Channel

Represents a channel in a Photoshop document. You can access instances of channels using one of these methods:

// An array of composite channels in the document
const compositeChannels = app.activeDocument.compositeChannels

// An array of active (selected) channels in the document
const activeChannels = app.activeDocument.activeChannels

// Reference a document's Red channel
const redChannel = app.activeDocument.channels[0]
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1// An array of composite channels in the document
2const compositeChannels = app.activeDocument.compositeChannels
3
4// An array of active (selected) channels in the document
5const activeChannels = app.activeDocument.activeChannels
6
7// Reference a document's Red channel
8const redChannel = app.activeDocument.channels[0]

Properties

Methods

duplicate

async : Promise<void>

Duplicates the channel to the parent document, or a target document if specified.

// duplicate the channel
await channel.duplicate()

// duplicate to a different, compatible document
const newDoc = psApp.documents[1]
await channel.duplicate(newDoc)
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1// duplicate the channel
2await channel.duplicate()
3
4// duplicate to a different, compatible document
5const newDoc = psApp.documents[1]
6await channel.duplicate(newDoc)

Parameters

merge

Promise<void>

Merges a Spot Color channel into the component channels.

remove

Promise<void>

Deletes the channel.