Re: filename to bitmap
Re: filename to bitmap
- Subject: Re: filename to bitmap
- From: has <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 12:35:31 +0100
Shane Stanley wrote:
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> Neither Adobe nor Macromedia have got behind Applescript in anything but a
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> lukewarm fashion.
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It's always risky to categorize groups of software by owner. Have a look at
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the implementations in InDesign and Illustrator, for example --
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Illustrator's object model is one of the finest around, and InDesign's has
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great breadth. The reality is that the decisions seem to be made largely by
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the application teams, according to their own views and interests.
...and customer demand, of course. (Although I do wonder if customers are
really asking Abobe to turn PS into AI and AI into PS - it seems an awful
duplication of effort to me. Now, if Adobe only bought OpenDoc from
Apple...)
It's maybe a little ironic that AI's AS support was originally a
third-party product that Adobe bought up, not an in-house job (though as
long as you get there somehow, how you did it doesn't really matter). It's
also good that Indesign has decent AS support, although you could argue
that being up against QXP meant they had no other choice if they wanted ID
to be a credible alternative.
All of which, however, only makes it even odder that Photoshop - their
flagship product - doesn't have any(!) scripting support beyond a lousy
"push the macro button, dummy" command. (I wonder what PS/Win is like for
scripting, by comparison?)
Part of the problem, no doubt, is the chicken-and-egg thing: without AS
support as standard, there's not a lot of scripts being written for PS,
especially the little casual ones that non-scripters might pick up and use.
And since non-scripters make up the bulk of PS users, it's unlikely they'll
start clamouring for proper AS support in PS.
It will be interesting to see if GIMP on OSX does have an effect on PS;
it's unlikely to be of interest to the print folks, but might just
cannibalise enough of PS's webdesign market to give Adobe pause for
thought. Hmmm, wonder if GIMP has AS support...:)
has