Photoshop CS2 now lets you select multiple layers () either in the Layers palette, or directly in the document window, using the Move tool. Say, for example, you want to quickly move two or more layers but you don't want to spend the time linking, and then unlinking, you could quickly select the layers, and then perform the move. Or, perhaps you want to delete several layers and you don't delete them one at a time. The ability to select multiple layers gives you the ability to exert more control over Photoshop, and that control quickly changes into creative energy. A single selected layer is called the active layer .
Select Layers
Open a multiple layered document.
Select multiple layers in the Layers palette using the following options:
Contiguous Layers. Click on the first layer, and then Shift+click the last layer to select first, last, and all layer in-between.
Non-Contiguous Layers. Click on a layer, hold down the Ctrl (Win) or (Mac) key, and then click on another layer.
Select layers in the document window using the following options:
Single and Multiple Layers. Select the Move tool, select the Auto Select Layer check box in the Options bar, and then click on an object in the document window. The layer holding that object is selected. To add or subtract layers from the selection, Shift+click (or drag).
TIMESAVER Select the Move tool, hold down the Ctrl (Win) or (Mac) key, and then click on an object. Hold down the Shift+Ctrl (Win) or Shift+ (Mac), and click on another object to add that object's layer to the selection.
To deselect all layers, click the Select menu, and then click Deselect Layers.[View full size image]