Hello, I am trying to apply a content aware fill to a selected area in my currently opened Photoshop doc. However, when I try to run .putEnumerated with "contentAware" as an option, Python throws the following error:

    desc12.putEnumerated( idUsng, idFlCn, idcontentAware )
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", 
line 516, in __getattr__
    ret = self._oleobj_.Invoke(retEntry.dispid,0,invoke_type,1)
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe Photoshop', 'Illegal argument - argument 1\n- 
Required value is missing', None, 0, -2147220262), None) 

I am running this code with Python 3.7.6 on Windows Server 2019. I have successfully ran all the example code in this repo, but, again, the "contentAware" keyword seems to throw everything off. It is not clear what the "required value" is, per the error message, I have written the StringIDToTypeID and CharIDToTypeID the same as in the example code.
Full code is below:

# Get the active document and make a new selection.
import sys
from comtypes.client import GetActiveObject, CreateObject
from win32com.client import Dispatch

xPoint = int(sys.argv[2])
yPoint = int(sys.argv[3])
xWidth = int(sys.argv[4])
yWidth = int(sys.argv[5])
xSw = xPoint + xWidth
ySh = yPoint + yWidth
dialogMode = 3

# Make sure PS is OPEN here...

app = GetActiveObject("Photoshop.Application")
docRef = app.open(sys.argv[1])
# Make selection on document according to args
activeObj = app.ActiveDocument
sel_area = ((xPoint, yPoint), (xSw, yPoint), (xSw, ySh), (xPoint, ySh))
docRef.Selection.Select(sel_area, 1, 5.5, False) # Get rid of last three args 
idFl = app.CharIDToTypeID( "Fl  " )
desc12 = Dispatch('Photoshop.ActionDescriptor')
idUsng = app.CharIDToTypeID( "Usng" )
idFlCn = app.CharIDToTypeID( "FlCn" )
idcontentAware = app.StringIDToTypeID("contentAware")
desc12.putEnumerated( idUsng, idFlCn, idcontentAware )

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I cannot select a layer, this is my code

` import win32com.client as win32
import os
from comtypes.client import GetActiveObject, CreateObject

try:
adobe_app = win32.GetActiveObject("Photoshop.Application")
except:
adobe_app = win32.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Photoshop.Application')
try:
# cd = adobe_app.Open(filepath)
cd = adobe_app.ActiveDocument
except:
cd = adobe_app.ActiveDocument
# cd = adobe_app.ActiveDocument
currentTextLayer = cd.Layers[0]
print(currentTextLayer)

`

Any suggestions?

I'm working on a fork of your excellent library for Adobe After Effects full time.

Would you be so kind as to help me connect to the App object of Adobe After Effects ?

Based on your code, you connected to the Photoshop app object via:

from win32com.client import Dispatch

app = Dispatch("Photoshop.Application")

What would the equivalent Dispatch() be for Adobe After Effects ?

Thank you so much for your time,

Will happily pay for time spent on this,

All the best,
Sam

I’m trying to follow your mac scripting guide. https://github.com/lohriialo/photoshop-scripting-python/tree/master/mac_scripting

In usage:

from appscript import *

psApp = app('/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2018/Adobe Photoshop CC 2018.app')
psApp.open(mactypes.Alias(file_name))

What file_name is referring to is unclear. It would be better if you change it to:

from appscript import *

file_name = '/path/to/your-psd-file.psd'
ps_app = app('/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2018/Adobe Photoshop CC 2018.app')
ps_app.open(mactypes.Alias(file_name))

There is an error: pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221164, 'Class not registered', None, None)
when I run this code:
from doc_reference.photoshop_CC_2018 import BatchOptions
batch_options = BatchOptions()

There is another error: pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe Photoshop', 'Illegal argument - argument 4\n- Internal error', None, 0, -2147220259), None)
when I tried that:
app = Dispatch("Photoshop.Application")
batch_options = BatchOptions(app)
app.Batch(InputFiles=img_ref, Action=actions[5], From=action, Options=batch_options)

I need choose some options for the Batch command and I found these options in prop_map_get and prop_map_put, but I do not know how to do.

thank you

I have person image with white background , and I have one more image which I am going to use it as new background for person. I am trying to do it in photoshop application with python script.

