@tusibabu    Thanks for your feedback, it's tough flying blind, it works fine with my test images, but your images may not be consistent like mine. That's why I originally wrote:   "Sample images are always helpful if you can provide links to them or upload here, if you really want to explore such a workflow."   Happy to review when you can supply examples. ... View more

@Ghoul Fool – thank you for sharing, I would have expected that one had to close the open docs and re-open in reverse! ... View more

Reinstalling may not help if it's a corrupt preference issue, reset the prefs manually or wipe them when reinstalling:   https://helpx.adobe.com/au/photoshop/using/preferences.html Backing up and then resetting preferences is quicker and easier than uninstalling and reinstalling.   There are multiple posts on this topic if you search the forum, some methods are quick, others are more involved. ... View more

What you describe isn't expected behaviour... As I suggested earlier, now that you have backed up your actions, reset preferences/settings:   https://helpx.adobe.com/au/photoshop/using/preferences.html ... View more

Unfortunately I must have wiped that thumbdrive.  It's not there.  So will I have to redo them all?     By @saorsastudios   Yes, it is strongly recommended that you backup your actions, to both your local drive and then copy to external drives. Select each set in turn and save to .atn as detailed in my blogpost (later Photoshop versions can also save actions directly from an action rather than a set, but I still prefer to save the entire set). ... View more

Firstly, do you have previously saved .atn file copies of your action sets/actions? If so, try reloading them.   If you don't, then you should save them to .atn and back them up ASAP!   https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/01/photoshop-custom-action-file-backup.html?m=1 What you describe isn't expected behaviour... Finally, try resetting your Photoshop preferences after backing up your actions.   https://helpx.adobe.com/au/photoshop/using/preferences.html ... View more

@Chewie1965    The following script presumes a foreground selection based on the top layer content, and that the lower layer content to be replaced is "pixel perfect" in alignment. The pixels inside the selection are copied using the Apply Image command to each of the lower layers, limited by the selection. This way the sky in each layer will vary, with the foreground being the same.   After running the script, you can then select all layers in the layers panel (Select > All Layers) and then right click on a layer and use Export As to export all the selected layers to JPEG or PNG for making your timelapse animation from the separate "frame" images.   /* Apply selected pixels from top layer to lower layers.jsx Stephen Marsh v1.0 - 19th August 2025 https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/how-to-add-selected-lightened-foreground-to-multiple-night-sky-layers/td-p/15462698 */ #target photoshop app.activeDocument.suspendHistory("Apply selected pixels from top layer to lower layers...", "main()"); function main() { if (!app.documents.length) { alert("No document is open."); return; } if (!hasSelection()) { alert("This script requires a selection!"); return; } var doc = app.activeDocument; var layers = doc.layers; var originalVisibility = []; // Save visibilities for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) { originalVisibility[i] = layers[i].visible; } // Top layer reference var topLayer = layers[0]; var topLayerName = topLayer.name; doc.activeLayer = topLayer; setOnlyVisible(layers, 0); // Save selection if exists using a temp alpha channel var selectionMade = true; var tempChannelName = "_Temp-Alpha!"; var tempChannel; try { tempChannel = doc.channels.add(); tempChannel.name = tempChannelName; doc.selection.store(tempChannel, SelectionType.REPLACE); } catch (e) { selectionMade = false; // no selection } // Loop through the lower layers for (var i = 1; i < layers.length; i++) { var target = layers[i]; doc.activeLayer = target; setOnlyVisible(layers, i); // Reload the selection if there was one if (selectionMade) { doc.selection.load(doc.channels.getByName(tempChannelName), SelectionType.REPLACE); } // Apply image applyImageFromLayer(); } // Restore the layer visibilities for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) { layers[i].visible = originalVisibility[i]; } // Cleanup temp channel if (selectionMade) { try { var ch = doc.channels.getByName(tempChannelName); ch.remove(); } catch (e) { } } alert("Script completed!"); ///// FUNCTIONS ///// function hasSelection() { var ref10 = new ActionReference(); ref10.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID("property"), stringIDToTypeID("selection")); ref10.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt")); var docDesc = executeActionGet(ref10); return docDesc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID("selection")); } function setOnlyVisible(layerArray, indexToShow) { for (var i = 0; i < layerArray.length; i++) { layerArray[i].visible = (i === indexToShow); } } function applyImageFromLayer() { var idAppI = charIDToTypeID("AppI"); var desc6541 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idWith = charIDToTypeID("With"); var desc6542 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idT = charIDToTypeID("T "); var ref2091 = new ActionReference(); var idChnl = charIDToTypeID("Chnl"); var idRGB = charIDToTypeID("RGB "); ref2091.putEnumerated(idChnl, idChnl, idRGB); var idLyr = charIDToTypeID("Lyr "); ref2091.putName(idLyr, topLayerName); desc6542.putReference(idT, ref2091); var idClcl = charIDToTypeID("Clcl"); desc6541.putObject(idWith, idClcl, desc6542); executeAction(idAppI, desc6541, DialogModes.NO); } }   Copy the code text to the clipboard Open a new blank file in a plain-text editor (not in a word processor) Paste the code in Save as a plain text format file – .txt Rename the saved file extension from .txt to .jsx Install or browse to the .jsx file to run (see below) https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html   ... View more

