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Mugen777
Mugen777
Inspiring
May 5, 2021 11:41 AM UTC
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Is it possible to make the name of combined layers the bottom one's?

Sorry for the bad English in the title. What I mean is, for example I have 3 layers

top - Edit 2

mid - Edit

bot - Main layer with a name that makes sense

When I combine them together, the name of the combined layer becomes "Edit 2". Is it possible to make it the bottom one with a setting? Maybe with an action? 

(just to be clear, it is not always 3 layers and the names are not "Edit, Edit2" etc.)

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jazz-yCorrect answer
Legend
Aug 7, 2021 8:15 PM UTC

It is fast when there are 10 layers but when the numbers become 100+, you feel the difference 😕😕 

I honestly have no idea how yours work, but mine is basically create 2 arrays with for then compare them to find difference. And since it is a loop, it gets slower with more layers. 


I did not see the simplest way - to get the name of the 1st target layer and assign it after convert to SO.

 

function main() {
	var s2t = stringIDToTypeID;

	(tr = new ActionReference).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('targetLayersIDs'));
	tr.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));

	(lr = new ActionReference).putProperty(s2t('property'), n = s2t('name'));
	lr.putIdentifier(s2t('layer'), executeActionGet(tr).getList(p).getReference(0).getIdentifier(s2t('layerID')));
	var nm = executeActionGet(lr).getString(n)

	executeAction(s2t('newPlacedLayer'), undefined, DialogModes.NO);

	(r = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum"));
	(d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t("null"), r);
	(d1 = new ActionDescriptor()).putString(s2t("name"), nm);
	d.putObject(s2t("to"), s2t("layer"), d1);
	executeAction(s2t("set"), d, DialogModes.NO);
}

app.activeDocument.suspendHistory("Smart Obj Script", "main()");

 

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Kukurykus
Kukurykus
Legend
Aug 6, 2021 1:15 AM UTC

 

sTT = stringIDToTypeID;
(ref = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated
(sTT('layer'), sTT('ordinal'), sTT('targetEnum'));
(dsc = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(sTT('null'), ref)
executeAction(sTT('linkSelectedLayers'), dsc)
with((actveDcmnt = activeDocument).activeLayer)
	nme = linkedLayers.pop().name, merge()
actveDcmnt.activeLayer.name = nme

 

or:

 

(aD = activeDocument).suspendHistory('', ''), aHS = aD.activeHistoryState
	sTT = stringIDToTypeID, dsc = new ActionDescriptor(), arr = ['back', 'for']; while(arr.length)
		(ref = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated(sTT('layer'), sTT('ordinal'), sTT(arr.shift() + 'wardEnum')),
		dsc.putReference(sTT('null'), ref), executeAction(sTT('select'), dsc); nme = aD.activeLayer.name
aD.activeHistoryState = aHS, (lyr = aD.activeLayer).merge(), aD.activeLayer.name = nme

 

or else:

 

sTT = stringIDToTypeID;
(ref = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated
(sTT('layer'), sTT('ordinal'), sTT('targetEnum'));
(dsc = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(sTT('null'), ref)
executeAction(sTT('groupLayersEvent'), dsc), aD.activeLayer.merge()
.name = (lrs = (aD = activeDocument).activeLayer.layers)[lrs.length - 1].name

 

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    Mugen777
    Mugen777Author
    Inspiring
    Aug 6, 2021 11:43 AM UTC

    Hey there


    Looks like it is faster than what I created before, I just changed 

        (lyr = aD.activeLayer).merge()

    with 

        executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("newPlacedLayer"), undefined, DialogModes.NO)

    to turn layers to smart object instead, and looks like it is lot better than before : ) 

    Thank you!

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    Kukurykus
    Kukurykus
    Legend
    Aug 6, 2021 2:32 PM UTC

    These versions were due your to original question, but after I found you changed mind to make Smart Object I wrote forth code accordingly to your new requirement: Aug 06, 20121

     

    Regarding to the speed when using these codes for merging the fastest is 1st, then 3rd & 2nd. When using the 2nd code to make a smart object from layers it is as fast as the 4th code 🙂

     

    I didn't expect you to show up after over 2 months, but if you are here add one of my answers to correct (fastest) solutions for some stray forum scripting wanderers 😉

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    Derek Cross
    Community Expert
    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 5, 2021 12:45 PM UTC

    In the Layers panel, you can drag the layers to change the order, and you can relabel the layers.

     

     

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      Mugen777
      Mugen777Author
      Inspiring
      May 5, 2021 5:00 PM UTC

      So far I was renaming layers after combining them, but it takes a lot of time, so I thought maybe there is a way to change that setting. 

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      Kukurykus
      Kukurykus
      Legend
      Aug 6, 2021 2:21 AM UTC

      I am making them Smart File, would it still work? 


       

      (aD = activeDocument)
.suspendHistory('', '')
sTT = stringIDToTypeID
aHS = aD.activeHistoryState
ref2 = new ActionReference();
(ref1 = new ActionReference()).putEnumerated
(sTT('layer'), sTT('ordinal'), sTT('targetEnum'));
(dsc = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(sTT('null'), ref1);
ref2.putEnumerated(sTT('layer'), sTT('ordinal'), sTT('back'))
dsc.putReference(sTT('to'), ref2), executeAction(sTT('move'), dsc);
nme = ((lst = (lrs = aD.layers)[lrs.length - 1]).isBackgroundLayer ? lrs[lrs.length - 2] : lst).name
aD.activeHistoryState = aHS, runMenuItem(sTT('newPlacedLayer')), aD.activeLayer.name = nme

       

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