Help with arranging layers

doublehelix · Post by **doublehelix** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:23 pm

Hello all,
I’m hoping someone can help with a task I am trying to automate. Unfortunately I have next to zero experience with this sort of thing.
So, for a stack of layers,

(1) I want to spread the layers out horizontally using a list of values. Note that this is not the same as adding a space between the layers; the effect would be like like spreading out a deck of cards. It would be similar to the distribute-layers-horizontally function that ships with photoshop, except I want to supply a list of pixel values, one for each layer. The values would specify how much to move the layer relative to the previous layer.

For example, if I had a list that read (6, 8, 2),
layer 1 would be moved to the right by 6 px
layer 2 would be moved to the right by (6+8)px,
and layer 3 would be moved to the right by (6+8+2) px.

(2) After the layers are spread out, the canvas size should be adjusted so that they all fit.

Thanks in advance for any assistance. I really appreciate the help!
Dan

Mike Hale · Post by **Mike Hale** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:47 pm

Do you want to 'spread' in one direction only?

You could use layer.translate() to move each layer then revealAll to expand the canvas to show the full image.

doublehelix · Post by **doublehelix** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:31 pm

Great, that got me started. Thanks for the quick reply.