2 Replies Latest reply: Nov 12, 2014 9:05 AM by ojodegato

script planning advise

ojodegato Nov 11, 2014 12:29 PM

I would like to ask for help in planning a Bridge script.

I am a beginner Photoshop and Bridge developer.

Script behavior:

Check for selected thumbnail

Open the selected thumbnail/s from Bridge in Photoshop.

Run a set of Photoshop actions

Save the changes to the file

Close the file

How do I approach these tasks programmatically?

What are the sequence of events to necessary to execute the script?

Applying photoshop scripting as a model I can come up with this sequence which can be scripted with the if else statement.

// check if thumbnail is selected

// if no thumbnail is selected send alert message

// if thumbnail is selected open in Photoshop

// run photoshop actions

// save changes to file

// close file

Will this approach work with a Bridge script?

How do I call the Photoshop application from Bridge?

1. Re: script planning advise

Philip Cord Nov 12, 2014 6:52 AM (in response to ojodegato)

It's better to access the Bridge files from Photoshop, there are a couple of scripts that will exceed what you are asking, or they will be a good foundation for any code that you want.
Image Processor Pro
ps-scripts - Browse /Image Processor Pro/v3_0 at SourceForge.net

Picture Processor
This can be found under the PSCS Scripts section at http://www.ps-bridge-scripts.talktalk.net/
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2. Re: script planning advise

ojodegato Nov 12, 2014 9:05 AM (in response to Philip Cord)

Thanks Phillip for getting back.
I have looked at IPP V3 script and the Bridge CS6 SDK SnpOpeninPhotoshop.jsx script.
I find them overwhelming and not easy to extract the functionality that I ma trying to build.
Will try again to see if I can get further.

BTW,
I have been using a the batchStack. jsx bridge you posted on the Bridge script forum.
I found your script very useful. Thanks for the contribution.
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