Multipage PDF Export

Photoshop UXP Plugin API
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I’d like to be able to export a multipage pdf, but as far as I can tell all currently available methods utilise ExtendScript (which I’d like to avoid, being UXP and all that jazz). Am I correct in thinking this? Or have I missed something glaringly obvious?

2

Bumping because the forum’s been quite active - hopefully someone can shed some light on this for me!

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This is what Alchemist logs for me:

{
   "_obj": "PDFExport",
   "filesList": [
      {
         "_path": "C:\\...\\1.psd",
         "_kind": "local"
      },
      {
         "_path": "C:\\...\\2.psd",
         "_kind": "local"
      }
   ],
   "to": {
      "_path": "C:\\...\\Untitled.pdf",
      "_kind": "local"
   },
   "includeAnnotations": true,
   "backgroundColor": {
      "_enum": "backgroundColor",
      "_value": "white"
   },
   "as": {
      "_obj": "photoshopPDFFormat",
      "pdfPresetFilename": "Qualitativ hochwertiger Druck",
      "pdfPreserveEditing": false,
      "pdfCompressionType": 7
   },
}
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I think as long as you replace the paths with UXP File entries (or session tokens), that should get you to where need to be… (haven’t had a chance to try it tho)

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Thanks for this, although I feel like a proper idiot now!
My first thought was “how did he get Alchemist to generate that?!” - as I’d tried as much but not had any code returned. So I went to have a look and, lo! I had the marketplace version of Alchemist installed rather than the proper one (I have no memory of making this change, but hey ho, it is what it is :rofl: ).
In a way, I guess you’ve also answered my upcoming question “why Alchemist no work?” :rofl: