C
HAPTER
3: Scripting Photoshop
Advanced Scripting
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Working with document preferences
The sample scripts in this section activate a Photoshop
Application
object and then save the default
configuration settings into variables so that they can be restored later when the script completes. These
are the default configurations you probably set up in the Preferences dialog when you initially installed
and configured Photoshop.
N
OTE
:
To view or set the Preferences on Mac OS, choose
Photoshop > Preferences > Units & Rulers
; in
Windows choose
Edit > Preferences > Units & Rulers
.
Next, the scripts set the following preferences to the following values:
Next, the script declares variables that store document dimensions in inches and document resolution in
pixels. The script then declares a display resolution, and assigns the text "Hello, World!" to a string variable.
Next, an
if
statement checks whether a
Document
object has been created and then creates a new
Document
object if none exists.
Finally, the script restores the original preferences.
AS
To work with document preferences:
1.
Create and run the following script. See
“Creating and running an AppleScript” on page 18
for details.
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS4"
--make Photoshop CS4 the active (front-most) application
activate
--create variables for the default settings
set theStartRulerUnits to ruler units of settings
set theStartTypeUnits to type units of settings
set theStartDisplayDialogs to display dialogs
--change the settings
set ruler units of settings to inch units
set type units of settings to pixel units
set display dialogs to never
--create variables for default document settings
set theDocWidthInInches to 4
set theDocHeightInInches to 2
set theDocResolution to 72
set theDocString to "Hello, World!"
Preference
Set to
What it does
rulers
inches
Uses inches as the unit of measurement for graphics.
units
pixels
Uses pixels as the unit of measurement for text (type).
dialog
modes
never
Suppresses the use of dialogs so that your script executes without the user being
asked for input (such as clicking an OK button) at various stages of the process.
N
OTE
:
dialog modes is not an option in the Photoshop application.
