Scripting New "Rasterize Layer Style" feature of Photoshop CS6

I want to script new feature added to Photoshop CS6 "Rasterize Layer Style". I tried Layer.RasterizeLayerStyle() but this function doesn't exist.
I know that I still can add an empty layer below the layer and merge them together, but it would be much easier and the code would be more readable if I can use "Rasterize Layer Style" command in my script.

Did you try installing the optional Scriptlisener Plug-in to see if it recorded anything. Though Layer>Rastersize>Layer Style is new you could always accomplish what it does other ways. Like merging visible layers where one layer is empty. It just rasterize the layer along with its layer style. In fact if the layer in question was a smart object layer after the "Rasterize Layer Style" operation that is exactly whet you will have a raster layer no longer will it be a smart object layer.
Adobe shortchange scripting in CS6 for example you can not read the usere interpolation Photoshop preference if its set to the new default setting Bicubic Automatic and you can not set it to Bicubic Automatic if you read that it is not set to Bicubic Automatic. Adobe simply dropped the ball and did not add the nessary update to support CS6 new features to scripting and installing the sicptlistner will turn off a new feature like allowing tool recording. CS6 is by far the buggest release of Photoshop I ever installed. The list of the Photoshop versions I have installed is
PS3
PS5
PS5.5
PS7
CS
CS2
CS3
CS5
CS6
I use CS3. The money I sent upgrading to CS5 and CS6 so far has been a wast of money... Phehaps Adobe will fix the bugs and not deferr them to some future release like they historically do.

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http://adobe.ly/I5cUF2

I am removing a dust spot from video clips taken during an aerial shoot. I have discovered that the only effective way to remove these spots effectively is to use PS6 and go frame by frame using the paint brush, clone stamp, and spot healing brush. It is very time consuming and mind numbing but the only thing that works with all tha movement of the aircraft and the ground below.
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Right now to advance the clip one frame at a time - I must magnify the time line so to see the frame by frame lables. To advance to the next frame I must remove my cursor from the work area and go down to the time line and click on the next frame.
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Thank you in advance for any help.
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I am running a laptop with windows 7 on it and trying to use the save as feature in Photoshop CS6 and won't let me save as anything. Please help?

I am running a laptop with windows 7 and am trying to use the save as feature in Photoshop CS6 and it wont let me save as anything. Can someone please help me with this?

A screenshot of your Photoshop work area showing the open file you want to save as, the Layers panel open, and the Save as... dialog open might give us a clue as to what is going on.
To take a screenshot and save it as a file
For Windows 7, Printscreen, open a New File in Photoshop, Ctrl v to paste, then save as jpeg (the other trick was for windows 8)
Use the Camera icon on your reply to upload it.
Also File > Save for Web is a good workaround if you just need a jpeg, png, or gif.
Gene

I'm trying to install a layer style (.asl) in photoshop cc 2014 and I get the error message 'Could not place the document 'filename.asl' because no parser or file format can open the file.' Any suggestions?

I get the same error when trying the same thing with the default styles, so it's not the file.

So, if you click on one on of the layer style sets already on the list, such as Text Effects 2, you get the same message?
Which version of mac os x are you using?
Did you upgrade your mac os with photoshop cc 2014 already installed?
Do you have the lastest version of photoshop cc 2014, which should be 2014.2.1
(listed at the top of Help>System Info from within photoshop)
Do you see the same layer styles as shown above on your list?
Have you moved/copied any plugins from an earlier version of photoshop to the photoshop cc 2014 plugins folder?
The layer styles shown on the list above are the styles that ship with cc 2014 and should be in
/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014/Presets/Styles
(the mac applications folder where all the other mac applications are installed)
You might try resetting the preferences, but you might need to uninstall photoshop cc 2014 and then reinstall.
(don't drag the cc 2014 to the trash, but use the Uninstall Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 in the photoshop cc 2014 application folder)
To reset the preferences
Press and hold down the Shift+Command+Option keys while starting photoshop cc 2014
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Scanning into Photoshop CS6

