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Splitting a sentence into individual graphic layers

New Here ,
Feb 18, 2023 Feb 18, 2023

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I'm making the assets for a lyric video but I would like to split up the sentences that have already been written into individual words to allow me to go from this -

 

Screenshot 2023-02-18 at 18.20.53.png

 

To something like this (quickly) -

Screenshot 2023-02-18 at 18.30.05.png

 

Any idea how to split up a sentence into individual text layers?

 

Thanks.

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Feb 18, 2023 Feb 18, 2023

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Not quickly.

Is the grid part of the image?

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Feb 18, 2023 Feb 18, 2023

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No, the background will be transparent

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Feb 18, 2023 Feb 18, 2023

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I think you will just have to make selections and move them manually.

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Feb 18, 2023 Feb 18, 2023

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There may be a way to randomize text in After Effects.

If you have After Effects, you might ask here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/ct-p/ct-after-effects?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filter...

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Feb 18, 2023 Feb 18, 2023

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You mean short of placing each word on it's own separate layer? 

I don't have an automagic way to do that in Photoshop, sorry.

 

 

 

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Feb 21, 2023 Feb 21, 2023

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Perhaps something like this:

 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63593922/photoshop-script-to-split-text-layer-into-words

 

psd = app.activeDocument;
layer = psd.activeLayer;
var text = layer.textItem.contents;
var textArray = text.split(" ");
var lngth = textArray.length+1;
for (var w=1; w<lngth;w++){
    wordlayer = layer.duplicate();
    wordlayer.name = textArray[w-1];
    wordlayer.textItem.contents = textArray[w-1];
    psd.activeLayer = wordlayer;

}

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