Possible to run a photoshop script by selecting files in Bridge?

Hi,
I have a good script I've written that I always used to run from Photoshop. The script has a dialog box which asks where to get the files from. Is it possible to select files in bridge and run the script from there? Without rewriting it for Bridge?
Thanks,
Stan

> I have a good script I've written that I always used to run from Photoshop. The script has a dialog box which asks where to get the files from. Is it possible to select files in bridge and run the script from there? Without rewriting it for Bridge?
Yes, this is possible. However, a much easier solution is to select the files in
Bridge then switch to PS manually to run your script. It avoids having to having
to write any code to run in Bridge at the cost of not having seamless integration.
In xtools/xlib/XBridgeTalk.jsx I have a set of functions that simplify working
with Bridge from within PS. For instance:
var files = XBridgeTalk.getBridgeSelection();
will return an array of Files that are currently selected in Bridge. If Bridge
isn't running or if no files are selected it returns an empty array.
-X
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JJMack wrote:
I still do not understand you showed part of a dos bat file that copies a single psd file from one remote ip resource to a different remote ip remote resource before the copy some non english message is displayed. the copy is done which should put out a message one file copied then the original file is deleted off the first remots resource hidding the delet message. I see nothing to do with Photoshop nothing that dose any resize and don't understand why you would slow down the copy by transporting the data across the network twice once woul be faster. I would set up a remote process where remote resource 1 would do the copy to remote resource 2. At first I tought you were describing a server batch update process the would run on some schedule. Now it looks like distrinuted remote users are moving a file from one machine to an other. Where does the resize come in where does Photoshop Scripting come in?
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Right now the resizing is done maunually. This is the work procces; there are a bunch of .psd files created these get saved in ..\\ntsrob22s\vormgeving\TV\!BrabNieuws 2007\dve\february 2012\07 february\.
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This looks in the folder ..\\ntsrob22s\vormgeving\TV\!BrabNieuws 2007\dve for the folder of 'today' and copies all the JPEGs to ..\\media-storsvr\dve\BRABANT NIEUWS\ into todays folder.
What i would like to create is that after they have created all the PSD files and they are aproved, all they have to to is run a Photoshop script or extension that opens all the PSD's that are in the 'today' folder -> then resizes those to 720*576 and save them in the \\media-storsvr\dve\BRABANT NIEUWS\"todays month"\"todays date" and overwrites if there is one with a simular name already.
Thx,
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