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Unlink That Mask for Flexibility

 

If you want to move a layer around your image, but leave the layer mask exactly where it is, you need to unlink the two.  Click the little chain link icon between the layer thumbnail and the layer mask to unlink them.  Then you can move the layer around wherever you want to.  Click between the layer thumbnail and layer mask again to re-link the two.

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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).
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