Copy Photoshop channels

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#1

We have a microscope that takes pictures with data in only one color channel depending on what filter is in place. We then have to manually copy the data from each channel to a master to get a multi-color image. I’d like to script that but I’m having a problem pasting into a specific channel. I can get the data out of the original and I can make a new image put when it pastes it puts the data in every color channel.

How can I tell Photoshop to only paste the data in, say, the green channel?

Here’s what I have so far. I’ve hard coded the file name for testing:


tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
	activate
	set x to the width of the current document
	set y to the height of the current document
	split channels of the current document
	close document "jmDB4 sl08.tif.Blue" without saving
	close document "jmDB4 sl08.tif.Red" without saving
	select all of document "jmDB4 sl08.tif.Green"
	copy
	make new document with properties {resolution:300, width:x as inches, height:y as inches}
	paste (channel "green" of layer 1 of the current document)
end tell

Any suggestions? Using duplicate didn’t work as it only duplicates to the end of the channels and puts the data in the alpha channel.

Thanks!

#2

More information would be needed to get closer to your workflow but the following will copy channel 4 and paste it into channel 1, which is essentially what you are doing.

tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS"
	activate
	tell document 1
		set current channels to channel 4
		select all
		copy
		set current channels to channel 1
		select all
		paste
	end tell
end tell