Problem with colorpicker

Photoshop UXP Plugin API
1

Good day, i might be making a mistake somewhere but if not this is a bug,
i’d like to get LAB values from the colorpicker with this code:

const picker2 =async () => {
const result = await batchPlay(
[
{
"_obj": "showColorPicker",
"application": {
"_class": "null"
},
"value": true,
"color": {
"_obj": "labColor",
"luminance": 100,
"a": 35,
"b": 0
},
"RGBFloatColor": {
"_obj": "RGBColor",
"red": 255,
"grain": 229.52720046043396,
"blue": 255
},
"dontRecord": true,
"forceNotify": true,
"_isCommand": false,
"_options": {
"dialogOptions": "dontDisplay"
}
}
],{
"synchronousExecution": false,
"modalBehavior": "fail"
});
labvalue=result[0].color
return labvalue
}

but it only works if the selector is set to LAB.

lab

If the selector is in RGB i cannot get LAB values.
If i wanted to get RGB values it works on any selector setting.

2

Ciao!

Try this:

async function colorPicker() {
    var colorPicked = await batchPlay(
        [{
            "_obj": "showColorPicker",
            "application": {
                "_class": "null"
            },
            "value": true,
            "color": {
                "_obj": "labColor",
                "luminance": 100,  // starting value in Lab
                "a": 35,
                "b": 0
            },
            "dontRecord": true,
            "forceNotify": true,
        }], {
            "synchronousExecution": true,
            "modalBehavior": "fail"
        })[0].color;

    console.log("You picked:", colorPicked);   // show picked color in whatever color mode : RGB. Lab, HSB
    return colorPicked;
}
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3

@Pierre_G it’s still not working, here i executed the code and memorized it in a variable and as you can see it recalls only RGB values if the radio button is on RGB.

pierre
pierre595×598 15.3 KB

4

You can use Photoshop’s internal method to convert colors from one color space to another:

export function convertColorSpace(color: Color | PsColor, colorSpace: 'RGB' | 'HSB' | 'CMYK' | 'grayscale' | 'lab'): PsColor {
  const desc = {
    _obj: "convertColorToSpace",
    _target: { _ref: "application" },
    color,
    colorSpace: {
      _enum: "colorSpace",
      _value: colorSpace
    }
  }
  return photoshop.action.batchPlay([desc], { synchronousExecution: true })[0].color
}

console.log(convertColorSpace({_obj: 'RGBColor', red: 255, green:0, blue: 0}, "lab"))

image

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5

Here you go, a Luminosity picker:

async function lumaPicker() {
  const batchPlay = require("photoshop").action.batchPlay;
  var colorPicked = await batchPlay(
    [{
      "_obj": "showColorPicker",
      "application": {
        "_class": "null"
      },
      "value": true,
      "color": {
        "_obj": "labColor",
        "luminance": 100, // starting color values in Lab
        "a": 35,
        "b": 0
      },
      "dontRecord": true,
      "forceNotify": true,
    }], {
      "synchronousExecution": true
    })[0].color;


  var labLuma = await batchPlay([{
    "_obj": "convertColorToSpace",
    "_target": {
      "_ref": "application"
    },
    "color": colorPicked, // color object
    "colorSpace": {
      "_enum": "colorSpace",
      "_value": "lab"
    }
  }], {
    "synchronousExecution": true,
  })[0].color.luminance;

   
  console.log("You picked Luma =", Math.round(labLuma));
}
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6

Thank you so very much @Pierre_G and @simonhenke , you are too kind, this way you fixed and bypassed the issue i had! I do however imagine this to be a UXP bug that needs fixing, considering that in extendscript there was no need for further color conversion.
Have a nice day.

7

Hi, where the heck is convertColorToSpace ever mentioned?!
Thanks!

8

It was somewhere buried in the prerelease forum… One of the many things that should be documented but aren’t :thinking:
IMO such scripts would be perfect for the “How do I…” section in the docs.

9

Until you get DOM where this will be easy to do.