Separate Layer for each Line of Text

[MahaB82A]

In this all four text are in one layer. Is there any tool to separte this four text into each separte layer? That means one text is in one layer.  Four texts are in four separate layers independently. 

[Lumigraphics]

So your original has one text layer with four lines?

You can use a script to separate these out. These are the basic steps.

try{
    var docRef = app.activeDocument;
    var LayerRef = docRef.activeLayer;
    if(LayerRef.kind == LayerKind.TEXT){
        var LayerText = LayerRef.textItem.contents;
        LayerText = LayerText.split('\r');
        LayerRef.remove();
        for(var i = 0; i < LayerText.length; i++){
            LayerRef = docRef.artLayers.add();
            LayerRef.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;
            TextRef = LayerRef.textItem;
            TextRef.contents = LayerText[i];
            }
        }
    }
catch(e){
    Window.alert(e + ' ' + e.line);
    }

[Stephen Marsh]

@Lumigraphics – Nice!

Now, we both know what the follow-up question is!  :]

https://exchange.adobe.com/apps/cc/57bb5a8e/split-rows-for-ps

[MahaB82A]

Thanks for the reply. This seems a program. I do not know how to use this. If it is frequently used in Ps I am prepared to learn this. Anyway I solved this problem by writing each text in four separate layer.

But if it is a very long text it is tedious to make many separate layer, in such a case program is useful. 

What I was looking for was any tool or command to make one long sentence in one layer into each text in many layers.   

[Stephen Marsh]

That's what the code from @Lumigraphics does.

Same for the extension in the link in my post.

The code is ExtendScript, to be saved as a plain text file with a .jsx extension. More here:

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

[MahaB82A]

Thanks for the information. I wish to know whether ExtendScript is a Java program. 

[Stephen Marsh]

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MahaB82A wrote:

Thanks for the information. I wish to know whether ExtendScript is a Java program. 

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An extended/custom form of an old JavaScript language version, not Java program code which is something totally different.

[MahaB82A]

Is this a separate language or codes to add to Ps to get desired result?  

[Stephen Marsh]

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MahaB82A wrote:

Is this a separate language or codes to add to Ps to get desired result?  

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Both!

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

[MahaB82A]

If it is a separate language I am willing to learn then I can understand the codes added to Ps. Is this codes can be added to other adobe apps [Pr, Ae and Ai]?

Do you know any resources where I can learn this language from scratch?

[Lumigraphics]

https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/

Adobe currently has four frameworks to automate Photoshop.

- Extendscript/ScriptUI

- C++

- CEP

- UXP

And yes, other apps such as Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Bridge, Premiere Pro are also scriptable.

[Lumigraphics]

What I posted is just a basic outline of what is possible. You could add text formatting, conditions, layer naming, text replacement, all sorts of goodies to that script snippet.