Agreed @jane-e - It's usually best to err on the side of caution, unless one is going for contrast over detail. ... View more

Invert the original or the version pasted into the mask channel. Do you need a step-by-step? ... View more

Could a moderator please change this discussion to a bug so that it's visible to the dev team responsible for export as? ... View more

@Ithinky    What @Sameer K is looking for is the Bridge version, not Photoshop. ... View more

Use the "o" and "u" keys to toggle the clipping warning, or right-click in the histogram:   EDIT: The post from @Sameer K wasn't visible when I replied, sorry for the duplicate info! ... View more

The selection is independent of the layers... Apply the selection how?   Do you wish to copy the selected, previously adjusted "baked-in" pixels of the top layer to all lower layers, perhaps via copy/paste?   Do you wish to apply a recorded action that adjusts the pixels in one layer and run the selection and action to all other selected layers?   You can semi-automate this via an action, which would be run for each layer, then it would select the next layer, then you would rerun the action again as many times as required. Otherwise a script could loop over all layers automatically. ... View more

I am not aware of DOM or AM code to save an .act file via scripting. Perhaps someone else can comment. ... View more

  Where the DOM is lacking, there is AM (Action Manager) code: var idCnvM = charIDToTypeID( "CnvM" ); var desc5609 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T " ); var desc5610 = new ActionDescriptor(); var idPlt = charIDToTypeID( "Plt " ); var idClrP = charIDToTypeID( "ClrP" ); var idAdpt = charIDToTypeID( "Adpt" ); desc5610.putEnumerated( idPlt, idClrP, idAdpt ); var idClrs = charIDToTypeID( "Clrs" ); desc5610.putInteger( idClrs, 128 ); var idFrcC = charIDToTypeID( "FrcC" ); var idFrcC = charIDToTypeID( "FrcC" ); var idBanW = charIDToTypeID( "BanW" ); desc5610.putEnumerated( idFrcC, idFrcC, idBanW ); var idTrns = charIDToTypeID( "Trns" ); desc5610.putBoolean( idTrns, true ); var idDthr = charIDToTypeID( "Dthr" ); var idDthr = charIDToTypeID( "Dthr" ); var idDfsn = charIDToTypeID( "Dfsn" ); desc5610.putEnumerated( idDthr, idDthr, idDfsn ); var idDthA = charIDToTypeID( "DthA" ); desc5610.putInteger( idDthA, 75 ); var idIndC = charIDToTypeID( "IndC" ); desc5609.putObject( idT, idIndC, desc5610 ); executeAction( idCnvM, desc5609, DialogModes.NO );   Or put through the CleanSL script: var c2t = function (s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); }; var s2t = function (s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); }; var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor(); var descriptor2 = new ActionDescriptor(); descriptor2.putEnumerated( s2t( "palette" ), c2t( "ClrP" ), s2t( "adaptive" )); descriptor2.putInteger( s2t( "colors" ), 128 ); descriptor2.putEnumerated( s2t( "forcedColors" ), s2t( "forcedColors" ), s2t( "blackAndWhite" )); descriptor2.putBoolean( c2t( "Trns" ), true ); descriptor2.putEnumerated( s2t( "dither" ), s2t( "dither" ), s2t( "diffusion" )); descriptor2.putInteger( s2t( "ditherAmount" ), 75 ); descriptor.putObject( s2t( "to" ), s2t( "indexedColorMode" ), descriptor2 ); executeAction( s2t( "convertMode" ), descriptor, DialogModes.NO );   In this case, the code was recorded via the ScriptingListener plug-in:   https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/downloadable-plugins-and-content.html   ... View more

You could just use the white on black version in a layer mask added to the original black on white image. Or Color Range, or Blend If sliders etc. Edge artifacts may be an issue though. However, for pure white or black backgrounds, another option can be found here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/photoshop-needs-quot-color-to-alpha-quot-button/m-p/14315420#U15230303 ... View more

@Todd_Morgan    I have updated the code to a v1.6, feedback is appreciated... I'm pretty happy with how things have progressed based on your contributions, thank you!   The artboard arrangement prompt now defaults to 1.   0 = Single Row, 1 = 1 Column, 2 = 2 Columns etc. (row based grids are not supported). ... View more

