More Layer Options for Actions
I work in print, and need to set up files daily for print which are separated into layers for grouping purposes. One of these purposes is for our automated cutting machines. In order for these to work, I need to keep the cutting and scoring paths on individual, specifically-named layers. When setting up many files at once I would like to automate the saving of print files, proof files, and cutting files.
To do this I really need Actions which support things like selecting Layers by Name (similar to selecting objects by attribute description, a feature I already use in my automation). Delete Empty Layers would also likely be helpful in many circumstances outside my need.
For example, a typical document I work on contains the following layers: Printer Marks, Crop Marks, Art, Outside Cut Paths, Inside Cut Paths, Score Paths, Registration Marks.
I need to be able to use actions to do the following: Save a PDF with all layers turned on, Save a PDF with only the Outside and Inside Cut and Score Paths turned off, and finally Save a PDF with all Layers Deleted except Registration Marks, and all Cutting and Scoring Paths.
This type of thing has been requested since 2009, it would drastically improve my workflow without the need to learn complicated workarounds (which may not even work) in javascript or some other automation method.
Attached is a sample showing the type of file I need to work with.
Anonymous
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Also having hotkeys for choosing layer above and below the current one would be nice thing to have, as Photoshop does now (along with next/previous object)
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Simon Bowland
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When creating a custom Action, I would like to be able to switch off specific layers as art of that Action. At the moment, this is not possible, but adding this feature would speed up my daily workflow - and the workflow of all of my colleagues. Please consider it!
