Anyway, I found an awesome jsx script that does what I require.
It outputs the layer co-ordinates and width/height in xml format, such as:
PHP Code:
<psd filename="layer_comps_mockup.psd" path="~/Desktop/" width="640" height="480">
<layer name="Background" stack="0" position="0, 0" layerwidth="640" layerheight="480" transformpoint="center">Background.png</layer>
<layer name="red_square" stack="1" position="0, 0" layerwidth="190" layerheight="190" transformpoint="center">red_square.png</layer>
<layer name="yellow_circle" stack="2" position="31, 268" layerwidth="190" layerheight="190" transformpoint="center">yellow_circle.png</layer>
<layer name="white_star" stack="3" position="221, 94" layerwidth="218" layerheight="207" transformpoint="center">white_star.png</layer>
<layer name="green_pentagon" stack="4" position="426, 29" layerwidth="192" layerheight="192" transformpoint="center">green_pentagon.png</layer>
<layer name="blue_triangle" stack="5" position="255, 301" layerwidth="168" layerheight="155" transformpoint="center">blue_triangle.png</layer>
<layer name="black_rectangle" stack="6" position="493, 242" layerwidth="106" layerheight="216" transformpoint="center">black_rectangle.png</layer>
</psd>
Script is called: ExportLayerCoordinatesToXML.jsx, make a file by this name, and copy the following code into the file:
PHP Code:
//
// This script exports extended layer.bounds information to [psd_file_name].xml
// by pattesdours
//
function docCheck() {
// ensure that there is at least one document open
if (!documents.length) {
alert('There are no documents open.');
return; // quit
}
}
docCheck();
var originalRulerUnits = preferences.rulerUnits;
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
var docRef = activeDocument;
var docWidth = docRef.width.value;
var docHeight = docRef.height.value;
var mySourceFilePath = activeDocument.fullName.path + "/";
// Code to get layer index / descriptor
//
cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); };
sTID = function(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };
function getLayerDescriptor (doc, layer) {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated(cTID("Lyr "), cTID("Ordn"), cTID("Trgt"));
return executeActionGet(ref)
};
function getLayerID(doc, layer) {
var d = getLayerDescriptor(doc, layer);
return d.getInteger(cTID('LyrI'));
};
var stackorder = 0;
// function from Xbytor to traverse all layers
traverseLayers = function(doc, ftn, reverse) {
function _traverse(doc, layers, ftn, reverse) {
var ok = true;
for (var i = 1; i <= layers.length && ok != false; i++) {
var index = (reverse == true) ? layers.length-i : i - 1;
var layer = layers[index];
if (layer.typename == "LayerSet") {
ok = _traverse(doc, layer.layers, ftn, reverse);
} else {
stackorder = stackorder + 1;
ok = ftn(doc, layer, stackorder);
}
}
return ok;
};
return _traverse(doc, doc.layers, ftn, reverse);
};
// create a string to hold the data
var str ="";
// class using a contructor
function cLayer(doc, layer) {
//this.layerID = Stdlib.getLayerID(doc, layer);
this.layerID = getLayerID(doc, layer);
//alert("layer ID: " + this.layerID);
this.layerWidth = layer.bounds[2].value - layer.bounds[0].value;
this.layerHeight = layer.bounds[3].value - layer.bounds[1].value;
// these return object coordinates relative to canvas
this.upperLeftX = layer.bounds[0].value;
this.upperLeftY = layer.bounds[1].value;
this.upperCenterX = this.layerWidth / 2 + layer.bounds[0].value;
this.upperCenterY = layer.bounds[1].value;
this.upperRightX = layer.bounds[2].value;
this.upperRightY = layer.bounds[1].value;
this.middleLeftX = layer.bounds[0].value;
this.middleLeftY = this.layerHeight / 2 + layer.bounds[1].value;
this.middleCenterX = this.layerWidth / 2 + layer.bounds[0].value;
this.middleCenterY = this.layerHeight / 2 + layer.bounds[1].value;
this.middleRightX = layer.bounds[2].value;
this.middleRightY = this.layerHeight / 2 + layer.bounds[1].value;
this.lowerLeftX = layer.bounds[0].value;
this.lowerLeftY = layer.bounds[3].value;
