Combine all your open documents in a single document

[tssee]

Many times I find myself with many documents open and I have to select one by one to paste the original document

there is a method to do this automatically?

I would do this

open documents

port of the original document

I've been to and I have found nothing about this problem.

[natrev]

Hi Tssee,

Try this Code in batch processing.

PS: Record as action before run the batch process.

#target photoshop
var activeDoc = app.activeDocument; //This stores the currently active document to the variable activeDoc
var DocName=activeDoc.name;
var originalDoc = app.documents.getByName("Untitled-1.psd");
main();
function main(){    
    if(app.activeDocument.name!=originalDoc.name){
        activeDoc.flatten;
        var layerRef = activeDoc.artLayers[0].duplicate(originalDoc, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
        activeDoc.close( SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES );
        var layRef=originalDoc.artLayers.getByName("Background copy");
        layRef.name=DocName;
    }
}

- yajiv

[JJMack]

Someone on asked how to get all the pages in a PDF into a layer document for when opened by Photoshop each page was opened in its own document.

So I wrote the a little script for them to the put all the open documents into a new document then close all the document that were open.

The Close All but the new document is a prompted for option you can leave the documents open.  If they are layered document the new document will only have single composite layer for each document.

StackOpenDoc.jsx

/* ==========================================================
// 2016  John J. McAssey (JJMack) 
// Stack the open Document Visible layer composite into a new 300 DPI document
// This script is supplied as is. It is provided as freeware. 
// The author accepts no liability for any problems arising from its use.
// ======================================================= */
// enable double-clicking from Mac Finder or Windows Explorer
#target photoshop // this command only works in Photoshop CS2 and higher
// bring application forward for double-click events
app.bringToFront();
if (documents.length >= 2) { main(); }
else alert("multiple Document are not open in Photoshop");
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                            main function                                  //
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function main() {
  var orig_ruler_units = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
  var orig_display_dialogs = app.displayDialogs;
  app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS; // set the ruler units to PIXELS
  app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO; // Set Dialogs off
  var closeDocs  = prompt("Should documents be Close without saving?", "Yes");
  var canvasSize = new Array(); // what size canvas is needed
  canvasSize=getDocDementions(); // get max width and height of open documents
  app.togglePalettes(); // toggle off palette so Photoshop will not need to update them
  var doc = app.documents.add( canvasSize[0], canvasSize[1], 300, "Stacked Opened Documents", NewDocumentMode.RGB, DocumentFill.TRANSPARENT ); // create a new document
  //for (var i=0;i<documents.length-1;i++) { // stack a layer for the open document into the new document
  for (var i=documents.length-2;i>-1;i--) { // stack a layer for the open document into the new document
  app.activeDocument = documents; // switch active document
  var layerName = app.activeDocument.name; // get document name
  app.activeDocument.selection.selectAll();           // select all
  try {app.activeDocument.selection.copy(true);} // copy composite of visible layers to clipboard
  catch (e) {try {app.activeDocument.selection.copy();} // copy composite of visible layers to clipboard
    catch (e) { } // empty 
  }
  app.activeDocument.selection.deselect(); // deselect
  app.activeDocument = documents[documents.length-1]; // switch to newly created document
  try { app.activeDocument.paste(); } // paste on composite of visible layers
  catch (e) { app.activeDocument.artLayers.add(); } // add an empty layer
  app.activeDocument.activeLayer.name=layerName; // label layer with Document name
  }
  if ( closeDocs == "Yes" ) closeAllButOne(); // close all opened document except the newly created document
  app.togglePalettes(); // toggle user's palettes back on
  app.runMenuItem(charIDToTypeID(("FtOn"))); // fit the document to the screen 
  app.displayDialogs = orig_display_dialogs; // Reset display dialogs 
  app.preferences.rulerUnits = orig_ruler_units; // reset units to original settings
  }
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                           main function end                               //
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function getDocDementions(){
    width=0;
  height=0;
  for (var i=0;i<documents.length;i++) { // look at open document sizes
     if (documents.width > width) width=documents.width;
  if (documents.height > height) height=documents.height;
  }
  return new Array(width, height); // return width and height
  }
function closeAllButOne(){ // close all opened document except the newly created document
  while  (documents.length>1) {
  app.activeDocument = documents[0];
  activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
  }
  }

[pixxxelschubser]

Hi tssee@imgof.com​,

If I understand you right – try the out-of-box-script (in German Datei --> Skripten --> Dateien in Stapel laden …) in english File --> Scripts --> ??? Load Files into stack ???

Does this works for you?

[JJMack]

I found that load files into stack has a problems with the new documents canvas size. When files and or Open documents have vastly different size canvas. It seems to use the size of one of the document or files canvas size to size new document canvas ..  Many of the stack layers may be larger than canvas size.  You may need to add canvas so the canvas size will not clip layers in the stack.

[tssee]

I tried with File -> Scripts -> ??? Load Files into Stack ???

the problem that I must first save documents

my work process and the following

Load the room and I open raw files in photoshop

then I would unite in a single document as shown in the picture above

[JJMack]

The script I posted only works on open documents and they do NOT have to be saved. The can be new  unsaved documents.

[tssee]

Thanks jjMack

and just what I needed

I do not mean saving open documents.