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I wanted to understand the matrix values and methods so I could make a script to select or not select textframes that are angled.
Can anyone explain this matrix stuff to me?
This script is the only example I have found so far.
if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {
var moveMatrix = app.getIdentityMatrix( 0.5, 1.5 );
var totalMatrix = concatenateRotationMatrix( moveMatrix, 10 );
var doc = app.activeDocument.activeLayer;
for ( i = 0; i < doc.pageItems.length; i++ ) {
doc.pageItems[i].transform( totalMatrix );
Im thinking I need to use getRotationMatrix([angle])
any help would be greatly appreciated,
Duane

Awesome Carlos!
This deselects all angle text in my selection.
    Deselects all angle text from selection
function deselectAllAngleTextFromSelection() {
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