Hi,

I was following a tutorial a good while ago and it happened to include a single simple step for copying a few layers into one new layer in one go, but I can't remember the keyboard shortcut for that -

It takes all the visible layers, copies them and pastes all of them into one new layer, all with one shortcut.

Can anyone help?

Would it be the copy merged?? Don't know the keyboard command but it's under Edit.  You can't edit the layers if you use this one. 

 Yes.     I would like to have the skydome thing whenever you get time.  Just saw that post yesterday. Don't know how I missed it..  Thank you.

Wooohooo!

Thanks for the memory jog Ravyn.

It's not quite Copy Merged but sort of, it's actually Shift, and Ctrl and Alt and E - all at once.

This gives you a new layer at the top of the list with everything in the visible layers inside it.

Shift/Ctrl/Alt/E

Yaaaaay!

And it leaves the copied layers as they were, so now I can select a new selection for this new combined layer, paste that into another new layer, delete (or just hide) (I might need it again) the combined layer, and hey presto, I have what I wanted...

Brilliant!

Er... what skydome thing? (sorry, can't remember what that was about)

Glad it helped..  I don't think I could get my fingers to hit all those keys at once!! LOL.. 

Skydome thing is from another forum..  If I don't forget I'll post an answer there.

Hi Fran, when you get a chance look through this thread in CGSociety which offers shortcut tips for Photoshop. Plenty of interesting and useful stuff here:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=14&t=247294&page=1&pp=15

LOL...was just going through the pages and I see you've already been there.

Ravyn,

Sent you link to domes etc

I got them Fran.. I thought I emailed you but it might be that I only got to the thinking part of it & not the doing... I'm sorry..   

 Thank You..  I appreciate it. 

Quest,

Yes, it's a nice list and some more interesting tips scattered about through the thread. I'd forgotten I'd been there, but I see I still didn't get my question answered - that happens an awful lot over there, that's why I prefer it here, people here are a lot more responsive and kind to dorks like me.

Quote - I got them Fran.. I thought I emailed you but it might be that I only got to the thinking part of it & not the doing... I'm sorry..   

 Thank You..  I appreciate it. 

No, no, you did - you sent me a site mail. I just haven't answered it yet.  But I will, I've signed up for a "Webinar" on compositing, that I want to attend 'live' today, just got some tidying to do first.

Well I see you asked 2 questions and yeah, I also see you didn’t get an answer to either one. I think that some people often post and don’t go back or forget that they posted and/or have subscribe shut off. I don’t know if you finally figured it out on your own but if you didn’t the answers are:

“I think that tips like number 1 should also include how to undo that action, otherwise someone like me might have to spend hours trying to get back to normal.”

Continuous pressing of Tab or shift + Tab will toggle the palettes/palette.

For question # 2; when done correctly, pressing Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T will repeat the prior transform so in this instance; moving the dot 30 degrees around the relocated center point will ultimately create a clock face.

Oh thanks Quest,

I had figured out number 1 but as for number 2 I must have done it wrong in the first place, as I certainly didn't get a clock face.

I'll have to try it again.

I very much appreciate your taking the time out to answer questions that I didn't even ask you, I just love this place!!!