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@Stephen Marsh Solved! Your script works perfectly. The problem was that I had the "Open As Layer" event running in the Script Events Manager. Turning that off solved the errors I was getting, plus a whole heap of other stuff relating to exporting artboards. I rely hugely on Open As Layer to help document my compositing workflow, but hadn't connected the dots to its impact on other scripts. But it's easy to toggle the event on and off as needed. Thank you so much for all your help on this, and f
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Here is the 2.1 script version:
* Batch Output to WebP - Automatically saves all your artboards to WebP format in one go, saving you from the tedious process of saving each artboard individually
* Dual Format Support - Can export both WebP and JPEG versions simultaneously, so you get modern WebP files for performance plus JPEG fallbacks for compatibility
* Flexible Compression Options - Choose between lossy and lossless WebP compression with a quality slider (0-100), giving you control
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Hi @Stephen Marsh
Hope all is well with you! It's me again 🙂
The script has been working like a dream and it works super well.
One issue we've encountered with our workflow is that OG images don't support webp in all platforms and this is causing us a bit of an issue, so in fact it seems we need both WebP formats and Jpeg formats.
Ideally we could export both from the same script so it minimises our workflow.
Is there someway the script could be adapted to also output JPG format too? Or is this a bit much?
Worth an ask at least.
By @Mel30188944k1h7
I just stumbled over this post, here is a new version of the script that saves both JPEG and WebP versions:
/*
Artboards-to-JPEG-and-WEBP-PS2022.jsx
18th June 2024, v1.3 - Stephen Marsh
* Only for Photoshop 2022 (v23.x.x) or later!
* Saves artboards as JPEG - Quality: 12 & lossy WebP - Quality: 100
* Prompts for a save location and prompts for a prefix to be added to the artboard name (uses the doc name by default)
* Existing files will be silently overwritten
* Converts non-RGB to sRGB color space, RGB color mode and 8 bpc
* If RGB the original color space is retained, beware if using ProPhoto RGB!
* Added metadata removal for Document Ancestors, Camera Raw Settings and XMP
* Added a "script running" window to provide feedback during the script execution
* Creates a temporary working document
Instructions for saving and installing:
https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html
*/
// Original script author below:
// =========================================================================
// artboardsToPNG.jsx - Adobe Photoshop Script
// Version: 0.6.0
// Requirements: Adobe Photoshop CC 2015, or higher
// Author: Anton Lyubushkin (nvkz.nemo@gmail.com)
// Website: http://lyubushkin.pro/
// =========================================================================
#target photoshop
(function () {
app.bringToFront();
// Ensure that version 2022 or later is being used
var versionNumber = app.version.split(".");
var versionCheck = parseInt(versionNumber);
if (versionCheck < 23) {
alert("You must use Photoshop 2022 or later to save using native WebP format...");
} else {
if (app.documents.length !== 0) {
var docRef = app.activeDocument,
allArtboards,
artboardsCount = 0;
var outputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select an output folder to save the artboards as JPEG & WebP:");
// Test if Cancel button returns null, then do nothing
if (outputFolder === null) {
app.beep();
return;
}
var preFix = prompt("Add the prefix including separator character to the artboard name:", docRef.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '') + "_");
// Test if Cancel button returns null, then do nothing
if (preFix === null) {
app.beep();
return;
}
// Hide the Photoshop panels
app.togglePalettes();
if (outputFolder) {
// Dupe to a temp doc
app.activeDocument.duplicate(app.activeDocument.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, ''), false);
// Clean out unwanted metadata
deleteDocumentAncestorsMetadata();
removeCRSmeta();
// If the doc isn't in RGB mode
if (activeDocument.mode !== DocumentMode.RGB)
// Convert to sRGB
activeDocument.convertProfile("sRGB IEC61966-2.1", Intent.RELATIVECOLORIMETRIC, true, false);
// Ensure that the doc mode is RGB (to correctly handle Indexed Color mode)
activeDocument.changeMode(ChangeMode.RGB);
activeDocument.bitsPerChannel = BitsPerChannelType.EIGHT;
allArtboards = getAllArtboards();
artboardsCount = allArtboards[0];
// Loop over the artboards and run the main function
for (var i = 0; i < artboardsCount; i++) {
// Script running notification window - courtesy of William Campbell
// https://www.marspremedia.com/download?asset=adobe-script-tutorial-11.zip
// https://youtu.be/JXPeLi6uPv4?si=Qx0OVNLAOzDrYPB4
var working;
working = new Window("palette");
working.preferredSize = [300, 80];
working.add("statictext");
working.t = working.add("statictext");
working.add("statictext");
working.display = function (message) {
this.t.text = message || "Script running, please wait...";
this.show();
app.refresh();
};
working.display();
// Call the main function
docRef.suspendHistory('Artboards to JPEG & WebP', 'main(' + i + ')');
app.refresh();
app.activeDocument.activeHistoryState = app.activeDocument.historyStates[app.activeDocument.historyStates.length - 2];
// Ensure Photoshop has focus before closing the running script notification window
app.bringToFront();
working.close();
}
}
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
// Restore the Photoshop panels
app.togglePalettes();
// End of script notification
app.beep();
alert(artboardsCount + ' WebP and ' + artboardsCount + ' JPEG files saved to: ' + '\r' + outputFolder.fsName);
// Open the output folder in Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder
// outputFolder.execute();
///// FUNCTIONS /////
// The main working function
function main(i) {
selectLayerByIndex(allArtboards[1][i]);
// RegEx replace illegal filename characters with a hyphen
var artboardName = preFix + app.activeDocument.activeLayer.name.replace(/[:\/\\*\?\"\<\>\|\\\r\\\n.]/g, "_"); // "/\:*?"<>|\r\n" -> "-"
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("newPlacedLayer"), undefined, DialogModes.NO);
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("placedLayerEditContents"), undefined, DialogModes.NO);
app.activeDocument.selection.selectAll();
try {
ungroupLayers();
} catch (e) {
alert("There was an unexpected error with the ungroupLayers function!")
