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In several complex variables, for a given domain \(G\), it is generally difficult to describe the invariant functions \(d_{G}\) and invariant pseudometrics \(\delta_{G}\) (they are all holomorphically contractible) by an effective formula. The only known cases are the norm balls in \(\mathbb{C}^{n}\) with transitive group of automorphisms and elementary Reinhardt domains. This paper generalizes and obtains a large class of domains for which effective formulas can be established. Let \(G \subset \mathbb{C}^{n}\) and \(B \subset \mathbb{C}^{m}\) be domains and let \(\Phi: G \rightarrow B\) be a surjective holomorphic mapping. Some cases in which invariant functions \(d_{G}\) and pseudometrics \(\delta_{G}\) on \(G\) can be effectively expressed in terms of the corresponding invariant functions \(d_{B}\) and pseudometrics \(\delta_{B}\) on \(B\) are characterized.