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Right Click to Navigate Layers


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sometimes you have lots of layers upon layers.

if you hate scrolling up and down the "Layers palette" looking for a layer to work on or edit, right clicking on your image will reveal a lot.

right click on your image when you have your "move tool" selected and you get a list of all layers underneath your mouse pointer then you can select the layer you want.

If another tool is selected, then you CTRL+right click and it works the same way.

In order to demonstrate, I put together the below image

It is a screenshot of right clicks on different parts of the image. For example, when I right click on the Eagle image, I get a list of all the layers underneath my mouse. If, for example, I want to work on the "sunset" layer, I simply select the layer from the list.
 
thanks for the great tip! I am always scrolling up and down in my layers pallet now I will right click :\
sfm
 
{OZ}:
Great in-depth explanation, these are great tips. They are very important ones, I use them daily.

Others:
In addition to the great tip provided by {OZ}, these are others to consider:

1.
To move the target layer down in the layer stacking heirarchy:
Control/Command+[

2.
To move the target layer up in the layer stacking heirarchy:
Control/Command+]

3.
To target the layer below the currently targeted layer:
Alt/Option+[

4.
To target the layer above the currently targeted layer:
Alt/Option+]

5.
To target the bottom layer (bottom layer must be visible or this shortcut will target the bottom most visible layer):
Shift+Alt/Option+[

6.
To target the upper layer (upper layer must be visible or this shortcut will target the upper most visible layer):
Shift+Alt/Option+]
 
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If you are using any other version of Photoshop, then the pages should all be in one .psd file, as individual layercompsHostgator consumer report. This is a fundamental SiteGrinder concept. Have you been through the instructional videos? Layercomp pages are in video 5.

With layercomps you can have layers shared between pages. This makes for a faster build and smaller site. Also, it's much easier to business softwarework on your design in Photoshop.
 
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