Layers to Channels - Script stopped working?

[goldencat]

Hi there,

Wondering if someone might be able to help me or point me in the right direction if it exists working elsewhere.

I have do 3D work and for comping in PS have tons of alpha channels for masking. Years ago a script guy i worked with created a script where you would place all your alphas in a folder, run the script and it would convert them all to channels with names. For some reason when I upgraded photoshop it stopped working (it was quite a while ago).

Does anyone know if this is an easy fix, or if an existing script exists elsewhere? It would save me a metric ton of time.

Cheers

Script attached:

Layers To Channels.jsx.zip

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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tf9sj88d ... t3feb&dl=0

[goldencat]

Bump. No one? I will literally pay someone to get this working

[DanielG]

I've the same issue but it's only related to the newest Photoshop 2024 Version 25.6. In my case every access to a single channel array element will lead to a crash of PS. If you're able just try using your script in older Versions.

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

Bump. No one? I will literally pay someone to get this working

For me, the issue was with the DOM code for paste.

Replacing this with AM code resolved the issue (tested in v2021 and 2024):

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//enable double clicking
#target photoshop
app.bringToFront();
//store document
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
//store active layer
var layerRef = docRef.activeLayer.typename;
//make sure a group is selected
if(layerRef == "LayerSet"){
	//if there is no layers outside the set - make one
	if(docRef.layers.length == 1){
		var groupRef = docRef.activeLayer;
		var newLayer = docRef.artLayers.add();
		newLayer.name = "white";
		//select all so we can apply a fill to the selection 
		docRef.selection.selectAll();
		//create a color to be used with the fill command 
		var colorRef = new SolidColor();
		colorRef.rgb.red = 255;
		colorRef.rgb.green = 255;
		colorRef.rgb.blue = 255;
		//fill the current selection 
		docRef.selection.fill(colorRef);
		//deselect selection
		docRef.selection.deselect();
		docRef.activeLayer = groupRef;
	}
	//move group to top
	docRef.activeLayer.move(docRef.layers[0],ElementPlacement.PLACEBEFORE);
	//get the amount of layers in the group
	groupLength = docRef.layerSets[0].layers.length;
	//cycle through the group layers
	for(var i = 0; i < groupLength; i ++){
		//get the layer's name
		var layerRef = docRef.layerSets[0].layers[0];
		var layerName = layerRef.name;
		//make sure the layer is visible
		layerRef.visible = true; 
		//check for a selection
		if(checkSelection(docRef)){
            //select all and copy to clipboard
            docRef.selection.selectAll();
            docRef.selection.copy(true);//"true" copies merged  layers
            //add the new channel
            var chanRef = docRef.channels.add();
            chanRef.name = layerName;
			//docRef.paste();
			// AM code for paste channel
            var s2t = function (s) {
                return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
            };
            var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
            descriptor.putEnumerated(s2t("antiAlias"), s2t("antiAliasType"), s2t("antiAliasNone"));
            descriptor.putClass(s2t("as"), s2t("pixel"));
            executeAction(s2t("paste"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
		}   
		//delete the layer
		layerRef.remove();
		//cleanup when finished
		if(i == groupLength - 1){
            docRef.activeLayer.remove();
            docRef.selection.deselect();
            app.purge(PurgeTarget.CLIPBOARDCACHE);
            alert("Done! \nRemember to pay Jeremy $1 every time you use this ;-)\n\nP.S. Also remember to pay Stephen as well!");
		}
	}
}
else{
	alert("You have to have a Group selected.");
}

//checks to see if there is a selection on the document
function checkSelection(document){
	var mode = app.displayDialogs;
	var res = false;
	try{
        app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
        document.selection.load(docRef.channels[0], SelectionType.REPLACE);//0 = red, 1 = green, 2 = blue
        document.selection.contract(0);
        res = true;
	}
    catch(e){
	}
    finally{
        document.selection.deselect();
        app.displayDialogs = mode;
	}
	return res;
}