photoshop question - quick help needed
 

Ok this is probably simple but since I'm semi-new to this I need a hand:

I have a lot of layers - as you do when designing

I want to make JUST 2 of those layer into one layer -

(i am making a little pic with a border around it and I want to move them together without loosing the positioning of the pic in it's litlle frame - does that make sense??)

Any help is most appreciated

get the two layers one above the other, click the top one and press ctrl+e "merge down" :)

select the upper one and then use command "merge down"

Click on layer and select flatten image.That is the proper way to do what you want to do:)

i typed it first but forgot to click promptly on submit button =)

Thanks all

Flatten image? I thought merges all the layers - i don't want to do that! i need to move the ;ayers - i think the other ones are what I am after

I'll try now

Cheers guys :thumbsup

btw is there a way to do the horizontal/vertical mirror thing with a layer? with one command?

You should almost never flatten the image as this makes it uneditable in the future. Merge down layers is fine but I think if you just want to be able to move 2 layers together, you can just lock them together. Thus keeping the editablilty.
Hope this helps
James

great banner, voodoo chile :thumbsup

Best way would be to record and action of these steps. edit>transform>flip horizontal.

After you have the action recorded just play it when ever you need it.

Hope this helps.

James

Here's another tip:
Create an action, and assign it to like F8 or something...
Record the action of you deleting the last spot on the history.
:)

This will be alot faster for you, for UNDOing a bunch of stuff.

thanks james

alt ctrl z will step back through the history also :)

I am a big fan of shortcut keys, anyone that uses photoshop alot should learn them. Saves the wrists.

James

Hahaha - yes I found that out the hard way when I first started using photoshop a cojuple of years ago

Even now I still save all my designs as a PSD and then as a gif or jpg - Just to make sure :winkwink:

No problem Tex, hope it helped :)

James

Yep, it does. I just like using 1 button instead of pretzling my fingers to hit 3 different keys. :)

I also set one up to create new layer, and merge with the previous layer. For rasterizing layers w/ style effects. :)