import JPG’s directly into layers

I could use some help with the following problem.

Several times a day I have to go through the following rigmarole. I start out with a primary JPG background file, usually approximately

x 11 inches. Into this background file I have to import, as separate layers, somewhere between 20 and 30 half-inch by half-inch JPG’s, placing them as appropriate around the background file. Each

little JPG must remain on its own separate layer because sometimes individual processing must be done to each one.

To accomplish this currently, I go out with a file browser and select

20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s and drag and drop them from the file browser

to the open background JPG in Photoshop. Photoshop responds by

all 20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s as separate files, which I then tile and then painstakingly drag them on to my background file ONE AT A TIME.

I drag each individual half-inch JPG file into the main file, I have

make sure that I go to the newly created layer and carefully name this new layer after the original filename from which the half-inch JPG originally came from.

Needless to say, this is tedious and time-consuming in the extreme.

would be much easier if I could indicate to Photoshop that I do not

all of these little JPG’s opened as individual files but rather be included as separate individual layers as part of the primary

file, each layer hopefully being named after the original source file from which the little JPG came from.

Does anybody have a way of doing this? So far haven’t been able to figure out how to do this myself.

Thanks in advance.

Photoshop CS 8.0

SCA

I could use some help with the following problem.

Several times a day I have to go through the following rigmarole. I start out with a primary JPG background file, usually approximately

x 11 inches. Into this background file I have to import, as separate layers, somewhere between 20 and 30 half-inch by half-inch JPG’s, placing them as appropriate around the background file. Each

little JPG must remain on its own separate layer because sometimes individual processing must be done to each one.

To accomplish this currently, I go out with a file browser and select

20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s and drag and drop them from the file browser

to the open background JPG in Photoshop. Photoshop responds by

all 20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s as separate files, which I then tile and then painstakingly drag them on to my background file ONE AT A TIME.

I drag each individual half-inch JPG file into the main file, I have

make sure that I go to the newly created layer and carefully name this new layer after the original filename from which the half-inch JPG originally came from.

Needless to say, this is tedious and time-consuming in the extreme.

would be much easier if I could indicate to Photoshop that I do not

all of these little JPG’s opened as individual files but rather be included as separate individual layers as part of the primary

file, each layer hopefully being named after the original source file from which the little JPG came from.

Does anybody have a way of doing this? So far haven’t been able to figure out how to do this myself.

Thanks in advance.

Photoshop CS 8.0

SCA

I could use some help with the following problem.

Several times a day I have to go through the following rigmarole. I start out with a primary JPG background file, usually approximately 8.5 x 11 inches. Into this background file I have to import, as separate layers, somewhere between 20 and 30 half-inch by half-inch JPG’s, placing them as appropriate around the background file. Each individual little JPG must remain on its own separate layer because sometimes individual processing must be done to each one.

To accomplish this currently, I go out with a file browser and select my 20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s and drag and drop them from the file browser on to the open background JPG in Photoshop. Photoshop responds by opening all 20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s as separate files, which I then tile and then painstakingly drag them on to my background file ONE AT A TIME. As I drag each individual half-inch JPG file into the main file, I have to make sure that I go to the newly created layer and carefully name this new layer after the original filename from which the half-inch JPG originally came from.

Needless to say, this is tedious and time-consuming in the extreme. It would be much easier if I could indicate to Photoshop that I do not want all of these little JPG’s opened as individual files but rather be included as separate individual layers as part of the primary background file, each layer hopefully being named after the original source file from which the little JPG came from.

Does anybody have a way of doing this? So far haven’t been able to figure out how to do this myself.

Thanks in advance.

Photoshop CS 8.0

SCA

SCA wrote:

I could use some help with the following problem.

Several times a day I have to go through the following rigmarole. I start out with a primary JPG background file, usually approximately 8.5 x 11 inches. Into this background file I have to import, as separate layers, somewhere between 20 and 30 half-inch by half-inch JPG’s, placing them as appropriate around the background file. Each individual little JPG must remain on its own separate layer because sometimes individual processing must be done to each one.

To accomplish this currently, I go out with a file browser and select my 20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s and drag and drop them from the file browser on to the open background JPG in Photoshop. Photoshop responds by opening all 20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s as separate files, which I then tile and then painstakingly drag them on to my background file ONE AT A TIME. As I drag each individual half-inch JPG file into the main file, I have to make sure that I go to the newly created layer and carefully name this new layer after the original filename from which the half-inch JPG originally came from.

