@ethank21106708
Try this script, it's a little rough and hasn't had exhaustive testing...
No docs should be open, input is the entire top-level of a selected folder and file types can be added or removed via the inputFiles variable. The layer stack will be aligned to the upper left position. The colour mode and profile of the first document opened/stacked will be used for subsequent layers.
Update: I have rewritten this code to a 1.1 version so that smart objects are no longer leveraged to retain the layers, this will make the script compatible with older versions of Photoshop that don't have the native option to "unpack" a smart object to layers.
/*
Stacker - Retaining Source Layers.jsx
3rd November 2023 - v1.1, Stephen Marsh
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/request-photoshop-script-load-files-to-stack-including-layers-in-order/td-p/14202346
Based on:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/combining-tiffs/m-p/13475955
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/layers-creating-layers/td-p/13252109
*/
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length === 0) {
(function () {
var savedDisplayDialogs = app.displayDialogs;
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
var origUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
var inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog('Select the folder containing files to stack (retaining layers):');
if (inputFolder === null) {
return;
}
// Add or remove file extensions as required
var inputFiles = inputFolder.getFiles(/\.(jpg|jpeg|tif|tiff|png|psd|psb|gif|webp)$/i);
inputFiles.sort().reverse();
var firstFile = app.open(File(inputFiles[0]));
activeDocument.duplicate("Stacker", false);
if (activeDocument.mode === DocumentMode.BITMAP) {
activeDocument.changeMode(ChangeMode.GRAYSCALE);
} else if (activeDocument.mode === DocumentMode.INDEXEDCOLOR) {
activeDocument.changeMode(ChangeMode.RGB);
}
firstFile.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
var docStack = app.documents[0];
activeDocument = docStack;
layerFromBackground("Background");
for (var i = 1; i < inputFiles.length; i++) {
var remainingFiles = app.open(File(inputFiles[i]));
if (activeDocument.mode === DocumentMode.BITMAP) {
activeDocument.changeMode(ChangeMode.GRAYSCALE);
} else if (activeDocument.mode === DocumentMode.INDEXEDCOLOR) {
activeDocument.changeMode(ChangeMode.RGB);
}
selectAllLayers();
remainingFiles.layers[0].duplicate(docStack, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
remainingFiles.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}
// Expand the canvas to fit layer content
activeDocument.revealAll();
//deselectLayers();
alert(inputFiles.length + ' files stacked (retaining layers)!');
app.displayDialogs = savedDisplayDialogs;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = origUnits;
////////// Functions //////////
function selectAllLayers(ignoreBackground) {
// Select all layers (doesn't include Background)
try {
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
desc.putReference(charIDToTypeID('null'), ref);
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID('selectAllLayers'), desc, DialogModes.NO);
} catch (e) {}
if (!ignoreBackground) {
// Add Background Layer to the selection (if it exists)
try {
activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
var bgID = activeDocument.backgroundLayer.id;
var ref = new ActionReference();
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
ref.putIdentifier(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), bgID);
desc.putReference(charIDToTypeID('null'), ref);
desc.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifier'), stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifierType'), stringIDToTypeID('addToSelection'));
desc.putBoolean(charIDToTypeID('MkVs'), false);
executeAction(charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc, DialogModes.NO);
} catch (e) {}
}
}
function deselectLayers() {
var desc01 = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref01 = new ActionReference();
ref01.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
desc01.putReference(charIDToTypeID('null'), ref01);
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID('selectNoLayers'), desc01, DialogModes.NO);
}
function layerFromBackground(layerName) {
if (activeDocument.hasOwnProperty("backgroundLayer")) {
function s2t(s) {
return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
}
var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
var descriptor2 = new ActionDescriptor();
var reference = new ActionReference();
reference.putProperty(s2t("layer"), s2t("background"));
descriptor.putReference(s2t("null"), reference);
descriptor2.putString(s2t("name"), layerName);
descriptor2.putUnitDouble(s2t("opacity"), s2t("percentUnit"), 100);
descriptor2.putEnumerated(s2t("mode"), s2t("blendMode"), s2t("normal"));
descriptor.putObject(s2t("to"), s2t("layer"), descriptor2);
executeAction(s2t("set"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
}
}
})();
} else {
alert('Please close all open files before running this script...');
}
https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html
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