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How familiar are you with JavaScript and Photoshop Scripting?
Are you capable of adapting a Script that contains the necessary basic operations to your needs?
The below Script should group Layers that have the same bounds dimensions and align them horizontally in the group (see screenshots).
// group layers of the same bounds dimensions;
// 2021, use it at your own risk;
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var theLayers = collectLayersBounds ();
theLayers.sort(sortArrayByIndexedItem
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mr. JJMack do it
but how i do it with code , i need the script code please ?
very sorry
It is clear that I could not explain what is required
First: I am working on a file with an area of 100 cm by 70 cm or any size
This file contains many layers such as images, not text
These layers are of different dimensions or sizes
like that
I want to arrange the layers according to their dimensions and sizes to be like this
I hope I was able to explain what I want
I have a file with many layers like images
But the pictures have different dimensions
Most of these images are similar in size
I want when selecting an element with a specific dimension
It selects all items of similar size
Is there a problem with this?
I would like the full code please?
Thank you
If you want to compact the layout you show you would have to sort out things and piece the puzzle together into the smallest canvas area possible then trim the canvas. Optimizing a layout is above my skill level. I just resize image to fill a common tile size and tile the canvas.
If you have two of this and two that and three of an other and four of yet another size. Like you show. Knowing the sizes and aspect ratios and numbers how do solve the puzzle for the optimum layout configuration?
thank you for taking care of me
I want the code that gives me this result
The is a forum to ask for help it is not a not a free work force for your use. What you want to do would require a great deal of processing and need more information like document canvas size limit. It is complicated mathematical problem. Scripts are not compile programs they execute very slowly. It may be a task that is not well suited for scripting. It is something you want so if you can not find a programs that does what you want. you nee to develop it yourself of hire a high level programmer. IMO a normal programmer may not be able to handle such a task. It has nothing to do about layer groups. You asking for a puzzle to be solved. What tile pattern would be best suited for a random sets of different size images what size does the canvas need to be. Can you do the Math? It is a problem beyond my math skill. A script can easily gather information about all pixel layer and their bounds. The Problem is how do you lay them out. How do you distribute them above the canvas. The more sizes you have the increase the the complexity. For myselef I removed all the complexity and tile one size tile and fit images into the tiles. That way I can distribute the images in the Image order I want. For they all e sized the same size. I can set the number of column by settings canvas width and tile width and height. The My script will calculate the canvas height based on tile size and number of image files to be tiled, My script will open a new document with the required canvas size then tile all the image file selected in the Order they are sorted.
My Script is a lot like Bridge Output module that create only one document. Its dialog looks like this.
mr.JJMack
thank you but script code Shows me layer information in a text file
First thing.. I created groups
then put files and select some layer
I want a code that shows me the groups in the file
And when you press the group
It transfers the selected files to the selected group
How familiar are you with JavaScript and Photoshop Scripting?
Are you capable of adapting a Script that contains the necessary basic operations to your needs?
The below Script should group Layers that have the same bounds dimensions and align them horizontally in the group (see screenshots).
