: There are several ways to do this. See this question for a good description of using the slice tool. For your workflow, record an action by doing this: Select the layer. Start recording. Ctl/Cmd-click

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There are several ways to do this. See this question for a good description of using the slice tool.

For your workflow, record an action by doing this:


Select the layer.
Start recording.
Ctl/Cmd-click on the layer thumbnail in the Layers panel. This will select just the actual pixels in the layer, ignoring the transparency.
Copy Merged (Ctl/Cmd-Shift-C).
File > New
Click OK (defaults to "from clipboard" with the dimensions of what was copied).
Paste.


[OPTIONAL]


Save for Web
In your original window, deselect.


[/OPTIONAL]


Stop recording.


If you included the Save for Web step, be sure to click the empty box in the Actions panel to turn on the SfW dialog when the action is run.

At this point, you can target any layer and run the action, creating a new document with the exact dimensions (and transparency) of the contents of that layer.

For extra credit, you can include a "Drop down one layer" step using the keyboard shortcut at the end of the action, so you can work your way down a PSD by targeting the top layer then just repeatedly hitting the F key you assigned to that action until you get to the bottom.

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