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April 20, 2018
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Get x/y position (and width/height) of the transform box of a layer (not chopped off bounds)

  • April 20, 2018
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Hi there,

There are tons of great scripts out there to query the position and size of layers (e.g. outlined in this thread Export layer coordinates, layer width and height? )
However, I can't seem to find a way / to get the top left anchor position of the transfrom bounding box. All scripts I could find use "bounds" which chopps off everything that's not visible in the layer. But I would need the actual values that do show up in the info box while working in Photoshop. Is there any way to get those values out to a text file. Batch/Script would be awesome, but any hint helps. Thanks!

I hope this picture clarifies what I am after. Notice that the box is way bigger than the actual layer content (I don't need the precisely cut-out bat that "bounds" gives you!)

Cheers,
Til

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Correct answer r-bin

Read this topic. Maybe this is it

Get Layer Transform X Y Top Left Coordinate Position

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April 20, 2018

If the layer is normal and has only a mask, then you can try.

var tmp = activeDocument.activeLayer.layerMaskDensity;
activeDocument.activeLayer.layerMaskDensity = 0;
alert(activeDocument.activeLayer.bounds)
activeDocument.activeLayer.layerMaskDensity = tmp;

You can also get the "boundsNoMask" property for the layer via the AM code.

    til5
    til5Author
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    April 20, 2018

    Hi r-bin,
    Thanks a lot for your message and suggestion! So sorry, I totally forgot to mention the layer is a smart object that does not have a mask. Then your suggestion wouldn`t work, right? ...maybe I should edit the post and mention it as it is probably important to know (hm, can`t edit the original post).
    Cheers,
    Til

    til5
    til5Author
    Participating Frequently
    April 20, 2018

    Read this topic. Maybe this is it

    Get Layer Transform X Y Top Left Coordinate Position


    Hi r-bin,

     

    Yes, I think this is exactly what I was looking for! I am pretty useless when it comes to coding, just copying stuff. Didn't succeed in merging anything valuable myself yet. I might ask X-ram if he succeeded in his goal and if he would want to share the code...

    My ultimate goal is to merge this code snippet to

     

    Adobe-Export-Scripts/Export Layer Coordinates Photoshop.jsx at master · bronzehedwick/Adobe-Export-Scripts · GitHub

     

    Thanks again for pointing me to above thread and your earlier snippet r-bin!

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