Creating An Artlayer Object - Adobe 65014912 Manual

C 3: Scripting Photoshop
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Creating an ArtLayer object

The following examples demonstrate how to create an
the current document.
AS
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS4"
make new document
make new art layer at beginning of current document ¬
with properties {name:"MyBlendLayer", blend mode:normal}
select all current document
fill selection of current document with contents ¬
{class:RGB color, red:255, green:0, blue:0}
end tell
VBS
Dim appRef
Set appRef = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application")
' Create a new art layer at the beginning of the current document
Dim docRef
Dim layerObj
Set docRef = appRef.Documents.Add()
Set layerObj = appRef.ActiveDocument.ArtLayers.Add
layerObj.Name = "MyBlendLayer"
layerObj.BlendMode = 2 'psNormalBlend
' Select all so we can apply a fill to the selection
appRef.ActiveDocument.Selection.SelectAll
' Create a color to be used with the fill command
Dim colorObj
Set colorObj = CreateObject("Photoshop.SolidColor")
colorObj.RGB.Red = 255
colorObj.RGB.Green = 0
colorObj.RGB.Blue = 0
' Now apply fill to the current selection
appRef.ActiveDocument.Selection.Fill colorObj
JS
//make a new document
app.documents.add()
// Create a new art layer at the beginning of the current document
var layerRef = app.activeDocument.artLayers.add()
layerRef.name = "MyBlendLayer"
layerRef.blendMode = BlendMode.NORMAL
// Select all so we can apply a fill to the selection
app.activeDocument.selection.selectAll
// Create a color to be used with the fill command
var colorRef = new solidColor
colorRef.rgb.red = 255
colorRef.rgb.green = 100
colorRef.rgb.blue = 0
// Now apply fill to the current selection
app.activeDocument.selection.fill(colorRef)
Working with the Photoshop Object Model 37
object filled with red at the beginning of
ArtLayer