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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Manual (229 pages)
JAVASCRIPT SCRIPTING REFERENCE
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
Executing Scripts
31
1 Introduction
31
Javascript Support in Adobe Photoshop CS3
31
Installing Scripts
32
Executing Other Scripts
32
Startup Scripts
32
Changes Since Earlier Versions
32
Displaydialogs
35
2 Javascript Object Reference
35
Working with the Properties Tables
35
Working with the Methods Tables
35
Executeaction
36
Working with Method Parameters
36
Properties
37
Count
37
Methods
37
Clear
37
Erase
37
Fromstream
37
Getboolean
37
Getclass
37
Typename
37
Getdata
37
Getobjecttype
38
Getobjectvalue
38
Getpath
38
Getreference
38
Getstring
38
Gettype
38
Getunitdoubletype
38
Getunitdoublevalue
38
Haskey
38
Isequal
38
Putlist
39
Putobject
39
Putpath
39
Putreference
39
Putstring
39
Putunitdouble
39
Tostream
39
Count
40
Typename
40
Clear
40
Getboolean
40
Getclass
40
Getdata
40
Getdouble
40
Getenumerationtype
40
Getenumerationvalue
40
Getinteger
40
Getobjectvalue
41
Getpath
41
Getreference
41
Getstring
41
Gettype
41
Getunitdoubletype
41
Getunitdoublevalue
41
Putboolean
41
Putclass
41
Putdata
41
Putreference
42
Putstring
42
Putunitdouble
42
Typename
43
Getcontainer
43
Getdesiredclass
43
Getenumeratedtype
43
Getenumeratedvalue
43
Getform
43
Actionreference
43
Getidentifier
43
Methods
43
Properties
43
Putenumerated
44
Putidentifier
44
Putindex
44
Putname
44
Putoffset
44
Putproperty
44
Activedocument
45
Backgroundcolor
45
Colorsettings
45
Displaydialogs
45
Documents
45
Fonts
45
Foregroundcolor
45
Freememory
45
Locale
45
Macintoshfiletypes
45
Name
46
Notifiers
46
Notifiersenabled
46
Path
46
Playbackdisplaydialogs
46
Playbackparameters
46
Preferences
46
Preferencesfolder
46
Recentfiles
46
Scriptingbuilddate
46
Batch
47
Beep
47
Bringtofront
47
Charidtotypeid
47
Doaction
47
Erasecustomoptions
47
Executeaction
47
Executeactionget
47
Methods
47
Featureenabled
48
Getcustomoptions
48
Load
48
Makecontactsheet
48
Makepdfpresentation
48
Makephotogallery
48
Makephotomerge
48
Makepicturepackage
48
Open
49
Opendialog
49
Purge
49
Putcustomoptions
49
Refresh
49
Stringidtotypeid
49
Typeidtocharid
50
Typeidtostringid
50
Alllocked
53
Blendmode
53
Bounds
53
Fillopacity
53
Grouped
53
Isbackgroundlayer
53
Kind
53
Artlayer
53
Properties
53
Linkedlayers
54
Name
54
Opacity
54
Parent
54
Pixelslocked
54
Positionlocked
54
Textitem
54
Transparentpixelslocked
54
Typename
54
Visible
54
Adjustcurves
55
Adjustlevels
55
Applyaddnoise
55
Applyaverage
55
Applyblur
55
Applyblurmore
55
Applyclouds
55
Applycustomfilter
55
Applydeinterlace
55
Applydespeckle
55
Applydisplace
56
Applydustandscratches
56
Applygaussianblur
56
Applyglasseffect
56
Applyhighpass
56
Applylensblur
57
Applylensflare
57
Applymaximum
58
Applymediannoise
58
Applyminimum
58
Applymotionblur
58
Applyntsc
58
Applyoceanripple
58
Applyoffset
58
Applypinch
58
Applypolarcoordinates
58
Applyradialblur
58
Applysharpenedges
59
Applysharpenmore
59
Applyshear
59
Applysmartblur
59
Applyspherize
59
Applystyle
59
Applytexturefill
59
Applytwirl
59
Applyunsharpmask
59
Applywave
59
Applyzigzag
60
