Export PSD layers

bupaje · Post by **bupaje** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:58 am

Does this new feature require PS to be installed (I have PSP which correctly opens other PSD files with layers)? When I try to use the Batch Export option I can't drag anything into the window because when it loses focus it is minimized and I can't figure out how to do it. If I use the Export Animation option and select PSD then I do get the image but as a single layer.

Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:02 am

Have you read my post on PSD files and tried both the PSD files?

And the remark by LM on a bug with PSD exports?

Post by **Lost Marble** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:36 pm

No, it is not necessary to have Photoshop installed to export PSD files. Regarding layers - only the top-level layers in the Moho file are exported as separate PS layers. Do you have more than one top-level layer, or all they all grouped in one bone layer, for example?

bupaje · Post by **bupaje** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:01 pm

There are lots of groups, masking groups and bones so that must be it. I'll reread the threads and try a simpler one tonight -thanks. Just to clarify this does or does not use the Batch Export option?

Post by **Lost Marble** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:11 pm

You can use Batch Export or just the regular Export - both should work fine.

Toontoonz · Post by **Toontoonz** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:39 pm

Here is a graphic example I whipped up using the Moho Tutorial 5.8 to show the difference in the number of layers that show up when exporting a .psd file.

The first graphic shows two upper level layers in Moho (foreground- with all the trees inside- and background) and the result is two layers in Photoshop (all the trees are on one layer.)

click to see larger view

The second graphic shows 13 upper level layers in Moho (I took all the trees out of the foreground group layer and trashcanned the foreground group folder layer) and the result is 13 layers in Photoshop (each tree has its ownlayer.)

click to see larger view

bupaje · Post by **bupaje** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:24 pm

@Toontoonz - thanks that helps. I am 99.9% visually oriented.

@LM - thanks. I had problems using the batch export but will try it with the example above when I get home tonight.

Toontoonz · Post by **Toontoonz** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:59 pm

bupaje wrote:I am 99.9% visually oriented.

Me, too. That is why I have a hard time understanding what scripts (such as the new "embedded scripts") do when people make them. I need to see a screen shot or an animation of it before it clicks in my brain. Then once I see it ----Ah-Ha