Now I just need to assign a shortcut to it. Do I need to change my jsx file to an atn one or is there another solution ? If you have the script installed and available in the File/Scripts menu, then all you need to do is go to the Edit/Keyboard Shortcuts menu and add a custom shortcut under Application Menus/File/Scripts against your installed script. There is no need to insert the script into an action and setup keyboard shortcuts against the action, however that is also an option. ... View more

It is as yet unknown if you will need a script or not, actions may or may not suffice. At this point I have more questions than answers. So to clarify… * You will have a .CSV file containing around 7000 rows, with each row being text. * Your Photoshop template will have a layer set to text replacement. Your template file will contain placeholder variable text, for example the text may be 72pt sized. * Will the resulting text always be too large or too small or a mix of both? * How will you need the text to be resized? * You mention the pixel replacement option and that this is not an option. Do you require it to be? Can you post screen captures to the forum of your file and layer setup? Can you post a link to a file sharing site such as DropBox with a small sample data set (say 5 records) and your template? ... View more

JJMack was informing you how actions work, not how you wished they work – which are two different things. As fantastic as Photoshop actions are, they still have limitations. Scripts are more flexible, however not as accessible to non-coders as actions. For example, the previous script in post #4 errors for me. You can insert a script into an action, then invoke the playback of the action from a keyboard shortcut – or you can setup a direct keyboard shortcut on the script without referencing it in an action. A similar script to the one that you are looking for can be found here: https://forums.adobe.com/message/4453915#4453915 ... View more

Actions are not the same thing as Scripts. Scripts can be inserted into actions, however I doubt that is what you wish to do in this case. Listen to JJMack’s advice on actions. ... View more

If you are recording a Photoshop ACTION (.atn), then target the layer containing transparency in your action. This step should be recorded in your action as either the targeting of an absolute layer name or a relative layer name if you wish to automate this, otherwise you can set a manual stop in the action and then replay the action once the user has manually targeted the appropriate channel. Finally you would hold down the Command (Mac) or Control (Windows) key while clicking on the layer thumbnail in the layers palette. This step would then be recorded in the action as “set selection to transparency channel”. ... View more

Many recommend a single support screen, such as cyan under the black (30c100k), however this can create a “cool” hue to the black (which may not be wanted). I prefer neutral CMY support tints under the black, cyan is generally run higher than magenta and yellow to achieve a neutral (50c40my100K). The support tint recipe values will depend on the intended output space that the job will be printed in. For “digital” toner based output, the answer is not so easy! Depending on the device and other factors, one may achieve a richer/darker black when the input is 0cmy100k or if the input was 0r0g0b. For such toner based output (either wet or dry toner), it is best to test rather than assume and it costs very little for a test print with digital. ... View more

Usually Illustrator actions are next to useless, however in this case they can record selecting objects with applied brushes, and they could be used to create a new layer and cut/paste in front into the new targeted layer, or one could simple use Document Info (Selection Only)/Objects to list the selected objects or brushes. ... View more

This info is available in the GUI, can a script access this info? ... View more

With luck somebody can change the script in my previous post to output the mean histogram value for an RGB selection. alantor08 if nobody else can help, then I have an alternative hack method that would allow you to get this value from a batch of imges into a CSV file. Copies of the images would first need to be cropped to the selection. Note, this would only be accurate to the nearest integer value and anything after the decimal point would slightly vary from Photoshop (for example if Photoshop reported 143.93, my hack would report 143.66, which I doubt would matter that much). Another option would be to look into ImageJ: imagej.nih.gov/ij/index.html Process/Batch/Measure (then point it to a folder full of images), again the results would only be accurate to Photoshop to the nearest integer value. ... View more

Somebody with the appropriate scripting knowledge may be able to change the following script: https://forums.adobe.com/message/7246695 ... View more

https://www.adobe.com/uk/digitalimag/pdfs/ph_exportdata.pdf Of course, the link in the PDF no longer works and I have not been able to track down the histogram.js for CS2. EDIT: Another option here, however it is only for older versions of Photoshop and the numbers don’t exactly match Photoshop’s histogram… Telegraphics - Free plugins for Photoshop & Illustrator...and other software ... View more

Another Step & Repeat script can be found here: I require script for multiups? ... View more

Step and Repeat scripts are also covered here: Step and repeat ... View more

But possible in Photoshop, so all Adobe have to do is offer a “ScriptingListener” plug-in for InDesgin (and Illustrator). Why not just add actions to InDesign (they work well in Photoshop and not so well in Illustrator), instead of expecting users to tackle scripting? Yes, I know that the script code created by ScriptingListener is verbose/obscurified etc. ... View more