So I just finally updated my OS and my Photoshop and just encountered something I wasn't expecting. I have an Epson GT15000 scanner(big one with a feeder) I installed all the drivers and everything and the scanner works fine, but I can't seem to open the scanner from Photoshop to scan directly into the program. I can open the scanner independently and scan it to a saved file and then open it in photoshop. But it only has limited file type options so I'm basically forced to save it as one file so that I can then open it in photoshop and resave it as something else which is kinda a rediculous inbetween step and also leaves me with extra files that need to be deleted. Since the scanner itself hasn't changed and still functions the same otherwise I'm assuming it's because I'm using a new version of Photoshop. I'm also assuming that I actually can scan in the program, just not in the way that I'm used to. I used to go to import, and the scanner would appear on the menu for me to select it. It doesn't appear there now though, and I'm not really sure where else to look for it.
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Thanks

Are you running Mountain Lion? If so, there's a known problem with the new ImageKit-based scanning feature in Photoshop CS6 and Mountain Lion. A quick search of this forum should turn up several threads on this issue.
Paul

Question on design of new layer comps feature

The new layer comp feature in Photoshop CC 2014 is great. It allows you to access the layer comps within smart objects from another file.
One very important aspect seem to have gone missing though: Imagine you have 1 master document (e.g. website mockup) with several smart objects inside it (e.g. popup menus). Each of the smart objects have layer comps (e.g. folded / unfolded states) that I can access from the master document. Great!
Now I want to save a layer comp in the master object that reconfigures layer comps on the various sub smart objects (e.g. showing menus opened/closed). This doesn't work.
The reason it doesn't work is that a "published" layer comp on a smart object is a property of the smart object. A layer comp can only save visibility/layer styles/position but not properties. So I am forced to manually change the layer comp of all my included smart objects in order to reach the target look of my master document. This makes the feature much less useful.
Am I missing something? It seems like such an obvious feature to have. Have you considered this when you designed the layer comps feature? Will it be an upcoming feature?

I have the exact same problem. I thought this was the whole point of smart objects with layer comp states. Without this feature it seems pointless.
Avoiding having multiple layers is the reason you would use this. Now all we achieve is having smart objects instead of folders. Pretty ridiculous I must say.
It even seemed from the presentation of the "new and improved layer comps" that you could do this. They skip that specific functionality, but it seems implicit in the presentation.
Other thing is that the update position, style and visibility are buggy as hell. And another obvious feature of updating text-fields is missing as well.
So we have to find plugins to help us. BUT cc 2014 doesnt allow for flash plugins and no HTML5 plugins are available. Thank you Adobe!

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Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist Julieanne Kost explores the new type features in Photoshop CS6.
http://adobe.ly/I5cTkx

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Mimic Photoshop's Bevel & Emboss layer style in Illustrator - how?

Having searched for topics akin to my question, I have only really found tips on how to achieve a bevel and emboss on type.
Here's what I'm trying to create... all using CS4...
I have an artwork, all in Illustrator so far. It has background images of people (as cut-outs), imported from Photoshop, with layer masks, saved as PSD's, to preserve transparency around the figures, which allows me to compose them over each other and other various component graphics, resident in the Illustrator document. This helps me keep all the graphical elements fully editable in the design/layout as only the people come from Photoshop.
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Is there a way to keep this all in Illustrator?
It seems daft to have to go back into Photoshop just for the B&E effect... and a little dangerous, in case this step gets overlooked in the future!
My current thoughts involve a couple of shaped blends with a screen and multiply overlay setting for the light and shaded edges... but this is just my mind clicking!
Would love to know if this can be achieved in Illy.

Out of curiosity... and to better understand what Illustrator can do, I'd like to try both of your methods.
However, I'm a little lost with your explanation of the second method...
Can you expand on giving the "L" shaped path (that has been outlined): two fills?
Or the rectangle that has been outlined: four fills?
How do you give a shape more than one fill, gradient or otherwise?
And how do you deal with the light and dark intersections of the two grad styles (as appears in the bottom left and top right corners), did the 45° meeting point just happen or do you have to alter the geometry?
Any chance I could have the .ai file to pull apart?
Another method I found myself, after some experimenting is as follows...
Dotted white line = page/design bounds.
Give 'Shape A' a white drop shadow (Effect > Stylise > Drop shadow) with a "screen" mode and positive values for X and Y offset. This gives a light shadow below and to the right.
Make 'Shape B' a Clipping Mask for 'Shape A' - this leaves nothing but the drop shadow showing.
Give 'Shape D' a black drop shadow (Effect > Stylise > Drop shadow) with a "multiply" mode and negative values for X and Y offset. This gives a dark shadow above and to the left.
Make 'Shape C' a Clipping Mask for 'Shape D' - this leaves nothing but the drop shadow showing.
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Put the new geometry (light and dark bevel shapes) on a layer at the top and, hey presto, they'll influence anything on levels below.
Only downside of this method is that the drop shadows can take a while to render, each time they are adjusted, so it's worth turning them off (or hiding their layer) while working on other areas of the design.
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Still want to work through your methods though.

