadata('comment');// set comment lastUpdated = getLayerChangedDate();// get the date. Photoshop updates time so no need to set. alert(lastUpdated); unloadXMPLibrary(); // these function adapted from PerLayerMetdata.jsx -Copyright 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated // to use these functions are from the Photoshop Panel Developer's Guide. function loadXMPLibrary(){     if ( !ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript ){         try{             ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject('lib:AdobeXMPScript');         }catch (e){             alert("Can't load XMP Script Library");             return false;         }     }     return true; }; /**     The function unloads the XMP Script Library. */ function unloadXMPLibrary(){     if( ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript ) {         try{             ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript.unload();             ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = undefined;         }catch (e){             alert("Can't unload XMP Script Library");         }     } }; function setDescMetadata(desc){     if( app.activeDocument.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer ){         alert( 'Can not place metadata on a background layer.');     } else {         var xmp;         if (desc == "")             desc = " ";                     try{             xmp = new XMPMeta( app.activeDocument.activeLayer.xmpMetadata.rawData );         } catch( e ) {             xmp = new XMPMeta();         }             try{             if( xmp.countArrayItems( XMPConst.NS_DC, "description" ) == 0 ){                 xmp.appendArrayItem( XMPConst.NS_DC, "description", null, XMPConst.PROP_IS_ARRAY, XMPConst.ARRAY_IS_ORDERED );                 xmp.insertArrayItem( XMPConst.NS_DC, "description", 1, desc );             } else {                 xmp.setArrayItem( XMPConst.NS_DC, "description", 1, desc );             }         } catch( e ) {             alert( 'Unable to place description metadata on selected layer.\n' + e );         }         app.activeDocument.activeLayer.xmpMetadata.rawData = xmp.serialize();     } }; function setCommMetadata(comm){     if( app.activeDocument.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer){         alert( 'Can not place metadata on a background layer.' );     } else {         var xmp;         if ( comm == "" )             comm = " ";                     try{             xmp = new XMPMeta( app.activeDocument.activeLayer.xmpMetadata.rawData );         } catch( e ) {             xmp = new XMPMeta();         }         try{             xmp.setProperty( XMPConst.NS_EXIF, "userComment", comm );         } catch( e ) {             alert( 'Unable to place metadata on selected layer.\n' + e );         }         app.activeDocument.activeLayer.xmpMetadata.rawData = xmp.serialize();     } }; function getLayerChangedDate(){     var ref = new ActionReference();     ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID( 'Prpr' ), stringIDToTypeID( "metadata" ) );     ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );     var desc = executeActionGet( ref );         if ( desc.hasKey( stringIDToTypeID( "metadata" ) ) ){         desc = executeActionGet( ref ).getObjectValue( stringIDToTypeID( "metadata" ) );         var timeInSeconds = desc.getDouble( stringIDToTypeID("layerTime") );         var d = new Date();         d.setTime( timeInSeconds * 1000.0 );         return d.toLocaleString();     } }; ... View more

The advantage of using the document metadata is it is easier to access without opening the document. But if the data only needs to be access when the document is open a text layer would be eaiser to read. And layer metadata is almost always un-used so there would be more space if you need to store a lot of data. ... View more

If the goal is keeping the data with the file I would use XMP. And I don't think it would be a 'hack' if you created a custom name space for the data instead of using some existing field. I think the data would be 'safer' in the metadata. It would be less likley to be lost. It still could be removed but the user would have to intend to remove the metadata. You can use an external file but there would be the problem of keeping that file with it's matching document file. And the user may delete the data file thinking it's un-needed. You can use Photoshop.customOptions. But that only works with one install of Photoshop and can be lost it the user resets the Photoshop preferences. ... View more

Yes it is possible. Look for Image Processor Pro on the Russel Brown web site. ... View more

Windows doesn't use the type property. The file type is determined by the file extension. One reason a file without an extension is almost useless on Windows. So I think you need to check both type and extension matches to exclude. ... View more

Thanks for that. It does let me download and open the logo1.gif. But it hangs the ExtendScript Toolkit editor/debugger. Changing that line to socket.write("GET " + sImg +" HTTP/1.0\nHost: " + domain + "\nAccept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/png, image/jpeg, */*\n\n"); is a lot faster, but still hangs ESTK. ... View more

I don't think is has any thing to do with the web site design. I think there is something about some servers that causes this script to fail. For example here is a vaild URL that the script will not download. http://www.ps-scripts.com/images/logo1.gif Instead of getting the image it gets a '404 Not Found' message. But that same URL in a browser shows the image. ... View more

Here is a link to a script by Jeff Tranberry that will let you open a file from a web URL http://www.mouseprints.net/old/dpr/OpenImageFromWeb.jsx I couldn't find a link to the original script but that version works with the URL used. A problem I have run into with both this version and the original version is that it doesn't work will every URL. I think it has something to do with the web server. For example I can not get it to download any images from the several sites I have using the same hosting service. ... View more

If we agree that when you said 'screen' in your first post you meant canvas then the problem could be from when you duplicate the layer to the other document. The duplicated layer will not be in the same position unless both documents are the same size and resolution. translate is relative to the current position of the duped layer - not it's original position in the source document. It looks like you are using values from the original position so the ending position is not what you expected. It is hard to say for sure, you didn't post the entire script. And what you did post will not run. ... View more

I do not know if it is possible to script moving a layer mask by tracking some part of a layer in Photoshop. Do you have After Effects? I think After Effects is a better program to do this type of task. If you do not have After Effects I would be willing to try to come up with a Photoshop script. But I would need sample files. ... View more

If I understand what you are saying, the problem is layer position is based on the document canvas not the screen. So is selection bounds. Is this a Bridge script? Where is thumbnails coming from? ... View more

It's my understand that getFiles() without a filter mask with get all files and subFolders on both Mac and PC. And returns an array on Both. ... View more

No idea of what is wrong but here are some suggestions that you may have already heard from Adobe support. 1. Delete the action and record it again. 2. Check the playback options in the action panel fly-out menu. 3. Check the performance section in preferences for the scratch disk setting  to make sure the disk used has enough free space and the RAM setting. For what it is worth, I can't reproduce that problem either manually or with an action ... View more

For completeness you should add aLayer.positionLocked = false; The lock types are independent of each other. You can have a layer with both positionLocked and allLocked set to true. Setting allLocked to false in that case would still leave the layer positionLocked and throw an error. ... View more