Moving a layer in Photoshop CS5 using Applescript

Question

I have a layer in a document called "logo" and i want to duplicate it to every open document and then move it to a specific spot in each document
I got the duplicating thing happening but cant seem to move the bounds of the layer (says it is read only and cannot be changed)
here is what I have written
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
activate
set theDocs to count of documents
repeat with i from 1 to theDocs
duplicate art layer "logo" of current document to document i
end repeat
repeat with i from 1 to theDocs
set current document to document i
tell document i
set bounds of art layer "logo" to {0.456666666667, 6.38, 2.88, 6.77}
--Adobe Photoshop CS5 got an error: Property is read/only and cannot be changed
end tell
end repeat
end tell
This doesn't error but also doesn't move the logo at all
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
activate
set theDocs to count of documents
repeat with i from 1 to theDocs
duplicate art layer "logo" of current document to document i
end repeat
repeat with i from 1 to theDocs
set current document to document i
tell document i
set properties of art layer "logo" to {bounds:{0.456666666667, 6.38, 2.88, 6.77}}
end tell
end repeat
end tell
anyone know what the language is to move the layer around?

Answer 1

In any language the way to move a layer x,y is to use translate… You will need to do the math from current x,y to required x,y given a distance… A read only property is just that regardless of language… Here is a quick example of how I did this kind of thing using Applescript… I still do the same method now but use the ESTK instead…
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
activate
-- Store the app settings
set User_Rulers to ruler units of settings
set User_Dialogs to display dialogs
set ruler units of settings to pixel units
set display dialogs to never
set Doc_Ref to the current document
tell Doc_Ref
-- Store the image res so we can put it back
set Original_Res to resolution
-- Change to work at 72 dpi
resize image resolution 72 resample method none
-- Move horizontal 1 inch
translate layer 1 delta x 72 as pixels
-- Move vertical 1 inch
translate layer 1 delta y 72 as pixels
-- Read the bounds propety
set Layer_Bounds to bounds of layer 1
log Layer_Bounds
-- Move the layer using bounds to top/left
translate layer 1 delta x -(item 1 of Layer_Bounds) as pixels
translate layer 1 delta y -(item 2 of Layer_Bounds) as pixels
-- Put back the image res
resize image resolution Original_Res resample method none
end tell
-- Put back the app settings
set ruler units of settings to User_Rulers
set display dialogs to User_Dialogs
end tell
You should get the general idea of how this works from this. It should move the first layer across 1 inch, down i inch then put it top/left. It assumes you have a layer that is not a background layer nor is it locked in any way…