Photoshop action script

Hello,
Can someone give me an action script which could position my layer on specific Y location depending on height of text. I have a hundreds of PSD files with text. Each text has a different height. I need a script which would put the text of every PSD file so that Y position is always 8.5 cm but that Y position should be across the middle of text. My canvas is always the same size.
Thank You very much!!

It would be quite easy to write such a Photoshop script if one had the specifics which you did not provide. Action Script is a Flash feature. However a Photoshop can most likely be written to what you want here a link for you
Adobe Photoshop Scripting | Adobe Developer Connection
You should also be able to record an action to do what you want if all the text layer are in the same relative place in the layers stack. By aligning the text layer to a selection the action makes. Actions do not require programming you just need to know Photoshop and how to record actions.

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Kevin
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The Mac I am currently using does not have 'Adobe Photoshop CS3' installed. However, based on [1], the code samples should work. Some editing may be needed, based on your specific requirements.
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-- Code starts here --
on run ()
my handle_Items(choose folder with multiple selections allowed)
end
on open (dItems)
my handle_Items(dItems)
end
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-- Code starts here --
on adding folder items to tFolder after receiving tItems
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Hallo,
I cannot get apple script to run a photoshop action.
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My action changes the ITPC info then saves and closes the image. I want to be able to control click a folder and change the ITPC info for all files in the folder.
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TIA
Martin
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Hello Tia Martin,
Tente este Script Por aqui funciona.
Bom escrever em Proyugues não?
Mas cuidaddo tenho uma linha final que deleta os arquivos.
Se você não quer que isto aconteça fina lize a linha antes.
Boa sorte
Sidnei
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I have a Photoshop Action that is programmed to open an existing file located in a specific directory. The path to this directory is an absolute path, i.e.:
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My problem is that if someone tries to run this Action on a different computer (like a Mac), the path specified in the action does not exist and the Action will not work.
The simple solution to this would be to make the action open the file located at a relative path. This way no matter what computer the action is run on, it will always be able to find the file.
Unfortunately, I don't think Photoshop Actions allow relative paths. Does anyone know if using a relative path in an action is possible?
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The idea that I use in the xtools installer and else where is this:
1) Convert the action file to XML.
2) Package the XML file and the apps/ActionFileFromXML script with your stuff.
3) An installer script will do a 'replace' (or whatever) on the XML file so that the paths are converted to whatever is needed.
4) The new XML is saved and then converted to a .atn file which is then loaded.
There is an xtools forum at ps-scripts.com that may have some info in addition to the PDF file that comes with the package.
-X

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Bridge's Favorites is another place I stack frequently-accessed folders, such as stock photography, backgrounds, and top-level folders for active projects.
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[email protected] wrote:
> I'm uncertain how to do this. Is this where BridgeTalk must be used?
Yes. You would have some Bridge JS call some PS JS which would, in turn, call
your Batch/Action.
> Can anyone direct me to a sample script that does something simple like this?
You might want to take a look at the Bridge SDK, if you haven't already. There
are several examples using BridgeTalk. And also look at the code in Common
Files/Adobe/Startup Scripts CS3 to see how Adobe implemented the Bridge
Tools->Photoshop functionality. It's a bit difficult to follow in places but
what you really want to look at is the photoshop10.runActionCommand function in
photoshop-10.jsx. It's one way of calling PS actions from Bridge and it's also
what I use in my code.
>
> Is there any problem with having scripts within the action?
CS3 has apparently addressed this issue but I can't say from personal experience
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really extreme measures.
-X
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