Script and burn tool

Question

Hello all !!
How can the burn tool parameter : range, exposure, size, be place in a script ?? 
Thanks.
Janou.

Answer 1

range
    Values: 'burnInS' | 'burnInM' | 'burnInH'
    Get by script: True
    Set by script: False
exposure (or 'opacity' in this burn tool)
    Values: 1% - 100%
    Get by script: True
    Set by script: False
size
    Values: 1% - 1000%
    Get by script: True
    Set by script: True
Also all this ones can be get and set by script:
Diameter [1-500], Hardness%, Angle [-180/180], Roundness%, Spacing [0-1000], Flipy Boolean, Flipx Boolean
The problem is exposure
My suggestion would be to do this workarround:
For each tool, create a group of presets like this:
'burnInS010', 'burnInS020', 'burnInS030', 'burnInS040', 'burnInS050', 'burnInS060', 'burnInS070', 'burnInS080', 'burnInS090','burnInS100'
where 'burnInS010' means Burn Shadows opacity 10%, etc (you could have more accuracy with more opacity values, of course)
Then do the same for the other Ranges using
'burnInM010', 'burnInM020',...
'burnInH010', 'burnInH020',...
'dodgeS010', 'dodgeS020',...
'dodgeM010', 'dodgeM020',...
'dodgeH010', 'dodgeH020',...
Then by script you could pre-select the preset you want and put the other preferences by code.
After you have ALL the presets created you can use this code:
// Select BurnTool with all parameters
// collected from several sources and compiled
// If the preset doesn't exist, it gives a warning, telling how to create a new specific preset so the error doesn't comes again
app.currentTool = "burnInTool";
var Range = 'S';  // 'S' shadows | 'M' midtones | 'H' highlights
var Exposure = 30;  // 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
selectPresetBurnDodge(Range, Exposure);
setBrushFeatures_Burn(150, 80,undefined,undefined,undefined,undefined,undefined);
///////////////////////////////////////// Use Range and Exposure to choose the right Preset
function selectPresetBurnDodge(range, exposure) {
    exposure = (exposure < 100) ? '0'+exposure.toString() : 100;
    var presetName = app.currentTool.replace(/Tool/,'') + range + exposure;
    var Presets = getPresetList();
    var thisPresetExists = false;
    for(var v in Presets){
        if (String(Presets[v]) == presetName) {
            thisPresetExists = true;
            break;
    if (thisPresetExists) {
        if (app.currentTool == "burnInTool" || app.currentTool == "dodgeTool") {
            var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
            var ref = new ActionReference();
            ref.putName( stringIDToTypeID( "toolPreset" ), presetName );
            desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );
            executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "slct" ), desc, DialogModes.ALL );
    } else {
        alert("This Preset name '"+presetName+"' doesn't exist.\n\nCreate new " + app.currentTool + " preset.\nName:\t"+presetName+"\nRange:\t" + range+ "\nExposure:\t" + Number(exposure));
///////////////////////////////////////// Set Brush
// Diameter [1-500], Hardness%, Angle [-180/180], Roundness%, Spacing [0-1000], Flipy Boolean, Flipx Boolean
function setBrushFeatures_Burn (Diameter,Hardness,Angle,Roundness,Spacing,Flipy,Flipx) {
    var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
    var appDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
    var toolDesc = appDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('currentToolOptions'));
    var brushDesc = toolDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('brush'));
    if (Diameter == undefined) Diameter = brushDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('diameter'));
    if (Hardness == undefined) Hardness = brushDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('hardness'));
    if (Angle == undefined ) Angle = brushDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('angle'));
    if (Roundness  == undefined) Roundness = brushDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('roundness'));
    if (Spacing == undefined) Spacing = brushDesc.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID('spacing'));
    if (Flipy == undefined) Flipy = brushDesc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID('flipY'));
    if (Flipx == undefined) Flipx = brushDesc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID('flipX'));
    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
    var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Brsh" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );
    desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );
    var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('diameter'), Diameter);
    desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('hardness'), Hardness);
    desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('angle'), Angle);
    desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('roundness'), Roundness);
    desc1.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID('spacing'), Spacing);
    desc1.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID('flipY'), Flipy);
    desc1.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID('flipX'), Flipx);
    desc.putObject( stringIDToTypeID('to'), charIDToTypeID( "Brsh" ), desc1 );
    executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "setd" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
// get all Presets
function getPresetList(){
    var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
    var appDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
    var List = appDesc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('presetManager'));
    var presetNames=[];
    var list = List.getObjectValue(7).getList(charIDToTypeID('Nm  '));
    for (var i = 0; i < list.count; i++) {
        var str = list.getString(i);
        presetNames.push(str);
    presetNames=ReturnUniqueSortedList(presetNames);
    return presetNames;
function ReturnUniqueSortedList(ArrayName) {
    var unduped = new Object;
    for (var i = 0; i < ArrayName.length; i++) {
    unduped[ArrayName[i]] = ArrayName[i];
    var uniques = new Array;
    for (var k in unduped) {
        uniques.push(unduped[k]);
    return uniques.sort();