I will be needing a script to batch add watermarks to photos on a regular basis. I have a copy of CS5 on my computer and I know that it comes with an applescript dictionary, which is why I am using photoshop. If there is a better way please let me know. Anyway this is what I have so far and I’m not having any luck:
on open some_items
repeat with this_item in some_items
try
add_watermark(this_item)
end try
end repeat
end open
to add_watermark(this_item)
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
launch
set this_image to open this_item
set watermark to "/Users/aaon/Desktop/Untitled-1.png"
set watermark_layer to make new art layer in this_image
set contents of watermark_layer to watermark
end tell
end add_watermark
When I get this script all wrote up nice and working I want to have two versions one that puts the watermark over the entire photo and one where it just puts it in the bottom corner.
Borrowing from this thread http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=20631 I went the route of creating actions in Photoshop and calling them from my applescript. Problem I am getting now is I want this process to be completely automated. I don’t want to have to click the save button for each picture.
This is my script:
set processFolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose a folder that contains images to process"
set targetFolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose a folder to save processed images"
set listImages to list folder processFolder without invisibles
repeat with i from 1 to (length of listImages)
set thisimage to item i of listImages
set image_file_path to (processFolder & thisimage as string)
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
open file image_file_path
do action "WP" from "Default Actions.atn"
save current document as JPEG in targetFolder
close current document
end tell
end repeat
And as you can see I am using the save command in the targetFolder but when it gets to that part in the script it prompts me to save and the folder it defaults saving to is the folder the image came from and not the target folder.
Thanks for the reply. It still prompts me to save and I’m pretty sure its the save current document as jpeg in targetfolder that is trowing the prompt. Plus it doesn’t default to the targetFolder.
set processFolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose a folder that contains images to process"
set targetFolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose a folder to save processed images"
tell application "Finder" to set listImages to files of processFolder as alias list
repeat with oneImage in listImages
set {name:Nm, name extension:Ex} to (info for oneImage)
set baseName to text 1 thru ((get offset of "." & Ex in Nm) - 1) of Nm
set destinationPath to (targetFolder as text) & baseName & ".jpg"
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
open oneImage
do action "WP" from "Default Actions.atn"
save current document as JPEG in destinationPath
close current document saving no
end tell
end repeat
That got one problem out of the way. The prompt still happens but at least it’s defaulting to the targetFolder. I can probably just have applescript send a keystroke return and that should take care of that. I would like to not see the save prompt all together, but beggers cant be choosers
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Well that doesn’t work as planned. I added the keystroeks and the beeps just to know where ths cript was at but it wikk just sit at the save prompt.
set processFolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose a folder that contains images to process"
set targetFolder to choose folder with prompt "Choose a folder to save processed images"
tell application "Finder" to set listImages to files of processFolder as alias list
repeat with oneImage in listImages
set {name:Nm, name extension:Ex} to (info for oneImage)
set baseName to text 1 thru ((get offset of "." & Ex in Nm) - 1) of Nm
set destinationPath to (targetFolder as text) & baseName & ".jpg"
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"
open oneImage
do action "Watermark" from "Default Actions.atn"
save current document as JPEG in destinationPath
end tell
delay 0.5
beep
tell application "System Events"
keystroke return
delay 0.2
keystroke "12"
delay 0.2
keystroke return
end tell
beep
beep
beep
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5" to close current document saving no
end repeat
