Export layers and Save as

Question

I have image.psd file with base1, base2, base3, base4, base5 layers and variation1, variation2, ..., variation80 layers. I need to export images and save them as imagebase1variation1.jpg, ..., imagebase1variation80.jpg and the same for each base layer + each variation layer. What is the most efficient way to do that in Photoshop CS5? (And I need to repeat this task for the rest of my 200 .psd images!)

c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted Answer

I have not included checks for all potential problems (for example if you were to have two Layers names »base1« the resulting files would be overwritten without warning and numbers will only be considered to a length of 5 spaces).

But you could give it a try with some duplicate files.

If you want to give it a try, paste the following text into a new file in ExtendScript Toolkit (part of Photoshop’s installation, Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities/ExtendScript Toolkit CS4 or /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities-CS5/ExtendScript Toolkit CS5) and save it as a jsx-file into Photoshop’s Presets/Scripts-folder.

After restarting Photoshop the Script should be available under File > Scripts and can be assigned a Keyboard Shortcut directly, recorded into an Action, (in CS4 and CS5) be used in a Configurator-Panel or started from ExtendScript Toolkit directly.

Edited:

// combine base with variation layers and save jpgs;
// 2012, use at your own risk;
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
var docName = myDocument.name;
var basename = docName.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1];
var docPath = myDocument.path;
// jpg options;
var jpegOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpegOptions.quality = 9;
jpegOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
jpegOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
// get layers;
var theLayers = collectLayers(app.activeDocument, [[], []]);
var base = theLayers[0];
var variation = theLayers[1];
// create the combinations;
for (var m = 0; m < base.length; m++) {
          base.visible = true;
          for (var n = 0; n < variation.length; n++) {
                    variation.visible = true;
                    myDocument.saveAs((new File(docPath+"/image"+ base.name + variation.name +".jpg")), jpegOptions, true);
                    variation.visible = false;
                    }
          base.visible = false;
          };
};
////// function collect all layers //////
function collectLayers (theParent, allLayers) {
          if (!allLayers) {var allLayers = new Array} 
          else {};
          for (var m = theParent.layers.length - 1; m >= 0;m--) {
                    var theLayer = theParent.layers;
// apply the function to layersets;
                    if (theLayer.typename == "ArtLayer") {
                              if (theLayer.name.match(/^base\d{1,5}$/)) {allLayers[0].push(theLayer)};
                              if (theLayer.name.match(/^variation\d{1,5}$/)) {allLayers[1].push(theLayer)};
                              theLayer.visible = false
                              }
                    else {
                              allLayers = (collectLayers(theLayer, allLayers))
                              }
                    };
          return allLayers
          };

Babymac08 · Answer

What my overall plan is will be adding this to the bottom of another script that will watch a hot folder and open a .pdf (Single or Multi Page) then jump to this script and save each layer as a flattened .tif... When I'm running the script by itself from the script editor it stops and those lines turn orange. I'll attach both scripts below so you can see what the ultimate plan is...

// opens all pages of pdfs cropped to trimbox with set settings;

// 2011, use it at your own risk;

#target photoshop

var pdfOpenOpts = new PDFOpenOptions;

pdfOpenOpts.antiAlias = true;

pdfOpenOpts.bitsPerChannel = BitsPerChannelType.EIGHT;

pdfOpenOpts.cropPage = CropToType.MEDIABOX;

pdfOpenOpts.mode = OpenDocumentMode.CMYK;

pdfOpenOpts.resolution = 300;

pdfOpenOpts.suppressWarnings = true;

pdfOpenOpts.usePageNumber = true;

// dialog for pdf-selection;

var theFiles = app.openDialog();

if (theFiles) {

// change pref;

var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;

// change pref;

var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.INCHES;

for (var m = 0; m < theFiles.length; m++) {

var theFile = theFiles;

if (theFile.name.slice(-4) == ".pdf") {

var thePdf = openMultipagePDF(theFile);

};

}

// reset pref;

app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;

function openMultipagePDF(myPDFFile) {

// suppress dialogs;

var theDialogSettings = app.displayDialogs;

app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;

var myCounter = 1;

var myBreak = false;

while(myBreak == false){

pdfOpenOpts.page = myCounter;

try {

var thePdf = app.open(myPDFFile, pdfOpenOpts);

thePdf.flatten();

thePdf.layers[0].isBackgroundLayer = false;

//thePdf.layers[0].name = myPDFFile.name+"_"+myCounter;

if (myCounter == 1) {

var theFile = thePdf

}

else {

thePdf.layers[0].duplicate(theFile, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);

thePdf.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES)

}

catch (e) {myBreak = true};

myCounter = myCounter + 1;

};

// reset dialogmodes;

app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.ERROR;

return app.activeDocument

};

*******Your script starts below **************

// save tif of layers;

#target photoshop

if (app.documents.length > 0) {

var myDocument = app.activeDocument;

var docName = myDocument.name;

var basename = docName.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1];

var docPath = myDocument.path;

// tif options;

var tifOpts = new TiffSaveOptions();

tifOpts.embedColorProfile = true;

tifOpts.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.TIFFLZW;

tifOpts.alphaChannels = false;

tifOpts.byteOrder = ByteOrder.IBM;

tifOpts.layers = false;

// get layers;

var theLayers = collectLayers(app.activeDocument, []);

// create the combinations;

for (var m = 0; m < theLayers.length; m++) {

theLayers.visible = true;

myDocument.saveAs((new File(docPath+"/"+ docName + "_" + theLayers.name.replace("/","_") + ".tif")), tifOpts, true);

theLayers.visible = false;

};

////// function collect all layers //////

function collectLayers (theParent, allLayers) {

if (!allLayers) {var allLayers = new Array}

else {};

for (var m = theParent.layers.length - 1; m >= 0;m--) {

var theLayer = theParent.layers;

// apply the function to layersets;

if (theLayer.typename == "ArtLayer") {

allLayers.push(theLayer);

theLayer.visible = false

}

else {

theLayer.visible = true

allLayers = (collectLayers(theLayer, allLayers))

}

};

return allLayers

};

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