Script to automatically make a stack with a RAW+jpg pair of images

Question

While on my last trip, I accidently setup my camera to take Raw + small jpg. No big deal, that isn't too much memory, so I didn't really worry about it. When I got home, the jpg files were copied to my hard drive along with the raw files. So, I went to delete the jpgs and I realized something. Bridge runs very fast when it's drawing thumbnails and previews of small jpg images. I got to thinking. Wouldn't it be cool to make a script that would take your raw+jpg from the camera and convert each pair into a stack with the jpg on top. This would enable bridge to run much more quickly since it wouldn't need to render all those raw image thumbs and previews.
Hmmm....now where to start....I looked around at the scripting language for photoshop. since I have written a little bit of javascript, I thought I would start there, but I can't find where the stack property is kept in metadata or the DOM.
Any ideas of where I might turn from here?

Answer 1

Version with some changes.<br />Try fix some bug.<br />Try increase speed.<br /><br />If you found some bug or make changes or fix, please post it to this forum.<br /><br />-== [start of script] ==--<br /><br />///////////////////<br />/// Name: Auto stacking files<br />/// Description: This script enable auto stacking files by name<br />/// Author: Tyzhnenko Dmitry<br />/// E-mail: [email protected]<br />/// Version: 0.32<br />///////////////////<br /><br />/*<br />@@@START_XML@@@<br /><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><br /><ScriptInfo xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en_US"><br />     <dc:title>Auto stacking files</dc:title><br />     <dc:description>This script enable auto stacing files by name function</dc:description><br /></ScriptInfo><br />@@@END_XML@@@<br />*/<br /><br />function AutomaticStackingFiles()<br />{<br />     /**<br />      The context in which this snippet can run; Bridge must be running.<br />      @type String<br />     */<br />     this.requiredContext = "\tAdobe Bridge CS3 must be running.\n\tExecute against Bridge CS3 as the Target.\n";<br />     $.level = 1; // Debugging level<br />     <br />     this.version = "0.32";<br />     this.author = "Tyzhenenko Dmitry";<br />     <br />     /**<br />      The unique identifier for the new menu item command<br />      @type String<br />     */<br />     //this.menuID = "AutoStackFiles";     <br />     this.menuCommandID = "GoAutoStackingFiles";<br /><br />}<br /><br />function RunAutoStacking()<br />{<br />     var doc = app.document;<br />     var thumb = doc.thumbnail;<br />     var vthumb = doc.visibleThumbnails;<br />     var currSort = doc.sorts;<br />     <br /><br />     function StackPhoto()<br />     {<br />          doc.chooseMenuItem('submenu/Stack');<br />          doc.chooseMenuItem('StackGroup');<br />     }<br /><br />     function CollapseStacks()<br />     {<br />          doc.chooseMenuItem('submenu/Stack');<br />          doc.chooseMenuItem('CollapseAllStacks');<br />     }<br /><br />     function getFileExt( t)<br />     {<br />          var dot = t.name.lastIndexOf ('.');<br />          return t.name.substr(dot,t.name.length);<br />     }<br /><br />     function getFileName( t)<br />     {<br />          var dot = t.name.lastIndexOf ('.');<br />          return t.name.substr(0, dot);<br />     }<br /><br />     CollapseStacks();<br />     <br />     var SortObj = {}; <br />     SortObj.name = "name";<br />     SortObj.type = "string";<br />     SortObj.reverse = false;<br />     var SortsArray = [];<br />     SortsArray.push(SortObj);<br />     doc.sorts = SortsArray;<br /><br />     for (var len = 0; len <  vthumb.length; len++ )<br />     {<br />          doc.deselectAll();<br />          doc.select(vthumb[len]);<br />          doc.reveal(vthumb[len]);<br />          for ( var k = len+1; k < vthumb.length; k++ )<br />          {<br />               //alert(k);<br />               if ( getFileName( vthumb[len] ) == getFileName( vthumb[k]) ) <br />                    doc.select(vthumb[k]);<br />               else <br />               {<br />                    if (doc.selectionLength > 1) <br />                         StackPhoto();<br />                    break;<br />               }<br />               if (k == vthumb.length-1)<br />               {<br />                    if (doc.selectionLength > 1)<br />                         StackPhoto();<br />               }<br />                    <br />               //if (doc.selectionLength > 1) <br />               //     StackPhoto();<br />          }<br />          //delete vthumb;<br />          //var <br />          //vthumb = @doc.visibleThumbnails;<br />     }<br /><br />     doc.sorts = currSort;<br />     doc.reveal(doc.visibleThumbnails[0]);<br /><br />     delete currSort;<br />     delete vthumb;<br />     delete thumb;<br />     delete doc;<br />     <br />}<br /><br />AutomaticStackingFiles.prototype.run = function()<br />{<br />     var retval = true;<br />     if(!this.canRun()) {<br />          retval = false;     <br />          return retval;<br />     }<br />     //app.document.chooseMenuItem('submenu/Stack');<br />     var AutoStackCommand = new MenuElement("command", "Auto stacking", "at the beginning of submenu/Stack", );<br />     AutoStackCommand.onSelect = function(m)<br />     {<br />           //alert('start');<br />           RunAutoStacking();     <br />           //alert('stop');<br />     }<br />}<br /><br />AutomaticStackingFiles.prototype.canRun = function()<br />{     <br />     // Must run in Bridge <br />     if(BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge") <br />     {<br />          // Stop the menu element from being added again if the snippet has already run<br />          if(MenuElement.find(this.menuCommandID))<br />          {<br />               $.writeln("ERROR:: Menu element from AutoStackFiles already exists!\nRestart Bridge to run this snippet again.");<br />               return false;<br />          }<br />          return true;<br />     }<br />     // Fail if these preconditions are not met.  <br />     // Bridge must be running,<br />     // The menu must not already exist.<br />     $.writeln("ERROR:: Cannot run AutomaticStackingFiles");<br />     $.writeln(this.requiredContext);<br />     return false;<br />}<br /><br />if(typeof(AutomaticStackingFiles_unitTest) == "undefined") {<br />    new AutomaticStackingFiles().run();<br />}<br /><br />-== [end of script] ==--