Script Failure

[vciro]

I recorded a Script in X6. It runs fine until it uses Topaz Plug-In "Clarity". After I make the adjustments in Clarity and click "OK", the screen goes back to PSP as it should but then a get an error message from Windows as follows:

Corel PaintShop Pro X6 (64 bit) has stopped working.
A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.
Windows will close the program and notify you is a solution is available.

If I manually go through the exact same steps in PSP all the steps work fine. It's just when I run the steps as a Script that this fails.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'd greatly appreciate your input.

Thanks,
Vinny

[OldRadioGuy]

I recorded a Script in X6. It runs fine until it uses Topaz Plug-In "Clarity". After I make the adjustments in Clarity and click "OK", the screen goes back to PSP as it should but then a get an error message ...

If I manually go through the exact same steps in PSP all the steps work fine. It's just when I run the steps as a Script that this fails.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'd greatly appreciate your input.

Thanks,
Vinny

Vinny, I tested both Clarity and Adjust in PSPX6 in x64 and x32 scripts and get the same crashes.

I don't think PSP scripting has kept up with the evolution of 8bf plugins. But the question: Is this a PSP problem or one caused by the Topaz plugin? Did you report this problem to the folks at Topaz Labs? I think your chances of getting a response there are pretty good. Perhaps not a solution, but an explanation, at least.

In recent years I have resorted to use of another editor for running macros with Topaz plugins. But it, too, has had problems with some of the newer plugins.

Bob

[vciro]

I recorded a Script in X6. It runs fine until it uses Topaz Plug-In "Clarity". After I make the adjustments in Clarity and click "OK", the screen goes back to PSP as it should but then a get an error message ...

If I manually go through the exact same steps in PSP all the steps work fine. It's just when I run the steps as a Script that this fails.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'd greatly appreciate your input.

Thanks,
Vinny

Vinny, I tested both Clarity and Adjust in PSPX6 in x64 and x32 scripts and get the same crashes.

I don't think PSP scripting has kept up with the evolution of 8bf plugins. But the question: Is this a PSP problem or one caused by the Topaz plugin? Did you report this problem to the folks at Topaz Labs? I think your chances of getting a response there are pretty good. Perhaps not a solution, but an explanation, at least.

In recent years I have resorted to use of another editor for running macros with Topaz plugins. But it, too, has had problems with some of the newer plugins.

Bob

Thanks very much, Bob. I'll report it to Topaz and see what happens.

Vinny

[LeviFiction]

Is this the only Topaz Plugin you have?

Have you tried scripting other plugins? Plugins directly from Topaz and plugins from other producers?

It helps to determine if there is a bug in scripting, or if it's a bug with how plugins work. Or a mixture of the two.

[OldRadioGuy]

PSP had problems running several Topaz plugins in scripts at least a couple of versions ago. I reported the bugs to both Corel and Topaz. Topaz Adjust was one that worked in PSP back then. The problem was never resolved to my satisfaction.

The newer Topaz plugins like Clarity, the latest version of B&W Effects, Detail and ReStyle are more complex and have created challenges for a competitor, PhotoLine, which had been running previous Topaz plugins in recorded actions very easily. This complexity seems to be occurring in plugin development by other companies, too. (We can thank Adobe Photoshop and Adobe's Lightroom for that.) If you look inside the installed folders for many of these newer plugins, you'll often find two pairs of plugins (plus a standalone) -- a standard and an automated -- each in x32 and x64 versions. The latest version of PhotoLine has addressed this problem by providing a way to call the .EXE standalone files for plugins that have them. Thus, in that program, Topaz Labs' photoFXlab, which serves as manager for the plugins, now enables use of all Topaz plugins in PhotoLine.

Since we had a PSP script for running the standalone of Color Efex Pro uploaded to this board recently, I would assume one could be written to accommodate photoFXlab, thus enabling use of any Topaz plugin in PSP that way.

Topaz Labs used to offer a free runtime wrapper that allowed Lightroom to run their plugins, but I don't find it on their site anymore.

Bob

[Kathy_9]

Like Bob, I too had an issue with Adjust 5 in scripts. Adjust 5 works fine on it's own in PSP (various versions including X6) but not in scripts. However, the older version of the plugin, Adjust 4, works fine in scripts.

I reported this way back when but since it's not something that I use often and I have a workaround (Adjust 4) I just live with it.

[vciro]

I spoke with the folks at Topaz. They agree it is a problem and have slated it for a future fix. That would be nice

Vinny