Brett, I believe that sniper *is* a print service provider… Sniper, do you use PDF workflow software or do you use Enfocus PitStop Server (fully automated) or PitStop Pro (semi-auto)? If you do, you should be able to do this without too many problems. I would hope that Callas pdfToolbox would also be able to handle this too as Adobe license their preflight technology. This can be achieved manually/semi-automatically with Acrobat Pro 9, however in X and XI Adobe broke the preflight fixup that handles “Registration” colour (which is not really a colour, but a command). I don’t know if they fixed this up in Acrobat Pro DC. Acrobat Pro X Mac Preflight Fixup "Convert registration color to black" is Broken (Print Production) It is possible to monkey with the default InDesign printer marks, however I can’t find any info on using a spot colour: https://indesignsecrets.com/creating-custom-printer-marks-in-indesign.php or from here‌ or here: mrk.pdf Also take a look at this topic thread for custom scripts: Printer’s marks and bleeds ... View more

Internet search engines are wonderful things. One official source for the Calibri fonts can be found here: Download Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.2.1 from Official Microsoft Download Center Another option here: [Pirate link removed by moderator (B.R.)] ... View more

Also look here: Automate Exporting PDF to a specific folder without dialog box ... View more

Not sure where I got this one from… pdf_export.jsx #target indesign; //~ try {export_to_pdf (app.books.item (get_book ()))} //~     catch (e) {alert (e.message + "\r(line " + e.line + ")")}; var item = get_item (); var params = get_params (item); export_to_pdf (item, params) function export_to_pdf (item, params)     {     var pdf_export_settings = app.pdfExportPreferences.properties;     app.pdfExportPreferences.viewPDF = params.view;     item.exportFile (ExportFormat.pdfType, File (params.name), false, app.pdfExportPresets.item (params.preset));     app.pdfExportPreferences.properties = pdf_export_settings;     } function get_params (b)     {     var app_presets = app.pdfExportPresets.everyItem().name;     var w = new Window ("dialog", "Export PDF", undefined, {closeButton: false})     w.alignChildren = "right";     w.main = w.add ("panel");         w.main.alignChildren = "left";         w.main.name = w.main.add ("group");             w.main.name.prompt = w.main.name.add ("statictext", undefined, "PDF name:");                 w.main.name.prompt.preferredSize.width = 60;             var pdf_name = w.main.name.add ("edittext", undefined, b.extractLabel ("name") || decodeURI(String(b.fullName)).replace (/\.ind[db]$/, ".pdf"));                 pdf_name.characters = 40;                 pdf_name.active = true;         w.main.pr = w.main.add ("group");             w.main.pr.prompt = w.main.pr.add ("statictext", undefined, "Preset:");             w.main.pr.prompt.preferredSize.width = 60;             var presets = w.main.pr.add ("dropdownlist", undefined, app_presets);             presets.selection = presets.find (b.extractLabel ("preset")) || 0;         var view = w.main.add ("checkbox", undefined, "\u00A0View PDF after export");             view.value = b.extractLabel ("view");     w.buttons = w.add ("group");         w.buttons.add ("button", undefined, "OK", {name: "ok"});         w.buttons.add ("button", undefined, "Cancel", {name: "cancel"});     if (w.show() == 1)         {         b.insertLabel ("preset", presets.selection.text);         b.insertLabel ("name", pdf_name.text);         b.insertLabel ("view", String (view.value));         w.close();         return {name: pdf_name.text, preset: presets.selection.text, view: view.value}         }     else         {w.close(); exit ()}     }            function get_item ()     {     if (app.documents.length > 0)         {         // If .fullName fails the documents has never been saved and we can't do anything with it.         try {app.documents[0].fullName; return app.documents[0]}         catch (_) {exit ()};         }     else         {         switch (app.books.length)             {             case 0: alert ("Please open a document or a book."); exit ();             case 1: return app.books[0];             default: return pick_book ();             }         }     } function pick_book ()     {     var w = new Window ("dialog", "Select a book");     w.alignChildren = "right";     var g = w.add ("group");         var list = g.add ("listbox", undefined, app.books.everyItem().name);         list.minimumSize.width = 250;         list.selection = 0;     var b = w.add ("group");         b.add ("button", undefined, "OK", {name: "ok"})         b.add ("button", undefined, "Cancel", {name: "cancel"})     if (w.show () == 1)         return app.books.item (list.selection.text);     else         exit ();     } ... View more

