Stan,
Worked like a charm. Thanks.
Monte
On 6/30/06 8:03 PM, "Stan" <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 6/30/06 12:34 PM, Monte Babington wrote:
>
>> The trouble is that I need the selection to be in the shape of a layer.
>> I'll use that selection to delete an area of another layer later in the
>> script.
>>
>> I tried using the select all method and then pasting to an alpha channel,
>> but the position changes. So my question is:
>>
>> Does anyone know how to either:
>>
>> 1) Use the current layer to generate a selection shape
>>
>> 2) Generate an alpha channel from the current layer without changing
>> position?
>
>
> Okay, this one is REALLY ugly, but it works. For some reason, moving the
> layer's content forces the selection to conform to the layer. (This is a
> trick I discovered in the GUI that just happens to work via script, as
> well.)
>
> tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
> tell document 1
> set current layer to layer "Layer 1"
> select all
> translate layer "Layer 1" delta x 1 -- move 1 pixel right
> translate layer "Layer 1" delta x -1 -- move back 1 pixel left
> end tell
> end tell
>
> Stan Cleveland
> Color Technology Inc.
> Portland, Oregon
>
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