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Re: Photoshop measure tool

Title: Re: Photoshop measure tool
On 11/15/06 4:29 AM, Fleisher, Ken wrote:

> Yes, a simple path will probably work great! Thanks for the suggestion.
> (Though I'm an AppleScript veteran, I've only begun scripting Photoshop this
> week...)
>
> Next question:  I've tried it with a path and in a document that is 5x5
> inches at 300 dpi (1500x1500 pixels), I placed one point at x = y = 1 inch
> to get a handle on the units. It seems that the units are in points (72
> points per inch). Is that correct? Is there any way to get the coordinates
> in cm or inches without needing to convert myself?

Yes:
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
    set ruler units of settings to inch units
end tell
> If it is in points, is it 72 points/inch or 72.27 points/inch (as in correct
> Postscript)?

Your choice:
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
    set point size of settings to postscript size -- 72/inch
    set point size of settings to traditional size -- 72.27/inch
end tell
> I've also just noticed that my screen resolution is set to 72 pixels/inch.
> Please tell me that the coordinates are not based on the screen resolution!

They are NOT based on screen res, but rather on Photoshop settings, as above.

>> the corners of a rectangular selection (which you can get from its bounds)
> What would this?:
>
> properties of selection
>
>>> {bounds:missing value, ...
>
> How would I get the bounds of a selection if it reports missing?

Oops! That’s my mistake. It appears that you can’t get the bounds of a selection, despite the fact that it’s in the properties list. Here’s an alternate approach that makes a temporary layer from a rectangular selection and gets the bounds of that layer (something that IS possible).

tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
    set foreColor to foreground color
    tell current document
        try — non-destructive test that selection exists
            translate boundary selection delta x 0
        on error number 8152 -- there is no selection
            return {0, 0, 0, 0} -- or whatever
        end try
        -- make temporary layer and get its bounds
        set tempLayer to make new art layer
        fill selection with contents foreColor
        set {t, l, b, r} to bounds of tempLayer
        delete tempLayer
        return {t, l, b, r} -- top, left, bottom, right of selection in inches
    end tell
end tell

Stan C. 
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