this.lowerCenterX = this.layerWidth / 2 + layer.bounds[0].value;
this.lowerCenterY = layer.bounds[3].value;
this.lowerRightX = layer.bounds[2].value;
this.lowerRightY = layer.bounds[3].value;
// I'm adding these for easier editing of flash symbol transformation point (outputs a 'x, y' format)
// because I like to assign shortcut keys that use the numeric pad keyboard, like such:
// 7 8 9
// 4 5 6
// 1 2 3
//
this.leftBottom = this.lowerLeftX + ", " + this.lowerLeftY;
this.bottomCenter = this.lowerCenterX + ", " + this.lowerCenterY;
this.rightBottom = this.lowerRightX + ", " + this.lowerRightY;
this.leftCenter = this.middleLeftX + ", " + this.middleLeftY;
this.center = this.middleCenterX + ", " + this.middleCenterY;
this.rightCenter = this.middleRightX + ", " + this.middleRightY;
this.leftTop = this.upperLeftX + ", " + this.upperLeftY;
this.topCenter = this.upperCenterX + ", " + this.upperCenterY;
this.rightTop = this.upperRightX + ", " + this.upperRightY;
// these return object coordinates relative to layer bounds
this.relUpperLeftX = layer.bounds[1].value - layer.bounds[1].value;
this.relUpperLeftY = layer.bounds[0].value - layer.bounds[0].value;
this.relUpperCenterX = this.layerWidth / 2;
this.relUpperCenterY = layer.bounds[0].value - layer.bounds[0].value;
this.relUpperRightX = this.layerWidth;
this.relUpperRightY = layer.bounds[0].value - layer.bounds[0].value;
this.relMiddleLeftX = layer.bounds[1].value - layer.bounds[1].value;
this.relMiddleLeftY = this.layerHeight / 2;
this.relMiddleCenterX = this.layerWidth / 2;
this.relMiddleCenterY = this.layerHeight / 2;
this.relMiddleRightX = this.layerWidth;
this.relMiddleRightY = this.layerHeight / 2;
this.relLowerLeftX = layer.bounds[1].value - layer.bounds[1].value;
this.relLowerLeftY = this.layerHeight;
this.relLowerCenterX = this.layerWidth / 2;
this.relLowerCenterY = this.layerHeight / 2;
this.relLowerRightY = this.layerHeight;
this.relLowerRightX = this.layerWidth;
this.relLowerRightY = this.layerHeight;
return this;
}
// add header line
str = "<psd filename=\"" + docRef.name + "\" path=\"" + mySourceFilePath + "\" width=\"" + docWidth + "\" height=\"" + docHeight + "\">\n";
// now a function to collect the data
function exportBounds(doc, layer, i) {
var isVisible = layer.visible;
var layerData = cLayer(doc, layer);
if(isVisible){
// Layer object main coordinates relative to its active pixels
var str2 = "\t<layer name=\"" + layer.name
+ "\" stack=\"" + (i - 1) // order in which layers are stacked, starting with zero for the bottom-most layer
+ "\" position=\"" + leftTop // this is the
+ "\" layerwidth=\"" + layerData.layerWidth
+ "\" layerheight=\"" + layerData.layerHeight
+ "\" transformpoint=\"" + "center" + "\">" // hard-coding 'center' as the default transformation point
+ layer.name + ".png" + "</layer>\n" // I have to put some content here otherwise sometimes tags are ignored
str += str2.toString();
};
};
// call X's function using the one above
traverseLayers(app.activeDocument, exportBounds, true);
// Use this to export XML file to same directory where PSD file is located
var mySourceFilePath = activeDocument.fullName.path + "/";
// create a reference to a file for output
var csvFile = new File(mySourceFilePath.toString().match(/([^\.]+)/)[1] + app.activeDocument.name.match(/([^\.]+)/)[1] + ".xml");
// open the file, write the data, then close the file
csvFile.open('w');
csvFile.writeln(str + "</psd>");
csvFile.close();
preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
// Confirm that operation has completed
alert("Operation Complete!" + "\n" + "Layer coordinates were successfully exported to:" + "\n" + "\n" + mySourceFilePath.toString().match(/([^\.]+)/)[1] + app.activeDocument.name.match(/([^\.]+)/)[1] + ".xml");
Save the file, and open your PSD in PhotoShop and then select File->Scripts->Browse and find the script and run it. The script will generate an xml file with required data.
Hope that helps some people who may need such info quickly too.