Photoshop 7.0 Scripting Guide
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Scripting Photoshop
Selections
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VB:
Dim appRef As New Photoshop.Application
'remember unit settings; and set to values expected by this script
Dim originalRulerUnits As Photoshop.PsUnits
originalRulerUnits = appRef.Preferences.RulerUnits
appRef.Preferences.RulerUnits = psPixels
'get selection and replace it
Dim docRef As Photoshop.Document
Set docRef = appRef.ActiveDocument
docRef.Selection.Select Array(Array(50, 60), Array(150, 60), _
Array(150, 120), Array(50, 120)), Type:=psReplaceSelection
'restore unit setting
appRef.Preferences.RulerUnits = originalRulerUnits
JS:
// remember unit settings; and set to values expected by this
// script
var originalRulerUnits = preferences.rulerUnits;
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
//get selection and replace it;
activeDocument.selection.select (new Array(new Array(60, 10), new
Array(100, 10), new Array(100, 100), new Array(60, 100)),
SelectionType.REPLACE);
// restore unit setting
preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
3.11.2 Stroking the selection border
The following examples show how to stroke the boundaries around the current selection and
set the stroke color and width.
AS:
stroke selection of current document using color ¬
{class:CMYK color,cyan:20, magenta:50, yellow:30, black:0}¬
width 5 location inside blend mode vivid light opacity 75 ¬
without preserving transparency