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I need some advice in Photoshop automation. I am investigating using Photoshop 7 for the following general process:
1) Using dialog windows (in a custom application written in Java, VB, C++), have the user input parameters such as overall document size, number of images in the document, individual image size, number of rows and columns, image mask to be used, etc. These parameters will change from job to job.
2) Using the Java application, call Photoshop to build a document (custom contact sheet) from a job folder of individual images, using the above specified parameters. The document would include text under the images that is imported from a tab-delimited file. On some jobs, the text may need to be on a curve.
In effect, I would like to use Photoshop as an imaging engine, but be able to control it from a 3rd party application. In this way, I would be able to quickly automate the production of the custom contact sheets, from job to job. I’ve thought about creating an action in Photoshop to do this, but there are so many variables from job to job that countless actions would be needed. Will the Photoshop7 SDK work for this? My limited understanding of the SDK is that it is primarily used for plug-in creation. Would a custom plug-in work in this situation, or is there some other way to accomplish this?
Thanks.
1) Using dialog windows (in a custom application written in Java, VB, C++), have the user input parameters such as overall document size, number of images in the document, individual image size, number of rows and columns, image mask to be used, etc. These parameters will change from job to job.
2) Using the Java application, call Photoshop to build a document (custom contact sheet) from a job folder of individual images, using the above specified parameters. The document would include text under the images that is imported from a tab-delimited file. On some jobs, the text may need to be on a curve.
In effect, I would like to use Photoshop as an imaging engine, but be able to control it from a 3rd party application. In this way, I would be able to quickly automate the production of the custom contact sheets, from job to job. I’ve thought about creating an action in Photoshop to do this, but there are so many variables from job to job that countless actions would be needed. Will the Photoshop7 SDK work for this? My limited understanding of the SDK is that it is primarily used for plug-in creation. Would a custom plug-in work in this situation, or is there some other way to accomplish this?
Thanks.
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