Applescript and Image Events

The following script works correctly:
property openTypes : {"PDF", "com.adobe.pdf", "BMP", "com.microsoft.bmp", "JPEG", "JPEG2", "jpg", "public.jpeg", "PICT", "com.apple.pict", "PNG", "public.png", "PSD", "com.adobe.photoshop-image", "TIFF", "public.tiff"}
global eventsFolder, ProcessedfolderName, events_Folder
on runConversion(theItems)
    activate "Finder"
    set saveFolder to choose folder with prompt "Save resized pictures where?" without multiple selections allowed and invisibles
    tell application "Image Events"
        launch
        set newWidth to 120
        if (count items of theItems) is greater than 0 then
            repeat with anItem in theItems
                set theName to the name of anItem
                tell application "Finder" to set myNewFileName to (saveFolder as string) & "tmb_" & theName
                set imageFile to (open anItem)
                scale imageFile to size newWidth
                save imageFile as PNG in file myNewFileName
                close imageFile
            end repeat
        else
            display dialog "Nothing to convert."
        end if
    end tell
end runConversion
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set root_Folder to root_Folder as alias
set events_Folder to events_Folder as alias
set theStr to (current date) as string
set d to date theStr
set ProcessedfolderName to ((month of d as integer) & "_" & day of d) as text
tell application "Finder"
    set events_Folder to events_Folder as alias
    set ProcessedfolderName to ((month of d as integer) & "_" & day of d) as text
    set new_FileFolder to make new folder at events_Folder with properties {name:ProcessedfolderName}
    move (every file of events_Folder whose name ends with ".png") to new_FileFolder
    set oldFiles to every file of events_Folder
    set thecount to number of items of oldFiles
end tell
set theFiles to choose file with prompt "Choose the files" of type openTypes with multiple selections allowed without invisibles
runConversion(theFiles)
activate
BUT if I modify it to the following, it gets hung up on "scale imageFile to size newWidth"
error "The variable imageFile is not defined." number -2753 from "imageFile"
Maybe it has something to do with the line
'set theFiles to choose file with prompt "Choose the files" of type openTypes with multiple selections allowed without invisibles'
which is not in the broken script.
The broken script is as follows:
property openTypes : {"PDF", "com.adobe.pdf", "BMP", "com.microsoft.bmp", "JPEG", "JPEG2", "jpg", "public.jpeg", "PICT", "com.apple.pict", "PNG", "public.png", "PSD", "com.adobe.photoshop-image", "TIFF", "public.tiff"}
global eventsFolder, ProcessedfolderName, new_FileFolder, imageFile
on runConversion(theItems)
    activate "Finder"
    set saveFolder to new_FileFolder
    set theItems to every file of the saveFolder
    tell application "Image Events"
        launch
        set newWidth to 120
        if (count items of theItems) is greater than 0 then
            repeat with anItem in theItems
                set theName to the name of anItem
                tell application "Finder" to set myNewFileName to (saveFolder as string) & "tmb_" & theName
                set imageFile to (open anItem)
                scale imageFile to size newWidth
                save imageFile as PNG in file myNewFileName
                close imageFile
            end repeat
        else
            display dialog "Nothing to convert."
        end if
    end tell
end runConversion
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set root_Folder to rootFolder as alias
set events_Folder to events_Foler as alias
set theStr to (current date) as string
set d to date theStr
set ProcessedfolderName to ((month of d as integer) & "_" & day of d) as text
tell application "Finder"
    set ProcessedfolderName to ((month of d as integer) & "_" & day of d) as text
    set new_FileFolder to make new folder at events_Folder with properties {name:ProcessedfolderName}
    move (every file of events_Folder whose name ends with ".png") to new_FileFolder
    set oldFiles to every file of events_Folder
    set thecount to number of items of oldFiles
end tell
set theFiles to every file of new_FileFolder
runConversion(theFiles)
activate

Several lines of the “broken” script seem to be badly written, for example:
set root_Folder to rootFolder as alias -- rootFolder instead of root_Folder
set events_Folder to events_Foler as alias -- Foler instead of Folder
Message was edited by: Pierre L.

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Image - Duplicate as JPEG
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Not a solution though. I don't want to have to go through Photoshop because I have thousands of images to process.
I tried to find the command to convert from CMYK to RGB in Image Events and can't find that.
Can someone help me with the command to do that conversion in Image Events or at least without having to run Photoshop to do it?
Thank you so very much in advance.
Jeff
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Image Events save as PICT broken?

