Adobe Photoshop CS2 On Demand [Electronic resources]

Andy Anderson; Steve Johnson

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Moving Layers Between Documents

Photoshop documents typically contain multiple layers. One Web survey concluded that the Photoshop designer creates documents with an average of 14 layers. Controlling layers is an important aspect of design, because the more control you maintain, the more organized you are, and the better your designs will be. But what about controlling layers across multiple documents? For example, you're working on a Photoshop design, and you need access to some additional image information. The only problem is that the additional information is located in another Photoshop document. Photoshop gives you the ability to move layers between open documents.

Move Layers Between Documents

Open the documents in which you want to move layers.

To have more than one document in view, click the

Window menu, point to

Arrange , and then click

Tile or

Cascade .

Click on the document containing the layer you want to move.

Drag the layer from the Layers palette into the window of the receiving document.

Photoshop creates a new layer with a copy of the image information from the other document.

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Did You Know?

You can control the position of the moved layer. Hold down the Shift key while dragging the layer into the other document. Photoshop aligns the new layer to the center of the receiving document.

You can move selected portions of a layer. Select the area you want to move, click the Move tool, and then drag the selected area directly from the document window into the window of the receiving document.