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Created July 22, 2021 03:41
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photoshop script to randomly open layer in each group
function Visible() {
var Grps = app.activeDocument.layerSets; // loops through all groups
for(var i = 0; i < Grps.length; i++){
var tmp = app.activeDocument.layerSets[i].layers.length;
app.activeDocument.layerSets[i].visible=true;
var groupChildArr = app.activeDocument.layerSets[i].layers;
var randLays = Math.floor(Math.random() * tmp);
groupChildArr[randLays].visible = true;
Save();
}
Revert();
}
function Save() {
var outFolder = app.activeDocument; // psd name
var outPath = outFolder.path;
var fName = "PNG"; // define folder name
var f = new Folder(outPath + "/" + fName);
if ( ! f.exists ) {
f.create()
}
var saveFile = new File(outPath + "/" + fName +"/" + "Pattern_" + num + ".png");
pngSaveOptions = new PNGSaveOptions();
pngSaveOptions.interlaced = false;
app.activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, pngSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
}
// Original code - revert function does not work
// for some users
//function Revert(){
// var idslct = charIDToTypeID( "slct" );
// var desc300 = new ActionDescriptor();
// var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
// var ref163 = new ActionReference();
// var idSnpS = charIDToTypeID( "SnpS" );
// ref163.putName( idSnpS, "test.psd" );
// desc300.putReference( idnull, ref163 );
// executeAction( idslct, desc300, DialogModes.NO );
//}
function Revert(){
var idRvrt = charIDToTypeID( "Rvrt" );
executeAction( idRvrt, undefined, DialogModes.NO );
}
var count = prompt("How many patterns you want","");
for (var x=0 ; x<count;x++){
var num = x+1;
Visible();
}
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