: How to save as each art-board as separate PSD file in photoshop cc 2015 I am using Photoshop CC 2015. It recently added an art board feature. I love it, but now issue I want to send my

@Smith574

I think you can duplicate your selection to new psd file. This is easy way to export the artboard as separate layer :)



Choose the layer you want to export
Right click and choose Duplicate layer
Choose New and type the name of file
Click OK

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@Mendez620

I'm not sure since which update but Photoshop CC does this out of the box. You can export all artboards to PSDs or just the selected ones.

Just go to File > Export > Artboards to Files... and give it a go.

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@Hamm6457569

What I normally do is:
Click on the Artboard Layer with right mouse > Duplicate Artboard > New

And Boom! A New window with this artboard will appear and you can save separately.

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@Megan533

You can share the whole file via creative cloud with extract enabled. This will allow your customer to view the file as is, and switch layers on and off etc.

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@Cugini998

I recommend you to check these tips for Adobe Artboards designmodo.com/photoshop-artboards/. They are very useful for beginners.

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@Shanna688

Maybe you can help script
artboardsToPSD.jsx
#target photoshop

app.bringToFront();

var docRef = app.activeDocument,
allArtboards,
artboardsCount = 0,
inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder to process");

if (inputFolder) {
function getAllArtboards() {
try {
var ab = [];
var theRef = new ActionReference();
theRef.putProperty(charIDToTypeID('Prpr'), stringIDToTypeID("artboards"));
theRef.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Dcmn'), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
var getDescriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
getDescriptor.putReference(stringIDToTypeID("null"), theRef);
var abDesc = executeAction(charIDToTypeID("getd"), getDescriptor, DialogModes.NO).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("artboards"));
var abCount = abDesc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('list')).count;
if (abCount > 0) {
for (var i = 0; i < abCount; ++i) {
var abObj = abDesc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('list')).getObjectValue(i);
var abTopIndex = abObj.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("top"));
ab.push(abTopIndex);

}
}
return [abCount, ab];
} catch (e) {
alert(e.line + 'n' + e.message);
}
}

function selectLayerByIndex(index, add) {
add = undefined ? add = false : add
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), index + 1);
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
desc.putReference(charIDToTypeID("null"), ref);
if (add) desc.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("selectionModifier"), stringIDToTypeID("selectionModifierType"), stringIDToTypeID("addToSelection"));
desc.putBoolean(charIDToTypeID("MkVs"), false);
executeAction(charIDToTypeID("slct"), desc, DialogModes.NO);
}

function ungroupLayers() {
var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref1 = new ActionReference();
ref1.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
desc1.putReference(charIDToTypeID('null'), ref1);
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID('ungroupLayersEvent'), desc1, DialogModes.NO);
}

function crop() {
var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
desc1.putBoolean(charIDToTypeID('Dlt '), true);
executeAction(charIDToTypeID('Crop'), desc1, DialogModes.NO);
}

function saveAsPSD(_name) {
var psd_Opt = new PhotoshopSaveOptions();
psd_Opt.layers = true; // Preserve layers.
psd_Opt.embedColorProfile = true; // Preserve color profile.
psd_Opt.annotations = true; // Preserve annonations.
psd_Opt.alphaChannels = true; // Preserve alpha channels.
psd_Opt.spotColors = true; // Preserve spot colors.
app.activeDocument.saveAs(File(inputFolder + '/' + _name + '.psd'), psd_Opt, true);
}

function main(i) {
selectLayerByIndex(allArtboards[1][i]);
var artboardName = app.activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("newPlacedLayer"), undefined, DialogModes.NO);
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("placedLayerEditContents"), undefined, DialogModes.NO);
app.activeDocument.selection.selectAll();
ungroupLayers();
crop();
saveAsPSD(artboardName);
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}

allArtboards = getAllArtboards();

artboardsCount = allArtboards[0];

for (var i = 0; i < artboardsCount; i++) {
docRef.suspendHistory('Save Artboard as PSD', 'main(' + i + ')');
app.refresh();
app.activeDocument.activeHistoryState = app.activeDocument.historyStates[app.activeDocument.historyStates.length - 2];
}

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@Connie430

I haven't looked but I thought it was just right clicking on the
artbord and then export as.


UPDATE


Select all layers inside the artboard
Right click and Convert to Smart Object
File > Export > Layers to Files


When you do this you will end up separate files for each artboard as psds.

If you want to convert back to layers, once you've made the originals smart objects, double click and then drag back over to the original, or just let them be—layer stacks as smart objects can come in handy.

Hope this helps!

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