How to save layers with cropping?

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December 4, 2013
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I want to export layers to files (basically what "Export Layers To Files.jsx" does) but with cropping each layer (to different sizes). I know how to crop a document from script, but that also crops all other layers (erases their content outside of the cropping area). So my question is - how do I keep/retrieve the cropped out content of the document (layers)? Or maybe there's a better approach altogether?

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Chuck Uebele

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There's only one crop availble per document. The only other option would be a layer mask.

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the_real_npsAuthor

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Layer masks hide pixels but I need the exported images to be cropped (different size).

So my only option is to copy the layer, create a new document, crop it, save it and then return to the original document? I'm afraid that will take forever for bigger documents.

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

Well, it might be a roundabout way of getting what you want, but if you use the layer mask method, you could make the script create a selection of the layer mask or vector mask. Then you can get the bounds of the selection and apply a crop, making sure it doesn't delete the pixels. Then you could have the script remove the layer mask.

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