Align placed images to top edge
 

Is there a way to have placed images align to top edge rather than the default center? I ask because I constantly have to revise the top edge % for each graphic individually and it would be a lot easier if I could simply select all objects with placed images and tell it to align to the top edge.

Not sure what your work-flow is, but you may find some reusable elements in this script:

[CODE]property pTitle : "Place several images Ver 0.8" -- IN OMNIGRAFFLE
property plngAcross : 4 -- number of thumbnails to place in a row
property prScale : 0.5 -- thumbnail size as a proportion of full size
property pblnShadow : false


-- Ver 0.6 Compatible with Launchbar's 'Instant Send' function
-- Select some files in the Finder,
-- activate 'Send to' with a double-tap,
-- Launchbar Preferences > Shortcuts > Modifier taps > Instant send
-- and select the script with its assigned abbreviation.


on run
-- CHOOSE SOME IMAGES (SELECTING SEVERAL IMAGES FROM THE FILE DIALOG)
tell application id "sevs"
activate
set lstFiles to (choose file with prompt "Place one or more images" with multiple selections allowed)
end tell

PlaceFiles(lstFiles)
end run

on open (lstFiles)
PlaceFiles(lstFiles)
end open

on PlaceFiles(lstFiles)
-- PLACE ALL THE SELECTED IMAGES IN A NEW DOCUMENT
tell application id "OGfl"
activate
tell front canvas of (make new document with properties {automatic layout:false})
set {rOriginX, rOriginY} to {0, 0}
set lngMaxHeight to 0

set i to 0
set my text item delimiters to "/"
repeat with oFile in lstFiles
try
-- GET THE DIMENSIONS OF THE IMAGE
set strFile to POSIX path of oFile
-- Image events
tell application id "imev"
tell (open file strFile)
set {rX, rY} to dimensions
close saving no
end tell
end tell

-- SCALE DOWN TO THUMBNAIL
set {lngWidth, lngHeight} to {rX * prScale, rY * prScale}

-- AT THE END OF THE ROW RETURN TO LEFT HAND PAGE, AND MOVE DOWN A ROW
if i ≥ plngAcross then
set rOriginX to 0
set rOriginY to rOriginY + lngMaxHeight
set lngMaxHeight to 0
set i to 0
else
-- RECORD THE MAXIMUM DEPTH IN THE CURRENT ROW OF THUMBNAILS
if lngHeight > lngMaxHeight then set lngMaxHeight to lngHeight
end if

-- CREATE A THUMBNAIL with [folder/filename] of source image in url
set strPathEnd to (items -2 thru -1 of (text items of strFile)) as string
--make new shape with properties {origin:{rOriginX, rOriginY}, size:{lngWidth, lngHeight}, draws stroke:false, fill:no fill, draws shadow:pblnShadow, image:strFile, url:strPathEnd}
make new shape with properties {origin:{rOriginX, rOriginY}, size:{lngWidth, lngHeight}, draws stroke:false, fill:no fill, draws shadow:pblnShadow, image:strFile, url:strFile}

-- AND INCREMENT THE HORIZONTAL POSITION
set rOriginX to rOriginX + lngWidth
set i to i + 1
on error
display alert strFile & " does not appear to be a graphic file ..."
end try
end repeat
set my text item delimiters to space
end tell
end tell

end PlaceFiles[/CODE]

OK this'll save some time for contact sheets I produce for showing screen templates, so thanks for that.

Do you happen to know about a script for changing default placement preferences for images to be top/left edge?

[QUOTE=MatthewS;113188]Do you happen to know about a script for changing default placement preferences for images to be top/left edge?[/QUOTE]

You are talking about scaled images, and the top edge of shapes, rather than canvases ?

If so, something like this would resize the selected images, retaining the vertical position of their upper edge.

[CODE]property prScale : 0.5

tell application id "OGfl"
tell front window
set lstSeln to selection
repeat with oShape in lstSeln
tell oShape
if class is shape then
set image sizing to stretched
set {{rLeft, rTop}, {rWidth, rHeight}} to {origin, size}
set rNewWidth to rWidth * prScale
set origin to {rLeft + ((rWidth - rNewWidth) / 2), rTop}
set size to {rNewWidth, rHeight * prScale}
end if
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end tell[/CODE]

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I'm talking about the positioning in placed images set to 'Natural Size'. It's always positioned at the center. So that If I have placed an image (e.g. a screenshot of a top navigation element) and I need to reveal more of the image on one side, the whole thing will reposition, and I'll have to change the top % to fix it back in placed.