Move between Layers with Keyboard?

[Pictu...@adobeforums.com]

Is there anyway that i can move up or down on the layers, using the keyboard? instead of taking the mouse and clicking on another layer?

The keyboard would be a shortcut for me...

Thanks in advance...

Gary

[Ed Hannigan]

Yes. Using the bracket keys [ ] and combinations with Shift, Command and Option you can move up and down, move the Layers themselves and jump to the top or bottom, etc.

[Jeff_...@adobeforums.com]

Command/Control click on the layer and select the layer you want to target from the context menu.

[PECour...@adobeforums.com]

<http://morris-photographics.com/photoshop/shortcuts/>

[Ed Hannigan]

No one reads post #1.

[PECour...@adobeforums.com]

That's why I re-posted it :D

I think that I re-visited the thread, and that post 1 was hidden from view.

[Mark_R...@adobeforums.com]

Yes, when trying to move a layer to the top of the stack this is the only way these days, option [ ], because its too difficult by dragging.

[Jaddi...@adobeforums.com]

Dear Friends

I think there's a shortcut missing from the linked PDF.

And it's one that I don't remember off the top of my head. There's a shortcut for making a new layer from all of the other visible layers. (It's sort of like flattening the image, but all layers remain intact.)

I recall that it's a handful of keys, something like Command-Shift-Option-E.

--Jaddie

[Scott_W...@adobeforums.com]

Jaddie,

Merge visible is Command-Option-Shift-E. This will merge everything that is visible to the current selected layer. It's often better to create a new layer first. I tend to use Command-Option-Shift-N, then Command-Option-Shift-E. That way everything that is visible is merged to a new layer, not an existing one.

[Jaddi...@adobeforums.com]

Dear Scott

I believe there's a shortcut that'll get both of these steps done with one operation.

--Jaddie

[Jaddi...@adobeforums.com]

Dear Scott & Friends

I'm using CS4 on a Mac and just confirmed that Command-Option-Shift-E will put all visible layers onto a new layer. In other words, that single command creates a new layer, puts a merged copy of all visible layers on that new layer, and leaves all of the other layers alone.

--Jaddie

[Ed Hannigan]

Jaddie,

Not that I remember. Scott's way (Stamp Linked or Stamp Visible) is THE way, AFAIK.

Maybe an Action could do it in one shot or a Script.

[PECour...@adobeforums.com]

Jaddie, in the past, one needed to create an empty layer first, with Command-Option-Shift-N, as Scott described. Then one was doing a Merge visible to fill that empty layer with the content of all layers with Command-Option-Shift-E.

Starting one or two versions ago, Command-Option-Shift-E is now automatically adding a layer on top of the currently selected layer IF no empty layer is targeted. That means that indeed, one can do it in one stop now, without risk of affecting a layer as Photoshop senses if there is pixel content, or even a layer mask, then creates a new layer for the merge.

Hold habits makes most of us create a transparent layer first, so that we can move it where we want it, then we merge visible. Brings control earlier in the creation process. But it is not so necessary, as we can move the merged layer after its automatic generation.

[Ed Hannigan]

Okay. I guess I was wrong.

[PECour...@adobeforums.com]

"Hold habits?"

I really need to turn my brain on, sometimes... Or it is the finger that was typing the "h" too soon?

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

I do that all the time, typing letters of words yet to come…

[Pictu...@adobeforums.com]

ok, now that i've got moving between layers with the Keyboard, how can i do this...

I have a layer mask as one of my layers and i have to hold the cmd and click on the layer mask to load the layers.

So if i'm on that layer mask, is there a Keyboard Shortcut to load the mask, like clicking the mouse on that layer?

Thanks for all of your help...

Gary

[Mark_R...@adobeforums.com]

Extremely difficult to understand the way you have explained it. Its going to be difficult to help without a better description of what you are trying to do

See if this helps you can command click a layer MASK or a layer thumbnail - they both do different things, one loads the mask as a selection, the other loads the layer TRANSPARENCY as a selection.

[Pictu...@adobeforums.com]

Yes, i want to find a Keyboard Shortcut without using the mouse to Cmd-click on the layer mask to load that mask.

Gary

[Mark_R...@adobeforums.com]

Yes, you can set one up in this way- record an action to "set selection to current channel" this is done by clicking once on the current layer mask. Then assign a keyboard shortcut to your action.

There is also an item in the new Masks panel drop down called "add mask to selection" - you should be able to assign any keyboard shortcut to this, but I just checked and as yet they haven't uncluded the new Masks Panel in Keyboard Shortcuts yet