Re: Adobe Photoshop Bounds of a layer?
Re: Adobe Photoshop Bounds of a layer?
- Subject: Re: Adobe Photoshop Bounds of a layer?
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:24:05 -0400
How are you getting the bounds? My olden scripts used to select all, create a new layer, fill it with a color and then get the bounds for that.
It was my old solution to get the bounding rect for a document, thought there must be a better way. It worked though.
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On Sep 4, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Dave <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks, I just needed verification, I have been searching for info and the 0 relative Array came form looking at some JavaScript and forgetting they were different in AS.
>
> I think I’ve sorted it out now, but if anyone knows a better solution I’d be grateful if you’d share!
>
> I have a PSD that is 40,40 Pixels
>
> I then have 4 Fill Rects at, X,Y with a Width, Height of 20,20
>
> Rect1: X,Y: 0,0
> Rect2: X,Y 20,0
> Rect3: X,Y 0,20
> Rect4: X,Y 20,20
>
> Now when I read bounds in my Script I get everything offset by -1 or sometimes -2. From experimenting with other PSD this negative offset various.
>
> Why is this?
>
> I’ve fixed it by calculating the difference in X,Y and then adding/subtracting from each layers X,Y.
>
>
> Basically I want the coordinate Starting at 0,0, how come PS is giving me negative numbers?
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> Bye the way, this same format as the pre Mac OS X, Mac Toolbox and Carbon, I need the values in Cocoa style, e.g.
>
> X,Y W,H
>
> Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it.
>
> All the Best
> Dave
>
>
> On 4 Sep 2014, at 13:01, Alex Zavatone <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> This might help.
>>
>> set artboardRect to the bounds of layer 1 of myDoc
>> set myLeft to item 1 of artboardRect
>> set myTop to item 2 of artboardRect
>> set myRight to item 3 of artboardRect
>> set myBottom to item 4 of artboardRect
>>
>> I've been using it since 2008.
>>
>> On Sep 4, 2014, at 6:05 AM, Dave wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 3 Sep 2014, at 00:02, Martin Orpen <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2 Sep 2014, at 08:05, Dave <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It seems that bounds is specified to be Top, Left, Bottom,Right (old pre MacOS X style Rects), my question is, to correctly calculate the Width and Height, should the code be:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Photoshop’s layer bounds are Left, Top, Right, Bottom
>>>>
>>>> So
>>>>
>>>> width = bounds[3] - bounds[1]
>>>> height = bounds[4] - bounds[2]
>>>
>>> Hi Martin,
>>>
>>> Thanks for taking the time to answer.
>>>
>>>
>>> I don’t understand this, surely it’s:
>>>
>>> bounds[0] = Left (or top?)
>>> bounds[1] = Top (or left?)
>>> bounds[2] = Right (or bottom?)
>>> bounds[3] = Bottom (or Right?)
>>>
>>> Does the array start at 0 or 1?
>>>
>>> I can’t seen to find it written in stone anywhere - if you know where Bounds is defined I’d be grateful if you could point me to it.
>>>
>>> I just want to be 100% certain I’ve got the right coordinates because I’m seeing some strange behaviour.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for your help,
>>>
>>> Dave
>
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