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How do we save all variations?

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
October 11, 2023
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I can't figure out how to save all generated examples.... so I have 3 nice looking flowers, but... how do I save all 3 flowers to layers?

2nd question: Why are the topics listed below so daft?

macOS

Correct answer Stephen Marsh

A related topic with a couple of scripted solutions to automate saving all generative variations from all generative smart object layers.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/is-there-a-quot-simple-quot-way-to-export-all-generation-variations/m-p/14442568

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mxmitchell

Participant

Seriously, it should be easier!

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An Alarch

Known Participant

You can click on a single generated image and use Ctrl +J to copy it as a layer.
So if you've got a small number of generations - say the standard 3 - you can click on each one and use Ctrl + J three times. You get single layers - not a group.
This will obviously get tedious if you have a large number of generations.
But if you have a large number and only want to save a few then this method might be easier.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

What are you actually talking about?

Please post meaningful screenshots to illustrate.

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An Alarch

Known Participant

Just to clarify.
You can save the options in a generated layer by right clicking on the layer and choosing 'convert to layers' from the drop down menu.
This produces a group with all the images inside.

If these are full image genertions the mask is disabled, partial screen generations retain the mask.

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theKBit

Participant

Updoot this man. Please!

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Please read this (in particular the section titled "Supply pertinent information for more timely and effective answers”):
https://community.adobe.com/t5/using-the-community/community-how-to-guide-tips-amp-best-practices/td-p/11601738?page=1

Stephen Marsh

Correct answer

Community Expert

A related topic with a couple of scripted solutions to automate saving all generative variations from all generative smart object layers.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/is-there-a-quot-simple-quot-way-to-export-all-generation-variations/m-p/14442568

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

A related script to cycle through generative variations from a keyboard shortcut rather than using the properties panel:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/generative-fill-property-panel-arrows-for-variations/idi-p/14984091

Kevin Stohlmeyer

Community Expert

Your variations remain embedded in the Generative Fill layer until you remove them. It's one of the other complaints that this bloats file sizes. There is no need to do an extra save process to preserve them.

siliconmana

Known Participant

Until you rasterise one of them, then poof, all gone.
So layer duplication will then change all layers the the current selected variation, so that doesn't work.
Seriously, such advances, yet the only solution I can currently think of is to duplicate the file, change the file name and that's rather back to the dark ages isn't it. 😛

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theKBit

Participant

@Kevin Stohlmeyer , I was replying to @theKBit ’s post of the content »Updoot this man. Please!«

My bad. New here. I figured responding to the solution that helped me would help others find what they were looking for. I guess I should spam links to irrelevant articles instead. Thanks for the tip!

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

2nd question: Why are the topics listed below so daft?

What are you talking about?

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turner111Author

Inspiring

When we start a post, a list of topics appears, below the post, and at least one of them must be chosen.

More often than not, there are many listed that have absolutely nothing to do with the actual topic or content.

In this case, the closest thing for me was "MacOS" or whatever is was. I doubt anyone coming in with the same question is going to search "MacOS".

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

But searching the Forum does not rely on those topics alone and a topic for each of Photoshop’s functions/menu items/… would seem pretty excessive.

Bojan Živković11378569

Community Expert

Are you talking about Generative Fill? Try this: duplicate Generative Fill layer in the Layers panel then change variation.

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turner111Author

Inspiring

Thanks Bojan - that worked. I was expecting an "expand variations to layers" or something similar.

Hang on. .🙂

I didn't see this yesterday. Hmm..

Robert Saenz

Participant

Unfortunately you have to do that for every generated image. There doesn't appear to be an option to do a group save. Kind of annoying. Most AI seem to be that way. There needs to be a Save All option and/or the option to select ones you want then batch save. People of the future - hurry up!!!

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