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How to match free transform to another layer

Engaged ,
Sep 03, 2018 Sep 03, 2018

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Hello everyone,

I have 2 layers. They are both rectangles. I changed the angle of the right layer using free transform and i want to match it for the left one.

If I recorded an action in the first place it would probably work and I would have used it.

But since I didn't recorded a macro, I want to know if i can do it now using a script.

Note: Edit > Transform > Again doesn't work.

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People's Champ , Sep 06, 2018 Sep 06, 2018

It is assumed that the smartobject "Layer 2" has a straight-angle border shape and has no rotations or distortions.

After you transform the "Layer 1" smartobject, run the script.
The layer "Layer 2" will take the form of a layer "Layer 1".

var r = new ActionReference();

r.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID("property"), stringIDToTypeID("smartObjectMore"));

r.putName(stringIDToTypeID("layer"), "Layer 1");

var list1 = executeActionGet(r).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("smartObjectMore")).getList(stringIDToTy

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People's Champ ,
Sep 03, 2018 Sep 03, 2018

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It is assumed that there are two similar layers.
During the script, you transform the first layer, after which the transformation is applied to the second layer.

Try

var layer0 = activeDocument.layers[0];

var layer1 = activeDocument.layers[1];

app.activeDocument.suspendHistory("Transform two layers", "transform_two()");

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function transform_two()

    {

    try {

        app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.CM;

        app.activeDocument.activeLayer = layer0;

        var x0 = layer0.bounds[0].value;

        var y0 = layer0.bounds[1].value;

        runMenuItem(stringIDToTypeID("freeTransform"));

   

        app.activeDocument.activeLayer = layer1;

        transform_again(x0, y0);

        }

    catch (e) { alert(e); }

    }

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function transform_again(x0, y0)

    {

    try {

        var layer = app.activeDocument.activeLayer;

        var x1 = layer.bounds[0].value;

        var y1 = layer.bounds[1].value;

        move(layer, x0-x1, y0-y1)

        var r = new ActionReference();

        var d  = new ActionDescriptor();

        r.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );

        d.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), r );

        d.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "LstT" ), true );

        executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Trnf" ), d, DialogModes.NO );

        move(layer, x1-x0, y1-y0);

        return true;

        }

    catch (e) { alert(e); return false; }

    }

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function move(layer, x, y)

    {

    try {

        if (layer != undefined) app.activeDocument.activeLayer = layer;

        var d1 = new ActionDescriptor();

        var ref = new ActionReference();

        ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );

        d1.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );

        var d2 = new ActionDescriptor();

        d2.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Rlt" ), x*72/2.54 );

        d2.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Rlt" ), y*72/2.54 );

        d1.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "T   " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" ), d2);

        executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "move" ), d1, DialogModes.NO );

        }

    catch (e) { alert(e); throw(e); }

    }

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Engaged ,
Sep 04, 2018 Sep 04, 2018

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sorry for the delay, this is the message i keep getting:

2.JPG

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Sep 04, 2018 Sep 04, 2018

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For me script worked. I created document, unlocked background, duplicated new layer and ran script.

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People's Champ ,
Sep 04, 2018 Sep 04, 2018

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Have you fulfilled the condition?

"It is assumed that there are two similar layers."

They should be at the top among all layers in the layer palette. See the script code carefully, and do not stupidly run the script.

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Engaged ,
Sep 04, 2018 Sep 04, 2018

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i did look at the script, even renamed the layers.

Like my picture in the original post there are two layers that are not 100% the same but they have same dimensions.

if I had the exact two layers i wouldn't need a script or an action i would just duplicate it.

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People's Champ ,
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Sorry. did not notice that you have smart objects. Try this.

var layer0 = activeDocument.layers[0]; 

var layer1 = activeDocument.layers[1]; 

 

app.activeDocument.suspendHistory("Transform two layers", "transform_two()"); 

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 

function transform_two() 

    { 

    try { 

        app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.CM; 

 

        app.activeDocument.activeLayer = layer0; 

 

        var x0 = layer0.bounds[0].value; 

        var y0 = layer0.bounds[1].value; 

 

        transform();

     

        app.activeDocument.activeLayer = layer1; 

 

        transform_again(x0, y0); 

        } 

    catch (e) { alert(e); } 

    } 

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 

function transform_again(x0, y0) 

    { 

    try { 

        var layer = app.activeDocument.activeLayer; 

 

        var x1 = layer.bounds[0].value; 

        var y1 = layer.bounds[1].value; 

 

        move(x0-x1, y0-y1) 

 

        var r = new ActionReference(); 

        var d  = new ActionDescriptor(); 

