In the short term, you can use Adobe Bridge's Batch Rename command with a Regular Expression:
Find:
(^.+)(-)(.+-.+)(\.[^\.]+$)
Replace:
$3-$1
Then they will sort as you wish:
EDIT (new code below): When I have time I'll add this renaming to the current script code so that you don't need to use Bridge to Batch Rename.
Try this revised code:
/*
Composite Combinations From Top Level Layer Sets.jsx
Modified 17th November 2020 by Stephen A Marsh
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/saving-multiple-files-into-same-folder-from-actions/m-p/11564168
Original Script:
https://github.com/mechanicious/photoshopCompositionComposer
Automatically create variable composite JPEG images based on layer content in top level layer sets/groups.
Final montages are saved to the source directory. Not intended for batch processing.
Example:
- A layer set containing one or more "static" images
- A second layer set containing one or more "variable" backgrounds
Top level layer sets with leading double underscore __ characters are ignored
*/
/* Start Open/Saved Document Error Check - Part A: Try */
main();
function main() {
try {
app.activeDocument.path;
/* Finish Open/Saved Document Error Check - Part A: Try */
/* Main Code Start */
var userDisplayDialogsPref = app.displayDialogs;
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.ALL;
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
function getCombinations(arr, n) {
if (n === 1) {
var ret = [];
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
for (var j = 0; j < arr[i].length; j++) {
ret.push([arr[i][j]]);
}
}
return ret;
} else {
var ret = [];
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
var elem = arr.shift();
for (var j = 0; j < elem.length; j++) {
var childperm = getCombinations(arr.slice(), n - 1);
for (var k = 0; k < childperm.length; k++) {
ret.push([elem[j]].concat(childperm[k]));
}
}
}
return ret;
}
}
function hideAllArtLayers() {
var layerSets = app.activeDocument.layerSets;
for (var i = 0; i < layerSets.length; i++) {
if (layerSets[i].artLayers.length) {
for (var z = 0; z < layerSets[i].artLayers.length; z++) {
layerSets[i].artLayers[z].visible = false;
}
} else {
for (var z = 0; z < layerSets[i].layerSets.length; z++) {
layerSets[i].layerSets[z].visible = false;
}
}
}
}
function getArtLayerCollectionCollection() {
var layerSets = app.activeDocument.layerSets,
artLayerCollectionCollection = [];
for (var i = 0; i < layerSets.length; i++) {
var artlayerCollection = [];
if (layerSets[i].artLayers.length) {
for (var z = 0; z < layerSets[i].artLayers.length; z++) {
if (layerSets[i].name.indexOf('__') !== 0)
artlayerCollection.push(layerSets[i].artLayers[z]);
}
} else {
for (var z = 0; z < layerSets[i].layerSets.length; z++) {
if (layerSets[i].name.indexOf('__') !== 0)
artlayerCollection.push(layerSets[i].layerSets[z]);
}
}
artLayerCollectionCollection.push(artlayerCollection);
}
return artLayerCollectionCollection;
}
function combine() {
var artLayerCollectionCollection = getArtLayerCollectionCollection(),
artLayerCollectionCollectionCombinations = getCombinations(artLayerCollectionCollection, getLayerSetsCount()),
continueConfirmation;
// Error message
if (!artLayerCollectionCollectionCombinations.length) return alert('Script has aborted. No combinations found. Please make sure no empty groups are present.');
continueConfirmation = confirm(artLayerCollectionCollectionCombinations.length + " combinations found. Would you like to continue?");
// Cancel message
if (!continueConfirmation) return alert('Script has been aborted.');
// Path to open document
var savePath = app.activeDocument.path;
for (var i = 0; i < artLayerCollectionCollectionCombinations.length; i++) {
hideAllArtLayers();
var artLayerNames = [];
for (var z = 0; z < artLayerCollectionCollectionCombinations[i].length; z++) {
var artLayer = artLayerCollectionCollectionCombinations[i][z];
artLayer.visible = true;
// Add hyphen separators between layer set names
artLayerNames.push('-' + artLayer.parent.name + '-');
artLayerNames.push(artLayer.name);
}
var tempFilename = normalizeSaveFileName(artLayerNames.join('')).substr(0, 254);
// Remove leading hyphen from saved filename retaining the other hyphen separators
var finalFilename = tempFilename.replace(/^-/, '');
// Shuffle the filename around a bit...
var finalFinalFilename = finalFilename.replace(/(^.+)(-)(.+-.+)/, '$3-$1');
saveDocumentAsJPEG(savePath + '/' + finalFinalFilename);
}
// Message on successful script run
alert(artLayerCollectionCollectionCombinations.length + " JPEG files saved to source directory.");
}
function getLayerSetsCount() {
var layerSets = app.activeDocument.layerSets,
count = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < layerSets.length; i++) {
if (layerSets[i].name.indexOf('__') !== 0) count++;
}
return count;
}
function normalizeSaveFileName(name) {
return name;
}
function saveDocumentAsJPEG(path) {
app.activeDocument.saveAs(new File(path + '.jpg'), jpegOptions);
}
// JPEG Options
var jpegOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpegOptions.quality = 8; // Quality Level
jpegOptions.embedColorProfile = true; // or false
jpegOptions.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE;
jpegOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
combine();
app.displayDialogs = userDisplayDialogsPref;
// Open the destination directory/folder
var saveDir = Folder(app.activeDocument.path);
saveDir.execute();
/* Main Code Finish */
}
/* Start Open/Saved Document Error Check - Part B: Catch */
catch (err) {
alert("An image must be open and saved before running this script!");
}
}
/* Finish Open/Saved Document Error Check - Part B: Catch */
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