Channels

A collections class allowing for array access into a document's channels, while also providing familiar methods from ExtendScript, like getByName

// Iterate through all channels in the document
app.activeDocument.channels.forEach(h => console.log(h.name));
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1// Iterate through all channels in the document
2app.activeDocument.channels.forEach(h => console.log(h.name));

Fixes in Photoshop 24.6

• Component channels should work now correctly in non-English localizations
• Channel should be now returned correctly in Bitmap and Indexed Color modes

Indexable

▪ [index: number]: Channel

Used to access the channels in the collection

// Iterate through all channels in the document
app.activeDocument.channels.forEach(h => console.log(h.name));
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1// Iterate through all channels in the document
2app.activeDocument.channels.forEach(h => console.log(h.name));

Fixes in Photoshop 24.6

• Component channels should work now correctly in non-English localizations
• Channel should be now returned correctly in Bitmap and Indexed Color modes

Properties

Methods

add

Channel

Create a new alpha channel in this document.

getByName

Channel

Find the first channel with the matching name.

Fixes in Photoshop 24.6

• *Non-English locales return correctly for component channels.

Parameters

removeAll

void

Remove all Alpha channels in the parent document.

Last updated 2/8/2022

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