Question

I have 70 layers in a photoshop file. I need to move X vertically, one after the other. So they’d look like:

>>Layer 1<<
>>Layer 2<<
>>Layer 3<<

Instead of just being stacked on top of each other. Not sure how to do this? Ideally, I should just specify an amount in pixels to Transform up.

Answer 1

A layer seems only be able to move with delta.

To move by delta use the MyLayer.transform(DeltaX,DeltaY); where MyLayer is a reference to the artLayer you want to move. The unit of DeltaX and DeltaY are the same as your Ruler in photoshop.

I wrote this little function to move a layer to an absolute position. I hope this will be of some use to you…

//******************************************
// MOVE LAYER TO
// Author: Max Kielland
//
// Moves layer fLayer to the absolute
// position fX,fY. The unit of fX and fY is
// the same as the ruler setting. 

function MoveLayerTo(fLayer,fX,fY) {

  var Position = fLayer.bounds;
  Position[0] = fX - Position[0];
  Position[1] = fY - Position[1];

  fLayer.translate(-Position[0],-Position[1]);
}