How can I resize multiple selections at once without moving them? Shrink-contract

Question

Hello,

I have a spritesheet like this one

And I need all images to be smaller, but without changing their positions.

So far I know how to select them with the magic wand on a blank space, and inverse selection.

After that, I would need to shrink them. The tool "select -> modify -> contract" does exactly what I need, but it does only change the selection, and does not resize the image. I can't use "transform scale" because it moves all images, and I need them to keep their positions.

How can I do this? Thanks!

Myra Ferguson · Accepted Answer

Right now, I can only think of a way to scale them at once and keep them in their respective locations by using Illustrator.

If your sprites are on separate layers and your file saved as a PSD (if not, then use Photoshop to select each sprite and place them on separate layers while maintaining the transparent background and save the file as a PSD), then I would recommend doing the following:

Open the PSD in Illustrator
In the Photoshop Import Options dialog, make sure Convert Layers to Objects is selected
Select all
Go to Object > Transform > Transform Each
In the Transform Each dialog, set the percentage of the scale that you want to apply (keep the registration point in the center)

Mylenium · Answer

Here's something I found in a quick three second web search:

https://blog.darkwark.com/transformEach21/

You may still need to tweak your layers manaully, though, since the bounding boxes for each of your alien's animation phases will be different. Otherwise that may be easily doable in whatever game engine you use after they've been loaded. For future work you may want to creatively use PS frame animation placing the character in a single cell and build your sprite sheet from the exported frames.

Mylenium

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