Scripting Photoshop?

There's another thread going titled "Longshot," or something similar, but
this is a really, really, REALLY longshot.

Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus, and
graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users even if
they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to run Adobe
via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file with whatever
commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase Contrast 15%, Reduce
Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with the parameters of the
file to use and the command script and run it like a batch processing job?

The idea just occured to me that I might be able to make a few adjustments
to my shots myself if this is possible.

Thanks for your time,
Dudley

Dudley Hanks wrote:
> There's another thread going titled "Longshot," or something similar, but
> this is a really, really, REALLY longshot.
>
> Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus, and
> graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users even if
> they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to run Adobe
> via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file with whatever
> commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase Contrast 15%, Reduce
> Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with the parameters of the
> file to use and the command script and run it like a batch processing job?
>
> The idea just occured to me that I might be able to make a few adjustments
> to my shots myself if this is possible.

Yes but you'd have to write & run those scripts through photoshop :-)

Maybe not, I'm not sure, just teasing sort of... but yeah PS is very
customizable with actions & droplets in photoshop. Some of the more
advanced stuff is done in a text editor I think but I really don't know.
Are you any good at programming? Try googling "photoshop .atn" and look
at the action files in notepad.

"Paul Furman" <paul-@-edgehill.net> wrote in message
news:1ynCj.3011$6H.2441@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net ...
> Dudley Hanks wrote:
>> There's another thread going titled "Longshot," or something similar, but
>> this is a really, really, REALLY longshot.
>>
>> Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus, and
>> graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users even if
>> they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to run Adobe
>> via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file with
>> whatever commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase Contrast
>> 15%, Reduce Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with the
>> parameters of the file to use and the command script and run it like a
>> batch processing job?
>>
>> The idea just occured to me that I might be able to make a few
>> adjustments to my shots myself if this is possible.
>
> Yes but you'd have to write & run those scripts through photoshop :-)

>
> Maybe not, I'm not sure, just teasing sort of... but yeah PS is very
> customizable with actions & droplets in photoshop. Some of the more
> advanced stuff is done in a text editor I think but I really don't know.
> Are you any good at programming? Try googling "photoshop .atn" and look at
> the action files in notepad.

Yeah, I do a bit of C++ programming, and a very little VBasic and Java.

Thanks for the starting point, Paul,
Dudley

"nospam" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> In article <mdnCj.108339$C61.57213@edtnps89>, Dudley Hanks
> <hanks.dudley@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus, and
>> graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users even if
>> they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to run Adobe
>> via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file with
>> whatever
>> commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase Contrast 15%,
>> Reduce
>> Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with the parameters of the
>> file to use and the command script and run it like a batch processing
>> job?
>
> you can create actions, droplets, or script photoshop itself using
> javascript, visual basic (windows) or applesrcipt (macintosh).
>
> more info:
> <http://partners.adobe.com/public/dev...index_scriptin
> g.html>

Great stuff...

Thanks,
Dudley

Dudley Hanks writes:

> This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file with whatever
> commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase Contrast 15%,
> Reduce Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with the
> parameters of the file to use and the command script and run it like a
> batch processing job?

Why not just use the best command-line image-processing tool:

http://www.imagemagick.org/

In article <mdnCj.108339$C61.57213@edtnps89>, Dudley Hanks
<hanks.dudley@gmail.com> wrote:

> Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus, and
> graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users even if
> they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to run Adobe
> via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file with whatever
> commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase Contrast 15%, Reduce
> Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with the parameters of the
> file to use and the command script and run it like a batch processing job?

you can create actions, droplets, or script photoshop itself using
javascript, visual basic (windows) or applesrcipt (macintosh).

more info:
<http://partners.adobe.com/public/dev...index_scriptin
g.html>

For help on scripting you can ask questions at: adobe.photoshop.scripting

Here is another place to get help on scripting Photoshop:
http://ps-scripts.com/bb/

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:32:18 +0000, Dudley Hanks wrote:

> There's another thread going titled "Longshot," or something similar,
> but this is a really, really, REALLY longshot.
>
> Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus,
> and graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users
> even if they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to
> run Adobe via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file
> with whatever commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase
> Contrast 15%, Reduce Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with
> the parameters of the file to use and the command script and run it like
> a batch processing job?
>
> The idea just occured to me that I might be able to make a few
> adjustments to my shots myself if this is possible.
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Dudley

Trivial with Image Magick - and it is free.

It is very easy, with no code writing at all, to create custom scripts to
make fixed adjustments to images as you suggest.
There is an action recorder that will record your mouse clicks and save this
custom script. You can name it whatever you want and click on it to perform
the action.
As an example: I have used this to create an action that flattens the image,
converts to Lab Color, applies a custom curve, converts back to Adobe RGB.
This is an automation of a well known method for amplifying midtone colors
and contrast.
Another example: because of the brightness of my calibrated LCD monitor I
find that if I make a standard conversion of brightness/contrast to most
images they will print better. This simply requires recording an action that
applies a brightness/contrast non-destructive adjustment layer set to fixed
values of brightness and contrast.

"ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
news:63vmr1F27ll50U4@mid.individual.net...
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:32:18 +0000, Dudley Hanks wrote:
>
>> There's another thread going titled "Longshot," or something similar,
>> but this is a really, really, REALLY longshot.
>>
>> Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus,
>> and graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users
>> even if they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to
>> run Adobe via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file
>> with whatever commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase
>> Contrast 15%, Reduce Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with
>> the parameters of the file to use and the command script and run it like
>> a batch processing job?
>>
>> The idea just occured to me that I might be able to make a few
>> adjustments to my shots myself if this is possible.
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>> Dudley
>
> Trivial with Image Magick - and it is free.

Thanks for the info; I'll check it out.

Dudley