photoshop-python-api 0.2.1

The API for using COM (Component Object Model) objects interfaces of Photoshop.

photoshop_python_api

The API for using COM (Component Object Model) objects interfaces of Photoshop.

https://photoshop-python-api.readthedocs.io

Has been tested and used Photoshop version:

- 2020
- cc2019
- cc2018
- cc2017
- cs6

Install

Clone from github.

git clone https://github.com/loonghao/photoshop_python_api.git

Install package.

python setup.py install

Hello World

from photoshop import Application
from photoshop import JPEGSaveOptions
from photoshop import SolidColor
from photoshop import LayerKind

app = Application()
doc = app.documents.add()
new_doc = doc.artLayers.add()
text_color = SolidColor()
text_color.rgb.red = 225
text_color.rgb.green = 255
text_color.rgb.blue = 0
new_text_layer = new_doc
new_text_layer.kind = LayerKind.BRIGHTNESSCONTRAST
new_text_layer.textItem.contents = "Hello, World!"
new_text_layer.textItem.position = [160, 167]
new_text_layer.textItem.size = 40
new_text_layer.textItem.color = text_color
options = JPEGSaveOptions()
options.quality = 10
# # save to jpg
jpg = 'd:/hello_world.jpg'
doc.saveAs(jpg, options, as_copy=True)
app.eval_javascript('alert("save to jpg: {}")'.format(jpg))

Create thumbnail

from photoshop import Application
from photoshop import JPEGSaveOptions

app = Application()
active_document = app.activeDocument
orig_name = active_document.name
width_str = active_document.width
height_str = active_document.height
index = width_str / 1280
thumb_width = int(width_str / index)
thumb_height = int(height_str / index)
thumb_doc = active_document.duplicate('{}_tumb'.format(orig_name))
thumb_doc.resizeImage(thumb_width, thumb_height)
o = JPEGSaveOptions()
o.quality = 10
thumb_doc.saveAs('c:/thumb.jpg', o, as_copy=True)
thumb_doc.close()

Run javascript

from photoshop import Application

app = Application()
jsx = r"""
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var orig_name = doc.name;
alert(orig_name);
"""
app.eval_javascript(jsx)

Open .psd file

from photoshop import Application

app = Application()
app.load("your/psd/or/psb/file_path.psd")

Research and reference

• https://theiviaxx.github.io/photoshop-docs/Photoshop/
• http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/photoshop/pdfs/photoshop-cc-javascript-ref-2015.pdf
• https://github.com/lohriialo/photoshop-scripting-python
• https://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/scripting.html
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUEniN8BpU8-Qmjyv3zyWaNvDYwJOJZ4m
• http://yearbook.github.io/esdocs/#/Photoshop/Application
• http://www.shining-lucy.com/wiki/page.php?id=appwiki:photoshop:ps_script
• http://www.tonton-pixel.com/wp-content/uploads/DecisionTable.pdf
• http://jongware.mit.edu/pscs5js_html/psjscs5/pc_Application.html
• https://indd.adobe.com/view/a0207571-ff5b-4bbf-a540-07079bd21d75