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Photoshop: Ability to edit/move/transform on several layers at the same time with an active selection
This is something that would really be helpful. The ability to select objects inside your lasso tool selection that are on multiple layers. You could select the layers you want and photoshop could move and manipulate the objects inside your selection that are on those layers.Why would this useful. Well at work I have alot of elements composed together to create a single portion of the image. It would great to be able to edit these pieces as a whole without having to flatten the image or dissect each element into its on layer. I know people I work with wanted this ability to and I hope others out there might feel its useful for their work flow as well. Thanks for listening.
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howard_pinsky
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9 years ago
At the moment, I'd duplicate/merge the layers that I want to extract something from, and go from there.
It's an interesting idea though.
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richard_wing_2084055
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corey_404133
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marcus_romero
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jasmina_kirsch
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5 years ago
I see it's 4 years ago and there still is nothing to do this.
I am working as a digital matte painter (mostly creating large format pictures, partially starting from photographs) and since I need to use a LOT of pictures and sort threw them within my file, the one great feature I am missing for my work is the one asked for above:
A selection tool, like it already exists in AI, which can select multiple layers at once.
So like for example in AI, if you created a lot of path, you can select them with the lasso tool all at once, while they are on different layers.
So the same function/tool just for PS. So that you can easily select the different layers after sorting and put them in one folder (for example).
An official response to this suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
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ravindra_dhande
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sandra_walton_i6n24i6grp2vo
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corey_404133
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andrea_bobick_qtyxn7pooqni
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2 years ago
As of Photoshop CC 2019 I cannot have more than one layer selected, lasso or marquee around a portion of my canvas and then move or transform the pixels from each layer. I've been able to do this in my other image editing software and I find it extremely useful. It doesn't have to be the default behavior of the move or transform tool, but maybe a toggle-able menu option.
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pablo_conde_8yo7ptwwpcvbk
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2 years ago
i already search this but didnt find it.
the idea is simple, when you have a selection and want to do a free transform on several layers at the same time, now its not possible :(
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hg_hjjolm
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2 years ago
Transforming multiple layers is already possible which is great
but with an active selection it would help enormously, digital painters
one layer contain the clean inking
another layer contain penciling (wich add texture to line)
another layers contains tones
here the example is simple but there might be much more layers
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kent_aldrich_kho
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2 years ago
So recently, my Photoshop isn't transforming multiple layers with a selection. It worked last month but it then stopped. What happens now is that it doesn't transform the selection, but it transforms the whole layers selected.
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shane_zwicker
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sasha_5569534
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a year ago
Good day!
As an artist, I would love to suggest some improvements to Photoshop tool. Quite often, while drawing comics you should use two layers - one with a loop, the second with fill. There are situations when you need to edit a selected area of all image (that is, both first and second layers). Currently you can only do this step by step, by choosing and edit each layer.
It would be very convenient, if you could consider adding an second option, which is link layers – with edited selection at all selected layers SIMULTANEOUSLY.
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ben_4a9wtlha1raru
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a year ago
I use Photoshop CC for digital art. As an example, lets say I have a layer with a gesture drawing, a layer with a basic mid tone silhouette, and a layer with a slightly more detailed sketch. I realise the leg of the figure is in slightly the wrong place but am still very much in the design phase. It would be great to be able to make a selection, say with the Lasso tool, select all three layers, and then Free Transform that selection across all three layers without having to merge them into one layer.
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