CollageScript is a library of Javascript code I developed to automate the creation of large, multi-layered Photoshop files using Adobe's ExtendScript Toolkit Visual Studio Code. It was used to create a number of large-format digital print editions and series. See https://www.calhounsmith.com/portfolio/code-based/
CollageScript was also used, along with the mighty help of CreateJS, to render animations. See https://www.calhounsmith.com/animation/riez-animation/riez/.
CollageScript code developed organically in response to functionality I needed as I made artwork over the period 2012 to 2016. It started with utilitarian goals then grew to become a generative tool. The best way to get an idea of how this code was used is to look at the example-script.js. This is the kind of script that could be written and then run from Visual Studio Code using the ExtendScript Debugger extension with the Photoshop API selected as the target. Take a look at the example image to see a final result — an image from a Photoshop file containing 1600 individual photographic fragments, each on its own layer. I also have a series of similar works, but then made by hand.
The contents of the lib directory is a stalled attempt to rewrite CollageScript from a couple years ago. The lib-legacy directory contains what were the goods in the day — the set of files used to generate many of the print editions which can be viewed at my website.