The following code which was recorded in Alchemist creates a Curves adjustment layer. I just cannot get it to run using the API-2. Can anyone see what I have done wrong please. const core = require("photoshop").core; function curves() { await core.executeAsModal(() => { batchPlay( …

It is because you have the modalBehavior option set to “fail”. It needs to be “execute” or default. Just use {} for the batch play options and it will set them to default. So remove this { synchronousExecution: false, modalBehavior: "fail" } and replace it with {}

Thanks, I had not seen that example before. Just tried it and it works great.

[image] ddbell: From the Adobe docs: With the introduction of apiVersion = 2, the original implementation is formally deprecated, and support for apiVersion 1 will be removed in a future major update to Photoshop. Hm, I really hope this will not happen too quickly. Feels like I’m spending mo…

I think it is on this page… but the page now gives a 404 error. The 404 errors have been pretty common on the “stage” documents. I need to start taking screenshots when I have the chance. https://developer-stage.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/ps_reference/media/executeasmodal/

This page that references it is still up In order to allow plugin developers to gradually move to the new model, Photoshop 2022 supports both the original and the new JavaScript modes. A plugin uses the apiVersion field to specify which model it uses. apiVersion of 1 signifies that the plugin is…

That doesn’t tell us anything about whether or not modeless Photoshop dialog interaction will be supported in API 2. That is a huge deal for some plugins if that functionality gets dropped. I really wish we had some clarification on this.

Does it all mean that if I’m using api 2 and batch play, and for example the batch play will ask user to set the radius of Gaussian blur, it will not work?

That was true when I replied back in October. Last I checked a couple weeks ago, it was fixed for the case where you were just showing 1 dialog per executeAsModal function. However, if you do 2 steps that show the dialog anywhere within the same executeAsModal function then Photoshop would still fre…

Thank you, I’ve tested with one dialog so far and it works fine. I’m wondering if there is an option to assign custom dialog to the const that will ask user to input the number. Use case is - I want to create custom save option and dialog / prompt will ask user to select long edge of the final JPG…

If you mean something like this screenshot then yes, that can be done. You need to use a modal dialog. Download the “Kitchen Sink” sample plugin from Adobe and look at that. There is a modal dialog example in it. It’s is too much to explain in a post but it’s not too difficult to do. [image]

Isn’t Kitchensink still on API v1?

How To Get BatchPlay To Work With API 2

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simonhenke December 4, 2021, 2:32pm 37

Here’s a dialog example (dynamically built in JS) from Kerry.

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How To Get BatchPlay To Work With API 2

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