Journal Post 8

Today I wrote a photoshop script that creates a simple effect. Well, I didn't exactly "write" it, I copied code from the ScriptingListener log and used that to make my own script. I decided to post about it because this script would have been useful for part 5 of the last assignment. For that part of the assignment I applied this same design. If I had the script I could have replaced three of my steps with one.

The code is pretty long (77 lines), so I probably wont post it here. I wish blogger would let me upload a text file or something.

Journal Post 7

When looking for Photoshop scripting tutorials I came across this one that I really liked. I learned about these things called Actions which are really handy. I use Photoshop a lot but I've never known about them. They let you record any actions you do within Photoshop so you can execute those same set of actions again with one click. It actually sounds really similar to writing a script, except without having to write code. I can think of many cases where Actions would come in handy.

The tutorial also talks a bit about scripting, but not in too much detail. He demonstrated a script he made that lets him easily rename layers. It may not seem like a bid deal, since it's not that hard to rename layers in the first place, but it does look very useful. First of all, he assigned a hotkey to the script, which is convenient. He also set up the script so there are preset names assigned to specific letters/numbers. For example, when he types in "2" for the name, it automatically names the layer "shadow". A script like this would be nice to have because in some projects I do I'm constantly renaming layers to things like "shadow" or "highlight".

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