I'd like to preserve the position of objects when I export a layer

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December 26, 2018
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Hi folks,

I have a map of the world with countries on different layers. I need to end up with every country on it's own png file, and I need to keep the position of the object. (I'm importing the png's to Unity and I don't want to manually place each country). I've figured out how to export the layers as separate png's, but the result is an image cropped to just the country object.

Hopefully the images explain what I'm looking for.

Thank you!

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fahad_dexter

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clayr95172224 I understand your query and I've no idea whether the above answers are helpful fro you or not. I just know a simple way I can do this.

1) Separating layers as of each country.
2) Hiding all layers except the one which has to be exported.
3) Press Ctrl+Shift+S or Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S and save.
4) Repeat this for all the layers (countries).

As the canvas is same for each layer. Each PNG will retain its position.

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clayr95172224Author

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fahad_dexter, thanks that's probably the easiest thing to do. I was hoping to save the png's more automatically, but the most important thing was getting them to stay in position.

Thanks!

CarlosCanto

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Hi so you're selecting and dragging all the countries to the assets panel in one go? And when you export your pngs you want to keep the names of the countries.

The only way I can think of is by grouping each country with a copy of the border rectangle, then naming the group as the country...but sounds tedious.

I could write a script to help you group and rename. Is this a one-time project or do you do this often?

CarlosCanto

Community Expert

Hi, yes add a new layer on top of the stack then add the border rectangle in that new layer

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clayr95172224Author

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Okay I've tried adding a layer with the rectangle border, but it's not being applied to the other layers. I'm using the Asset Export window, and it looks like this (pic1). Alternatively, I can drag and drop the rectangle onto each layer one at a time, and that works in the Asset Export (pic2). Doing it that way, even though it works, is prone to lots of little mistake as I drag and drop.

(I've also tried having the countries as objects and also as layers, made by: "Release to layers - sequence" but that doesn't help. It creates a layer, but doesn't grab the name which would be nice.)