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// apply active selection as layer masks to selected layers;
// 2020, use it at your own risk;
if(app.documents.length != 0) {
applyLayerMasksToLayers();
};
////// apply layer masks to selected layers //////
function applyLayerMasksToLayers(){
var theLayers = getSelectedLayersIdx();
var selection = hasSelection();
if (selection == true) {app.activeDocument.selection.deselect()};
for(i = 0; i < theLayers.length; i++){
selectLayerByIndex(theLayers[i], false);
// remove existing mask;
if (hasLayerM
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The following script may not be perfect, however, it will get the job done. It is more of a "general purpose" script to apply "something" to all top-level layers and layer sets and also to layers within layer sets. One could obviously swap out the function to run an action with "use-specific" script code so that there is no dependency on having an action. I decided to use an action for the "use-specific" processing in this topic as this makes the script accessible and modular.
The script does all the heavy lifting, however, it requires the following to be set before running the script:
1) The mask channel should be copied to the clipboard
2) An action that applies the clipboard content as a layer mask with an action set name of Copied Channel as Mask with a referenced action name of Run
Link to action:
/*
Apply layer mask action to all layer sets and layers.jsx
In reply to:
Apply Layer Mask to Numerous Layers (without grouping)
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/apply-layer-mask-to-numerous-layers-without-grouping/td-p/11093194
The script does all the heavy lifting, however, it requires the following to be set before running the script:
1) The mask channel should be copied to the clipboard
2) An action that applies the clipboard content as a layer mask with an action set name of 'Copied Channel as Mask' with a referenced action name of 'Run'
Based on:
https://forums.adobe.com/message/8895266#8895266
https://forums.adobe.com/message/8895401#8895401
*/
function main() {
if (!documents.length) {
alert('There are no documents open!');
} else {
processAllLayersAndSets(app.activeDocument);
}
function processAllLayersAndSets(obj) {
// Process all layers and layer sets
// Change the following 2 entries of "obj.layers" to "obj.artLayers" to exclude layer sets
for (var al = obj.layers.length - 1; 0 <= al; al--) {
app.activeDocument.activeLayer = obj.layers[al];
// Start function call to run action
runAction();
// Finish function call to run action
}
// Process Layer Set Layers
for (var ls = obj.layerSets.length - 1; 0 <= ls; ls--) {
processAllLayersAndSets(obj.layerSets[ls]);
// Start function call to run action
runAction();
// Finish function call to run action
}
}
function runAction() {
app.doAction('Run', 'Copied Channel as Mask'); // Action and action set name
}
}
activeDocument.suspendHistory('Process Layers & Sets', 'main()');
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