It sounds like you wish to save all visible layers with only a single layer active/visible from the "patterns" group for each save... If so, start with this script (it saves PNG and PSD, but that can be changed):
https://github.com/mechanicious/photoshopCompositionComposer
Info on saving/downloading/installing scripts here:
https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html
EDIT: This version saves JPEG rather than PNG:
// https://github.com/mechanicious/photoshopCompositionComposer
// Modified to save JPEG rather than PNG
var userDisplayDialogsPref = app.displayDialogs;
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.ALL;
var savePath;
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
function getType(thing) {
if (thing === null) return "[object Null]"; // special case
return Object.prototype.toString.call(thing);
}
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 showAllArtLayers() {
for (var i = 0; i < layerSets.length; i++) {
for (var z = 0; z < layerSets[i].artLayers.length; z++) {
layerSets[i].artLayers[z].visible = true;
}
}
}
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;
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?");
if (!continueConfirmation) return alert('Script has been aborted.');
savePath = Folder.selectDialog("Select an output folder");
var includePSDFiles = confirm('Would you like to include corresponding PSD documents?')
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;
artLayerNames.push(artLayer.parent.name + " "); // Add a space after the parent group name
artLayerNames.push(artLayer.name);
}
saveDocumentAsJPEG(savePath + '/' + normalizeSaveFileName(artLayerNames.join('')).substr(0, 254));
if (includePSDFiles) saveDocumentAsPSD(savePath + '/' + normalizeSaveFileName(artLayer.parent.name + artLayerNames.join('')).substr(0, 254));
}
}
function getSmallestLayerSetCount() {
var count = null,
layerSets = app.activeDocument.layerSets;
for (var i = 0; i < layerSets.length; i++) {
var artLayers = layerSets[i].artLayers;
if (count === null) count = artLayers.length;
if (artLayers.length < count) count = artLayers.length;
}
return 1;
}
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) {
jpgSaveOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpgSaveOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
jpgSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
// STANDARDBASELINE | OPTIMIZEDBASELINE | PROGRESSIVE
jpgSaveOptions.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE;
// Quality 0 low quality - 12 high quality
jpgSaveOptions.quality = 10;
if (jpgSaveOptions.formatOptions == FormatOptions.PROGRESSIVE) {
// Only valid for Progressive: 3 - 5
jpgSaveOptions.scans = 3;
}
app.activeDocument.saveAs(new File(path), jpgSaveOptions);
}
function saveDocumentAsPSD(path) {
app.activeDocument.saveAs(new File(path), new PhotoshopSaveOptions());
}
combine();
app.displayDialogs = userDisplayDialogsPref;
A custom solution would likely require a better explanation, sample file, before/after examples etc.
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