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Adobe Scripting Center

The Adobe Creative Suite provides a wide range of powerful tools for your programming and integration requirements. One of these tools are the scripting languages available across the suite, which provide a low-cost method of creating integrations.

This scripting center provides access to the ExtendScript Toolkit, a complete integrated development environment (IDE) for programming ExtendScript. It also provides links to all of the scripting resources available across Adobe.com.

Adobe provides an excellent guide to getting started—the Adobe Introduction to Scripting. This document provides you with an overview of scripting solutions and walks you through creating your first script.

ExtendScript Toolkit for Adobe CS5 applications

Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit

The ExtendScript Toolkit (ESTK) 3.5 is a development and debugging tool for JavaScript scripts included with Adobe Creative Suide 5 and applications such as Bridge, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and After Effects. The ESTK has many features that make it easier to use than a text editor, including a built-in syntax checker that identifies where the problems are in your script and tries to explain how to fix them, and the ability to run your scripts right from the ESTK without saving the file.

The ESTK also includes a JavaScript debugger that allows you to:

ESTK 3.5 contains a number of improvements related to its usability and stability, including:

Download the ESTK 3.5

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