Creating Dynamic Barcodes in Photoshop CS

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jeffd
Jan 4, 2006
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Hello,

My question is:

Is there anyway I can create barcodes within Photoshop without having to copy and paste each one using an external program?

To elaborate on what I am currently doing:

I am in the publishing business. Each one of my products has a different barcode. Now we use a program to manually create a barcode for each product (each product is in a separate file) and copy it to the clipboard then paste it within Photoshop CS.

What I would like to happen (best case scenario):

I would like to have some kind of object (barcode) in Photoshop that can dynamically change based on the filename. In other words; Each file is named a UPC number (barcode number) for example I have files named: 73920502186.psd, 73920502187.psd, 73920502188.psd, and so on… So I would like the barcode that is inside Photoshop to take the file name (just 73920502186 without the extension .psd) and create the barcode dynamically. This way I can create a template in Photoshop for my product and not have to worry about changing the barcode for each one because the barcode would be created from the filename.

I know that this would involve a little programming and the use of an external program to generate the barcode and that’s o.k.

Thanks in advance,

Jeff D.

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Clyde
Jan 5, 2006
wrote:
Hello,

My question is:

Is there anyway I can create barcodes within Photoshop without having to copy and paste each one using an external program?

To elaborate on what I am currently doing:

I am in the publishing business. Each one of my products has a different barcode. Now we use a program to manually create a barcode for each product (each product is in a separate file) and copy it to the clipboard then paste it within Photoshop CS.

What I would like to happen (best case scenario):

I would like to have some kind of object (barcode) in Photoshop that can dynamically change based on the filename. In other words; Each file is named a UPC number (barcode number) for example I have files named: 73920502186.psd, 73920502187.psd, 73920502188.psd, and so on… So I would like the barcode that is inside Photoshop to take the file name (just 73920502186 without the extension .psd) and create the barcode dynamically. This way I can create a template in Photoshop for my product and not have to worry about changing the barcode for each one because the barcode would be created from the filename.

I know that this would involve a little programming and the use of an external program to generate the barcode and that’s o.k.
Thanks in advance,

Jeff D.

I would think that Photoshop would be one of the worst programs to use. It isn’t very good for anything dynamic. It doesn’t tie into outside-coming-in programming. I don’t think that Photoshop would add anything to the process either. It would seem to make Photoshop just a print engine and that’s a waste.

Why don’t you buy some barcode software? Save your time and money by doing things right and efficiently.

Clyde
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Mike Hyndman
Jan 5, 2006
I know that this would involve a little programming and the use of an external program to generate the barcode and that’s o.k.
Jeff,

You would need to ask the "code monkeys" in the photoshop scripting forum at www.adobeforums.com . about the possibility of this, but as Clyde said, there are alternative ways to do this with dedicated barcode generating software, some free. Try "Googling" for it.

HTH
MH

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