Adobe 65048332 Manual page 15

C 2: Photoshop Scripting Basics
HAPTER
Object name Description
Path Item
Channel
Art Layer
Layer Set
Layer Comp
Document
Info
Notifier
Preferences
History State
Color Sampler Represents a color sampler in your document.
Count Item
Measurement
Scale
A drawing object, such as the outline of a
shape or a straight or curved line
Pixel information about an image's color.
A layer class within a document that allows
you to work on one element of an image
without affecting other elements in the image.
A collection of
Art Layer
current name in the Photoshop UI. Layer Set
was the name used in an earlier version of
Photoshop. The Object name stays the same to
keep backward compatibility.
A snapshot of a state of the layers in a
document.
Metadata about a
Document
N : Metadata is any data that helps to
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describe the content or characteristics of a file,
such filename, creation date and time, author
name, the name of the image stored in the file,
etc.
Notifies a script when an event occurs; the
event then triggers the script to execute. For
example, when a user clicks an OK button, the
notifier object tells the script what to do next.
The application preference settings.
Stores a version of the document in the state
the document was in each time you saved it.
N : You can use a
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History State
fill a object or to reset the
Selection
document to a previous state.
Represents a counted item in the document.
Represents the measurement scale for your
document.
objects. Group is the
object.
object to
Photoshop Object Model 15
To create this object without using a
script
Choose the path selection or pen tools
and draw a path with the mouse.
Choose Window > Channels.
Choose Layer > New > Layer or
Window > Layers.
Choose Layer > New > Group.
Choose Window > Layer Comp. Then
select the New Layer Comp icon.
Choose File > File Info.
Choose File > Scripts > Script Events
Manager.
Choose Edit > Preferences in
Windows, or Photoshop >
Preferences in Mac OS.
Choose Window > History, and then
choose a history state from the History
palette.
Choose the Color Sampler Tool, and
click in the document.
Choose the Count Tool and click in the
document.
The Measurement Scale object cannot
be created, but you can change its
properties by using Analysis >
Measurement Scale > Custom.