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What are JDI features? They're "Just Do It" features: small features that don't take a lot of time to implement or test and seem like an obvious improvement.
JDI list for Photoshop CC
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allow clipboard paste into hex field with # in contents (i.e. #aabbcc), or 0x (i.e. 0xAABBCC)
allow shortcut hex values (i.e. #123)
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File Formats
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Read common stereo image pair formats (JPS, MPO, PNS)
GPU
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Grammar
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Importing
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Allow locking of multiple selected layers
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Layer tooltips to include layer name (if defined)
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Reorder effects in the layers palette to match the Z-order style/blend mode (bottom most effects in terms of blending order, drop shadow is below the other effects)
Show blend if/Blending Effects badge on layer if they are not default values
Show correct opacity and blend mode values for hidden layers
Tab goes to next layer on inline layer rename, SHIFT + TAB goes to previous
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Liquify
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Masks
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Plugins
Hold SHIFT during startup to disable Optional and 3rd party plugins
Presets
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New HDR Pro presets from RC Concepcion and Scott Kelby
Printing
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Save
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SDK
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Transform
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Photoshop CS6 creates new layers when cropping

when I crop my image CS6 is now creating a layer. If I check history, there is no sign that a layer was created, just cropped, however if I check under Layer, "Flatten Image" is highlighted. How do i get rid of this, just started today.

Rufous03,
Is Layer 0 the only layer you see in Layers panel after you crop the image or is there still a 'Background' layer under Layer 0?
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Editing Layer Style without object border

Hello,
Is there some way to hide object border when I'm editing Layer Style? In Photoshop CS5 I can just click on some other layer and then twice on layer what I want to edit.
Thanks!

As silly as it sounds to be, I found a way out!
I decided to change the value again in the <Layer Style> on the same Action (ie Main WM Name 70 copy), and RUN <Automate> and on second RUN the <Layer Style> screen doesn't pop-up!
I just couldn't believe my eyes and did some rounds of testing! And it works:
a)Firstly, I will change the <Layer Style> to any value and saved it
(Just to test it, I Run <Automate> and the <Layer Style> screen pops-up at each photo)
b)Then I change again the <Layer Style> to the actual value I want
c)Run <Automate> without the <Layer Style> screen pops-up
To test further, oddly enough, if I change the <Layer Style> value the 3rd time, the pops-up screen appear again! And to overcome the same problem, I have to change the value 4th time, and the problem disappears.
So simple solution (at least for me) and yet I cracked my head for two weeks to overcome it!
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I bought a new laptop and have installed my Photoshop CS6 on it, but it won't work.
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Hi Trevor - thank you for your interest
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Photoshop opens and looks all good, but when I try to open an existing PSD file, Jpeg or start a new one - nothing happens at all
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Hi,
I've noticed that when a selection is Layer via Copyed in Photoshop CS6, it appears brighter and slightly more saturated in color than the original selection it came from. Currently I manually make lighting and color adjustments to match it back to the original, but is there a way to prevent this altogether? There are no masks or adjustment layers or any other tools being used when this happens -- just a simple Layer via Copy.
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There shouldn't be any difference if it's just layer via copy in the same document.
What operating system are you using?
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Could you post a screenshot(s) showing the difference and your layers panel?

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If have a computer with Photoshop CS6 installed. If I buy a new computer, can I reinstall my Photoshop CS6 on the new one. I have only one licence?

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If you own, or are the primary user of, a single-user or volume license Adobe product that is installed on a computer at work, you can also install and use the software on one secondary computer of the same platform at home or on a portable computer. However, you may not run the software simultaneously on both the primary and secondary computers.
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