Needless to say, this is tedious and time-consuming in the extreme. It would be much easier if I could indicate to Photoshop that I do not want all of these little JPG’s opened as individual files but rather be included as separate individual layers as part of the primary background file, each layer hopefully being named after the original source file from which the little JPG came from.

Does anybody have a way of doing this? So far haven’t been able to figure out how to do this myself.

Thanks in advance.

Photoshop CS 8.0

SCA

I’m certainly no PS guru, but I don’t understand why this is a problem. If I understand you correctly, you have 20-30 small JPGs that tend to remain constant. Only the Background layer changes.

Here’s how I would do it:

1. Create a new transparent background.
2. Drag and drop your small images onto the new transparent BG, each in its own layer.
3. Save this workspace as a .psd so you can maintain the layers, calling it something like "Overlay.psd".
4. Open your variable BG image and D&D "overlay.psd" onto it.
5. Move and delete layers as needed.
6. Save as a .jpg, thereby flattening the image.

Make sure you don’t accidentally flatten your "overlay.psd" prototype. No scripts required. You will probably need to adjust all thumbnail resolutions to whatever your BG image usually is prior to creating "overlay.psd".

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I could use some help with the following problem.

Several times a day I have to go through the following rigmarole. I start out with a primary JPG background file, usually approximately

8.5

x 11 inches. Into this background file I have to import, as separate layers, somewhere between 20 and 30 half-inch by half-inch JPG’s, placing them as appropriate around the background file. Each

individual

little JPG must remain on its own separate layer because sometimes individual processing must be done to each one.

To accomplish this currently, I go out with a file browser and select

my

20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s and drag and drop them from the file browser

on

to the open background JPG in Photoshop. Photoshop responds by

opening

all 20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s as separate files, which I then tile and then painstakingly drag them on to my background file ONE AT A TIME.

As

I drag each individual half-inch JPG file into the main file, I have

to

make sure that I go to the newly created layer and carefully name this new layer after the original filename from which the half-inch JPG originally came from.

Needless to say, this is tedious and time-consuming in the extreme.

It

would be much easier if I could indicate to Photoshop that I do not

want

all of these little JPG’s opened as individual files but rather be included as separate individual layers as part of the primary

background

file, each layer hopefully being named after the original source file from which the little JPG came from.

Does anybody have a way of doing this? So far haven’t been able to figure out how to do this myself.

Thanks in advance.

Photoshop CS 8.0

SCA

You need to make an Action (F1 – Creating a new action) You could do this with just all the stepst to get just one small jpg onto the background in its own layer then either run the action on the rest or set up a Batch job to do the whole process using that action (F1 Using the Batch command)

SCA wrote in news:cpiXf.88047$gY3.67484
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I could use some help with the following problem.

Several times a day I have to go through the following rigmarole. I start out with a primary JPG background file, usually approximately

8.5

x 11 inches. Into this background file I have to import, as separate layers, somewhere between 20 and 30 half-inch by half-inch JPG’s, placing them as appropriate around the background file. Each

individual

little JPG must remain on its own separate layer because sometimes individual processing must be done to each one.

To accomplish this currently, I go out with a file browser and select

my

20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s and drag and drop them from the file browser

on

to the open background JPG in Photoshop. Photoshop responds by

opening

all 20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s as separate files, which I then tile and then painstakingly drag them on to my background file ONE AT A TIME.

As

I drag each individual half-inch JPG file into the main file, I have

to

make sure that I go to the newly created layer and carefully name this new layer after the original filename from which the half-inch JPG originally came from.

Needless to say, this is tedious and time-consuming in the extreme.

It

would be much easier if I could indicate to Photoshop that I do not

want

all of these little JPG’s opened as individual files but rather be included as separate individual layers as part of the primary

background

file, each layer hopefully being named after the original source file from which the little JPG came from.

Does anybody have a way of doing this? So far haven’t been able to figure out how to do this myself.

Thanks in advance.

Photoshop CS 8.0

SCA

Oh just a though another alternative might be to use an automatic thubnail index maker heres a list of free ones to download, I use Dpic and find it very good for my purposes, it’s near the bottom of the page http://www.nonags.com/nonags/htmlgallery.html

SCA wrote in news:cpiXf.88047$gY3.67484
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I could use some help with the following problem.

Several times a day I have to go through the following rigmarole. I start out with a primary JPG background file, usually approximately

8.5

x 11 inches. Into this background file I have to import, as separate layers, somewhere between 20 and 30 half-inch by half-inch JPG’s, placing them as appropriate around the background file. Each

individual

little JPG must remain on its own separate layer because sometimes individual processing must be done to each one.

