sprites are exported into the same folder as where the open aseprite file is at
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August 6, 2023 16:27
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toggles the visibility of layers in an aseprite file and exports the sprite with those layers visible only - can do multiple exports as part of a single script run as well
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| -- Obtain the active sprite | |
| local spr = app.activeSprite | |
| if not spr then | |
| return app.alert("There is no active sprite!") | |
| end | |
| -- Extract the directory from the sprite's filename | |
| local spritePath = spr.filename | |
| local directory = spritePath:match("^(.*[/\\])") | |
| if not directory or directory == "" then | |
| return app.alert("Please save the Aseprite file to a directory before running this script.") | |
| end | |
| -- Dialog to choose a text file | |
| local dlg = Dialog("Export Layer Groups from Text File") | |
| dlg | |
| :file{ | |
| id = "txtFile", | |
| label = "Layer groups text file:", | |
| open = true, | |
| filetypes = { "txt" } | |
| } | |
| :button{ id="ok", text="OK" } | |
| :button{ id="cancel", text="Cancel" } | |
| dlg:show() | |
| -- Function to toggle visibility of layers | |
| local function toggleLayers(layerNames) | |
| local originalVisibility = {} | |
| for _, layer in ipairs(spr.layers) do | |
| originalVisibility[layer] = layer.isVisible | |
| layer.isVisible = false | |
| for _, name in ipairs(layerNames) do | |
| if layer.name == name then | |
| layer.isVisible = true | |
| break | |
| end | |
| end | |
| end | |
| return originalVisibility | |
| end | |
| -- Restore the original visibility of layers | |
| local function restoreVisibility(originalVisibility) | |
| for layer, visibility in pairs(originalVisibility) do | |
| layer.isVisible = visibility | |
| end | |
| end | |
| -- If OK was pressed | |
| if dlg.data.ok then | |
| local txtFilePath = dlg.data.txtFile | |
| if not txtFilePath or #txtFilePath == 0 then | |
| return app.alert("No text file selected!") | |
| end | |
| local currentFileName = "" | |
| local layerNames = {} | |
| for line in io.lines(txtFilePath) do | |
| line = line:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$") -- trim spaces | |
| if line == "" then | |
| if currentFileName ~= "" and #layerNames > 0 then | |
| local fullPath = directory .. currentFileName | |
| local originalVisibility = toggleLayers(layerNames) | |
| spr:saveCopyAs(fullPath) | |
| restoreVisibility(originalVisibility) | |
| end | |
| currentFileName = "" | |
| layerNames = {} | |
| elseif currentFileName == "" then | |
| currentFileName = line | |
| else | |
| table.insert(layerNames, line) | |
| end | |
| end | |
| -- Handle the last group if it exists | |
| if currentFileName ~= "" and #layerNames > 0 then | |
| local fullPath = directory .. currentFileName | |
| local originalVisibility = toggleLayers(layerNames) | |
| spr:saveCopyAs(fullPath) | |
| restoreVisibility(originalVisibility) | |
| end | |
| end |
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| myexport.png | |
| layer 1 | |
| layer 2 | |
| anotherexport.png | |
| layer 1 | |
| layer 3 |
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