: Export layers to PNG files, with their layer sizes with Photoshop Possible Duplicate: Exporting layers in Photoshop I have a psd file with 30-40 layers. I would like to export

@Twilah924

This is pretty easy in Photoshop.

You’ll need your file to be set up so that each layer equals one file you’d like to export. If you have groups that you want exported, you’ll have to merge them to one layer (pressing command-E will do this).

Once you’re set up, run File → Scripts → Export Layers to Files, choose the PNG file type (if that’s what you want) and ensure Trim Layers is turned on.

If you’d like some images to be PNG and some to be other formats, then you could save them all as PNG24 and convert the images you'd like changed after (this can be done as one or more batch operations in Photoshop or another app). Or, you could just run the script several times, with a different destination folder, then delete the files you don’t need. Both effective and quick, without much manual work.

Unless you specifically need it, I'd turn ICC profiles off. Generally speaking, ICC profiles are a bad idea for interface graphics (but can be a good idea for photographs, depending on the situation).

You may want Transparency on, depending on your requirements.



There’s other great ways to automate exporting from Photoshop. I really like using sprite sheets with slices. It means you can set things up so exporting an entire project is a job that takes less than a minute.

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@Radia289

Unfortunately, that is the size of the layer, as you'll see if you duplicate the layer into a new document.

However, you can duplicate the layer to a new document, then load selection from the layer and then crop the document to the selection. This should reduce the size of the document to the max dimensions of the layer contents.

If you have to do this a lot, you can record an action to automate the process. And if you already have all the layers exported as PNGs, you can shorten the action so that it simply crops and saves the image. This can then be used to batch process the files.

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