Adobe Photoshop CS2 On Demand [Electronic resources]

Creating a Layer Group

Layer groups help to bring organization to large multi-layered documents. Photoshop layer groups give you control over all the layers within the group. For example, multiple layers within a group can all be hidden or locked with one click of a button. In addition, if you click on the Group name, you can transform or move all the layer objects within the set as one unit. To further help organize your Layers palette, Photoshop lets you create nested groups. Nested groups are groups that are held within another groups. When you nest groups, you control all of the groups by clicking on the main group's name, or control the individual groups by selecting the nested group name.

Create a Layer Group or Nested Layer Group

Open a document.

Select the

Layers palette.

If the document contains a layer group, click the

triangle to expand the group, and then select one of the layers within the group to create a nested group.

Click the

Create New Group button on the Layers palette, or press Ctrl+G (Win) or +G (Mac) ().

Photoshop creates a layer group.

TIMESAVER

To quickly create a Layer Group, hold down the Shift key and click the layers you want in the group, click the Layers Options button, and then click the New Group from Layers.

To add layers to the group, drag layers from the Layers palette onto the folder icon of the group.

To remove layers from the group, drag them from the group back into the Layers palette.

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