To accomplish this currently, I go out with a file browser and select

my

20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s and drag and drop them from the file browser

on

to the open background JPG in Photoshop. Photoshop responds by

opening

all 20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s as separate files, which I then tile and then painstakingly drag them on to my background file ONE AT A TIME.

As

I drag each individual half-inch JPG file into the main file, I have

to

make sure that I go to the newly created layer and carefully name this new layer after the original filename from which the half-inch JPG originally came from.

Needless to say, this is tedious and time-consuming in the extreme.

It

would be much easier if I could indicate to Photoshop that I do not

want

all of these little JPG’s opened as individual files but rather be included as separate individual layers as part of the primary

background

file, each layer hopefully being named after the original source file from which the little JPG came from.

Does anybody have a way of doing this? So far haven’t been able to figure out how to do this myself.

Thanks in advance.

Photoshop CS 8.0

SCA

You need to make an Action (F1 – Creating a new action) You could do this with just all the stepst to get just one small jpg onto the background in its own layer then either run the action on the rest or set up a Batch job to do the whole process using that action (F1 Using the Batch command)

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SCA wrote in news:cpiXf.88047$gY3.67484
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I could use some help with the following problem.

Several times a day I have to go through the following rigmarole. I start out with a primary JPG background file, usually approximately

8.5

x 11 inches. Into this background file I have to import, as separate layers, somewhere between 20 and 30 half-inch by half-inch JPG’s, placing them as appropriate around the background file. Each

individual

little JPG must remain on its own separate layer because sometimes individual processing must be done to each one.

To accomplish this currently, I go out with a file browser and select

my

20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s and drag and drop them from the file browser

on

to the open background JPG in Photoshop. Photoshop responds by

opening

all 20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s as separate files, which I then tile and then painstakingly drag them on to my background file ONE AT A TIME.

As

I drag each individual half-inch JPG file into the main file, I have

to

make sure that I go to the newly created layer and carefully name this new layer after the original filename from which the half-inch JPG originally came from.

Needless to say, this is tedious and time-consuming in the extreme.

It

would be much easier if I could indicate to Photoshop that I do not

want

all of these little JPG’s opened as individual files but rather be included as separate individual layers as part of the primary

background

file, each layer hopefully being named after the original source file from which the little JPG came from.

Does anybody have a way of doing this? So far haven’t been able to figure out how to do this myself.

Thanks in advance.

Photoshop CS 8.0

SCA

You need to make an Action (F1 – Creating a new action) You could do this with just all the stepst to get just one small jpg onto the background in its own layer then either run the action on the rest or set up a Batch job to do the whole process using that action (F1 Using the Batch command)

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SCA wrote in news:cpiXf.88047$gY3.67484
@fe09.usenetserver.com:

I could use some help with the following problem.

Several times a day I have to go through the following rigmarole. I start out with a primary JPG background file, usually approximately

8.5

x 11 inches. Into this background file I have to import, as separate layers, somewhere between 20 and 30 half-inch by half-inch JPG’s, placing them as appropriate around the background file. Each

individual

little JPG must remain on its own separate layer because sometimes individual processing must be done to each one.

To accomplish this currently, I go out with a file browser and select

my

20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s and drag and drop them from the file browser

on

to the open background JPG in Photoshop. Photoshop responds by

opening

all 20 or 30 half-inch JPG’s as separate files, which I then tile and then painstakingly drag them on to my background file ONE AT A TIME.

As

I drag each individual half-inch JPG file into the main file, I have

to

make sure that I go to the newly created layer and carefully name this new layer after the original filename from which the half-inch JPG originally came from.

Needless to say, this is tedious and time-consuming in the extreme.

It

would be much easier if I could indicate to Photoshop that I do not

want

all of these little JPG’s opened as individual files but rather be included as separate individual layers as part of the primary

background

file, each layer hopefully being named after the original source file from which the little JPG came from.

Does anybody have a way of doing this? So far haven’t been able to figure out how to do this myself.

Thanks in advance.

Photoshop CS 8.0

SCA

You need to make an Action (F1 – Creating a new action) You could do this with just all the stepst to get just one small jpg onto the background in its own layer then either run the action on the rest or set up a Batch job to do the whole process using that action (F1 Using the Batch command)

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This works pretty good. But how do you get the layers to retain the name of the original files?

SCA