Quick Export as PNG as standalone script

[kenepic]

Hello,

TL;DR

I'm looking for a script that exports groups as individual PNGs (with the group name) into a folder with the document name. This is exactly what the "Quick Export as PNG" menu item is suppose to do, but cannot be properly batched.

I've been spinning my wheels on this all morning. Photoshop CC has a really useful feature under the Layers menu (or when Right-Clicking selected groups) called "Quick Export as PNG". It exports the groups as individual images into a folder adjacent to the current document - provided you have that export preference set (eg. file1 images get saved to file1-assets folder). However, it has two major flaws.

1. When recording the function as an action, the export folder is hardcoded (even if export preferences are set to "export files to an assets folder next to the current document")
2. It runs asynchronously, so that if you try to run this script as a batch (eg. on file1 file2 file3), it does not actually save any files until after every images has been processed. So there is no way to "grab" the image as they are processed. If the action contains a "close" step, the script fails altogether (nothing exports).

The Quora post "Is it possible to use "Quick Export as PNG" in a Photoshop action?" gives a very good rundown as well if you are looking for a different/better explanation.

And some information in this post as well: How do I quickly export a layer as a png file in Photoshop with extendscript

[rywalker]

I was able to find a different method for exporting the files I needed - but if anyone figures out the conditions for executing "AdobeScriptAutomation Scripts" I'm very curious as to when that can and can be used inside a script. At this point it's more a matter of curiosity.

[Stephen Marsh]

A couple more options here (works on all root/top-level layers and layer sets):

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/how-do-i-export-layers-as-png-without...

All top level layers saved to PNG.jsx

All top level layers exported to PNG.jsx

One can record the scripts into an action, then use the Automate > Batch command.