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Adobe Scripting: Your visual blueprintfor scripting in Photoshop and Illustrator (Visual Read Less, Learn More) Paperback – May 2, 2003

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* Written by New York graphic design professional Chandler McWilliams, this is the first book about Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator design scripting on the market
* Discusses scripting procedures and techniques for Photoshop and Illustrator using JavaScript
* Explains how to automate tasks such as linking graphics to a database, transforming images, and performing batch processes
* Features more than 500 fully annotated screenshots, expanded introductions, and tips with real-life examples
* CD-ROM contains code examples, a fully searchable version of the book, and sample
Combining clear, step-by-step screen shots with minimal text, our five Visual series are the ultimate resources for visual learners, who represent up to forty percent of your customers.
Teach Yourself VISUALLY guides help computer users get up to speed on a wide range of office productivity, graphics, and Web design software. Offering significantly more coverage than our Simplified series, these books provide real-world tips and illustrate basic and intermediate level techniques using crisp full-color screen shots.
Visual Blueprints apply the proven Visual formula to professional-level programming, Web development, and networking tips. Each two-color guide includes self-contained two-page lessons, covering more than 100 key topics, accompanied by practical tips and code samples as well as examples and bonus software on CD-ROM.

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Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Open the book and youll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate more than 100 key Adobe Scripting techniques, including:

Storing scripts
Controlling program flow with conditionals
Converting a string into an array
Creating new documents in Photoshop and Illustrator
Making a reference to active documents
Manipulating and duplicating layers
Creating geometric shapes
Applying transformation matrices
Retrieving font names
Exporting and importing variables in Illustrator

Bonus CD-ROM!

Trial version of Adobe Illustrator
Freeware versions of Adobe Photoshop Scripting plug-in and BBEdit Lite
Plus code examples and a searchable e-version of the book

Extra Apply It

"Apply It" and "Extra"sidebars highlight useful tips
High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task
Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

About the Author

Chandler McWilliams received his first Apple IIc when he was in third grade and has been hooked ever since. He attended Columbia College in Chicago where he studied Photography and Film and later graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1998 with a degree in Political Science. In 2002, he earned an MA from the Graduate Faculty at the New School for Social Research.
Taking leave of academia, he started working at The Chopping Block as a Design Technologist creating award-winning Web sites. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts and The Cooper Union. He currently lives in New York City.

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299 pages
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English
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Visual
Publication date

May 2, 2003
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8 x 0.83 x 8.94 inches
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9780764524554
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978-0764524554
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0764524550
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Visual (May 2, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 299 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780764524554
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764524554
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.83 x 8.94 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #4,076,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #132 in Adobe Illustrator Guides
- #628 in Electronic Documents
- #761 in Adobe Photoshop

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Wavier

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Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2023

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It looks a little bit dirty the pages are intact, and I want to start studying, is old but information is good.

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2014

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Book it's ok for me. I know is old but for the price you pay, is worth it.
I would like this book has more examples and scripts.

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2004

Great book to get started in scripting. Well explained with good clear examples. The only down side is that it is to brief.

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Scott Gurley

Fantastic but out-of-date

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2004

This book is written extremely well and perfect for someone like me who knows plenty of scripting languages but just needs help with the details in Photoshop and Illustrator.

The major problem is that this book was published in January of 2003 and was written for Photoshop 7 and Illustrator 10. Naturally, I have the CS package and that is just too new for this publication. When you run many many of the scripts (maybe most of them... I stopped using their examples after the first few) it hangs Photoshop or causes other errors. One "new document" script actually killed my G5 (first time ever I had to reboot from a crash!).

I phoned the company who made the book (maranGraphics) and they were not helpful. There is no new version of this book planned nor is there an "updates" website or any further help.

My advice: Unless you are working with only older versions of Photoshop and Illustrator, skip this book. Instead, use the PDFs that come with the CS package. They are as helpful as this book will be to you without the problems that will cause crashes.

My advice to Maran: You should take a clue from other companies that make tech help books and provide a free "updates" site that includes differences between your book and later releases of software or any errata or whatnot. As it is, this book is only good for a few months and as specialized as this topic is, that means few sales.

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Waugh

Les bases du script sous Photoshop

Reviewed in France on March 9, 2014

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Etant un peu bridé par la simplicité forcée des macros réalisables sous Photoshop, le seul moyen d'aller plus loin est de passer au script. Ce livre, bien qu'un peu daté, est un très bon "camp de base" pour se familiariser avec les structures et nomenclatures propres à Photoshop. Surtout pour le prix ! :)
Une fois ces repères acquis, tout le reste est dans l'aide en ligne.

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Niels Henrik Bugge

A good guide

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 6, 2013

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A straight forward guide, perfect for those who want to explore the opportunities that exist with scripting of F.ex Photoshop, instead of having to apply what they can extract from guides intended for scripting of websites.

DR_Ant

Handy if you want a physical book, it was ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2017

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Handy if you want a physical book, it was very cheap. However all the information can be found for free on Adobe's website. This book is rather outdated.

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