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}
crop();
saveAsJPEG(artboardName);
saveAsWebP(artboardName);
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}
function getAllArtboards() {
try {
var ab = [];
var theRef = new ActionReference();
theRef.putProperty(charIDToTypeID('Prpr'), stringIDToTypeID("artboards"));
theRef.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Dcmn'), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
var getDescriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
getDescriptor.putReference(stringIDToTypeID("null"), theRef);
var abDesc = executeAction(charIDToTypeID("getd"), getDescriptor, DialogModes.NO).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("artboards"));
var abCount = abDesc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('list')).count;
if (abCount > 0) {
for (var i = 0; i < abCount; ++i) {
var abObj = abDesc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('list')).getObjectValue(i);
var abTopIndex = abObj.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("top"));
ab.push(abTopIndex);
}
}
return [abCount, ab];
} catch (e) {
alert(e.line + '\n' + e.message);
}
}
function selectLayerByIndex(index, add) {
add = undefined ? add = false : add
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), index + 1);
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
desc.putReference(charIDToTypeID("null"), ref);
if (add) desc.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("selectionModifier"), stringIDToTypeID("selectionModifierType"), stringIDToTypeID("addToSelection"));
desc.putBoolean(charIDToTypeID("MkVs"), false);
executeAction(charIDToTypeID("slct"), desc, DialogModes.NO);
}
function ungroupLayers() {
app.runMenuItem(stringIDToTypeID('ungroupLayersEvent'));
}
function crop() {
var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
desc1.putBoolean(charIDToTypeID('Dlt '), true);
executeAction(charIDToTypeID('Crop'), desc1, DialogModes.NO);
}
function saveAsJPEG(_name) {
removeXMP();
var jpgOptns = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpgOptns.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE;
jpgOptns.embedColorProfile = true;
jpgOptns.matte = MatteType.NONE;
jpgOptns.quality = 12;
activeDocument.saveAs(new File(outputFolder + '/' + _name + '.jpg'), jpgOptns, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
}
function saveAsWebP(_name) {
var s2t = function (s) {
return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
};
var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
var descriptor2 = new ActionDescriptor();
descriptor2.putEnumerated(s2t("compression"), s2t("WebPCompression"), s2t("compressionLossy")); // Lossy compression
descriptor2.putInteger(s2t("quality"), 100); // WebP Quality
descriptor2.putBoolean(s2t("includeXMPData"), true); // Include XMP metadata
descriptor2.putBoolean(s2t("includeEXIFData"), true); // Include EXIF metadata
descriptor2.putBoolean(s2t("includePsExtras"), true); // Include Ps Extras metadata
descriptor.putObject(s2t("as"), s2t("WebPFormat"), descriptor2);
descriptor.putPath(s2t("in"), new File(outputFolder + '/' + _name + '.webp'), true);
descriptor.putBoolean(s2t("lowerCase"), true);
descriptor.putEnumerated(s2t("saveStage"), s2t("saveStageType"), s2t("saveSucceeded"));
executeAction(s2t("save"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
}
function removeXMP() {
//https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/script-to-remove-all-meta-data-from-the-photo/td-p/10400906
if (!documents.length) return;
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript === undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
var xmp = new XMPMeta(activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData);
XMPUtils.removeProperties(xmp, "", "", XMPConst.REMOVE_ALL_PROPERTIES);
app.activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData = xmp.serialize();
}
function removeCRSmeta() {
//community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/remove-crs-metadata/td-p/10306935
if (!documents.length) return;
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript === undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
var xmp = new XMPMeta(app.activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData);
XMPUtils.removeProperties(xmp, XMPConst.NS_CAMERA_RAW, "", XMPConst.REMOVE_ALL_PROPERTIES);
app.activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData = xmp.serialize();
}
function deleteDocumentAncestorsMetadata() {
whatApp = String(app.name); //String version of the app name
if (whatApp.search("Photoshop") > 0) { //Check for photoshop specifically, or this will cause errors
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript === undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
var xmp = new XMPMeta(activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData);
// Begone foul Document Ancestors!
xmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_PHOTOSHOP, "DocumentAncestors");
app.activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData = xmp.serialize();
}
}
} else {
alert('You must have a document open!');
}
}
})();
Hey @Stephen Marsh
It's really helpful, thank you so much. One thing I noticed with these versions of the scripts, are that the document immediately closes after the script has finished running. Is it possible to keep the document open again since we have to export many different images. I think we had this on a previous version of the script, but then lost it again when you added the JPEG function to it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as always! Hope you have a wonderful week.
Thanks Mel
By @Mel30188944k1h7
Temporary destructive changes are being made to the original file, so it is closed without saving for safety.
It is possible to add a step to duplicate the file, so that the script works on the duped file and then closes that down without saving, leaving the untouched original open.
Would that work for you?
Hey @Stephen Marsh ,
Amazing script-works very well, what a champ!
Just wondering if there's a chance where we can play around with the lossy before exporting them out as webp?
But other than that, what a life saver..!
By @Kezya Anatha
Thanks.
If you are referring to the lossy compression value, then yes! Change the following value from 100 to the required value:
descriptor2.putInteger(s2t("quality"), 100); // WebP Quality
P.S. Another prompt could be added to the script so that you can enter in the desired lossy quality value when the script is run, rather than having to edit the code.
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