Selecting multiple layers and merge

[mauritsbrock]

is it possible to select multiple layers (with layermask) and merge them?

tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS6"

    tell current document

        set current layer to every layer of layer set "bloem 1-9" of layer set "Bloem"

        tell current layer

            merge

        end tell

    end tell

end tell

[Michael_L_Hale]

Not sure how to do this in Applescript but I understand that Applescript has a do Javascript command so this might help.

With javascript you don't have to select all the layers in a set. You just select the layerSet and merge.

app.activeDocument.activeLayer.merge(),

[mauritsbrock]

Thanks Michael,

it works great but the problem is that i lose the folder of the layers. Is it posible to merge the layers within the folder and keeping the folder?

Maurits

[Michael_L_Hale]

Yes, for that you have to select the layers that are in the set. Here is one way using javascript

function selectLayerBelow( add ){
    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
        var ref = new ActionReference();
        ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Bckw" ) );
    desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );
    if(add!=undefined && add = true )desc.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifier'), stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifierType'), stringIDToTypeID('addToSelectionContinuous') );
    desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" ), false );
    executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "slct" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
};
// assumes a layerSet the the activeLayer and doesn't work correctly if there are nested layerSets
var numberOfLayersInSet = app.activeDocument.activeLayer.layers.length;
selectLayerBelow();
for(var layerIndex = 1;layerIndex<numberOfLayersInSet;layerIndex++){
    selectLayerBelow( true );
}
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.merge();

[mauritsbrock]

Thank you Michael!