Create multiple artboards from a CSV File

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February 6, 2024
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Hello!

I often have to create multiple artboards in photoshop, and I was asking myself if there wasn't a script or plugin allowing to create multiple artboards from a .CSV or excel file.

I am wasting so much time at creating art board at the right size, and naming them after their dimensions:

I am aware something like this is possible in illustrator, from what I have seen in another thread:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/question-creating-artboards-at-different-sizes-from-csv-file/m-p/13335388

The same would exist for photoshop ?

Thank you for your upcoming answers

Correct answer Stephen Marsh

Here it is! Maybe it's the comma/semi-colon, that's causing an issue

CSV stands for Comma Separated Value, not Semicolon Separated Value! :]

I understand that in different countries different separators are used and that separators are not universal, however, the original script was only built to accept commas or colons.

If using semicolons suits your workflow better, then the script can be altered...

From:

var data = curRow.split(/,|:/);

To:

var data = curRow.split(/,|:|;/);

NOTE: The actual names/width/height content must not contain such characters!

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Jan Harm

New Participant

Hi Ernesto!
You could also try the Multiple Artboard Generator for Adobe Illustrator script I created:
https://iamharm.gumroad.com/l/MultipleArtboardsFromCSV

This script generates multiple artboards in Adobe Illustrator for you from a csv file. You specify the names for the artboards and their dimensions in the csv file and the script will do the rest. When you run the script there is a dialogue box that will allow you to specify the units (pt, px, mm, in) as well as the spacing between the artboards.

I also made a video showing how it works:
Multiple Artboard Generator for Adobe Illustrator

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

Try these:

https://github.com/creold/photoshop-scripts

https://cdn.statically.io/gh/creold/photoshop-scripts/master/jsx/ArtboardsFromCSV.jsx

https://cdn.statically.io/gh/creold/photoshop-scripts/master/jsx/RenameArtboardAsSize.jsx

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

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Ernesto TKAuthor

Known Participant

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

It is greatly appreciated! The artboard renamer script, is fire too!
I just have an issue with the artboard from csv script, when launching it, nothing seems to happen!
Here is a screen record of me doing it:

Thank you again you are the greatest!

Enregistrement_de_l’écran_2024-02-07_à_11-29-14.zip

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Is there an actual, unequivocal rule that governs the intended distribution of the Artboards?

By @c.pfaffenbichler

At a starting point, I would think that just changing the current code from vertical to horizontal would be enough, as it already has the distribution and spacing. I'm just challenged with the complexity of the seemingly simple original code.

I wonder whether the OP might have some completely different arrangement than one column/one line in mind.

Like an ultimately roughly square or landscape arrangement of all the artboards to make better use of the screen real estate.