Download the beta:

• for Photoshop CS3
  ONLY WINDOWS
  
  
• for Photoshop CS4
  
  
• Setup Win and Photoshop CS4 32bit

 

 

Information about my new Photoshop Flash panel AspectFrame

Beta

This tool is just for draw rectangular frames around images and optional add additional space to get the standard ratios of 4:3 and 3:2 with an optional cutting line.

AspectFrame is written in Flash and Photoshop Javascript.

Flash for the User Interface in a Photoshop panel and management of the XML Setting files, Javascript for doing the drawing work in Photoshop.

The Panel:

Features

• Each of the lines can have a different width and color.
• The colors con be taken form gray color presets, Photoshop foreground and background or a normal color picker
  
  

 

• It is possible to save presets
  
  
  
  
• Each of the single frame elements gets on its own layer to make it easy to apply later layer effects or set layer masks or make them transparent
  
  

How it works

• After a click on the button "frame the image" the panel saves a little XML Settings file and calls the script aspectframe_last. The script does all the framing work on the actual image.
• It can be used in actions by save the needed settings and then just use the Script aspectframe_last

Framing examples

Fix Ratio examples

The script adds automatically the additional space to the image where less additional space is needed.

Setup for Photoshop CS4

Setup.exe for Windows and Photoshop CS4 (Not 64bit)

1. Download the setup exe file
2. Start the downloaded setup program, it does everything for you.

Mac and Windows Photoshop 64 bit

1. Download the mxp file
2. Install the MXP file to Photoshop with the CS4 extension Manager. The Extension manager should be started in Vista as administrator.
3. Start Photoshop
4. Run once the script aspectframe_setup from File, Scripts to set the needed flash security settings.

Start in Photoshop CS4

Go to Window, Extensions, aspectframe to open the panel and play with it

Setup for Photoshop CS3 ONLY WINDOWS

1. Download the zip

2. Unzip to the folder where your English Photoshop CS3 is installed
3. Start Photoshop CS3
4. Open the script AspectFrame2_FlashUIsetup from File, Scripts to set the needed flash security settings.

Start in Photoshop CS3 (ONLY WINDOWS)

Go to File, Scripts, aspectframe2_FlashUI to open the panel and play with it

I just noticed thanks to a beta tester, that my panel doesn't work with Photoshop CS3 on Mac.

Feedback, Test results

Send feedback to me tmenath@gmail.com