You can send me a PM and I can look offlist at one of your images with an embedded c2 profile in CS6, however that will not really resolve anything at your end if you use CS5 and CC14/15. I can place a JPEG with c2 profile or place say an sRGB JPEG and then relink to a C2 profile without issue, however this is using the GUI – your script may be doing something else. Do you get the same issue when manually placing or updating – or only when using your unknown script? Have you looked into colour settings, perhaps turning off RGB profiles in colour management policies to see if this has an effect? If you don’t have a colour server or other process normalising the colour content upstream, then ColorSync AppleScripts and Automator Folder Actions are a great entry level solution. Either at the server level or local workstation level. The beauty of using a ColorSync AppleScript and a Folder Action (watched/monitored folder) is that the Mac OS will remove or assign a different profile to the image automatically when the image is in the folder, without operator intervention. By the time the operator goes to place the JPEG, the problem should not be there. ... View more

Sad that there is no “Adobe” way to do this. Apparently there is a relatively easy Mac OS/Unix way to do this, however I can’t take credit for the following shell script code (not sure if this would work in Windows using say Cygwin or similar): #!/bin/bash TIFFEXTENSIONONLY=0 cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" SAVEIFS=$IFS IFS=$(/bin/echo -n $'\n\b') if [[ TIFFEXTENSIONONLY -eq 0 ]]; then for N in $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type f ! -name '._*'); do if [[ $(head -c 2 "$N") == II ]] || [[ $(head -c 2 "$N") == MM ]]; then tiffutil -dump "$N" | grep '^37724 (0x935c)' > /dev/null if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then mkdir -p 'MULTIPLE LAYERS' mv -n "$N" 'MULTIPLE LAYERS' fi fi done else for N in $(find -E . -maxdepth 1 -iregex '.*tif(f){0,1}' ! -name '._*'); do if [[ $(head -c 2 "$N") == II ]] || [[ $(head -c 2 "$N") == MM ]]; then tiffutil -dump "$N" | grep '^37724 (0x935c)' > /dev/null if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then mkdir -p 'MULTIPLE LAYERS' mv -n "$N" 'MULTIPLE LAYERS' fi fi done fi IFS=$SAVEIFS echo TIFF layer checking finished $(date) Original topic thread here: printplanet.com/forum/prepress-and-workflow/adobe/248476-identifying-layered-tifs-in-indesign ... View more

Anurag, on CS6 Mac OS 10.9.5 I don’t have a problem placing a Facebook JPEG with an embedded “c2” ICC profile – so I don’t know what the difference is with this unknown script. There are numerous work arounds if this is not a script related issue: In Adobe Bridge, you can do a “find” command and use the following criteria “Color Profile Equals c2” and “Document Type Equals JPEG file” with a “Match if all criteria are met” result. One could then use a script or action to batch process the files selected in Bridge. I personally prefer the options below, as one does not have to open and resave the JPEG data (lossy), one can hopefully work directly on the ICC metadata without affecting the image data. A Mac OS approach could be to use an AppleScript ColorSync to process the JPEG files, either removing the ICC profile or embedding sRGB instead of the offending c2 ICC profile: Prepression: ColorSync AppleScript Archive These ColorSync AppleScripts can be saved as an application, then all you need to do is drag and drop the c2 embedded files onto the application to process them. Or you could use Apple Automator to monitor a folder (folder action) to automatically apply the script or to add the script to a service so that it is available as a contextual right click on selected files. For MS Windows users (or Mac), one could also look into using ExifTool to deal with the ICC meta data. ... View more

Qwertyfly, your addition fills a gaping hole in the collection of selection scripts! achegr, I was posting the link for others that may not know of these tools as this topic thread seemed a good place, glad you know of them. ... View more

Another two options for selecting objects are covered here, in addition to the script mentioned by the OP: Prepression: Illustrator – Selecting Similar Objects Thanks for sharing Qwertyfly! ... View more

Hi Pedro, sorry for the confusion, I’d love to be able to script – however that is beyond me for now. That being said, I am vicariously attempting to follow along. The OP asked if it was possible to apply a script referencing an action to selected files in Bridge. I came across a different post, where a method to run an action via scripting was offered. I am oblivious to the issues that you mention. :] ... View more

I can’t help with the scripting, however take a look at the GUI: Notice the effective resolution of the images scaled 50%. This works for both linked or embedded images. Not sure if this info is available via scripting or not to throw up an onscreen report. It is possible to use the save command from the options menu to write this data to a text file, perhaps this can be scripted for a basic report… 288 pt wide (1200 px) ÷ 72 pt = 4 in wide, so 1200 px ÷ 4 in = 300 ppi effective resolution (I’m sure there is a better way to explain that) 192 pt depth (800 px) ÷ 72 pt = 2.667 in depth, so 800 ÷ 2.667 in = 299.96 in effective resolution (close enough to 300 ppi) Another method would be to save the AI file as PDF and use Acrobat Pro Preflight and or third party PDF preflight such as Enfocus PitStop Pro/Server. ... View more