Autocontrast
60
Autolevels
60
Clear
60
Copy
60
Desaturate
60
Duplicate
60
Equalize
60
Invert
60
Link
60
Merge
61
Mixchannels
61
Move
61
Photofilter
62
Posterize
62
Rasterize
62
Remove
62
Resize
62
Rotate
62
Selectivecolor
62
Shadowhighlight
62
Threshold
63
Translate
63
Unlink
63
Artlayers
65
Properties
65
Length
65
Parent
65
Typename
65
Methods
65
Index
65
Getbyname
65
Removeall
65
Batchoptions
66
Destination
66
Destinationfolder
66
Errorfile
66
Filenaming
66
Macintoshcompatible
66
Overrideopen
66
Properties
66
Overridesave
67
Startingserial
67
Suppressopen
67
Suppressprofile
67
Typename
67
Unixcompatible
67
Windowscompatible
67
Bitmapconversionoptions
68
Angle
68
Frequency
68
Method
68
Patternname
68
Properties
68
Resolution
68
Shape
68
Typename
68
Bmpsaveoptions
69
Alphachannels
69
Depth
69
Fliproworder
69
Ostype
69
Properties
69
Rlecompression
69
Typename
69
Camerarawopenoptions
70
Bitsperchannel
70
Bluehue
70
Bluesaturation
70
Brightness
70
Chromaticaberrationby
70
Chromaticaberrationrc
70
Colornoisereduction
70
Colorspace
70
Properties
70
Shadowtint
71
Sharpness
71
Size
71
Temperature
71
Typename
71
Vignettingamount
71
Vignettingmidpoint
71
Whitebalance
71
Channel
72
Color
72
Histogram
72
Kind
72
Name
72
Opacity
72
Parent
72
Duplicate
73
Merge
73
Methods
73
Remove
73
Typename
73
Visible
73
Properties
72
Channels
74
Getbyname
74
Index
74
Length
74
Methods
74
Parent
74
Properties
74
Removeall
74
Typename
74
Cmykcolor
79
Black
79
Cyan
79
Magenta
79
Properties
79
Typename
79
Yellow
79
Colorsampler
80
Methods
80
Move
80
Parent
80
Position
80
Properties
80
Remove
80
Typename
80
Colorsamplers
81
Length
81
Methods
81
Parent
81
Properties
81
Typename
81
Index
81
Getbyname
81
Removeall
81
Contactsheetoptions
82
Acrossfirst
82
Bestfit
82
Caption
82
Columncount
82
Flatten
82
Font
82
Fontsize
82
Height
82
Properties
82
Vertical
83
Width
83
Countitem
84
Methods
84
Parent
84
Position
84
Properties
84
Remove
84
Countitems
85
Getbyname
85
Index
85
Length
85
Methods
85
Parent
85
Properties
85
Removeall
85
Typename
85
Embedcolorprofile
86
Encoding
86
Halftonescreen
86
Interpolation
86
Typename
84
Dcs1_Saveoptions
86
Preview
86
Properties
86
Transferfunction
86
Typename
86
Vectordata
86
Embedcolorprofile
87
Encoding
87
Halftonescreen
87
Interpolation
87
Multifiledcs
87
Preview
87
Spotcolors
87
Transferfunction
87
Typename
87
Vectordata
87
Anonymize
88
Columns
88
Reverse
88
Rows
88
Showoverlays
88
Typename
88
Windowlevel
88
Windowwidth
88
Dicomopenoptions
88
Properties
88
Activechannels
89
Activehistorybrushsource
89
Activehistorystate
89
Activelayer
89
Artlayers
89
Backgroundlayer
89
Bitsperchannel
89
Colorprofilename
89
Colorprofiletype
89
Document
89
Colorsamplers
90
Componentchannels
90
Countitems
90
Fullname
90
Height
90
Histogram
90
Historystates
90
Info
90
Layercomps
90
Layers
90
Parent
91
Path
91
Pathitems
91
Pixelaspectratio
91
Quickmaskmode
91
Resolution
91
Saved
91
Selection
91
Typename
91
Width
91
Autocount
92
Changemode
92
Close
92
Convertprofile
92
Methods
92
Crop
93
Duplicate
93
Exportdocument
93
Flatten
93
Flipcanvas
93
Importannotations
93
Mergevisiblelayers
93
Paste
94
Print
94
Rasterizealllayers
94
