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CHAPTER 3: Scripting Photoshop Advanced Scripting 69 VBS To select an area and apply a wave filter to it: 1. Type the following code into the script file HelloWorldDoc just above the statements at the end of the file that restore original preferences: 'create new variables to contain doc width and height 'convert inches to pixels by multiplying the number of inches by 'the resolution (which equals number of pixels per inch) docWidthInPixels = docWidthInInches * resolution docHeightInPixels = docHeightInInches * resolution 'use the Rasterize() method of the ArtLayer class to 'convert the text in the ArtLayer object (contained in the newTextLayer variable) 'to postscript text type newTextLayer.Rasterize (1) 'create an array to define the selection property 'of the Document object 'define the selected area as an array of points in the document docRef.Selection.Select Array(Array(0, 0), _ Array(docWidthInPixels / 2, 0), _ Array(docWidthInPixels / 2, docHeightInPixels), _ Array(0, docHeightInPixels), Array(0, 0)) 'use the ApplyWave() method of the ArtLayer class 'to apply the wave of the selected text newTextLayer.ApplyWave 1, 1, 100, 5, 10, 100, 100, 1, 1, 0 2. Double click the file name in Windows Explorer to run the script. 3. After viewing the document in Photoshop, close the document without saving it. 4. Save the script. NOTE: Look up the following classes in the Adobe Photoshop CS5 Visual Basic Scripting Reference, or in the Visual Basic Object Browser to see if you understand how you used them in this script: ➤ ArtLayer class: ApplyWave method, Rasterize method ➤ Selection class: Select method