Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Photoshop CS

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Photoshop CS - save selection to a file

Ben Rennigen

2004-05-18, 7:28 pm

Hello,

at the moment, when I'm going to save a part of an image to another file, I
do the following:

- select the region I want to save
- goto "edit -> Copy to one layer" (sorry I use the german version, I can't
exactly tell, how the english version reads)
- CTRL+N to open a new file
- CTRL+V to paste the part of the image to the new file
- save the file in another file format (e.g. .jpg)

Now I want to automate this procedure. I'm looking for a "save selection to
file.." option. Is there any in Photoshop (CS)? Or is it possible to make a
macro/script/action that could serve what I'm looking for?

Thanks a lot

-Ben

edjh

2004-05-18, 11:28 pm

Ben Rennigen wrote:

> Hello,
>
> at the moment, when I'm going to save a part of an image to another file, I
> do the following:
>
> - select the region I want to save
> - goto "edit -> Copy to one layer" (sorry I use the german version, I can't
> exactly tell, how the english version reads)
> - CTRL+N to open a new file
> - CTRL+V to paste the part of the image to the new file
> - save the file in another file format (e.g. .jpg)
>
>
> Now I want to automate this procedure. I'm looking for a "save selection to
> file.." option. Is there any in Photoshop (CS)? Or is it possible to make a
> macro/script/action that could serve what I'm looking for?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> -Ben
>
>
It can be recorded as an action:

Make a selection in a psd. Record :: Edit>Copy Merged (that's what it is
in English), then File>New. Change the new document dimensions to
something larger than you need by far. Paste. Image>Trim Based on
Transparency, Top, Bottom, Left, Right.

Set this action to an F key.

Sorry, I only know it in English. Hope it helps.

In case anyone wonders why I didn't just do Paste and have done with it,
I found that I was not getting the clipboard dimensions as expected with
Copy/New.

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