Recordmeasurements
94
Resizecanvas
94
Resizeimage
94
Revealall
95
Rotatecanvas
95
Save
95
Saveas
95
Splitchannels
95
Suspendhistory
95
Trap
95
Trim
96
Documentinfo
98
Author
98
Authorposition
98
Caption
98
Captionwriter
98
Category
98
City
98
Copyrighted
98
Copyrightnotice
98
Country
98
Ownerurl
99
Parent
99
Provincestate
99
Source
99
Supplementalcategories
99
Title
99
Transmissionreference
99
Typename
99
Urgency
99
Documents
102
Getbyname
102
Index
102
Length
102
Methods
102
Parent
102
Properties
102
Typename
102
Antialias
103
Constrainproportions
103
Height
103
Mode
103
Resolution
103
Typename
103
Width
103
Epsopenoptions
103
Properties
103
Embedcolorprofile
104
Encoding
104
Halftonescreen
104
Interpolation
104
Preview
104
Epssaveoptions
104
Properties
104
Pscolormanagement
104
Transferfunction
104
Transparentwhites
104
Exportoptionsillustrator
105
Path
105
Pathname
105
Properties
105
Typename
105
Exportoptionssaveforweb
106
Blur
106
Colorreduction
106
Colors
106
Dither
106
Ditheramount
106
Format
106
Includeprofile
106
Interlaced
106
Properties
106
Png8
107
Quality
107
Transparency
107
Transparencyamount
107
Transparencydither
107
Typename
107
Websnap
107
Gallerybanneroptions
108
Contactinfo
108
Date
108
Font
108
Fontsize
108
Photographer
108
Properties
108
Sitename
108
Typename
108
Gallerycustomcoloroptions
109
Activelinkcolor
109
Backgroundcolor
109
Bannercolor
109
Properties
109
Textcolor
109
Typename
109
Visitedlinkcolor
109
Border
110
Caption
110
Dimension
110
Font
110
Fontsize
110
Imagequality
110
Includecopyright
110
Includecredits
110
Includefilename
111
Includetitle
111
Numericlinks
111
Resizeconstraint
111
Resizeimages
111
Typename
111
Addsizeattributes
112
Banneroptions
112
Customcoloroptions
112
Emailaddress
112
Imagesoptions
112
Includesubfolders
112
Layoutstyle
112
Preserveallmetadata
112
Securityoptions
112
Thumbnailoptions
112
Content
113
Font
113
Fontsize
113
Opacity
113
Text
113
Textcolor
113
Textposition
113
Textrotate
113
Typename
113
Galleryimagesoptions
110
Properties
110
Gallerysecurityoptions
113
Border
114
Caption
114
Columncount
114
Dimension
114
Font
114
Fontsize
114
Includecopyright
114
Includecredits
114
Includefilename
114
Includetitle
114
Gifsaveoptions
115
Colors
115
Dither
115
Ditheramount
115
Forced
115
Interlaced
115
Matte
115
Palette
115
Preserveexactcolors
115
Properties
115
Transparency
116
Typename
116
Graycolor
117
Properties
117
Typename
117
Historystate
118
Name
118
Parent
118
Properties
118
Snapshot
118
Typename
118
Getbyname
119
Historystates
119
Index
119
Length
119
Methods
119
Parent
119
Properties
119
Typename
119
Hsbcolor
120
Brightness
120
Properties
120
Saturation
120
Typename
120
Indexedconversionoptions
121
Colors
121
Dither
121
Ditheramount
121
Forced
121
Matte
121
Palette
121
Preserveexactcolors
121
Properties
121
Transparency
121
Jpegsaveoptions
122
Embedcolorprofile
122
Formatoptions
122
Matte
122
Properties
122
Quality
122
Scans
122
Typename
122
Labcolor
123
Properties
123
Typename
123
Layercomp
124
Appearance
124
Comment
124
Name
124
Parent
124
Position
124
Properties
124
Selected
124
Typename
124
Visibility
124
Remove
125
Resetfromcomp
125
Getbyname
126