 

        r.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) ); 

        d.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), r ); 

        d.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "LstT" ), true ); 

        executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Trnf" ), d, DialogModes.NO );  

 

        move(x1-x0, y1-y0); 

        return true; 

        } 

    catch (e) { alert(e); return false; } 

    } 

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 

function move(x, y) 

    { 

    try { 

        var d1 = new ActionDescriptor(); 

 

        var ref = new ActionReference(); 

 

        ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) ); 

 

        d1.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref ); 

 

        var d2 = new ActionDescriptor(); 

 

        d2.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Rlt" ), x*72/2.54 ); 

        d2.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Rlt" ), y*72/2.54 ); 

 

        d1.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "T   " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" ), d2); 

 

        executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "move" ), d1, DialogModes.NO ); 

        } 

    catch (e) { alert(e); throw(e); } 

    } 

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function transform()

    {

    try {

        var ref = new ActionReference();

        var d1  = new ActionDescriptor();

        var d2  = new ActionDescriptor();

        var ret = true;

        try {

            ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );

            d2.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Rlt" ), 0 );

            d2.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Vrtc" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Rlt" ), 0 );

            d1.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );

            d1.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "FTcs" ), charIDToTypeID( "QCSt" ), charIDToTypeID( "Qcsa" ) );

            d1.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ofst" ), d2 );

            d1.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Wdth" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" ), 100 );

            d1.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID( "Hght" ), charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" ), 100 );

            d1.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "Lnkd" ), false );

            d1.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Intr" ), charIDToTypeID( "Intp" ), charIDToTypeID( "Bcbc" ) );

            executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "Trnf" ), d1, DialogModes.ALL );

            }

        catch(e) { ret = false; }

        return ret;

        }

    catch (e) { alert(e); throw(e); }

    }

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maybe i'm doing something wrong? still doesn't work:

2 layers:

a.JPG

i transformed one:

b.JPG

after activating the script nothing changes:

c.JPG

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You do not have to transform manually. You must transform it through a script (it calls the transformation itself)

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i got it now.

the script does great job, but i need something slightly different, I need to not transform the first layer within the script, given you have 2 layers one is already transformed and the second is not, i want the second one will adopt the first one

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any ideas?

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It is assumed that the smartobject "Layer 2" has a straight-angle border shape and has no rotations or distortions.

After you transform the "Layer 1" smartobject, run the script.
The layer "Layer 2" will take the form of a layer "Layer 1".

var r = new ActionReference();

r.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID("property"), stringIDToTypeID("smartObjectMore"));

r.putName(stringIDToTypeID("layer"), "Layer 1");

var list1 = executeActionGet(r).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("smartObjectMore")).getList(stringIDToTypeID("nonAffineTransform"));

var p1 = new Array();

for (var i = 0; i < list1.count; i+=2) p1.push([list1.getDouble(i), list1.getDouble(i+1)]);

var r = new ActionReference();

r.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID("property"), stringIDToTypeID("smartObjectMore"));

r.putName(stringIDToTypeID("layer"), "Layer 2");

var list2 = executeActionGet(r).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("smartObjectMore")).getList(stringIDToTypeID("nonAffineTransform"));

var p2 = new Array();

for (var i = 0; i < list2.count; i+=2) p2.push([list2.getDouble(i), list2.getDouble(i+1)]);

activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers.getByName("Layer 2");

/// WITHOUT THIS, IT CAN BE BUGGY WTF??? ///////

var doc = activeDocument;

executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("placedLayerEditContents"), undefined, DialogModes.NO);

activeDocument.suspendHistory("", "");

activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.SAVECHANGES);

activeDocument = doc;

///////////////////////////////////////////////

var d = new ActionDescriptor();

var l = new ActionList();

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p2[0][0]);

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p2[1][1]);

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p2[2][0]);

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p2[3][1]);

d.putList(stringIDToTypeID("rectangle"), l );

var l = new ActionList();

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p1[0][0]);

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p1[0][1]);

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p1[1][0]);

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p1[1][1]);

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p1[2][0]);

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p1[2][1]);

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p1[3][0]);

l.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID("#Pxl"), p1[3][1]);

d.putList(stringIDToTypeID("quadrilateral"), l);

var b0 = activeDocument.activeLayer.bounds;

executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("transform"), d, DialogModes.NO);

var b1 = activeDocument.activeLayer.bounds;

activeDocument.activeLayer.translate(b0[0] - b1[0], b0[1] - b1[1]);

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Engaged ,
Sep 16, 2018 Sep 16, 2018

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Works! Thank you

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Sep 22, 2018 Sep 22, 2018

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can we change it from "Layer 1" and "Layer 2" to change active layer to the layer under it?

