Trouble trying to set a Layer Name...

DaveWortley · Post by **DaveWortley** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:37 pm

I'm using ProEXR to open EXR files and I want to have an on 'Document Opened' script which does some renaming of layers much like we already have for TIF and TGA files.

I've got it to work with the standard CS6 EXR importer plugin but with the ProEXR plugin something strange happens and I can't set the layer name.

Once saved as PSD still have the same issue, would have thought this would be fairly simplistic script, but there's something funny going on... See attached file.

Code: Select allactiveDocument.layers[0].name = "test"

Error 8800: General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop.
-The command "Set" is not currently available.
Line: 1
-> activeDocument.layers[0].name = "test"

Problem occurs on CS4 and CS6

Mike Hale · Post by **Mike Hale** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:19 pm

I don't work with 32bit images much but I know there are lots of limits as to what you can do with them. I wouldn't have thought changing the name with a script would be one of the things you can't do but even Action Manger code chokes on renaming the layer. If you convert to 16 or 8 bit both the Photoshop Object Model and Action Manger code work as expected.

DaveWortley · Post by **DaveWortley** » Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:12 pm

Ah I think it's because I've got ProEXR on CS4, CS6 opens the 32bit PSD and can run the script, just need to update my ProEXR then hopefully.