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Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Scripting Guide
Scripting Photoshop CS3 38
Linking Layer Objects
Scripting also supports linking and unlinking layers. You link layers together so that you can move or
transform the layers in a single statement.
transform the layers in a single statement.
AS
make new art layer in current document with properties {name:"L1"}
make new art layer in current document with properties {name:"L2"}
link art layer "L1" of current document with art layer "L2" of ¬
make new art layer in current document with properties {name:"L2"}
link art layer "L1" of current document with art layer "L2" of ¬
current document
Look up the
link
command in the Adobe Photoshop CS3 AppleScript Scripting Reference or in the
Photoshop CS3 AppleScript Dictionary.
VBS
Set layer1Ref = docRef.ArtLayers.Add()
Set layer2Ref = docRef.ArtLayers.Add()
layer1Ref.Link layer2Ref
Set layer2Ref = docRef.ArtLayers.Add()
layer1Ref.Link layer2Ref
Look up
Link
in as a method of the
ArtLayer
object in the Adobe Photoshop CS3 Visual Basic Scripting
Reference, or in the Visual Basic Object Browser. Additionally, look up
Add
as a method of the
ArtLayers
object.
JS
var layerRef1 = docRef.artLayers.add()
var layerRef2 = docRef.artLayers.add()
layerRef1.link(layerRef2)
var layerRef2 = docRef.artLayers.add()
layerRef1.link(layerRef2)
Look up
link()
as a method of the
ArtLayer
object in the Adobe Photoshop CS3 JavaScript Scripting
Reference, or in the ExtendScript Object Model Viewer. Additionally, look up
add()
as a method of the
ArtLayers
object.
Applying Styles to Layers
Note:
This procedure corresponds directly to dragging a style from the Photoshop CS3 Styles palette to a
layer.
layer.
Your script can apply styles to an
ArtLayer
object. To apply a style in a script, you use the
apply layer
style/ApplyStyle/applyStyle()
command with the style’s name as an argument enclosed in straight
double quotes.
Note:
The layer style names are case sensitive.
Please refer to Photoshop CS3 Help for a list of styles and for more information about styles and the Styles
palette.
palette.
The following examples set the Puzzle layer style to the layer named “L1.”
AS
apply layer style art layer "L1" of current document using "Puzzle (Image)"
Look up the
apply layer style
command in the Adobe Photoshop CS3 AppleScript Scripting Reference or
in the Photoshop CS3 AppleScript Dictionary.