Sponsored by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Learn More

Copy One Layer, Or Copy ‘Em All

 

If you’re working on a layered document, and you make a selection and copy that selection, by default Photoshop only copies the information on your currently active layer (and that’s a good thing). However, there may be times when you want to copy your selection as if the image was flattened (in other words, you want to copy everything on all visible layers). If that’s the case, press Command-Shift-C (PC: Control-Shift-C), and you’ll copy as if the image was flattened, not just on the active layer.

2 Comments

  1. Rocky said on — December 17, 2009 @ 2:40 am

    Tried this on a Mac with CS3. Did not work.

  2. Bert said on — March 16, 2010 @ 5:10 pm

    Actually, I’d just like it to copy the one layer selected, (only one layer), so that it CAN be copied.

    Click on the layer you want. (IE, Select it).
    Go to the Edit menu, and you’ll find that Copy is grayed out. IE, you can’t copy one layer. You’ve got options under Select Menu for All Layers, and THEN you can Edit > Copy. But you can’t seem to click on one layer, and copy just that layer to another program (IE DreamWeaver).
    All the documentation says you can, but I’ve yet to find anyone that can do it.

    Please tell me how to select ONE Layer, copy it from the Edit Menu so I can paste it in DW like the documentation says you can.

    Thanks,
    Bert

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Leave a comment

Photoshop Tutorials

  • The Bourne Effect

    Corey shows you how to re-create the graphic effect from the new Bourne Legacy movie poster. With an extra twist!

  • Flare Effects

    Corey has a cool trick for creating a flare brush and see how one effect can lead to another.

  • Hollywood Touch-Ups

    See how you can add some subtle touches to give that green screen studio shot the Hollywood treatment.

  • 3D Christmas Ornaments

    Corey shows how to create reflective holiday ornaments using 3D in Photoshop.

Premium Video Tutorials From NAPP


 

Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
by Colin Smith

Read More Tips

Tip of the Day
 
 
Kelby Training
 
DVD Special
Online Training
Kelby Training