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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Scripting Guide

Photoshop CS3 Scripting Basics 15

Creating a Sample Hello World Script

This section demonstrates a very simple script in each of the three scripting languages for Photoshop CS3.
Traditionally, the first thing to accomplish in any programming environment is the display of a "Hello
World" message.

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Our Hello World scripts will do the following:

1. Open the Photoshop CS3 application.

2. Create a new

Document

object.

When we create the document, we will also create a variable named

docRef

and then assign a

reference to the document as the value of

docRef

. The document will be 4 inches wide and 2 inches

high.

3. Create an

Art Layer

object.

In our script, we will create a variable named

artLayerRef

and then assign a reference to the

Art

Layer

object as the value of

artLayerRef

4. Define

artLayerRef

as a text item.

5. Set the contents of the text item to "Hello World".

Note:

We will also include comments throughout the scripts. In fact, because this is our first script, we will
use comments to excess.

These steps mirror a specific path in the containment hierarchy, as illustrated below.

Creating and Running an AppleScript

You must open Apple’s Script Editor application in order to complete this procedure.

Note:

The default location for the Script Editor is Applications > AppleScript > Script Editor.

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To create and run your first Photoshop CS3 AppleScript:

1. Enter the following script in the Script Editor:

Application

Document

Art Layer

Text Item