relative move by percentage

[gtopcu]

Hi all,

I'm trying to define my own watermark (just a piece of text) and define it as an action so that I can apply it as batch.

I'm creating a text layer as the signature, and I would like to move this text layer to the lower right corner of every image. For this, I'm trying to find a move by percentage command that will work for any image size. i.e. the signature must appear at 90% of the width and %92 of the height, regardless if the image is 2592x1728 or 1728x2592 pixels.

Any ideas to do a 'move by percentage' or alternative ways to achieve this?

Many thanks.

 

[Paul MR]

Not possible with an action, but easy with a script.

Using ExtendScript Toolkit (This is installed with Photoshop)
Copy and paste the code into Extendscript.
This utility can be found in the relevant folder:-
PC: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities
MAC: <hard drive>/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities
Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities/ExtendScript Toolkit
The script needs to be saved into:-
PC: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS#\Presets\Scripts
NB: Vista and Windows 7 you will have to save it elsewhere and copy it to this folder due to permissions.
MAC: <hard drive>/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS#/ Presets/Scripts
If Photoshop was open, close and restart Photoshop so that it can pickup the new script.

#target photoshop
main();
function main(){
if(!documents.length) return;
if(activeDocument.activeLayer.kind != LayerKind.TEXT) return;
var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
var X = (activeDocument.width/100)*90;
var Y = (activeDocument.height/100)*92;
var LB = activeDocument.activeLayer.bounds;
var LX = LB[2].value;
var LY = LB[3].value;
activeDocument.activeLayer.translate(X-LX,Y-LY);
app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
}

Then as part of your action after you have created you text layer
File - Scripts and select the script


This will place the text as per your locations.

 

[gtopcu]

wonderfully explained to a complete newbie like me, and works perfectly. kudos mate, you're a real pro!

Not possible with an action, but easy with a script.

Using ExtendScript Toolkit (This is installed with Photoshop)
Copy and paste the code into Extendscript.
This utility can be found in the relevant folder:-
PC: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities
MAC: <hard drive>/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities
Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities/ExtendScript Toolkit
The script needs to be saved into:-
PC: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS#\Presets\Scripts
NB: Vista and Windows 7 you will have to save it elsewhere and copy it to this folder due to permissions.
MAC: <hard drive>/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS#/ Presets/Scripts
If Photoshop was open, close and restart Photoshop so that it can pickup the new script.

#target photoshop
main();
function main(){
if(!documents.length) return;
if(activeDocument.activeLayer.kind != LayerKind.TEXT) return;
var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
var X = (activeDocument.width/100)*90;
var Y = (activeDocument.height/100)*92;
var LB = activeDocument.activeLayer.bounds;
var LX = LB[2].value;
var LY = LB[3].value;
activeDocument.activeLayer.translate(X-LX,Y-LY);
app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
}

Then as part of your action after you have created you text layer
File - Scripts and select the script


This will place the text as per your locations.