Morgan Stone's Blog

July 29, 2008

Group Layers Fast

Filed under: Photoshop Shortcuts — Morgan @ 10:19 pm

To group layers in Photoshop CS2 & CS3 multi-select the layers you would like to group in the layers palette then use the shortcut Command (Control on the PC) + G

To multi-select layers in a row:
Select the first layer then while holding down shift click the ending layer

To multi-select layers in random order:
Hold down Command (Control on the PC) while selecting multiple layers 

Note: if you are using a previous version of Photoshop (CS or below) these shortcut will not work

Merge all layers w/o merging all layers

Filed under: Photoshop Shortcuts — Morgan @ 9:52 pm

Perhaps one of the best Photoshop shortcuts that I use
Command (Control on PC) + Alt + Shift + E 

Makes a copy of the Photoshop composition and places it on a new layer above the current layers.

Note: This Photoshop function is only available by using this shortcut, it is not available in any menu

It’s like merging all the layers w/o merging all the layers!

And for reference to merge all layers in the composition:
Command (Control on PC) + Shift + E

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