You could try attached Script, You’d have to adapt it to jpg, currently it saves pdfs.
I have not tested it very extensively and only in CS4 though.
// creates pdf-copies of layersets with dialog to select layers and suffix;
// be advised: existing files of identical names will be overwritten without warnings;
// 2009, pfaffenbichler, use it at your own risk;
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
////////////////////////////////////
// get document-path and -title;
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
var myDocName = myDocument.name.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1];
var myPath = myDocument.path;
var theLayerSets = collectLayerSets(myDocument);
////// filter for checking if entry is numeric, thanks to xbytor //////
numberKeystrokeFilter = function() {
this.text = this.text.replace(",", "");
this.text = this.text.replace(".", "");
if (this.text.match(/[^\-\.\d]/)) {
this.text = this.text.replace(/[^\-\.\d]/g, "");
};
if (this.text == "") {
this.text = "0"
}
};
////////////////////////////////////
// create the dialog;
var dlg = new Window('dialog', "pdfs from layersets", [500,300,930,840]);
//create list for layer-selection;
dlg.layerRange = dlg.add('panel', [21,20,279,445], "select layersets to create pdfs of");
dlg.layerRange.layersList = dlg.layerRange.add('listbox', [11,20,240,405], '', {multiselect: true});
for (var q = 0; q < theLayerSets.length; q++) {
dlg.layerRange.layersList.add ("item", theLayerSets[q].name);
dlg.layerRange.layersList.items[q].selected = true
};
// entry for suffix;
dlg.suffix = dlg.add('panel', [290,20,410,85], "enter suffix");
dlg.suffix.suffixText = dlg.suffix.add('edittext', [11,20,99,40], "", {multiline:false});
// entry for number;
dlg.number = dlg.add('panel', [290,100,410,165], "start with #");
dlg.number.startNumber = dlg.number.add('edittext', [11,20,45,40], "1", {multiline:false});
dlg.number.addNumber = dlg.number.add('checkbox', [55,20,105,40], "add", {multiline:false});
dlg.number.startNumber.onChange = numberKeystrokeFilter;
// field to add layer-name;
dlg.layerName = dlg.add('panel', [290,180,410,270], "layer-name");
dlg.layerName.doAddName = dlg.layerName.add('radiobutton', [11,20,120,40], "add it");
dlg.layerName.dontAddName = dlg.layerName.add('radiobutton', [11,45,120,65], "don’t add it");
dlg.layerName.doAddName.value = true;
// field to select target-folder;
dlg.target = dlg.add('panel', [290,285,410,445], "target-folder");
dlg.target.targetSel = dlg.target.add('button', [11,20,100,40], "select");
dlg.target.targetField = dlg.target.add('statictext', [11,50,100,155], String(myPath), {multiline:true});
dlg.target.targetSel.onClick = function () {
var target = Folder.selectDialog("select a target folder");
dlg.target.targetField.text = target.fsName
};
// ok- and cancel-buttons;
dlg.buildBtn = dlg.add('button', [220,460,410,475], 'OK', {name:'ok'});
dlg.cancelBtn = dlg.add('button', [21,460,210,475], 'Cancel', {name:'cancel'});
dlg.warning = dlg.add('statictext', [21,490,410,530], "be advised: existing files of the same name will be replaced without prompting", {multiline: true});
dlg.center();
////////////////////////////////////
var myReturn = dlg.show ();
// in case of OK;
if (myReturn == true && dlg.layerRange.layersList.selection.length > 0) {
// get the number instead of the name;
var theLayerSelection = new Array;
var theColl = dlg.layerRange.layersList.items;
for (var p = 0; p < dlg.layerRange.layersList.items.length; p++) {
if (dlg.layerRange.layersList.items[p].selected == true) {
theLayerSelection = theLayerSelection.concat(p);
}
};
// collect the rest of the variables,
var theSuffix = dlg.suffix.suffixText.text;
var theNumber = Number (dlg.number.startNumber.text) - 1;
var theLayerNameAdd = dlg.layerName.doAddName.value;
var theDestination = dlg.target.targetField.text;
var theNumbering = dlg.number.addNumber.value;
// pdf options
pdfOpts = new PDFSaveOptions() ;
pdfOpts.embedColorProfile = true;
pdfOpts.PDFCompatibility = PDFCompatibility.PDF13;
pdfOpts.downSample = PDFResample.NONE;
pdfOpts.vectorData = true;
pdfOpts.alphaChannels = false;
pdfOpts.byteOrder = ByteOrder.MACOS;
pdfOpts.layers = false ;
pdfOpts.preserveEditing = false ;
pdfOpts.convertToEightBit = true;
pdfOpts.annotations = false;
pdfOpts.colorConversion = false;
pdfOpts.embedFonts = true;
pdfOpts.embedThumbnail = true;
pdfOpts.transparency = false;
pdfOpts.encoding = PDFEncoding.PDFZIP ;
var theVisibilities = new Array;
// create the pdf-name;
if (theSuffix.length > 0) {
var aSuffix = "_" + theSuffix
}
else {
var aSuffix = ""
};
// create a flattened copy;
var theCopy = myDocument.duplicate("thecopy", true);
// do the operation;
for (var m = theLayerSelection.length - 1; m >= 0; m--) {
app.activeDocument = myDocument;
var theLayer = theLayerSets[theLayerSelection[m]];
if (theNumbering == true) {
theNumber = bufferNumberWithZeros((Number (theNumber) + 1), 2);
theNumberString = "_" + theNumber
};
else {
theNumberString = ""
};
// get the layername for the pdf-name;
if (theLayerNameAdd == true) {
var aLayerName = "_" + theLayer.name.replace("/", "_")
}
else {
var aLayerName = ""
}
// transfer layerset over to the copy;
theLayer.duplicate (theCopy, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
app.activeDocument = theCopy;
// hide the llast added layer;
theCopy.layers[1].visible = false;
theCopy.saveAs((new File(theDestination+"/"+myDocName+aSuffix+aLayerName+theNumberString+".pdf")),pdfOpts,true)
};
theCopy.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}
};
else {alert ("no document open")};
////////////////////////////////////
////// buffer number with zeros //////
function bufferNumberWithZeros (number, places) {
var theNumberString = String(number);
for (var o = 0; o < (places - String(number).length); o++) {
theNumberString = String("0" + theNumberString)
};
return theNumberString
};
////// function collect all layersets //////
function collectLayerSets (theParent) {
if (!allLayerSets) {
var allLayerSets = new Array}
else {};
for (var m = theParent.layers.length - 1; m >= 0;m--) {
var theLayer = theParent.layers[m];
// apply the function to layersets;
if (theLayer.typename == "ArtLayer") {
// allLayerSets = allLayerSets.concat(theLayer)
}
else {
// this line includes the layer groups;
allLayerSets = allLayerSets.concat(theLayer);
allLayerSets = allLayerSets.concat(collectLayerSets(theLayer))
}
}
return allLayerSets
};
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