Resize script question

[nanrector]

Hello!

I've created a script to resize my graphics to a specific size I use all the time. However it always opens up the resize box and requires me to click "ok". Is there a way I can make the script resize without the box opening up?

Thanks!
Nancy

[hartpaul]

Just beside Edit Script on the Script Toolbar is Toggle Execution Mode this will switch to silent mode.

[nanrector]

I found that! However its distorting my images now. I assume that is because its using whatever the height was when I saved the script. However I use this on various size images. Is there a way to have it do the width and then adjust the length automatically rather than using a set size?

[LeviFiction]

So, the reason it works when the dialog pops-up vs when it doesn't is the dialog does al of the calculating. The command itself just follows orders. In order to get the command to resize any image and maintain the aspect ratio you have to actually program the script.

If the only thing your script is doing is resizing then you can use this script. It's horribly made and does not show best practices. Anyway, to use it just place it into the "Scripts-Restricted" folder. Then edit the script in notepad.

Inside the script you'll see two variables

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NewWidth = -1
NewHeight = -1

Change only the side that you want to use. So in your case you'll change the width to whatever you want it resized to. The script will recalculate the aspect ratio and produce the appropriate alternate size. It was designed to be used in batches but can also be used individually. It's also designed to always run silently.

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To answer your first question about dialogs popping up in scripts there is another handy trick.

If you click the "Edit Script" button on the script toolbar it will normally pop up the "Quick Script Editor" which shows author information and a list of the commands in the script.

From this dialog you can turn off commands by clicking the eyeball. And you can determine how they run: Interactively - dialog will always pop up, default - matches the interactivity toggle button on the script toolbar, or silent - always runs silently.

So if there are commands in your script that you never want to run interactively you can use this dialog to set them to silent.

[nanrector]

I just recreated it and it works perfect. Then after a few uses of the script it started distorting the image again. Not sure what's causing that.

Thanks for the other info too! I'm all about shaving time off things I have to do over and over again.

Thanks so much for your help!
Nancy

[nanrector]

You wouldn't happen to know how to customize the Color Efex Pro plugin would you? I posted a question on that a while back and no one answered. It has some things that slow me down too. Ü