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Creating and running an AppleScript, Introduction to Scripting

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CHAPTER 2: Photoshop Scripting Basics Creating a sample Hello World script 18 Creating and running an AppleScript You must open the Apple® Script Editor application in order to complete this procedure. NOTE: The default location for the Script Editor is Applications > AppleScript > Script Editor. To create and run your first Photoshop AppleScript: 1. Enter the following script in the Script Editor: NOTE: The lines preceded by "--" are comments. Entering the comments is optional. -- Sample script to create a new text item and -- change its contents. --target Photoshop CS4 tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS4" -- Create a new document and art layer. set docRef to make new document with properties ¬ {width:4 as inches, height:2 as inches} set artLayerRef to make new art layer in docRef -- Change the art layer to be a text layer. set kind of artLayerRef to text layer -- Get a reference to the text object and set its contents. set contents of text object of artLayerRef to "Hello, World" end tell 2. Click Run to run the script. Photoshop creates a new document, adds a new layer, changes the layer's type to text and sets the text to "Hello, World" NOTE: If you encounter errors, refer to Introduction to Scripting, which has a section on AppleScript debugging.

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C
HAPTER
2: Photoshop Scripting Basics
Creating a sample Hello World script
18
Creating and running an AppleScript
You must open the Apple
®
Script Editor application in order to complete this procedure.
N
OTE
:
The default location for the Script Editor is
Applications > AppleScript > Script Editor
.
To create and run your first Photoshop AppleScript:
1.
Enter the following script in the Script Editor:
N
OTE
:
The lines preceded by “--” are comments. Entering the comments is optional.
-- Sample script to create a new text item and
-- change its contents.
--target Photoshop CS4
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS4"
-- Create a new document and art layer.
set docRef to make new document with properties ¬
{width:4 as inches, height:2 as inches}
set artLayerRef to make new art layer in docRef
-- Change the art layer to be a text layer.
set kind of artLayerRef to text layer
-- Get a reference to the text object and set its contents.
set contents of text object of artLayerRef to "Hello, World"
end tell
2.
Click
Run
to run the script. Photoshop creates a new document, adds a new layer, changes the layer’s
type to text and sets the text to “Hello, World”
N
OTE
:
If you encounter errors, refer to
Introduction to Scripting
, which has a section on AppleScript
debugging.