When animating in Photoshop, and moving the playhead left or right, it doesn't select the actual visible layer of the video group I'm working on, and I have an annoying message saying I can't draw on the layer on screen. I have to manually select the layer I see to be able to paint on it.
Is it possible by script to automatically select the layer you see when moving playhead ?
@MrMoxo unfortunately, there is no built-in preference or setting to automatically select the visible layer when the playhead moves. To answer your question, Yes, it is theoretically possible with a script. But, Photoshop's scripting (using ExtendScript or UXP) has limitations on directly monitoring real-time user interactions like scrubbing the playhead.
Have you thought of using Adobe Animate instead? https://www.adobe.com/products/animate.html
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