Index
126
Layercomps
126
Length
126
Methods
126
Parent
126
Properties
126
Removeall
126
Typename
126
Getbyname
127
Index
127
Layers
127
Length
127
Methods
127
Parent
127
Properties
127
Removeall
127
Typename
127
Layerset
128
Alllocked
128
Artlayers
128
Blendmode
128
Bounds
128
Enabledchannels
128
Layersets
128
Linkedlayers
128
Name
128
Properties
128
Duplicate
129
Link
129
Merge
129
Methods
129
Move
129
Remove
129
Resize
129
Rotate
129
Translate
129
Unlink
129
Getbyname
130
Index
130
Layersets
130
Length
130
Methods
130
Parent
130
Properties
130
Removeall
130
Typename
130
Deletemeasurements
132
Exportmeasurements
132
Measurementlog
132
Methods
132
Logicallength
133
Logicalunits
133
Measurementscale
133
Pixellength
133
Properties
133
Nocolor
134
Properties
134
Typename
134
Event
135
Eventclass
135
Eventfile
135
Notifier
135
Parent
135
Properties
135
Typename
135
Methods
136
Remove
136
Length
137
Notifiers
137
Parent
137
Properties
137
Typename
137
Index
138
Methods
138
Removeall
138
Deselect
139
Duplicate
139
Kind
139
Methods
139
Name
139
Parent
139
Pathitem
139
Properties
139
Subpathitems
139
Typename
139
Makeclippingpath
140
Makeselection
140
Remove
140
Select
140
Strokepath
140
Getbyname
143
Index
143
Length
143
Methods
143
Parent
143
Pathitems
143
Properties
143
Removeall
143
Typename
143
Anchor
144
Kind
144
Leftdirection
144
Parent
144
Pathpoint
144
Properties
144
Rightdirection
144
Typename
144
Anchor
145
Kind
145
Leftdirection
145
Pathpointinfo
145
Properties
145
Rightdirection
145
Typename
145
Index
146
Length
146
Methods
146
Parent
146
Pathpoints
146
Properties
146
Typename
146
Antialias
147
Bitsperchannel
147
Constrainproportions
147
Crop
147
Height
147
Mode
147
Name
147
Resolution
147
Suppresswarnings
147
Typename
147
Alphachannels
148
Annotations
148
Colorconversion
148
Converttoeightbit
148
Description
148
Destinationprofile
148
Downgradecolorprofile
148
Downsample
148
Downsamplesize
148
Downsamplesizelimit
148
Jpegquality
149
Layers
149
Optimizeforweb
149
Outputcondition
149
Outputconditionid
149
Pdfcompatibility
149
Pdfstandard
149
Preserveediting
149
Presetfile
149
Profileinclusionpolicy
149
Vectordata
150
View
150
Colorprofilename
151
Colorspace
151
Orientation
151
Pixelsize
151
Resolution
151
Typename
151
Photocdopenoptions
151
Properties
151
Alphachannels
152
Annotations
152
Embedcolorprofile
152
Layers
152
Spotcolors
152
Typename
152
Photoshopsaveoptions
152
Properties
152
Alphachannels
153
Compression
153
Embedcolorprofile
153
Resolution
153
Typename
153
Pictfilesaveoptions
153
Properties
153
Pictresourcesaveoptions
154
Alphachannels
154
Compression
154
Embedcolorprofile
154
Name
154
Properties
154
Resolution
154
Resourceid
154
Typename
154
Content
155
Flatten
155
Font
155
Fontsize
155
Layout
155
Mode
155
Opacity
155
Resolution
155
Picturepackageoptions
155
Properties
155
Alphachannels
156
Properties
156
Typename
156
Interlaced
157
Typename
157
Pixarsaveoptions
156
Pngsaveoptions
157
Properties
157
Additionalpluginfolder
158
Appendextension
158
Askbeforesavinglayeredtiff
158
Autoupdateopendocuments
158
Beepwhendone
158
Colorchannelsincolor
158
Colorpicker
158
Columngutter
158
Preferences
