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Danykweb
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February 22, 2016
Question

duplicate layer into new document with layer name

  • February 22, 2016
  • 1 reply
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Hello all!

I'm trying to find a script that can duplicate a layer into a new document with the layer name as the new document file name. I can barely eek my way through code so I'm hoping someone here can provide a script solution.

I did find a similar post that provided the following:

function newDocFromLayer(docName,layerName){  


     docName == undefined ? docName = "Untitled":docName;  


     layerName == undefined ? layerName = activeDocument.activeLayer.name:layerName;  


    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();  


        var ref = new ActionReference();  


        ref.putClass( charIDToTypeID( "Dcmn" ) );  


    desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );  


    desc.putString( charIDToTypeID( "Nm  " ), docName );  


         var ref1 = new ActionReference();  


        ref1.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );  


    desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "Usng" ), ref1 );  


    desc.putString( charIDToTypeID( "LyrN" ), layerName );  


executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Mk  " ), desc, DialogModes.NO );  


};

I saved this out of extendscript and ran it and nothing happens. I thought possibly because it was for an older version of Photoshop?

Thanks a billion to anyone that can read this and figure out the correct solution.

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SuperMerlin
SuperMerlin
Inspiring
February 22, 2016
function dupLayers() { 


    var desc143 = new ActionDescriptor();


        var ref73 = new ActionReference();


        ref73.putClass( charIDToTypeID('Dcmn') );


    desc143.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref73 );


    desc143.putString( charIDToTypeID('Nm  '), activeDocument.activeLayer.name );


        var ref74 = new ActionReference();


        ref74.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );


    desc143.putReference( charIDToTypeID('Usng'), ref74 );


    executeAction( charIDToTypeID('Mk  '), desc143, DialogModes.NO );


};
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