Can I turn slices into layers?

[Kicomen]

I thought slices would be the answer to dividing up this image into even sections but I can't figure out how to make each slice it's own layer. Can anyone help with this? Thanks!

[Chuck Uebele]

Slices are designed to produce separate files that can be place together on a web page, not for separate layers. Only option I can think of is to create those files then import them back into layers. Of course you will have to position them manually.

[Kicomen]

Thanks!

[Nancy OShea]

Can I ask what you hope to gain from slicing your image this way?   And what will the final image be used for?

[Kicomen]

I wanted to use the separate images in a Timeframe to create a scrolling animation to be used in a mockup.

[Olaf Giermann]

Wouldn't it be easier to just keyframe the animation with a video layer and then export as video or GIF?

[Chuck Uebele]

If you want to just split up the image to do a timeline animation, I would have just used the marquee tool, the presses shift-ctrl/cmd-J to place the selected part of the base layer on a new layer, and to delete it from the base layer.

[Stephen Marsh]

Try this script by SuperMerlin. You'll need to change the values for the tilesAcross and tilesDown variables:

// Cutting image in parts - by SuperMerlin
// forums.adobe.com/thread/2307015
#target photoshop  
if(documents.length){  
var startRulerUnits = preferences.rulerUnits;  
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;  
doc = app.activeDocument;  
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;  
doc.flatten();  
var tilesAcross =1;  // How many across the width?
var tilesDown =2;  // How many down the depth?
var tileWidth = parseInt(doc.width/tilesAcross);  
var tileHeight = parseInt(doc.height/tilesDown);  
ProcessFiles(tilesDown,tilesAcross,tileWidth,tileHeight);  
app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;        
}  
function ProcessFiles(Down,Across,offsetX,offsetY){  
    try{  
var newName = activeDocument.name.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1];  
}catch(e){var newName="UntitledChop"}  
TLX = 0;    TLY = 0;    TRX = offsetX;    TRY = 0;  
BRX = offsetX;    BRY = offsetY;    BLX = 0;    BLY = offsetY;  
    for(var a = 0; a < Down; a++){  
        for(var i = 0;i <Across; i++){  
            var NewFileName = newName +"#"+a+"-"+i;  
                activeDocument.selection.select([[TLX,TLY],[TRX,TRY],[BRX,BRY],[BLX,BLY]], SelectionType.REPLACE, 0, false);   
                    executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "CpTL" ), undefined, DialogModes.NO );  
                activeDocument.activeLayer.name = NewFileName;  
                app.activeDocument.selection.deselect();  
                activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.artLayers.getByName("Background");  
TLX = offsetX * (i+1) ;    TRX  = TLX + offsetX;    BRX = TRX;    BLX = TLX;          
        }  
TLX = 0;    TLY = offsetY * (a +1); TRX = offsetX;    TRY = offsetY * (a +1);  
BRX = offsetX;    BRY = TRY + offsetY; BLX = 0;    BLY = (offsetY * (a +1)+offsetY);      
    }  
};  

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

[Stephen Marsh]

Here's a quick script interface to help make the script more accessible without having to edit the code:

/* 
ScriptUI interface added to the original script by SuperMerlin
Note: Intended for flattened or single layer files
*/

#target photoshop;

if (documents.length) {
    var dlg = new Window('dialog', 'Tile Image to Layers');
    dlg.alignChildren = 'fill';

    var panel = dlg.add('panel', undefined, '');
    panel.alignChildren = 'fill';

    panel.tileAcrossGrp = panel.add('group');
    panel.tileAcrossGrp.add('statictext', undefined, 'Tiles Across:');
    var tilesAcrossInput = panel.tileAcrossGrp.add('editnumber', undefined, '2');
    tilesAcrossInput.preferredSize.width = 50;

    panel.tileDownGrp = panel.add('group');
    panel.tileDownGrp.add('statictext', undefined, 'Tiles Down:  ');
    var tilesDownInput = panel.tileDownGrp.add('editnumber', undefined, '2');
    tilesDownInput.preferredSize.width = 50;

    var buttonGroup = dlg.add('group');
    buttonGroup.alignment = 'center';

    var cancelBtn = buttonGroup.add('button', undefined, 'Cancel');
    cancelBtn.onClick = function () {
        dlg.close();
    };

    var okBtn = buttonGroup.add('button', undefined, 'OK');
    okBtn.onClick = function () {
        var tilesAcross = parseInt(tilesAcrossInput.text);
        var tilesDown = parseInt(tilesDownInput.text);
        dlg.close();
        runTileScript(tilesAcross, tilesDown);
    };

    dlg.show();
}

function runTileScript(tilesAcross, tilesDown) {
    var startRulerUnits = preferences.rulerUnits;
    preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
    doc.flatten();
    var tileWidth = parseInt(doc.width / tilesAcross);
    var tileHeight = parseInt(doc.height / tilesDown);
    ProcessFiles(tilesDown, tilesAcross, tileWidth, tileHeight);
    app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
}

function ProcessFiles(Down, Across, offsetX, offsetY) {
    try {
        var newName = activeDocument.name.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1];
    } catch (e) {
        var newName = "UntitledChop";
    }
    var TLX = 0, TLY = 0, TRX = offsetX, TRY = 0;
    var BRX = offsetX, BRY = offsetY, BLX = 0, BLY = offsetY;
    for (var a = 0; a < Down; a++) {
        for (var i = 0; i < Across; i++) {
            var NewFileName = newName + "#" + a + "-" + i;
            activeDocument.selection.select([[TLX, TLY], [TRX, TRY], [BRX, BRY], [BLX, BLY]], SelectionType.REPLACE, 0, false);
            executeAction(charIDToTypeID("CpTL"), undefined, DialogModes.NO);
            activeDocument.activeLayer.name = NewFileName;
            app.activeDocument.selection.deselect();
            activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.artLayers.getByName("Background");
            TLX = offsetX * (i + 1);
            TRX = TLX + offsetX;
            BRX = TRX;
            BLX = TLX;
        }
        TLX = 0;
        TLY = offsetY * (a + 1);
        TRX = offsetX;
        TRY = offsetY * (a + 1);
        BRX = offsetX;
        BRY = TRY + offsetY;
        BLX = 0;
        BLY = (offsetY * (a + 1) + offsetY);
    }
}

[Stephen Marsh]

A related topic:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/divide-my-image-to-layers/m-p/1246703...