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There's another thread going titled "Longshot," or something similar, but
this is a really, really, REALLY longshot.

Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus, and
graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users even if
they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to run Adobe
via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file with whatever
commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase Contrast 15%, Reduce
Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with the parameters of the
file to use and the command script and run it like a batch processing job?

The idea just occured to me that I might be able to make a few adjustments
to my shots myself if this is possible.

Thanks for your time,
Dudley

"Paul Furman" <paul-@-edgehill.net> wrote in message
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> Dudley Hanks wrote:
>> There's another thread going titled "Longshot," or something similar, but
>> this is a really, really, REALLY longshot.
>>
>> Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus, and
>> graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users even if
>> they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to run Adobe
>> via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file with
>> whatever commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase Contrast
>> 15%, Reduce Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with the
>> parameters of the file to use and the command script and run it like a
>> batch processing job?
>>
>> The idea just occured to me that I might be able to make a few
>> adjustments to my shots myself if this is possible.
>
> Yes but you'd have to write & run those scripts through photoshop :-)

>
> Maybe not, I'm not sure, just teasing sort of... but yeah PS is very
> customizable with actions & droplets in photoshop. Some of the more
> advanced stuff is done in a text editor I think but I really don't know.
> Are you any good at programming? Try googling "photoshop .atn" and look at
> the action files in notepad.

Yeah, I do a bit of C++ programming, and a very little VBasic and Java.

Thanks for the starting point, Paul,
Dudley

"nospam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <mdnCj.108339$C61.57213@edtnps89>, Dudley Hanks
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus, and
>> graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users even if
>> they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to run Adobe
>> via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file with
>> whatever
>> commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase Contrast 15%,
>> Reduce
>> Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with the parameters of the
>> file to use and the command script and run it like a batch processing
>> job?
>
> you can create actions, droplets, or script photoshop itself using
> javascript, visual basic (windows) or applesrcipt (macintosh).
>
> more info:
> <http://partners.adobe.com/public/dev...index_scriptin
> g.html>

Great stuff...

Thanks,
Dudley

In article <mdnCj.108339$C61.57213@edtnps89>, Dudley Hanks
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus, and
> graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users even if
> they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to run Adobe
> via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file with whatever
> commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase Contrast 15%, Reduce
> Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with the parameters of the
> file to use and the command script and run it like a batch processing job?

you can create actions, droplets, or script photoshop itself using
javascript, visual basic (windows) or applesrcipt (macintosh).

more info:
<http://partners.adobe.com/public/dev...index_scriptin
g.html>

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:32:18 +0000, Dudley Hanks wrote:

> There's another thread going titled "Longshot," or something similar,
> but this is a really, really, REALLY longshot.
>
> Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus,
> and graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users
> even if they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to
> run Adobe via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file
> with whatever commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase
> Contrast 15%, Reduce Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with
> the parameters of the file to use and the command script and run it like
> a batch processing job?
>
> The idea just occured to me that I might be able to make a few
> adjustments to my shots myself if this is possible.
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Dudley

Trivial with Image Magick - and it is free.

"ray" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:32:18 +0000, Dudley Hanks wrote:
>
>> There's another thread going titled "Longshot," or something similar,
>> but this is a really, really, REALLY longshot.
>>
>> Since my screen-reading software doesn't recognize Photoshop's menus,
>> and graphic progs are notoriously hard for visually-challenged users
>> even if they can access the menus, I'm wondering if there is any way to
>> run Adobe via scripts. This is to say, if a guy assembled a script file
>> with whatever commands would be used, let's say "Darken 10%, Increase
>> Contrast 15%, Reduce Cyan by 5%, etc, is it possible to start Adobe with
>> the parameters of the file to use and the command script and run it like
>> a batch processing job?
>>
>> The idea just occured to me that I might be able to make a few
>> adjustments to my shots myself if this is possible.
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>> Dudley
>
> Trivial with Image Magick - and it is free.

Thanks for the info; I'll check it out.

Dudley