This is the script I have tried,

import os
import win32com.client

SILENT_CLOSE = 2

# This actually fires up Photoshop if not already running.
ps = win32com.client.Dispatch("Photoshop.Application")
ps.DisplayDialogs = 3            # psDisplayNoDialogs
ps.Preferences.RulerUnits = 1    # psPixels
folder_path = r"C:\Users\MCPL-265\Desktop\ps_connect\TEST\Input"

# Get a list of files in the folder
files = os.listdir(folder_path)
output_folder = r"C:\Users\MCPL-265\Desktop\ps_connect\TEST\Output"

# Create the output folder if it doesn't exist
if not os.path.exists(output_folder):
    os.makedirs(output_folder)

# Loop through the files and open them in Photoshop
for file in files:
    file_path = os.path.join(folder_path, file)
    ps.Open(file_path)

    ps.DoAction("Set1", "Actions")
    output_file = os.path.join(output_folder, file)

    jpgSaveOptions = win32com.client.Dispatch("Photoshop.JPEGSaveOptions" )
    ps.ActiveDocument.SaveAs(output_file, jpgSaveOptions, True, 2)

ps.Quit() # Stops the Photoshop application

NOTE : Here Set1 is the custom action that I have added already in photoshop application.
This is the custom action I have loaded.

But It is throwing this error

File "<COMObject Photoshop.Application>", line 2, in DoAction
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Adobe Photoshop', 'General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop.\n- The command "Play" is not currently available.', None, 0, -2147212704), None)

Please can anyone help me to resolve this issue?

I didn't find the relevant API

appscript is no longer actively developed / supported and doesn't seem to work in the newest mac OS.

app = Dispatch("Photoshop.Application")
img_ref = (
'C:\Users\Owlii\Desktop\psdemo\jingkong\1.png',
'C:\Users\Owlii\Desktop\psdemo\jingkong\2.png',
'C:\Users\Owlii\Desktop\psdemo\jingkong\3.png')

actions = [ 'Action 1', 'Action 2']

app.Batch(InputFiles=img_ref, Action=actions[0], From=actions)

thanks for your time!

There is a .color method I used here
doc = ps.active_document
doc.channels.getByName('Blue').color
but you cannot set the value of color, cannot call it as a function, it takes no parameters. So, how would you target the blue channel to fill it with a color?

There is an error: NameError: Name typename not found when I run this code:

from comtypes.client import GetActiveObject
app = GetActiveObject("Photoshop.Application")
srcDoc = app.Open("E:\\Project\\Page_To_Bar\\images\\MangaTest.psd")
print("type", app.activeDocument.activeLayer.typename)

I sure layer.typename is aviliable in ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CC 2015 JAVASCRIPT SCRIPTING REFERENCE
Can you help me?
Thank you.

Thank you so much for these awesome examples, your repo is the best source of info I have found on using python with Adobe ps. I've been trying to get and set the active Photoshop tool via python and I just don't think I have the syntax quite right because all the examples are in JavaScript. Does anyone happen to have an example of doing this in Python?

How can i create file Psd and insert in it a new image

I want to adjust HDR Toning
But I don't know how to use it

// =======================================================
var idOpn = charIDToTypeID( "Opn " );
    var desc225 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var iddontRecord = stringIDToTypeID( "dontRecord" );
    desc225.putBoolean( iddontRecord, false );
    var idforceNotify = stringIDToTypeID( "forceNotify" );
    desc225.putBoolean( idforceNotify, true );
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
    desc225.putPath( idnull, new File( "E:\\2023_ShuJu\\X\\group1\\1.tiff" ) );
    var idDocI = charIDToTypeID( "DocI" );
    desc225.putInteger( idDocI, 59 );
    var idtemplate = stringIDToTypeID( "template" );
    desc225.putBoolean( idtemplate, false );
executeAction( idOpn, desc225, DialogModes.NO );

// =======================================================
var idAdobeScriptAutomationScripts = stringIDToTypeID( "AdobeScriptAutomation Scripts" );
    var desc309 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idjsCt = charIDToTypeID( "jsCt" );
    desc309.putPath( idjsCt, new File( "C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Photoshop 2023\\Required\\HDRToning.jsx" ) );
    var idjsMs = charIDToTypeID( "jsMs" );
    desc309.putString( idjsMs, """undefined""" );
executeAction( idAdobeScriptAutomationScripts, desc309, DialogModes.NO );

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\PyCharm\Adobe\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 84, in _GetGoodDispatch
IDispatch = pythoncom.connect(IDispatch)
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221005, 'Invalid class string', None, None)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\PyCharm\Adobe\main.py", line 3, in
app = Dispatch("Photoshop.Application")
File "D:\PyCharm\Adobe\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client_init_.py", line 118, in Dispatch
dispatch, userName = dynamic._GetGoodDispatchAndUserName(dispatch, userName, clsctx)
File "D:\PyCharm\Adobe\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 104, in _GetGoodDispatchAndUserName
return (_GetGoodDispatch(IDispatch, clsctx), userName)
File "D:\PyCharm\Adobe\venv\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 86, in _GetGoodDispatch
IDispatch = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221005, 'Invalid class string', None, None)

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Hi,
Is it possible to import datasets with a script ?
Image > Variables > Data Sets
Thank you

This project seems Windows-specific. Do you know if there is a macOS equivalent method for this API access? Thanks.