: Creating spritesheets for gaming I am trying to create a SpriteSheet using Photoshop's Scripts>Export layers to files. Thinking about using each layer as a frame. This is what i am doing... I

@Murray664

I've been using Texture Packer to create sprites for my iPhone game. Another great tool is Zwoptex

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@Alves566

See answer to this other question [related]:
Automation of repetitive tasks in Photoshop?

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@Vandalay110

I recently started playing with scripting Photoshop and I took a few minutes to mess with this simple problem as a way to get some practice. While I used VBScript, if you are in any way competent with programming, you could probably port it to applescript or javascript if you need to.

The layer resizing looks like it is, unfortunately, percentage based by design but through scripting it is possible to make the math conversions.

I put the script here: ideone.com/F4TL6
In windows, vbscript is a plain text file where you rename it VBS and it will be executable. As always with the internet, if you don't understand what it does, DO NOT RUN IT.

It has no real error checking, so its more a proof of concept. It grabs the first document it sees, and presumes the specially-named layer is transparent except for the rectangle.

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@Lee3735518

First off: I have no experience with sprites. So I can't really tell if this is the best way to go (overlapping layers and stuff)

You could do this using "Canvas size...".


create an image with the smallest
dimensions
make new layer and fill it with the color of your choice.
Now record your actions:


Go to image -> Canvas Size...
Activate the relative option
Change the units to pixels and insert the size increment you want into the height box (in your case width should be "0")
after clicking OK create a new layer
fill it with the bucket
Stop recording. And play the action every time you want to increase the size.

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