158
Properties
158
Columnwidth
159
Createfirstsnapshot
159
Dynamiccolorsliders
159
Editlogitems
159
Exportclipboard
159
Fontpreviewsize
159
Fullsizepreview
159
Gamutwarningopacity
159
Gridsize
159
Gridstyle
159
Keyboardzoomresizeswindows
160
Macosthumbnail
160
Maximizecompatibility
160
Maxramuse
160
Nonlinearhistory
160
Numberofhistorystates
160
Othercursors
160
Paintingcursors
160
Parent
160
Pixeldoubling
160
Savepalettelocations
161
Showasiantextoptions
161
Showenglishfontnames
161
Showslicenumber
161
Showtooltips
161
Smartquotes
161
Typename
161
Typeunits
161
Useadditionalpluginfolder
161
Usehistorylog
161
Presentationoptions
162
Autoadvance
162
Includefilename
162
Interval
162
Loop
162
Magnification
162
Pdffileoptions
162
Properties
162
Transition
162
Typename
162
Bitsperchannel
163
Byteorder
163
Channelnumber
163
Headersize
163
Height
163
Interleavechannels
163
Properties
163
Retainheader
163
Typename
163
Rawformatopenoptions
163
Alphachannels
164
Properties
164
Rawsaveoptions
164
Spotcolors
164
Typename
164
Blue
165
Green
165
Hexvalue
165
Properties
165
Typename
165
Bounds
166
Clear
166
Contract
166
Copy
166
Methods
166
Parent
166
Properties
166
Selection
166
Solid
166
Typename
166
Fill
167
Grow
167
Invert
167
Load
167
Makeworkpath
167
Resize
167
Resizeboundary
167
Rotate
167
Rotateboundary
167
Select
167
Selectborder
168
Similar
168
Smooth
168
Store
168
Stroke
168
Translate
168
Translateboundary
168
Rgbcolor
165
Alphachannels
171
Spotcolors
171
Typename
171
Properties
171
Sgirgbsaveoptions
171
Cmyk
172
Gray
172
Isequal
172
Methods
172
Model
172
Nearestwebcolor
172
Properties
172
Typename
172
Solidcolor
172
Closed
173
Entiresubpath
173
Operation
173
Properties
173
Typename
173
Closed
174
Operation
174
Parent
174
Pathpoints
174
Properties
174
Subpathitem
174
Typename
174
Index
175
Length
175
Methods
175
Parent
175
Properties
175
Subpathitems
175
Typename
175
Alphachannels
176
Properties
176
Resolution
176
Rlecompression
176
Targasaveoptions
176
Typename
176
Family
177
Name
177
Parent
177
Postscriptname
177
Properties
177
Style
177
Textfont
177
Typename
177
Getbyname
178
Index
178
Length
178
Methods
178
Parent
178
Properties
178
Textfonts
178
Typename
178
Alternateligatures
179
Antialiasmethod
179
Autokerning
179
Autoleadingamount
179
Baselineshift
179
Capitalization
179
Color
179
Contents
179
Properties
179
Textitem
179
Desiredletterscaling
180
Desiredwordscaling
180
Direction
180
Fauxbold
180
Fauxitalic
180
Firstlineindent
180
Font
180
Hangingpunctuation
180
Height
181
Horizontalscale
181
Hyphenateafterfirst
181
Hyphenatebeforelast
181
Hyphenatecapitalwords
181
Hyphenatewordslongerthan
181
Hyphenation
181
Hyphenationzone
181
Hyphenlimit
181
Subpathinfo
173
Justification
181
Maximumglyphscaling
182
Maximumletterscaling
182
Maximumwordscaling
182
Minimumglyphscaling
183
Minimumletterscaling
183
Minimumwordscaling
183
Nobreak
183
Oldstyle
183
Parent
184
Position
184
Rightindent
184
Size
184
Spaceafter
184
Spacebefore
184
Strikethru
184
Textcomposer
184
Tracking
184
Typename
184
Converttoshape
185
Createpath
185
Methods
185
Warphorizontaldistortion
185
Warpstyle
185
Warpverticaldistortion
185
Width
185
