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New Art Layer

Author: FotoFects More by this author

Added: Nov 23, 2005 Rating:

Level: Professional Software: Photoshop

New Art Layer If you are new to scripting for Photoshop, please view our Photoshop Scripting Basics tutorial for an introduction to Photoshop scripting and a few exercises about basic JavaScript.

1. Check for an opened document so that this script will only run if there is an opened document. `if (documents.length > 0) { }`

2. Type in `add()`; to tell the script we want to add something. `if (documents.length > 0) { add(); }`

3. Now we can tell the script that we want to add a layer. Type in `artLayers` followed by a period. `if (documents.length > 0) { artLayers.add(); }`

4. Finally, we need to tell the script which opened document to add the layer to. Type in `activeDocument` followed by a period. `if (documents.length > 0) { activeDocument.artLayers.add(); }`

5. We can also create a name for the layer. Type in `.name =` followed by the title. Because the title is a string, don't forget to add quotations around it. `if (documents.length > 0) { activeDocument.artLayers.add().name = "My Photoshop Layer"; }` Save the script and run it inside Photoshop (File> Scripts> Browse). If the script does nothing, it means that you don't have any documents opened for it to create a new layer for.