[Joshua Faget]

I don’t know how to rename a file, the other part I will figure out on my own… there isn’t much in the documentation regarding opening files with ExtendScript and etc.

[Joshua Faget]

When I do the following, im getting a blank new file.

I’d like to be able to duplicate a .jpg file for example that way, so halfway through I can mess with the building blocks of the file.

var file = File.openDialog();
if (file && file.open("r")){
var content = file.read();
file.close();

//do stuff to var content here

var save = File.saveDialog();
var newFile = new File(save);
newFile.open("w");
newFile.write(content);
newFile.close;

};

[Joshua Faget]

This will change the Hue of the color only, not the saturation or brightness… you can adjust it manually from the AE color picker!

Speed=4;
Amount= 100; //a value between 0,100

HSL = rgbToHsl(value);
H = linear(wiggle(Speed,Amount)[0]/100,-1,1,0,1);
S=HSL[1];
L=HSL[2];
hslToRgb([H,S,L,1])


[Joshua Faget]

I was selecting the proper thing, adding a .path fixed it!

var selectedShape = app.project.activeItem.selectedProperties[0].path.value.vertices;

alert(selectedShape);

[Joshua Faget]

Hello Dan,

Thank you very much for your reply.

Your solution works really well, but when the layer is a shape layer it doesn’t work unfortunately. For some bizarre reason anchor point coordinates for a solid layer and a shape layer are different, when they are in the same spot.

[Joshua Faget]

Hello,

When I run my script from “ExtendScript” with this:
var myButton= mainGroup.add(“iconbutton”, undefined, image=”./Scripts/(ImageAssets)/MyButton.png”);

It works, but when I save my Script and place it in the Scripts folder AND in the ScriptUI Panels folder … it stops working.

If I change it to
var myButton= mainGroup.add(“iconbutton”, undefined, image=”./(ImageAssets)/MyButton.png”);
it doesn’t work neither when I run it from the Scripts folder nor when I run it from ScriptUI Panels folder…

What I am trying to achieve is to avoid “C:/Program Files…etc”

[Joshua Faget]

Disregard my previous comment… I overly complicated it for no reason.

alert('Thanks Xavier') // :D

[Joshua Faget]

Wow, thank you very much, this is really useful.

But unfortunately I am running into an issue. I got it to change the fill with a value in a predefined variable, BUT it seems to be breaking the recursion when I try to slip some more information in the functions.

var rgb = [0.5, 1, 1];

ChangeColorButton.onClick = function() {
var Color = rgb;

//TheSelectedLayer
var Selection = app.project.activeItem.selectedLayers[0];

//RECURSION FUNCTION
function recurseShape(g, groupHandler, rgb) {
// g shape layer or group inside a shape ( should have a content property )
// groupHandler : what do do with each group

if (!g.content) return; // doesnt apply

groupHandler(g, rgb);
if (!g.content.property("ADBE Vector Group")) return;

for (var n = 1; n <= g.content.numProperties; n++) {
if (g.content.property(n).matchName === "ADBE Vector Group") recurseShape(g.content.property(n), groupHandler);
};
};

//WHAT TO DO
function myGroupHandler_changeFillToGFill(g, rgb) {
// g shape layer or group inside a shape ( should have a content property )
if (!g.content || !g.content.property("ADBE Vector Graphic - Fill")) return;

for (var n = 1; n <= g.content.numProperties; n++) {
if (g.content.property(n).matchName === "ADBE Vector Graphic - Fill") {
g.content.property(n).property(4).setValue(rgb);
};
};
};

//EXECUTION
app.beginUndoGroup("Change Fills to G-Fills");
recurseShape(Selection, myGroupHandler_changeFillToGFill, Color);
app.endUndoGroup();

}

[Joshua Faget]

Thank you very much…

While my post was pending review, I’ve figured out a way to do it by resizing it to 0, but your solution is much more elegant.
I tried it before, but couldn’t figure out exactly how it works…

Thanks a bunch.

alert('Thank You') // :D

[Joshua Faget]

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