If you’ve ever wanted to have Photoshop open a document, convert the Background to a Layer, and rename the layer the same as the file name, then this script is for you!
Directions to install:
• Download and unzip the OpenAsLayerNoExtension.jsx script. Note: This script works for the Open command, opening files through Adobe Bridge and Adobe Camera Raw. This script will have no effect on documents that do not have a background layer.
• Copy the script into the Adobe Photoshop 2022 folder / Presets / Scripts / Event Scripts Only
• Launch Adobe Photoshop 2022
• Select File > Scripts > Script Events Manager
• In the Script Events Manager dialog box:
– Click to enable “Enable Events to Run Scripts/Actions:”
– For Photoshop Event: use the drop-down to select “Open Document”
– In the Script drop-down select “OpenAsLayerNoExtension.jsx”
– Click the Add button. Then, click the Done button.
• Open your document. In the Layers panel, the Background has been converted to a layer and renamed using the document name.
If you prefer to open, convert, rename the Background layer and include the file extension, use this script instead: OpenAsLayer.jsx.
Special thanks to Thomas Ruark at Adobe for creating and sharing this script!
