Photoshop Scripting

In Photoshop CS6+ it is possible to do scripting using JavaScript. Photoshop exposes a DOM, similar to that found on the web, where one can manipulate layers, etc.

Creating a new document is as simple as invoking the following code:

var docRef = app.documents.add(2,4);

Next up, we can add a text layer:

var artLayerRef = docRef.artLayers.add(); artLayerRef.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;

and set the text of the text layer:

var textItemRef = artLayerRef.textItem; textItemRef.contents = “Hello world”;

Simple as that.

I had an idea that I might be able to use Photoshop for some mockup purposes using scripting. Not yet verified though.