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Script to copy and paste guides in Photoshop
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| #target photoshop | |
| main(); | |
| function main(){ | |
| if(Number(app.version.match(/\d+/)) <12) return; | |
| if(!documents.length) return; | |
| var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits; | |
| app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS; | |
| if(ScriptUI.environment.keyboardState.shiftKey ){ | |
| setGuides(); | |
| }else{ | |
| displayGuides(); | |
| } | |
| app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits; | |
| function setGuides(){ | |
| var guides = app.activeDocument.guides; | |
| if(guides.length == 0){ | |
| alert("No guides exist"); | |
| return; | |
| } | |
| var gH = ''; | |
| var gV = ''; | |
| for( var g = 0; g < guides.length; g++ ){ | |
| if(guides[g].direction.toString() == 'Direction.HORIZONTAL'){ | |
| gH+=(parseInt(guides[g].coordinate.value)); | |
| gH+=','; | |
| }else{ | |
| gV+=(parseInt(guides[g].coordinate.value)); | |
| gV+=',' | |
| } | |
| } | |
| gH=gH.replace(/,$/,''); | |
| gV=gV.replace(/,$/,''); | |
| currentGuides = 'Layer Guides' + "¬" + gH + "¬" + gV; | |
| var desc2 = new ActionDescriptor(); | |
| desc2.putString(1, currentGuides.toSource()); | |
| app.putCustomOptions('7a301ec0-afde-11e1-afa6-0800200c9a66', desc2, true ); | |
| } | |
| function displayGuides(){ | |
| try{ | |
| var desc1 = app.getCustomOptions('7a301ec0-afde-11e1-afa6-0800200c9a66'); | |
| var layerGuides = eval(desc1.getString(1)); | |
| }catch(e){return;} | |
| clearGuides(); | |
| var ar1 = layerGuides.toString().split('¬'); | |
| var Hor = ar1[1].toString().split(','); | |
| var Ver = ar1[2].toString().split(','); | |
| for(var H in Hor){ | |
| activeDocument.guides.add(Direction.HORIZONTAL,new UnitValue(Number(Hor[H]),'px')); | |
| } | |
| for(var V in Ver){ | |
| activeDocument.guides.add(Direction.VERTICAL,new UnitValue(Number(Ver[V]),'px')); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| function clearGuides() { | |
| var id556 = charIDToTypeID( "Dlt " ); | |
| var desc102 = new ActionDescriptor(); | |
| var id557 = charIDToTypeID( "null" ); | |
| var ref70 = new ActionReference(); | |
| var id558 = charIDToTypeID( "Gd " ); | |
| var id559 = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ); | |
| var id560 = charIDToTypeID( "Al " ); | |
| ref70.putEnumerated( id558, id559, id560 ); | |
| desc102.putReference( id557, ref70 ); | |
| executeAction( id556, desc102, DialogModes.NO ); | |
| }; |
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@codyjlandstrom – please check the Adobe forum link and test, I think that somebody reported unexpected behaviour with the code change. Action Manager isn't easy for me, so I hope that you can work out what's going on in later versions of Photoshop.