Thank you Pedro, I have tried to follow your suggestions, however I am still getting an error with the script when I run Bridge: “The test-actionAction is not available in the test-set Set.” The action is installed in: Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Startup Scripts CS6/Adobe Bridge The script is visible and ticked/active in Bridge/Preferences/Startup Scripts The script works fine when it is run from say Illustrator/File/Scripts/Browse The action set is loaded in Illustrator and the action is in the set. The working code for referencing an action via JS follows: // https://forums.adobe.com/message/8101549#8101549 // Set your action name and the set name that it belongs to here var myAction = "test-action"; var mySet = "test-set"; //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- try {     app.doScript(myAction, mySet); } catch(e) {     alert("The " + myAction + "Action is not available in the " + mySet +" Set."); } ... View more

I previously mentioned Enfocus Switch to help automate this process, such a workflow would make use of the Command Line Utility (CLI) “ImageMagick” (this is not a cheap or out of the box solution, even though ImageMagick is open source). Of course, one does not need Switch to use ImageMagick and this CLI could potentially be automated using other methods. Here is the page on combining channels from the ImageMagick site: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/color_basics/#combine_other http://imagemagick.org ... View more

Chris, if using an action, I would use the channels/merge channels command rather than copy/paste etc. The main issue is that an action will record the explicit file names used for the channels, so actions can be very limited when one is dealing with variable names. One viable work around could be to dupe/rename/close the original file names to a standard fixed name that would be used to merge the channels via an action. I have made this work via an action on a single set of four opened files, however I am not sure if this could work via a batch action on multiples sets. I can’t get the following script to work, however somebody else may be able to find out why there are errors (I am using CS6, also tried in CS5): https://gist.github.com/moluapple/1333451 PS_Merge Multiple Single-Channel-Files to One Multi-Channels File (function (){ var f = Folder.selectDialog ('选择文件夹'), fA = f.getFiles ('*.tif'), fs = f.fsName, op = new TiffSaveOptions, i = 0; op.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.TIFFLZW; // 设置LZW压缩 for (; i < fA.length; i += 5){ process (fA); } function process (base) { var fn = base.name.split('_')[0], PMS = unescape(f.getFiles (fn + '*.tif').toString().match(/(Pantone.+?)\.tif/)[1]), F = function (str){return File(fs + '/' + fn + '_' + str +'.tif')}, _C = F('Cyan'), _M = F('Magenta'), _Y = F('Yellow'), _K = F('Black'), _S = F(PMS), loop = [_M, _Y, _K, _S], mDoc = app.open(_C), i = 0, doc; mDoc.changeMode(ChangeMode.MULTICHANNEL); for (; i < 4; i++){ doc = app.open(loop); doc.channels[0].duplicate (mDoc); doc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); } mDoc.channels[4].name = PMS.toUpperCase(); mDoc.channels[4].kind = ChannelType.SPOTCOLOR; setPMSColor(PMS); mDoc.changeMode(ChangeMode.CMYK); mDoc.saveAs(F('合并'), op); mDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); } // ScriptingListenerJS Code function setPMSColor(str) { var idsetd = charIDToTypeID("setd"); var desc20 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idnull = charIDToTypeID("null"); var ref12 = new ActionReference(); var idChnl = charIDToTypeID("Chnl"); var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID("Ordn"); var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID("Trgt"); ref12.putEnumerated(idChnl, idOrdn, idTrgt); desc20.putReference(idnull, ref12); var idT = charIDToTypeID("T "); var desc21 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idClr = charIDToTypeID("Clr "); var desc22 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idBk = charIDToTypeID("Bk "); desc22.putString(idBk, "PANTONE? solid coated"); var idNm = charIDToTypeID("Nm "); desc22.putString(idNm, str); var idbookID = stringIDToTypeID("bookID"); desc22.putInteger(idbookID, 3002); var idbookKey = stringIDToTypeID("bookKey"); desc22.putData(idbookKey, ' ' + str.replace(/\s/g, '').replace(/pantone/i, '')); var idBkCl = charIDToTypeID("BkCl"); desc21.putObject(idClr, idBkCl, desc22); var idSCch = charIDToTypeID("SCch"); desc20.putObject(idT, idSCch, desc21); executeAction(idsetd, desc20, DialogModes.NO); } })(); This script appears to be merging channels to multichannel mode and assigning a CMYK spot colour to each separation and possibly a 5th plate spot colour. In your case this is just a direct merge to CMYK mode rather than multichannel. ... View more