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- Page 1 ADOBE CONFIGURATOR 1.0 USER GUIDE...
- Page 5 Introduction This manual provides an introduction to Adobe Configurator 1.0 on Mac OS and Windows . Chapter 1 covers the basic conventions used in this manual and system requirements. Chapter 2 offers a brief overview of Configurator and describes how to create a simple panel.
- Page 6 • • • • • • By default, Adobe Photoshop CS4 bundles AIR 1.1. If you don t have Adobe AIR installed, go to http://get.adobe.com/air/.
- Page 7 Custom-designed panel a panel that is designed by the user and executed in Photoshop. Objects - the predefined components that can be added to custom- designed panels. .GPC the file extension for saved panels.
- Page 8 This chapter provides an overview of Configurator and describes how to create your own custom-designed panels for use in Photoshop CS4. Configurator 1.0 is an AIR application. Install Adobe AIR 1.1 before running the Configurator installer. AIR can be downloaded from the Adobe website at http://get.adobe.com/air/.
- Page 9 On Mac, go to the Applications folder and double-click Adobe Configurator. On Windows, go to the Start menu, open the Adobe folder, and click Adobe Configurator.
- Page 10 Click the Create New Panel button on the Welcome page, or choose File > New Panel.
- Page 11 Click the Inspector palette on the right side to edit the name, height, and width of the panel. Drag objects from the Object palette onto the new panel, or double- click an object to add it to the panel. Click on the triangle icons to expand or collapse the palette sections.
- Page 12 Drag a text widget to the panel and then modify the text in the Inspector palette.
- Page 14 name . : You must name the panel in Configurator in order for it to appear in the Photoshop CS4 Window > Extensions submenu. Otherwise, it appears as Untitled .
- Page 15 Workbench File Edit Align...
- Page 16 Distribute : Align and Distribute tools are enabled when two or more objects are selected, and they only apply to the selected objects. Auto Layout : Auto Layout tool lays out all objects in the panel automatically, not just selected objects. Tools The Tools area of the Object palette contains the tools found in the Photoshop toolbar.
- Page 17 Commands The Commands area of the Objects palette contains Photoshop menu commands. Search box The Search box at the top of the Object palette helps you find features quickly. Type text in the Search box and it displays all matching commands.
- Page 18 Drag or double-click to add a command from the search results to the panel. Buttons There are three types of buttons: The Action button executes a recorded Photoshop action. The Action and Action Set properties are assigned in the Inspector palette.
- Page 19 The Script button executes Extended JavaScript code in Photoshop. Click the Editor button in the Inspector to open a text editor to enter code such as alert(“hello my first script button!”); The Script File button executes an Extended JavaScript file in Photoshop.
- Page 20 Widgets There are four kinds of widgets: Simple Text widget The Simple Text widget creates a rectangular box that can contain a text message. Click the Editor button in the Inspector to open the Text Editor,...
- Page 21 where you can enter the text message. SWF/Image widget The SWF/Image widget loads a GIF, JPEG, PNG, or SWF file into the panel. The URL field accepts any of the following forms: URL: http://somesite.com/picture.png Absolute path: /User/user/test.jpg Relative path: test.gif or ./test.gif See section 4.1 for more information on relative paths.
- Page 22 : If the loaded SWFs are built with Flex project in Flex Builder, they cannot be displayed in Configurator, but they can be displayed in the created panel in Photoshop. Movie Player widget The Movie Player widget plays Flash video (.FLV) files in the panel. The URL field for the Movie Player widget accepts the same forms as the SWF/Image widget.
- Page 23 Multiple panels can be opened at same time. Click a tab to switch panels. An asterisk * means the panel has been modified but not saved. Position the cursor over the tab and it displays the full path of the saved panel file.
- Page 24 Several operations are supported in Panel Editor: Select objects...
- Page 25 Move objects : Configurator does not let you move objects past the panel s edge. Resize objects...
- Page 26 : Configurator does not let you resize objects past the panel s edge. Align or distribute selected objects Auto Layout all objects Resize a panel...
- Page 27 : Configurator does not let you resize a panel to an area too small to fit its contained objects. Inspector palette is on the right side of Configurator. The upper area specifies Panel attributes; the lower area specifies Object attributes. The Panel area lists the attributes of the current panel: The Object area lists attributes of the currently selected object(s).
- Page 28 Special attributes: You can use the Inspector to modify the attributes of multiple objects. If multiple objects are selected, the Inspector displays the attributes shared among the objects. If an attribute varies among the selected objects, the Inspector displays (multiple values) in that attribute field.
- Page 30 Export: Lets you generate related assets upon exporting a panel. For more information about the Export preferences options, see Chapter 4.
- Page 31 For example, if a panel is saved with the path /Users/user/Documents/Untitled-1.gpc and there s a file test.jpg in same folder, Configurator can resolve this file with the relative path ./test.jpg or test.jpg. When the panel is exported to the Adobe Photoshop CS4/Plug-...
- Page 32 After exporting the folder structure looks like this: When the panel is opened in Photoshop, Photoshop resolves the relative path based on the parent folder of the .GPC file. In our example, that s the /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS4/Plug- ins/Panels/Untitled-1 folder. In another example the relative path ../../../../Presets/Scripts/Image Processor.jsx is resolved in Photoshop to the absolute path...
- Page 33 Photoshop Flash Panel extension. If Photoshop CS4 is installed on same computer that s running Configurator, the panel can be exported directly to the Adobe Photoshop CS4/Plug-ins/Panels folder. Then start Photoshop and choose Windows > Extensions to open the custom panel.
- Page 35 CSXS Extension MXP is supported by Extension Manager 2.1 or later. Photoshop CS4 comes with Extension Manager 2.0. To upgrade to 2.1, install the patch located at http://www.adobe.com/exchange/em_download/index.html : Panels exported as CSXS extensions can contain only alpha characters and numbers in their names.
- Page 36 widgets that have online URLs (such as http://somesite/some.swf) will not be loaded. When you decide to go online, you must re-open the panel to load the movie. : To work offline in Photoshop, choose Window > Extensions > Connections. Then choose Offline Options from the Connections panel menu and select Keep Me Offline.
- Page 37 On Windows Vista, Configurator and Adobe Extension Manager should be run in Administrator mode or with the system UAC User Account Control disabled in order to export and package panels.
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Page 38: Information For Developers
This script code can call the Photoshop DOM API, which lets developers create buttons that do diverse tasks in Photoshop. For more information about Photoshop scripting, see the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Scripting Guide. A link to the guide is in Appendix B. - Page 39 Appendix...