Animation Shop and PSP 2018

[Linda Lou]

Hi all,
I was reading a year-old topic regarding Animation Shop, but Search quit and now I cannot get back to it.
Here's my question:
Do any of you still use Jasc Animation Shop? Is there a way to link PSP 2018 and AS as we used to in PSP 7 and 8? In the "old days" we used to be able to work on images back and forth between the two apps. I'd like to be able to do that with 2018.

[Kathy_9]

There is no longer a link. I halfway remember a script that was supposed to link them but I could not get it to work for me. If I find it again, I'll link to it.

I do my work in PSP and save as .psp file for use in Animation shop.

Okay, I found the name of the script. It's UpdateBackToAS http://product.corel.com/help/PaintShop ... kToAS.html

I'm moving this to the PSP Scripting forum in the hopes one of the scripting pros will weigh in on this.

[LeviFiction]

A script that calls that command would look something like this. (Written on my phone so probably not good code)

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from PSPApp import *

def ScriptProperties():
    return {
        'Author': u'',
        'Copyright': u'',
        'Description': u'',
        'Host': u'PaintShop Pro',
        'Host Version': u'20.00'
    }

    def Do(Environment):
        App.Do( Environment, 'UpdateBackToAS',{})

[Kathy_9]

Okay, here's the script that I had from way back when. I don't have a real need to use it anymore but maybe if Levi can figure out what's wrong it will help Linda Lou and others.

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from JascApp import *

def ScriptProperties():
    return {
        'Author': 'Doug Keller',
        'Copyright': 'Corel',
        'Description': 'Updates exported animation back to Animation Shop 3',
        'Host': 'Paint Shop Pro X',
        'Host Version': '10.00'
        }

def Do(Environment):
    # EnableOptimizedScriptUndo
    App.Do( Environment, 'EnableOptimizedScriptUndo', {
            'GeneralSettings': {
                'ExecutionMode': App.Constants.ExecutionMode.Default, 
                'AutoActionMode': App.Constants.AutoActionMode.Match
                }
            })
    
    App.Do( Environment, 'UpdateBackToAS', {
            'GeneralSettings': {
                'ExecutionMode': App.Constants.ExecutionMode.Default, 
                'AutoActionMode': App.Constants.AutoActionMode.Match
                }
            })

When I run it I get the following error in the script output even though the script is located in my Scripts Trusted folder.

Executing RunScript
Executing EnableOptimizedScriptUndo
Executing Update Back to Animation Shop
------- Command Execution Failed -----------
Command Name: Update Back to Animation Shop
Error Text: This script has attempted an operation that is not permitted in a restricted script. This script may be run by moving it to a trusted directory.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 24, in Do
JascApp.Rexec Failure: Restricted script violation - this script must be trusted in order to run.

Script 'UpdateBackToAS' has completed with an error.

Executing RunScript
Executing EnableOptimizedScriptUndo
Executing Update Back to Animation Shop
------- Command Execution Failed -----------
Command Name: Update Back to Animation Shop
Error Text: This script has attempted an operation that is not permitted in a restricted script. This script may be run by moving it to a trusted directory.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 24, in Do
JascApp.Rexec Failure: Restricted script violation - this script must be trusted in order to run.

Script 'UpdateBackToAS' has completed with an error.

[LeviFiction]

Put it into the Scripts-Trusted folder. Sending to another program requires greater permissions than are available to scripts in the Scripts-Restricted folder.

[Linda Lou]

@Kathy_9 and LeviFiction, thank you for finding that. Can anyone confirm if it actually works? I rarely use scripts, so if I install it incorrectly I would not know if the fault is with the code or with my process.
I tried using PSP 8 and AS together, but that does not work either -- too many changes since v.8 and AS were linked.

[Kathy_9]

Put it into the Scripts-Trusted folder. Sending to another program requires greater permissions than are available to scripts in the Scripts-Restricted folder.

I think you missed where I said:

When I run it I get the following error in the script output even though the script is located in my Scripts Trusted folder.

But, the good news is that I figured out why I was getting that error message when I did, in fact, have the script in the Trusted folder. I had linked to the folder incorrectly under File Locations. I had the Restricted folder in PSP pointing to my Trusted folder in My Documents.

Now that that has been corrected I am getting a new error message and yes I do have an active document. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Script 'UpdateBackToAS' has completed with an error.

Executing RunScript
Executing EnableOptimizedScriptUndo
Executing Update Back to Animation Shop
------- Command Execution Failed -----------
Command Name: Update Back to Animation Shop
Error Text: Command could not complete because there is no active document.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 24, in Do
JascApp.NoDocumentOpen: No open document

Script 'UpdateBackToAS' has completed with an error.

[Kathy_9]

Forgot to add that the script references:

'Host': 'Paint Shop Pro X',
'Host Version': '10.00'

Is this contributing to the error and if so, how should the script read so it can be used with all versions of PSP past and future?

[LeviFiction]

I don't have my computer so I cannot test. But host of 10 should be compatible with 10 and up. PSP has made few changes to the scripting side that most commandant should just work between old and new versions unless a command was removed but it would give a different error if that was the case.

Was your image a saved pspimage?

[Kathy_9]

Was your image a saved pspimage?

No, it was a saved PSP Animation Shop image; should it have been a .pspimage?

[LeviFiction]

No idea, just asking a random question.

[Linda Lou]

I'm confused. That's why I asked if anyone can confirm whether the script works.
If it runs smoothly I'll need exact steps for using it.
Thank you for looking into this. Maybe it will help others with this question as well.

[Kathy_9]

Linda, it's never worked for me. Maybe when Levi returns from vacation and has access to his laptop he will take a look at it for you.

[LeviFiction]

Alright, so 2 things.

1) As for the problem of "no document' this happens because you have to expressly export a frame from Animation Shop to PSP. They do something in the background to indicate that this file should be sent back to Animation Shop when you're done. So I can only assume the "NoDoucment" error refers very specifically to the fact that you didn't use the export option from inside AnimationShop to open it in PSP.

2) so a script is not necessary. The command still exists inside PSP you just need to add it back into the menu. It's one of the "unused commands". Or you can just close the image when you're done editing and PSP will automatically ask if you want to update the changes back to AnimationShop.

View -> Customize

Under the "Commands" tab on the left is a list of command types. Select "Unused commands"

Under the individual commands list scroll down to "Update back to Animation Shop"

Drag the command into any menu or toolbar you want.

[Kathy_9]

Maybe it's just me but. . .

1. The Export to PSP option is grayed out in Animation Shop.

2. I can easily add the unused command back in PSP but it doesn't do anything.