// group layers of the same bounds dimensions;
// 2021, use it at your own risk;
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var theLayers = collectLayersBounds ();
theLayers.sort(sortArrayByIndexedItem);
var theIndex = 1;
var theArray = [[theLayers[0]]];
while (theIndex != theLayers.length) {
if (theArray[theArray.length-1][0][3] == theLayers[theIndex][3]) {
theArray[theArray.length-1].push(theLayers[theIndex])
}
else {theArray.push([theLayers[theIndex]])};
theIndex++
};
// group layers;
for (var m = 0; m < theArray.length; m++) {
selectLayerByID(theArray[m][0][2], false);
for (var n = 1; n < theArray[m].length; n++) {
selectLayerByID(theArray[m][n][2], true);
};
groupSelectedLayers (theArray[m][0][3])
};
// move layers;
for (var o = 0; o < theArray.length; o++) {
var theW = Number(theArray[o][0][3].split("*")[0]);
for (var n = 1; n < theArray[o].length; n++) {
moveLayer (theArray[o][n][2], theArray[o][0][4]-theArray[o][n][4]+theW*n, theArray[o][0][5]-theArray[o][n][5]);
};
};
};
////////////////////////////////////
// based on code by mike hale, via paul riggott;
function selectLayerByID(id,add){
add = undefined ? add = false:add
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIdentifier(charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), id);
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
desc.putReference(charIDToTypeID("null"), ref );
if(add) desc.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifier" ), stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifierType" ), stringIDToTypeID( "addToSelection" ) );
desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" ), false );
try{
executeAction(charIDToTypeID("slct"), desc, DialogModes.NO );
}catch(e){
alert(e.message);
}
};
////// collect layers //////
function collectLayersBounds () {
// the file;
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
// get number of layers;
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID('property'), stringIDToTypeID('numberOfLayers'));
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var applicationDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var theNumber = applicationDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("numberOfLayers"));
// process the layers;
var theLayers = new Array;
for (var m = 0; m <= theNumber; m++) {
try {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), m);
var layerDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var layerSet = typeIDToStringID(layerDesc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID("layerSection")));
var isBackground = layerDesc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("background"));
// collect values;
if (layerSet != "layerSectionEnd" && layerSet != "layerSectionStart" && isBackground != true) {
var theName = layerDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID('name'));
var theID = layerDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID('layerID'));
var theIndex = layerDesc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID('itemIndex'));
var theColor = typeIDToStringID(layerDesc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID("color")));
var theBounds = layerDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("bounds"));
var theX = theBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("left"));
var theY = theBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("top"));
var theW = theBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("right")) - theBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("left"));
var theH = theBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("bottom")) - theBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("top"));
theLayers.push([theName, theIndex, theID, theW+"*"+theH, theX, theY])
};
}
catch (e) {};
};
return theLayers
};
////// group //////
function groupSelectedLayers (theName) {
var desc159 = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref114 = new ActionReference();
var idlayer = stringIDToTypeID( "layer" );
var idordinal = stringIDToTypeID( "ordinal" );
var idtargetEnum = stringIDToTypeID( "targetEnum" );
var idnull = stringIDToTypeID( "null" );
var idname = stringIDToTypeID( "name" );
ref114.putEnumerated(idlayer, idordinal, idtargetEnum);
desc159.putReference(idnull, ref114 );
desc159.putString(idname, "aaa" );
executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "groupLayersEvent" ), desc159, DialogModes.NO );
var desc63 = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref37 = new ActionReference();
ref37.putEnumerated( idlayer, idordinal, idtargetEnum );
desc63.putReference( idnull, ref37 );
var desc64 = new ActionDescriptor();
desc64.putString(idname, theName);
desc63.putObject(stringIDToTypeID( "to" ), idlayer, desc64);
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID( "set" ), desc63, DialogModes.NO)
};
////// sort a double array, thanks to sam, http://www.rhinocerus.net/forum/lang-javascript/ //////
function sortArrayByIndexedItem(a,b) {
var theIndex = 3;
if (a[theIndex]<b[theIndex]) return -1;
if (a[theIndex]>b[theIndex]) return 1;
return 0;
};
////// move layer //////
function moveLayer (theID, hor, ver) {
selectLayerByID(theID, false);
var desc77 = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref38 = new ActionReference();
var idlayer = stringIDToTypeID( "layer" );
ref38.putEnumerated( idlayer, stringIDToTypeID( "ordinal" ), stringIDToTypeID( "targetEnum" ));
desc77.putReference( stringIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref38 );
var idto = stringIDToTypeID( "to" );
var desc78 = new ActionDescriptor();
var idpixelsUnit = stringIDToTypeID( "pixelsUnit" );
desc78.putUnitDouble( stringIDToTypeID( "horizontal" ), idpixelsUnit, hor );
desc78.putUnitDouble( stringIDToTypeID( "vertical" ), idpixelsUnit, ver );
desc77.putObject( idto, stringIDToTypeID( "offset" ), desc78 );
executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "move" ), desc77, DialogModes.NO );
};
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