Crop from selection in batch
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:15 pm
Hi everyone-
I have what I think is a relatively simple problem that I can't solve on my own (i'm not great at writing my own scripts):
I have a folder of images (products on white) that I need to crop to a square. What I want to do in the script is:
1 - Load the path for image "A" to a selection
2 - Crop (without deleting pixels) based on the selection from step 1
3 - expand the canvas by 10% (to give a little breathing room)
4 - Using expand canvas, match the short dimension to the longer one.
Basically the end result is the masked layer in the center of a square document...
I've got steps 3 and 4 good to go, the problem I'm having is that I can't figure out how to load the selection and use that as the guide for the crop in the context of an action or script. When working on a document one by one, you can load the selection, hit the crop tool, and then the crop box snaps to that selection.
Hopefully someone can give me a hand!
I have what I think is a relatively simple problem that I can't solve on my own (i'm not great at writing my own scripts):
I have a folder of images (products on white) that I need to crop to a square. What I want to do in the script is:
1 - Load the path for image "A" to a selection
2 - Crop (without deleting pixels) based on the selection from step 1
3 - expand the canvas by 10% (to give a little breathing room)
4 - Using expand canvas, match the short dimension to the longer one.
Basically the end result is the masked layer in the center of a square document...
I've got steps 3 and 4 good to go, the problem I'm having is that I can't figure out how to load the selection and use that as the guide for the crop in the context of an action or script. When working on a document one by one, you can load the selection, hit the crop tool, and then the crop box snaps to that selection.
Hopefully someone can give me a hand!