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An photoshop batch script for crop & straighten photo from Jeffrey Tranberry
// cropAndStraightenBatch.jsx
// Copyright 2006-2008
// Written by Jeffrey Tranberry
// Photoshop for Geeks Version 2.0
/*
Description:
This script demonstates how to batch process
a folder of images using the crop and straighten command
*/
// enable double clicking from the
// Macintosh Finder or the Windows Explorer
#target photoshop
// Make Photoshop the frontmost application
// in case we double clicked the file
app.bringToFront();
/////////////////////////
// SETUP
/////////////////////////
// A list of file extensions to skip, keep them lower case
gFilesToSkip = Array( "db", "xmp", "thm", "txt", "doc", "md0", "tb0", "adobebridgedb", "adobebridgedbt", "bc", "bct" );
/////////////////////////
// MAIN
/////////////////////////
main();
function main() {
//Make sure there are no open documents
if (app.documents.length > 0){
alert ("This script requires that there are no open documents to run.");
}else{
// Pops open a dialog for the user to choose the folder of documents to process
var inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder of documents to process");
// Pops open a dialog for the user to set the output folder
var outputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder for the output files");
// Check to make sure outputfolder is not in inputFolder
if(outputFolderIsOk(inputFolder, outputFolder) === false){
alert("Your output folder should not be within your input folder. It will create an infinitive loop.");
return;
}
// Open and process a folder of Images
OpenFolderRecursively(inputFolder, outputFolder);
}
}
/////////////////////////
// FUNCTIONS
/////////////////////////
// Given the a Folder of files, open the files and process them
function OpenFolderRecursively(inputFolder, outputFolder) {
var filesOpened = 0;
var fileList = inputFolder.getFiles();
for ( var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++ ) {
// Make sure all the files in the folder are compatible with PS
if ( fileList[i] instanceof File && ! fileList[i].hidden && ! IsFileOneOfThese( fileList[i], gFilesToSkip )) {
open( fileList[i] );
filesOpened++;
/////////////////////////
// Put all your processing functions...
/////////////////////////
// Create a variable to store a reference to
// the currently active document, which in this
// case is the parent document we want to extract
// multiple scanned images from
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
// Run the cropAndStraighten function
// which will rusult in more than one open document
try {
cropAndStraighten();
} catch (error) {
// Skip cropping, image incompatible
}
// Close the parent document we originally opened
docRef.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
// Process all open documents until no documents
// are left open.
while (app.documents.length >=1){
/////////////////////////
// Put all your processing functions...
/////////////////////////
// Flatten the document in case the file type we want to save to requires a flat doc
app.activeDocument.flatten();
//Save as a JPEG to the outputFolder
var jpegOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpegOptions.quality = 12;
jpegOptions.embedColorProfile = false;
app.activeDocument.saveAs( File( outputFolder + "/" + activeDocument.name + ".jpg"), jpegOptions, false);
// Close without saving
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
/////////////////////////
// ...in the area between these two comments.
/////////////////////////
}
/////////////////////////
// ...in the area between these two comments.
/////////////////////////
}
// go recursive
if (!(fileList[i] instanceof File)) {
var newOuputFolder = new Folder(outputFolder + "/" + new Folder(fileList[i]).name);
newOuputFolder.create();
OpenFolderRecursively(fileList[i], newOuputFolder);
}
}
return filesOpened;
}
// given a file name and a list of extensions
// determine if this file is in the list of extensions
function IsFileOneOfThese( inFileName, inArrayOfFileExtensions ) {
var lastDot = inFileName.toString().lastIndexOf( "." );
if ( lastDot == -1 ) {
return false;
}
var strLength = inFileName.toString().length;
var extension = inFileName.toString().substr( lastDot + 1, strLength - lastDot );
extension = extension.toLowerCase();
for (var i = 0; i < inArrayOfFileExtensions.length; i++ ) {
if ( extension == inArrayOfFileExtensions[i] ) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
// Crop and Straighten function created
// using the ScriptingListener plug-in
function cropAndStraighten(){
var id333 = stringIDToTypeID( "CropPhotosAuto0001" );
executeAction( id333, undefined, DialogModes.NO );
}
// Validate output is outside input folder
function outputFolderIsOk(inputFolder, outputFolder){
inputFolderString = inputFolder.absoluteURI;
outputFolderString = outputFolder.absoluteURI;
if(inputFolderString === outputFolderString){
return false;
}
if(isChildFolderOf(outputFolderString, inputFolderString)){
return false;
}
return true;
}
function isChildFolderOf(outputFolderString, inputFolderString) {
inputFolders = inputFolderString.split('/');
outputFolders = outputFolderString.split('/');
// Impossible to be child
if(inputFolders.length > outputFolders.length){
return false;
}
lastFolderIndex = inputFolders.length - 1;
lastInputFolder = inputFolders[lastFolderIndex];
if(outputFolders[lastFolderIndex] === lastInputFolder){
return true;
}
return false;
}
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brad-newman commented Aug 24, 2023

this is so great - question: I'm sure you're very busy but I would be eternally grateful if you could add/recommend a function to add a uniform margin/buffer to the crop and straighten function? I find that for some images PS crops a bit too close, like right to the edge, but I want to have a slight border (fyi, this is for pictures of sports cards taken in a light box with as black of a background as I could find.)

UPDATE - I asked ChatGPT(-4) for help, and it's suggestions seemed to work. In case you or future travelers are curious, I forked your script and included these suggestions. Thanks again for posting this work.

This function expands the selection by 2px:

function expandSelectionBy(pixels) {
    var doc = app.activeDocument;

    // We assume a selection exists
    var bounds = doc.selection.bounds;
    var x1 = bounds[0] - pixels;
    var y1 = bounds[1] - pixels;
    var x2 = bounds[2] + pixels;
    var y2 = bounds[3] + pixels;

    doc.selection.select([[x1, y1], [x2, y1], [x2, y2], [x1, y2]]);
}

... and this updates the cropAndStraighten function to incorporate the selection expansion:

function cropAndStraighten(){
    var id333 = stringIDToTypeID("CropPhotosAuto0001");
    executeAction(id333, undefined, DialogModes.NO);

    // After executing the cropAndStraighten action, adjust the active selection
    expandSelectionBy(2);
    
    // Crop the image based on the modified selection
    app.activeDocument.crop(app.activeDocument.selection.bounds);
}

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