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Adobe Photoshop CS4 Manual (87 pages)
Photoshop CS4 Extended
Brand:
Adobe
| Category:
Software
| Size: 0.79 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
1 Introduction
6
About this Manual
6
Conventions in this Guide
6
2 Photoshop Scripting Basics
8
Scripting Overview
8
Why Use Scripts Instead of Actions
8
Scripting Support in Photoshop
9
Javascript Support
9
Executing Other Scripts
10
Startup Scripts
10
Executing Javascripts from as or VBS
10
Photoshop Object Model
11
Containment Hierarchy
11
Application and Document Classes
12
Layer Classes
12
Layer Comp Class
13
Channel Class
13
Selection Class
13
History State Class
13
Document Info Class
13
Path Item, Sub Path Item, and Path Point Classes
14
Preferences Class
14
Notifier Class
14
Count Item Class
14
Color Sampler Class
14
Measurement Scale Class
14
The Containment Hierarchy and the Photoshop User Interface
14
Additional Objects
16
Constants
16
Creating a Sample Hello World Script
17
Creating and Running an Applescript
18
Creating and Running a Vbscript
19
Creating and Running a Javascript
19
3 Scripting Photoshop
21
Viewing Photoshop Objects, Commands, and Methods
21
Viewing Photoshop's Applescript Dictionary
21
Viewing Photoshop's Type Library (VBS)
22
Targeting and Referencing the Application Object
22
Creating New Objects in a Script
23
Setting the Active Object
25
Setting the Active Document
26
Setting the Active Layer
27
Setting the Active Channels
28
Opening a Document
28
Opening a File with Default File Format
28
Specifying File Formats to Open
29
Saving a Document
31
Setting Application Preferences
32
Allowing or Preventing Dialogs
33
Working with the Photoshop Object Model
33
Using the Application Object
34
Using the Document Object
34
Manipulating a Document Object
35
Working with Layer Objects
36
Creating an Artlayer Object
37
Creating a Layer Set Object
38
Referencing Artlayer Objects
38
Working with Layer Set Objects
39
Linking Layer Objects
40
Applying Styles to Layers
40
Using the Text Item Object
41
Determining a Layer's Kind
41
Adding and Manipulating Text in a Text Item Object
42
Working with Selection Objects
42
Creating and Defining a Selection
43
Stroking the Selection Border
44
Inverting Selections
44
Expanding, Contracting, and Feathering Selections
44
Filling a Selection
45
Loading and Storing Selections
45
Working with Channel Objects
46
Changing Channel Types
46
Using the Document Info Object
47
Using History State Objects
47
Using Notifier Objects
48
Using the Pathitem Object
49
Working with Color Objects
51
Solid Color Classes
52
Using Hex Values for RGB Color
52
Getting and Converting Colors
52
Comparing Colors
53
Getting a Web-Safe Color
53
Working with Filters
53
Other Filters
54
Understanding Clipboard Interaction
54
Using the Copy and Paste Commands
54
Using the Copy Merged Command/Method
55
Working with Units
56
Unit Values
56
Special Unit Value Types
56
Applescript Unit Considerations
56
Using Unit Values in Calculations
57
Unit Value Usage
57
Setting Ruler and Type Units in a Script
59
Sample Workflow Automation Javascripts
60
Advanced Scripting
60
Working with Document Preferences
61
Applying Color to a Text Item
64
Applying a Wave Filter
66
Defining the Area of a Selection Object
67
Applying a Motionblur Filter
71
4 Action Manager
73
The Scriptlistener Plug-In
73
Installing Scriptlistener
73
Action Manager Scripting Objects
74
Recording a Script Using Scriptlistener
74
Using the Action Manager from Javascript
75
Using the Action Manager from a VBS Script
76
Running Javascript-Based Action Manager Code from Vbscript
79
Running Javascript-Based Action Manager Code from Applescript
80
Using Scriptlistener to Find Event Ids and Class Ids
81
Index
84
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Adobe Photoshop CS4 Tutorial (29 pages)
Tutorial
Brand:
Adobe
| Category:
Software
| Size: 5.03 MB
Table of Contents
Link Layers
8
Red Eye Removal
22
Blending Mode
24
Color Adjustment
25
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