Renumbering frames/layers cs-4?

Question

Morning all, I have been importing QT video;'s via: Import video frames to layers, I then duplicate some of the layers as well as add others. Now, these show up in the layers column as i.e. layer 1 copy, layer 1 copy 2 etc, etc. In the animation (frames) section they do not show at all, is there a way of adding and re-numbering these additions in both frames and layers?
TKS Gary

Answer 1

is there a way of adding and re-numbering these additions in both  frames and layers?
I may be repeating myself, but if you »Delete Animation« and then »Make Frames From Layers« does that not include the new layers in the animation?
Are you saying that this is done manually or there is an auto process that can accomplish it?
A Script can handle this.
The following might work (but only on top level layers, groups would necessitate a slightly more complicated approach); I would expect that vastly better renaming Scripts are available in the Photoshop Scripting Forum, though.
If you want to give it a try, paste the following text into a new file in ExtendScript Toolkit (part of Photoshop’s installation, Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities/ExtendScript Toolkit CS4) and save it as a jsx-file into Photoshop’s Presets/Scripts-folder.
After restarting Photoshop the Script should be available under File > Scripts and can be assigned a Keyboard Shortcut directly, recorded into an Action, (in CS4) be used in a Configurator-Panel or started from ExtendScript Toolkit directly.
// rename top level layers;
// use it at your own risk;
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length > 0 && app.activeDocument.layers.length > 1) {
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
var theLayers = myDocument.layers;
var theNumber = 1;
for (var m = theLayers.length - 1; m >= 0; m--) {
theLayers[m].name = "layer_" + bufferNumberWithZeros(theNumber, 3);
theNumber++
////// buffer number with zeros //////
function bufferNumberWithZeros (number, places) {
var theNumberString = String(number);
for (var o = 0; o < (places - String(number).length); o++) {
theNumberString = String("0" + theNumberString)
return theNumberString