Photoshop CS5 : Scripting guide

Download free Scripting Adobe Photoshop tutorial in PDF  , a complete guide under 87 p&ges designated to intermediate level-users to learn the basics of Photoshop object model and how to execute scripts. 

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Photoshop Scripting Basics
• Scripting Overview
• Scripting Support in Photoshop
• Startup scripts
• Executing JavaScripts from AS or VBS
• Photoshop Object Model
• Layer classes
• Path Item, Sub Path Item, and Path Point classes
• Color Sampler class
• The containment hierarchy and the Photoshop user interface
• Additional objects
• Creating a sample Hello World script
• Creating and running an AppleScript
• Creating and running a VBScript 
• Creating and running a JavaScript
• Scripting Photoshop
• Viewing Photoshop Objects, Commands, and Methods
• Adobe Photoshop CS5 AppleScript Scripting Reference
• Adobe Photoshop CS5 Visual Basic Scripting Reference
• Adobe Photoshop CS5 JavaScript Scripting Reference
• Viewing Photoshop’s AppleScript dictionary
• Creating New Objects in a Script
• Setting the Active Object
• Setting the active document
• Setting the active layer
• Setting the active channels
• Specifying file formats to open
• Allowing or Preventing Dialogs
• Working with the Photoshop Object Model
• Using the Application object
• Global Photoshop settings or preferences
• Save the existing ruler unit preferences
• Open an existing file as a document
• Change the size of the image
• Creating an ArtLayer object
• Applying styles to layers
• Using the PathItem object
• Working with color objects
• Working with Filters
• Understanding Clipboard Interaction
• Using ScriptListener to find event IDs