In this video, learn how to export layers to files.
- [Instructor] On occasion, you might be asked to provide…the layers for the file that you've been working on,…and there are a number of reasons why you might do that,…most typically being that it's going to go…into a motion project and they'd like to…animate different components separately.…In this file, what I've done is a bit of housekeeping here.…The things that were finalized, like the sketch,…which was previously a group that I could edit,…I've merged that group and I've just tuned everything else…a little bit so the layer effects here, I've applied those.…
And this is a copy of that document, which I made…by going Image and Duplicate and then working from there.…So now I'm going to export these layers,…and this pretty much executes what used to be a script…but is now a command, if I go to the File menu…and come down to Export,…I've got Layers to Files just here, okay?…And you need to specify a location.…Well, in my exercise files here, I've created a…filesFromLayers folder and if I tap Open,…so you can add a prefix, if you want to, to the file,…
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Released
6/1/2018- Building templates
- Organizing your layers
- Managing presets
- Sharing assets
- Collaborating
- Quick masking for mockups
- Making brushes
- Generating assets for web and UX
- Creating animation and video
- Saving files correctly
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Introduction1m 41s
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1. Organization
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Building an email template5m 10s
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Organizing layers3m 17s
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Filtering layers by content1m 49s
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Layer comps3m 31s
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Editing the toolbar2m 49s
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Managing presets1m 42s
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Shortcuts3m
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2. Collaboration
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Comments and version review3m 15s
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3. Visualization
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Photoshop Sketch3m 32s
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Using vector masks6m 19s
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Layers to files1m 56s
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4. Web and UX
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CC Extract4m 9s
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CSS from Layers2m 7s
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SVG from Photoshop1m 49s
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Using Export As in Photoshop3m 21s
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Using the Generator6m 3s
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5. Animation and Motion
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6. Special Requirements
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Separations3m 7s
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Multichannel images4m 42s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 14s
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