Lesley Maple Posted November 10 Posted November 10 I'm looking for a script that will merge each group on a pspimage automatically. I'm working on a project that uses pocket templates with photos in them and I want to merge each group so I can apply shadows to the photo. There are 9 to 10 groups on each page and I was hoping to find a script that will merge each one of them automatically.
Cassel Posted November 10 Posted November 10 There is a command to do that directly. Do you have many groups to want a script?
Lesley Maple Posted November 10 Author Posted November 10 (edited) There are about 25 pages with 8 - 10 groups per page. I can certainly do it manually but I was hoping to speed things up a bit. I could do them as I go along, but I don't want to merge until I know everything is all set and I don't want to move things around or change photos. Edited November 10 by Lesley Maple
Cassel Posted November 10 Posted November 10 A script is possible, but you have to know that it would merge ALL the groups, not just a few.
Lesley Maple Posted November 11 Author Posted November 11 (edited) Yes, I want to merge them all. I have various pages like this. Each photo is in a different group and I need to merge all the groups before I can do shadows on the pictures. So after I have all the pictures placed and I'm happy with it, I will want to have a script that will merge each one of these groups. Edited November 11 by Lesley Maple
Cassel Posted November 11 Posted November 11 I can probably do something like that. I wonder if anyone else, reading this thread might use this script?
Rene Marker Posted November 11 Posted November 11 18 minutes ago, Cassel said: I can probably do something like that. I wonder if anyone else, reading this thread might use this script? I merge groups all the time using the Merge-Group-Rename script after using the Raster To Mask script for my photos. Merge-Group-Rename gives me total control over each group which is my preferred method. I certainly wouldn't want all groups to be merged into one layer but each group should still have their own layer. If the script could do that, it might be something I would consider. I've been known to move a photo placement after the group merge so having them all on one layer would defeat that purpose. 2
Lesley Maple Posted November 11 Author Posted November 11 Yes, absolutely each photo group on their own layer. 2
Cassel Posted November 11 Posted November 11 33 minutes ago, Lesley Maple said: Yes, absolutely each photo group on their own layer. I think you might want to try the script Rene mentioned: https://creationcassel.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_10&products_id=311 This has the advantage of merging only the ones you want, in case there might be one group you DON'T want merged. It is coded to work with one click. And you can bind that script and put it on the Layers palette so it will require minimal cursor movement. 1
Lesley Maple Posted November 11 Author Posted November 11 (edited) I'll give it a try. I looked at that one in the shop but for some reason I thought it wouldn't work for me. But I'll give it a try and will be super happy if it does. I'll report back. *fingers crossed* Edited to add: It is a little faster but it appears I have to run the script for each group. Is that correct or is there a way to select more than one group at a time? Edited November 11 by Lesley Maple
Rene Marker Posted November 11 Posted November 11 2 hours ago, Lesley Maple said: I'll give it a try. I looked at that one in the shop but for some reason I thought it wouldn't work for me. But I'll give it a try and will be super happy if it does. I'll report back. *fingers crossed* Edited to add: It is a little faster but it appears I have to run the script for each group. Is that correct or is there a way to select more than one group at a time? Yes, you do have to run the script for each group. But that is what I like about it since it gives me the control. I also like that as long as the highlighted layer is the layer with the photo when you run the script, it renames the merged layer to the name of the photo. In my case, the image number from my camera. If I ever want to see what photo I actually used in the layout when I have multiple images taken at the same time, the image number is right there in the layers palette. 2
Susan Ewart Posted November 12 Posted November 12 (edited) 6 hours ago, Cassel said: I think you might want to try the script Rene mentioned: https://creationcassel.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_10&products_id=311 This has the advantage of merging only the ones you want, in case there might be one group you DON'T want merged. It is coded to work with one click. And you can bind that script and put it on the Layers palette so it will require minimal cursor movement. Could you make it so you only merged "visible" groups. so that if you don't want one group merged, you could hide it, merge the other groups, then unhide it. At this time I don't think I'd be merging lots of groups. I will often use groups of the layers that are used to make something (element, background paper. etc), then I'd duplicate it, hide the original, and then merge the group. That way if I need to go back and change the background I'd still have the layers intact to make changes to. If you know you will never need to make changes, merging all the groups would be a time saver for sure. Edited November 12 by Susan Ewart 2
Lesley Maple Posted November 12 Author Posted November 12 2 hours ago, Rene Marker said: Yes, you do have to run the script for each group. But that is what I like about it since it gives me the control. I also like that as long as the highlighted layer is the layer with the photo when you run the script, it renames the merged layer to the name of the photo. In my case, the image number from my camera. If I ever want to see what photo I actually used in the layout when I have multiple images taken at the same time, the image number is right there in the layers palette. But that's what I want to get away from, the one by one. I'm looking for a script that will "finish up" all my groups at one time.
Rene Marker Posted November 12 Posted November 12 11 hours ago, Lesley Maple said: But that's what I want to get away from, the one by one. I'm looking for a script that will "finish up" all my groups at one time. We do all have our own preferences. Mine is to have total control over the merge of each group. 1
Corrie Kinkel Posted November 12 Posted November 12 I'm with Rene in this discussion but I have never so many groups that I want merged at the same time. However I can understand that in some occasions it would be a fantastic timesaver. 1
Susan Ewart Posted November 13 Posted November 13 (edited) On 11/12/2024 at 6:30 AM, Rene Marker said: We do all have our own preferences. Mine is to have total control over the merge of each group. On 11/12/2024 at 1:13 PM, Corrie Kinkel said: I'm with Rene in this discussion but I have never so many groups that I want merged at the same time. However I can understand that in some occasions it would be a fantastic timesaver. Same here, I group and ungroup and regroup as needed I will often duplicate and keep the original group hidden and convert the duplicate to raster if I am testing ideas but don't want to lose where I started from. And especially any vectors if there are a lot of separate ones I will throw them all into a big group. I subscribe to CYA (cover your %#&). You all know how good I am at spell-checking.😅 Edited November 13 by Susan Ewart 1 1
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