Alphachannels
186
Annotations
186
Byteorder
186
Embedcolorprofile
186
Imagecompression
186
Interleavechannels
186
Jpegquality
186
Layercompression
186
Layers
186
Tiffsaveoptions
186
Parent
187
Properties
187
Rawdata
187
Typename
187
Xmpmetadata
187
Adjustmentreference
188
Anchorposition
188
Antialias
188
Autokerntype
188
Batchdestinationtype
188
Bitmapconversiontype
188
Bitmaphalftonetype
188
Bitsperchanneltype
188
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
Chapter 1: Getting Started
8
Installation
8
Adobe Help
9
Resources
12
Adobe Design Center
16
Adobe Developer Center
17
Customer Support
17
What's New
18
Chapter 2: Workspace
21
Workspace Basics
21
Palettes and Menus
28
Tools
32
Viewing Images
40
Rulers, the Grid, and Guides
48
Work with the Preset Manager
53
Preferences
55
Plug-Ins
57
Recovery and Undo
58
Memory and Performance
63
Free Memory
64
Chapter 3: Opening and Importing Images
65
Photoshop Images
65
Color Channels
66
Bit Depth
67
Image Size and Resolution
68
Acquiring Images from Cameras and Scanners
74
Creating, Opening, and Importing Images
76
Open Files
77
Placing Files
81
High Dynamic Range Images
84
Chapter 4: Camera Raw
92
Introduction to Camera Raw
92
Navigating, Opening, and Saving Images
97
Making Color and Tonal Adjustments in Camera Raw
100
Modifying Images with Camera Raw
107
Camera Raw Settings
110
Chapter 5: Color
114
About Color
114
Color Modes
117
Converting between Color Modes
119
Choosing Colors
125
Chapter 6: Color Management
135
Understanding Color Management
135
Do You Need Color Management
136
Keeping Colors Consistent
137
Color-Managing Imported Images
141
Color-Managing Documents for Online Viewing
143
Proofing Colors
144
Color-Managing Documents When Printing
146
Working with Color Profiles
148
Calibrate and Profile Your Monitor
150
Color Settings
153
Chapter 7: Making Color and Tonal Adjustments
158
Viewing Histograms and Pixel Values
158
Understanding Color Adjustments
163
Adjusting Image Color and Tone
167
Targeting Images for Press
181
Matching, Replacing, and Mixing Colors
183
Making Quick Image Adjustments
189
Applying Special Color Effects to Images
194
Invert Colors
195
Chapter 8: Retouching and Transforming
197
Adjusting Crop, Rotation, and Canvas
197
Retouching and Repairing Images
202
Remove Red Eye
209
Correcting Image Distortion and Noise
212
Adjusting Image Sharpness and Blur
214
Transforming Objects
220
Liquify Filter
226
Vanishing Point
232
Create Panoramic Images
246
Chapter 9: Selecting
251
Making Selections
251
Adjusting Pixel Selections
259
Moving and Copying Selected Pixels
265
Deleting and Extracting Objects
269
Channels
271
Saving Selections and Using Masks
276
Channel Calculations
282
Chapter 10: Layers
285
Layer Basics
285
Selecting, Grouping, and Linking Layers
290
Moving, Stacking, and Locking Layers
291
Managing Layers
296
Setting Opacity and Blending
299
Layer Effects and Styles
304
Adjustment and Fill Layers
313
Nondestructive Editing
315
Layer Comps
322
Masking Layers
325
Chapter 11: Painting
332
Painting Tools
332
Brush Presets
337
Creating and Modifying Brushes
339
Create a Brush and Set Painting Options
343
Brush Shape Dynamics