Previously discussed here:   https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/p-quick-export-option-to-disable-transparency-trimming/idi-p/12249025   https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/export-crops-off-transparent-area/m-p/10979603#M314353   https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/export-layers-to-files-without-trim/m-p/12072118#M547361   https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/export-without-crop-trim/m-p/9914373#M176209   ... View more

Yeah, it sounds like this is discussing the difference in behavior between the old CEP Export As and the new UXP Export As. You can switch to the old version by going to Preferences > Export  and checking "Use legacy 'Export As'" By @BrettN   @BrettN - Even for Apple Silicon? I still use Intel and had it in the back of my mind that there were limitaitons. ... View more

Oh but I •do• use it to clear opacity even if it is the only setting different than the default "Normal, 100% opacity, 100% fill."   Often times (like every day in much of the work I do) I have pixel layers with different layers of opacity, sometimes different blending modes, sometimes blend-ifs, etc. Often if one wants to merge two layers like this you need to temporarily have them at normal 100%, or if one wants to paint on them but you need to temporarily see what they look like with no opacity or blend. In these cases it's a quick select it and copy the layer style, then immediately clear the layer style. Then you do your work or whatver and when you are done you paste the layer style back. Never having to worry that you don't remember what it opacity, fill, or blending mode was. It takes seconds.....unless the "clear layer style" (that has been there serving the same purpose for me for over 20 years) is suddenly gone.    If the caveats mentioned by @Jeff Arola don't help, then I would suggest that you make a new post marked as an "Idea" (feature request) or "Bug" as this topic is a "Discussion" (user-to-user).     I'm not saying it's a travesty or anything but yeah, it served a purpose for me, and an important one. And more to the point I would advide against telling someone that there is no reason to do what they are doing or this tool shouldn't be used this or that way.   I don't recall explicityly telling anyone that that "there is no reason to do what they are doing or this tool shouldn't be used this or that way".   I did express an opinion on why I believe that the software behaves in a certain way. We all have opinions and a discussion is just that, a place to express those opinions.     We all have our own ways and don't need to be told how to work. By @robertw44482386   Agreed 100%. ... View more

Export As appears to be a stalled work in progress. Adobe are aware of these issues.    This was discussed at length when the Export As feature was introduced. I can't recall if this is can be circumvented by using Legacy Export in settings/preferences or not, or if adding a layer mask did the trick.   I'll see what I can dig up. One may need to use a scripted alternative. ... View more

Thank you for your help! By @chrisc31267840   You're welcome. Generate Image and Firefly should both offer the reference image option. Generative Fill doesn't in my version.   P.S. As an illustrator, perhaps you should be thankful that generative AI is random and doesn't offer continuity. ... View more

@Todd_Morgan wrote: All open nicely   Great! So the artboard sizing issue has been fixed, while retaining the elements which extend outside the artboard.     @Todd_Morgan wrote: but then I ask for "1" in the column request at the end and this is what happens  but if I enter "5" I get this   @Todd_Morgan - I hate scripting artboard positioning!   I borrowed the code for the artboard grid layout from @r-bin    Does it work for 2 columns (it did for me)? The original code was intended for a grid based on column count, not a single column.   ... View more

Pray tell are there any solutions that will save me hours of work that i'll not get paid for?   Thanks By @MaxMercuryLives I would't go there! Even if you have all of the source elements and can rebuild the layered version.   Do you have agreed terms for exactly what type of file a client is purchasing?   Some consider layered and other editable native files to be their I.P. and a client is purchasing a final flattened file. This is made clear in the terms. If the client is purchasing a layered file, then the author should be compensated for this in my opinion.   This isn't legal advice or business advice, just my personal opinion. ... View more

@robertw44482386    That's why I had the asterisk * and a link to such an example where copy/paste layer style was used for blend if. I realised that I was contradicting myself! :]   These elements may be part of the underlying properties of layer styles, but ther are not a "named style" preset such as "Drop Shadow";       You go on to mention blending modes, opacity etc. It makes no sense to clear a layer style if there is only opacity applied.   A layer style is one of the named "fx" in the screenshot, below the divider. ... View more

@Sameer K    Windows 11, Bridge 2025 (15.1.1.729) ... View more

@Stephen Marsh was there a question in here? Or a 'hey, I created this plugin for you?' post? By @creative explorer   Adobe only offer three choices for a topic: Discussion, Idea and Bug.   So no, there is clearly no question. It's a pre-emptive public service announcement, usually I write scripts in response to a lamentation or request, this time there wasn't a request yet. ... View more

Have you isolated the change to its own layer, or is the change part of the original layer? I'm thinking that layer comps should be useful.   Providing a layered file with at least 3 layers would help, even at a reduced resolution. A screenshot of the layers panel with thumbnails is also useful to help understand the file structure. ... View more