An old script that worked in Lion is not working in Mountain Lion.
Here is a test example:
tell application "Image Events"
launch
set theImage to open "/tmp/c13.jpg"
save theImage as PICT in file "/tmp/image.pict"
close theImage
end tell
If the output file already exists, this script does nothing and does not complain. If the output file does not already exist, I get an error that the image "doesn't understand the save message".
Other image file formats besides PICT work fine.
Any ideas?

Hi,
The QuickDraw API (Macintosh PICT format) have long been obsolete (they've mostly been
deprecated since Mac OS X 10.4). But we still use them in a few places
(in 32-bit mode) for backwards compatibility. (QuickDraw APIs are unavailable in 64-bit mode).
Apple will remove the 32-bit system libraries in some future version of OS X and dropping support for 32-bit apps.
Solution : Try selecting 'Open in 32 Bit Mode' in the Finder's info window for the application "Image Events"
I know it works for Preview on OS X 10.8 (it can still open PICT format), but I don't know for "Image Events".

Using Applescript and Automator to manage files and folders

Hi all.
I need to make a simple action via applescript and-or automator to take the file it's been applied to (via the services) create a folder around it with the same name as the file.
So far, I've searched the web, found some solutions but none are really working.
Here's the script I found :
set myFolder to findFolder()
tell application "Finder" to set myFiles to files of myFolder as alias list
repeat with aFile in myFiles
set bName to my baseName(aFile)
tell application "Finder"
set folderExists to exists folder bName of myFolder
if not folderExists then make new folder at myFolder with properties {name:bName}
move aFile to folder bName of myFolder
end tell
end repeat
---------------- HANDLERS ----------------
on baseName(myFile)
tell application "System Events" to set {fileName, fileExt} to {name, name extension} of myFile
return text 1 thru ((get offset of "." & fileExt in fileName) - 1) of fileName
end baseName
on findFolder()
activate application "SystemUIServer"
-- Bug pointed out by Lauri Ranta http://www.openradar.me/9406282
tell application "Finder"
activate
set mySelection to (get selection)
if mySelection ≠ {} then
set mySelection to first item of (get selection)
if mySelection's class = folder then
set currentFolder to mySelection
else if mySelection's class = document file then
set currentFolder to parent of mySelection
else if mySelection's class = alias file then
set currentFolder to original item of mySelection
end if
else
set currentFolder to target of front Finder window
end if
end tell
return (currentFolder as alias)
end findFolder
And here's a page where they explain how to use automator and the Services to do what I <allmost> want, with some adaptation.
But it still doesn't work.
http://hbase.net/2011/08/17/move-selected-files-into-a-new-folder-using-applescr ipt-and-automator/
So if anybody has an idea n how I could do this ?
It It could either be a folder action (I drag and drop the files into a folder and boom, they get their folder around them)that I would set on a folder on a network drive, or locally, it doesn't matter, or a service (right clic on the file and boom folder around it.
So if anyone could help with this I'd be grateful...

Hi,
Make an Automator Service (Service receives selected "Files or Folders" in the "Finder.app").
Use this script in the "Run AppleScript" action:
on run {input, parameters}
    tell application "Finder"
        repeat with aFile in input
            if class of (item aFile) is not folder then
                set {tName, fileExt} to {name, name extension} of aFile
                if fileExt is not missing value and fileExt is not "" then
                    set tName to text 1 thru -((count fileExt) + 2) of tName
                    tell (get container of aFile)
                        if not (exists folder tName) then make new folder at it with properties {name:tName}
                        move aFile to folder tName
                    end tell
                end if
            end if
        end repeat
    end tell
end run
This script work on files with a name extension.

I updated iphoto and images weren't visible.

I updated iphoto and images weren't visible. Still in the library but not visible.. did all the normal start up fixes like rebuilding thumbnails, database etc --- bt nothing worked...
I copied images folders ORIGINAL MODIFIED etc -to an external harddrive and tried to restore my library from time maching - but now it tells me I don't have the memory...
Of course I deleted the 'new' library and tried ... still the same information.
I am now copying my time machine iphoto library to an external harddrive - but what is the go with this? I've also lost my iphoto books that took hours to build...
I'm devastated!
Any help would be appreciated!

Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.>Click on the Add Library button,
2 - select the library you want to add from those in the selection window.
3 - make sure that in the rebuild window the checkbox "Scavange orphaned photos" is checked.
4 - now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
5 - in the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed. Click on the Create button.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.

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