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Canonical names are registered in photoshop-uxp-bridge/index.js. Alias forms (for example layer.rename, doc.open) map to the same handlers. For argument-level docs and copy/paste payloads for every operation, see Operation arguments and examples.

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Documents

  • createDocument
  • openDocument
  • duplicateDocument
  • saveDocument
  • saveDocumentAs
  • closeDocument
  • resizeImage
  • resizeCanvas
  • cropDocument
  • trimDocument
  • rotateDocument
  • flattenDocument (flattenImage alias)
  • mergeVisible

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Layers and grouping

  • createLayer
  • createPixelLayer
  • createGroup
  • groupLayers
  • ungroupLayer
  • deleteLayer
  • renameLayer
  • duplicateLayer
  • selectLayer
  • selectLayers
  • moveLayer (reorderLayer alias)
  • setLayerVisibility
  • showLayer
  • hideLayer
  • setLayerOpacity
  • setBlendMode
  • setLayerProps
  • bringLayerToFront
  • sendLayerToBack
  • mergeLayer (mergeLayers alias)
  • rasterizeLayer
  • linkLayers
  • unlinkLayer

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Transform and layout

  • transformLayer
  • alignLayers
  • distributeLayers
  • translateLayer
  • scaleLayer
  • rotateLayer
  • flipLayer
  • skewLayer

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Assets and smart objects

  • placeAsset
  • convertToSmartObject
  • replaceSmartObject
  • relinkSmartObject
  • editSmartObject

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Selection and masks

  • selectAll
  • deselect
  • inverseSelection (invertSelection alias)
  • featherSelection
  • expandSelection
  • contractSelection
  • growSelection
  • smoothSelection
  • selectRectangle
  • selectEllipse
  • selectPolygon
  • selectLayerPixels
  • setSelection
  • modifySelection
  • createLayerMask (addLayerMask alias)
  • deleteLayerMask (removeLayerMask alias)
  • applyLayerMask

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Text and shapes

  • createTextLayer
  • setText
  • setTextStyle
  • createShapeLayer
setTextStyle supports text, fontSize, fontName/font, position, bounds fitting (maxWidth, maxHeight, minFontSize, hardMinFontSize), overflow handling (overflow: "resize" | "clip", ellipsis), and overlap avoidance (avoidOverlapWith, overlapGap).

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Adjustments and filters

  • createAdjustmentLayer
  • applyFilter
  • applyGaussianBlur
  • applyUnsharpMask
  • applySharpen
  • applyBlur

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Export and low-level actions

  • export
  • exportDocument
  • exportLayer
  • exportLayersByName
  • batchPlay

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Known behavior notes

  • BatchPlay errors are inspected for embedded descriptor errors and surfaced with indexed failure detail.
  • Layer-targeted export may use Photoshop-controlled filenames depending on command path.
  • Document save without output can skip to avoid Save As dialogs when no existing path is present.