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How do I automatically copy the dimensions and position of one layer to another

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Aug 05, 2022 Aug 05, 2022

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I have to do the same manual process everytime and I wanna know if there's a way to make it automatic to release me from my suffering!

I have a text layer and I wanna make a shape layer have the same dimensions and position in the canvas, normally I do this by manually resizing and positioning the Shape layer, but I realized if press Ctrl + T, I have access to the size of the layer and it's position in the canvas, if I manually copy and paste these values from the Text Layer to the Shape Layer it does what I need, but I waste time doing that, so I wanna know if there's a way to do it automatically, a hidden feature or a script.

The text is always different, so I can't just use the same values everytime. See the images for an example.

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Community Expert , Aug 05, 2022 Aug 05, 2022

I will likely modify/update the following two scripts, however for now I hope that they serve.

 

EDIT – 7th August 2022, Scripts updated to 1.3 version:

 

Step 1 of 2:

 

/*
Resize Layer from Source - Script 1 of 2.jsx
Stephen Marsh, v1.3 - 7th August 2022
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/how-do-i-automatically-copy-the-dimensions-and-position-of-one-layer-to-another/td-p/13117557
NOTES:
Run this script on the source layer to copy the layer bounds info to the desktop
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Aug 07, 2022 Aug 07, 2022

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Yeah, "I hate" dialog alerts.

I wish they would add two things to actions...

- Beep

- Reminder, i.e., a temporary taskbar text balloon reminding you of options and intentions. (I kinda succeeded in doing that by having a helper app automatically close the Alert dialogs and instead put that text in a taskbar balloon, but it's really "too messy" to use).

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My general thought process is;

 

If the script is short, a beep may be helpful.

 

If the script is longer, say a batch process, then an alert is more useful as the operator may have left the computer or app.

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