Photoshop Javascript

This is not updated frequently! I rarely use photoshop and even less script it.

If you want an old overview here's a tutorial I wrote a thousand years ago on scripting in Photoshop: https://www.kirupa.com/motiongraphics/ps_scripting.htm http://mlkdesign.online.fr/tutorials/scripting/scripting1.html

Run Actions according to folder names (wip)

Hadn't coded PS for a while goddam it's ugly. Some code stolen from the web, can't remember who to credit, sorry.

function getActionSets() { 
cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); }; 
sTID = function(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); }; 
  var i = 1; 
  var sets = [];  
  while (true) { 
    var ref = new ActionReference(); 
    ref.putIndex(cTID("ASet"), i); 
    var desc; 
    var lvl = $.level; 
    $.level = 0; 
    try { 
      desc = executeActionGet(ref); 
    } catch (e) { 
      break;   
    } finally { 
      $.level = lvl; 
    } 
    if (desc.hasKey(cTID("Nm  "))) { 
      var set = {}; 
      set.index = i; 
      set.name = desc.getString(cTID("Nm  ")); 
      set.toString = function() { return this.name; }; 
      set.count = desc.getInteger(cTID("NmbC")); 
      set.actions = []; 
      for (var j = 1; j <= set.count; j++) { 
        var ref = new ActionReference(); 
        ref.putIndex(cTID('Actn'), j); 
        ref.putIndex(cTID('ASet'), set.index); 
        var adesc = executeActionGet(ref); 
        var actName = adesc.getString(cTID('Nm  ')); 
        set.actions.push(actName); 
      } 
      sets.push(set); 
    } 
    i++; 
  } 
  return sets; 
}; 
function getActions(aset) {
cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); }; 
sTID = function(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };
  var i = 1;
  var names = [];
  if (!aset) {
    throw "Action set must be specified";
  }  
  while (true) {
    var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putIndex(cTID("ASet"), i);
    var desc;
    try {
      desc = executeActionGet(ref);
    } catch (e) {
      break;
    }
    if (desc.hasKey(cTID("Nm  "))) {
      var name = desc.getString(cTID("Nm  "));
      if (name == aset) {
        var count = desc.getInteger(cTID("NmbC"));
        var names = [];
        for (var j = 1; j <= count; j++) {
          var ref = new ActionReference();
          ref.putIndex(cTID('Actn'), j);
          ref.putIndex(cTID('ASet'), i);
          var adesc = executeActionGet(ref);
          var actName = adesc.getString(cTID('Nm  '));
          names.push(actName);
        }
        break;
      }
    }
    i++;
  }
  return names;
};

allActions = [];
actionSets = getActionSets();
for(set in actionSets){
	allActions.push(getActions(actionSets[set]));
}
alert(allActions)



var folder = Folder.selectDialog("Folder To Process")



//AL = new ActionList();
//alert(AL.getList())

loop = 1

while(loop == 1){
	files = folder.getFiles();
	for(item in files){
		if (files[item] instanceof File ){
			if(files[item].name.indexOf("kill") != -1){
				loop = 0;
			}
		}else{
			//is folder
			folderName = files[item].name
			alert(folderName)
			app.doAction( folderName ,'bernie');
		}
	}
}

Launch an action using the name of the current document

Save as .jsx and launch from File>Script in photoshop

/* An example of how you can use the name of a document to launch an action that shares the same name
    try it on an image called 'Gradient Map.jpg' -- since 'Gradient Map is a default action in the 'Default Actions' set it should work on a brand new photoshop
 */

//this gets the name of the current open (foremost document)
currentImage = app.activeDocument.name ;

//this removes the extension
currentImageName = currentImage.substring(0, currentImage.lastIndexOf('.')) || currentImage ;

//this calls an action with the name of the current image from the 'Default Actions' set (which you can of course change)
app.doAction( currentImageName ,'Default Actions');

All documents to current document

docs = app.documents;
ad= app.activeDocument;
for(i = 0;i<docs.length;i++){
    if(docs[i]!=ad){
        activeDocument = docs[i];
        docs[i].selectAll;
        docs[i].layers[0].copy(); 
        activeDocument = ad;
        ad.paste();
     }
}
while(docs.length>1){
    //hackish but works
    for(i = 0;i<docs.length;i++){
        if(docs[i]!=ad){
            docs[i].close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); 
        }
    }
}

Incremental Save

// incrementalsave
//
// checks if there is a double underscore in filename, if not adds them starting at 0001 
// else increments and saves as 24bit png (filename__####.png) in the doc's folder
// 
//
// feel free to use & modify - mbernadat@gmail.com
//
//
// only tested on vista+cs3

function remEx(f) {
	extPeriod = f.lastIndexOf(".");
	if(extPeriod > 0){
		return f.substr(0,extPeriod);
	}else{
		return false;
	}
}
function getIncrPos(nameWithoutExt){
	pos = nameWithoutExt.lastIndexOf("__");
	return nameWithoutExt.substr(pos+2,nameWithoutExt.length);
}
function basenameKindOf(path,match) {
	a = path.lastIndexOf(match);
	if(a > 0){;
		return path.substr(a,path.length);
	}else{
		return false;
	}
}
function addZeros(number){
	if(number<10){
		number = "000"+number;	
	}else if(number<100){
		number = "00"+number;
	}else if(number<1000){
		number = "0"+number;
	}
	return number;
}



docP = app.activeDocument.path;
docN = remEx(app.activeDocument.name);

docFold = new Folder (app.activeDocument.path);
files = docFold.getFiles(docN+"__*.png");
files =	Folder.decode(files);

if(files.length == 0){
	numbering = 0;
}else{
	files = files.split(",");
	numbering = 0;
	for(var i in files){
		curNumb = getIncrPos(remEx(basenameKindOf(files[i],docN)));
		numbering = Math.max(numbering,curNumb);
		//alert("'"+remEx(files[i])+"'");
	}
}
numbering++;
numbering = addZeros(numbering);

var exportOptions = new PNGSaveOptions();
//var type = ExportType.PNG24;
var fileSpec = new File(docP+"/"+docN+"__"+numbering+".png");
exportOptions.antiAliasing = true;
exportOptions.transparency = true;
exportOptions.saveAsHTML = false;
app.activeDocument.saveAs(fileSpec,exportOptions,1,Extension.LOWERCASE);