Photoshop Applescript

Thanks Dave,
I've gone through that reference guide and there is a class for the "web
gallery" and all the options for that but none for the batch process.
I suppose I could make a short cut key for the batch process and execute
that but then how could I set all the options in that window? Or would I
just have to take a longer route and program my own batch process... And for
programs that don't have a shortcut key option how would you get to the menu
options?


On 5/12/04 11:03 AM, in article
120520041103588406%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca, "Dave Balderstone"
wrote:

 > Photoshop CS ships with both a scripting guide and an Applescript
 > reference guide in PDF format. Ethan Wilde's "Applescript for
 > Applications" (Peachpit Press) has a section on Photoshop (v 5 with
 > Photoscripter).
 >
 > djb
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In article , Sybil wrote:

 > I've gone through that reference guide and there is a class for the "web
 > gallery" and all the options for that but none for the batch process.
 > I suppose I could make a short cut key for the batch process and execute
 > that but then how could I set all the options in that window? Or would I
 > just have to take a longer route and program my own batch process... And for
 > programs that don't have a shortcut key option how would you get to the menu
 > options?

I'm not sure if the batch process is scriptable. I usually just use a
repeat loop with a list of files. You could also record a new action
and then call that...

Some things in PShop are scriptable with JavaScript and not AS... But
PShop will generate the javascript code for you. Make sure the
"ScriptingListener" plugin is in "Applications:Adobe Photoshop
CS:Plug-Ins:Adobe Photoshop Only:Automate:" It will create a file on
your desktop called "ScriptingListenerJS.log"

Any actions you do in PShop will be recorded to that file. The code at
the end of the file is the last thing you did.

You can then add it to your Applescript with the "do javascript"
operator.

For instance, here's a script I use to batch "autocorrect" images .
Watch the line breaks...

-----
on open fileList
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS"
activate
set i to count of fileList
repeat i times
set thefile to (item i of fileList)
open thefile showing dialogs never
tell current document
do javascript "{var id110 = charIDToTypeID( \"Lvls\" );var
desc33 = new ActionDescriptor();var id111 = stringIDToTypeID
( \"autoBlackWhite\" ); desc33.putBoolean( id111, true ); var id112 =
stringIDToTypeID( \"autoNeutrals\" );desc33.putBoolean( id112, true
);executeAction( id110, desc33, DialogModes.NO );}"
if (characters -1 thru -3 of thefile = "JPG") then
save as JPEG with options {embed color profile:false,
matte:none, quality:12} without copying
close without saving
else
save
close without saving
end if
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end open
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Thanks Dave!
That¹s a lot less work :)

On 5/12/04 2:28 PM, in article
120520041428163850%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca, "Dave Balderstone"
wrote:
 >
 > I'm not sure if the batch process is scriptable. I usually just use a
 > repeat loop with a list of files. You could also record a new action
 > and then call that...
 >
 > Some things in PShop are scriptable with JavaScript and not AS... But
 > PShop will generate the javascript code for you. Make sure the
 > "ScriptingListener" plugin is in "Applications:Adobe Photoshop
 > CS:Plug-Ins:Adobe Photoshop Only:Automate:" It will create a file on
 > your desktop called "ScriptingListenerJS.log"
 >
 > Any actions you do in PShop will be recorded to that file. The code at
 > the end of the file is the last thing you did.
 >
 > You can then add it to your Applescript with the "do javascript"
 > operator.
 >
 > For instance, here's a script I use to batch "autocorrect" images .
 > Watch the line breaks...
 >
 > -----
 > on open fileList
 > tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS"
 > activate
 > set i to count of fileList
 > repeat i times
 > set thefile to (item i of fileList)
 > open thefile showing dialogs never
 > tell current document
 > do javascript "{var id110 = charIDToTypeID( \"Lvls\" );var
 > desc33 = new ActionDescriptor();var id111 = stringIDToTypeID
 > ( \"autoBlackWhite\" ); desc33.putBoolean( id111, true ); var id112 =
 > stringIDToTypeID( \"autoNeutrals\" );desc33.putBoolean( id112, true
 > );executeAction( id110, desc33, DialogModes.NO );}"
 > if (characters -1 thru -3 of thefile = "JPG") then
 > save as JPEG with options {embed color profile:false,
 > matte:none, quality:12} without copying
 > close without saving
 > else
 > save
 > close without saving
 > end if
 > end tell
 > end repeat
 > end tell
 > end open
 > -----
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In article , Sybil wrote:

 > ThatÕs a lot less work :)

Less work is a good thing.

djb
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