Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Scripting Guide Scripting Photoshop CS3 39
VBS
docRef.ArtLayers("L1").ApplyStyle "Puzzle (Image)"
Look up ApplyStyle as a method of the ArtLayer object in the Adobe Photoshop CS3 Visual Basic
Scripting Reference, or in the Visual Basic Object Browser.
JS
docRef.artLayers["L1"].applyStyle("Puzzle (Image)")
Look up applyStyle() as a method of the ArtLayer object in the Adobe Photoshop CS3 JavaScript
Scripting Reference, or in the ExtendScript Object Model Viewer.
Using the Text Item Object
You can change an existing ArtLayer object to a text layer, that is, a Text Item object, if the layer is
empty. Conversely you can change a
Text Item object to an ArtLayer object. This “reverse” procedure
rasterizes the text in the layer object.
The
Text Item object is a property of the ArtLayer object. However, to create a new text layer, you must
create a new
ArtLayer object and then set the art layer's kind/Kind/kind property to text layer (2
(psTextLayer)/ LayerKind.TEXT
. ).
To set or manipulate text in a text layer, you use the text-object (TextItem/TextItem) object, which is
contained in the
text object/TextItem/textItem property of the ArtLayer object.
Creating a Text Item Object
The following examples create an ArtLayer object and then use the kind property to convert it to a text
layer.
AS
make new art layer in current document with properties { kind: text layer }
VBS
set newLayerRef = docRef.ArtLayers.Add()
newLayerRef.Kind = 2
'2 indicates psTextLayer
JS
var newLayerRef = docRef.artLayers.add()
newLayerRef.kind = LayerKind.TEXT
See ‘Photoshop CS3 Object Model’ on page 9 for information on the relationship between ArtLayer
objects and
TextItem objects.
Also, look up the following:
● The Kind/kind and TextItem/textItem properties of the ArtLayer object in the Adobe Photoshop
CS3 Visual Basic Scripting Reference, Adobe Photoshop CS3 JavaScript Scripting Reference, or in the Visual
Basic Object Browser and the ExtendScript Object Model Viewer.
● The kind and text object properties of the class art layer in the Adobe Photoshop CS3 AppleScript
Scripting Reference or in the Photoshop CS3 AppleScript Dictionary.
