Photoshop CS and Layer Masks

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#1

Hey Guys,

I’m trying to write a script that can loop through all the layers of a Photoshop CS Document and if a layer mask exists either apply it or remove it (based on a dialogue)…

I’ve spent all day looking through the dictionary and the various scripting guide pdfs… but can’t find anything to do with layer masks!

Has any one else noticed this? Or am I being dense and looking for the wrong thing? Could it be possible to work round this using actions or something?

Any help would be gratefully appreciated!

Thanks,

Tom

#2

Hey,

I’ve got a VERY DIRTY work around… that sort of works… can any one think of a better way?


tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS"
	tell document 1
		activate
		set x to count of layers
		repeat with i from 1 to x
			set current layer to layer i
			ignoring application responses
				do action "Remove_Layer_Mask" from "Default Actions.atn"
			end ignoring
			tell application "System Events" to tell process "Adobe Photoshop CS"
				repeat 2 times --if no layer mask is present then two alerts open
					delay 3 --wait for alerts to open
					keystroke return --press OK
				end repeat
			end tell
			delay 2 --wait for action to finish
		end repeat
	end tell
end tell

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Tom