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Please help Im trying to do this on photoshop 2022 version 23.5.2   Everytime after running the script I get Error 1302: no such element. Line: 25

->activeDocument.layer.getByname("Layer2");

I mean is there any other way or script to do this in photoshop? Really need this to work somehow without searching layer 1 or layer 2 image names and use it in script. I just want to copy tranforms from one scaled, skewed layer to same layer with no tranformations. Thanks for Help!

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Sep 06, 2018 Sep 06, 2018

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I want to change the script.

Can have it sync multiple selected layers

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People's Champ ,
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I want to change the script.

Can have it sync multiple selected layers

Causes transformation of the current smart-object. Then it repeats the transformation to all smart objects within the current level of nesting (Current Layer Set or Document)

var old_units = app.preferences.rulerUnits;   

app.activeDocument.suspendHistory("Transform similar", "transform_similar()");   

app.preferences.rulerUnits = old_units;   

   

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////   

function transform_similar()   

    {   

    try {   

        if (app.activeDocument.activeLayer.kind != LayerKind.SMARTOBJECT)

            {

            alert("A Smart Object is required")

            return;

            }

        app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.CM;   

   

        var layer0 = app.activeDocument.activeLayer;   

        var parent = layer0.parent;       

        var len = parent.artLayers.length;

        var x0 = layer0.bounds[0].value;   

        var y0 = layer0.bounds[1].value;   

        if (!transform()) return;

        for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)

            {

            if (parent.artLayers == layer0) continue;

            if (parent.artLayers.kind != LayerKind.SMARTOBJECT) continue;

            app.activeDocument.activeLayer = parent.artLayers;

            transform_again(x0, y0);   

            }

        app.activeDocument.activeLayer = layer0;

        }   

    catch (e) { alert(e); }   

    }   

   

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////   

function transform_again(x0, y0)   

    {   

    try {   

        var layer = app.activeDocument.activeLayer;   

   

        var x1 = layer.bounds[0].value;   

        var y1 = layer.bounds[1].value;   

   

        move(x0-x1, y0-y1)   

        var d = new ActionDescriptor();

        var r = new ActionReference();

        r.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("layer"), stringIDToTypeID("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID("targetEnum"));

        d.putReference(stringIDToTypeID("null"), r);

        d.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("lastTransform"), true);

        executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("transform"), d, DialogModes.NO);

   

        move(x1-x0, y1-y0);   

 

        return true;   

        }   

    catch (e) { alert(e); return false; }   

    }   

   

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////   

function move(x, y)   

    {   

    try {   

        var d = new ActionDescriptor();

        var r = new ActionReference();

        r.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("layer"), stringIDToTypeID("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID("targetEnum"));

        d.putReference(stringIDToTypeID("null"), r);

        var d1 = new ActionDescriptor();

        d1.putUnitDouble(stringIDToTypeID("horizontal"), stringIDToTypeID("distanceUnit"), x*72/2.54);

        d1.putUnitDouble(stringIDToTypeID("vertical"),   stringIDToTypeID("distanceUnit"), y*72/2.54);

        d.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("to"), stringIDToTypeID("offset"), d1);

        executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("move"), d, DialogModes.NO);   

        }   

    catch (e) { alert(e); throw(e); }   

    }   

 

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 

function transform() 

    { 

    try { 

        var d = new ActionDescriptor();

        var r = new ActionReference();

        r.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("layer"), stringIDToTypeID("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID("targetEnum"));

        d.putReference(stringIDToTypeID("null"), r);

        d.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("freeTransformCenterState"), stringIDToTypeID("quadCenterState"), stringIDToTypeID("QCSAverage"));

        var d1 = new ActionDescriptor();

        d1.putUnitDouble(stringIDToTypeID("horizontal"), stringIDToTypeID("distanceUnit"), 0);

        d1.putUnitDouble(stringIDToTypeID("vertical"),   stringIDToTypeID("distanceUnit"), 0);

        d.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("offset"), stringIDToTypeID("offset"), d1);

        d.putUnitDouble(stringIDToTypeID("width"),  stringIDToTypeID("percentUnit"), 100);

        d.putUnitDouble(stringIDToTypeID("height"), stringIDToTypeID("percentUnit"), 100);

        d.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("linked"), false);

        d.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID("Intr"), stringIDToTypeID("interpolationType"), stringIDToTypeID("bicubic"));

        executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("transform"), d, DialogModes.ALL);

        return true;

        } 

    catch(e) { return false; } 

    } 

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There is a saying in China.

A designer who does not code is a fake designer.

Really hard to beat you, you are really great!

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What should I do?

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