344
Brush Scattering
345
Textured Brush Options
346
Color Dynamics Brush Options
347
Dual Brushes
347
Other Dynamics Brush Options
348
Other Brush Options
349
See also
349
Blending Modes
350
Gradients
354
Filling and Stroking Selections, Layers, and Paths
358
Creating and Managing Patterns
361
Chapter 12: Drawing
365
Drawing Vector Graphics
365
Drawing Shapes
366
Drawing with the Pen Tools
370
Managing Paths
376
Editing Paths
378
Converting between Paths and Selection Borders
386
Adding Color to Paths
387
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Programming Manual (85 pages)
Scripting Guide
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
1 Introduction
5
About this Manual
5
Conventions in this Guide
5
2 Photoshop CS3 Scripting Basics
7
Scripting Overview
7
Why Use Scripts Instead of Actions
7
Scripting Support in Photoshop CS3
8
Javascript Support
8
Startup Scripts
9
Executing Javascripts from as or VBS
9
Photoshop CS3 Object Model
9
Containment Hierarchy
10
Layer Classes
11
Layer Comp Class
11
Channel Class
11
Selection Class
11
The Containment Hierarchy and the Photoshop CS3 User Interface
12
Additional Objects
14
Constants
14
Creating a Sample Hello World Script
15
Creating and Running an Applescript
15
Creating and Running a Vbscript
16
Creating and Running a Javascript
17
3 Scripting Photoshop CS3
19
Viewing Photoshop CS3 Objects, Commands, and Methods
19
Viewing Photoshop Cs3'S Applescript Dictionary
19
Viewing Photoshop Cs3'S Type Library (VBS)
20
Targeting and Referencing the Application Object
20
Creating New Objects in a Script
21
Setting the Active Object
23
Setting the Active Document
24
Setting the Active Layer
25
Setting the Active Channels
25
Opening a Document
26
Opening a File with Default File Format
26
Specifying File Formats to Open
27
Saving a Document
29
Setting Application Preferences
30
Allowing or Preventing Dialogs
31
Working with the Photoshop CS3 Object Model
31
Using the Application Object
31
Using the Document Object
32
Working with Layer Objects
34
Creating an Artlayer Object
34
Creating a Layer Set Object
35
Referencing Artlayer Objects
36
Working with Layer Set Objects
37
Linking Layer Objects
38
Applying Styles to Layers
38
Using the Text Item Object
39
Adding and Manipulating Text in a Text Item Object
40
Working with Selection Objects
41
Stroking the Selection Border
42
Inverting Selections
43
Filling a Selection
43
Loading and Storing Selections
44
Working with Channel Objects
45
Using the Document Info Object
46
Using History State Objects
46
Using Notifier Objects
47
Using the Pathitem Object
48
Working with Color Objects
50
Getting and Converting Colors
51
Comparing Colors
52
Working with Filters
53
Understanding Clipboard Interaction
54
Using the Copy and Paste Commands
54
Using the Copy Merged Command/Method
55
Working with Units
55
Unit Values
56
Unit Value Usage
57
Setting Ruler and Type Units in a Script
59
Sample Workflow Automation Javascripts
59
Advanced Scripting
60
Working with Document Preferences
60
Applying Color to a Text Item
63
Applying a Wave Filter
66
Applying a Motionblur Filter
69
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