33 LAYER TRICKS
1 QUICKLY COPY ANY THING
This is one of the easiest ways to duplicate a layer, whether it’s an image, text or a shape. Hold Alt and drag the layer in the layer stack to make a quick copy. You can highlight multiple layers (Cmd/Ctrl-click them) then drag to copy several at once.
2 SELECT A LAYER OUTLINE
To load the outline shape of any layer as a selection, simply hold down Cmd/Ctrl and click on the layer thumbnail in the Layers Panel. You can also do this for Layer Mask and Vector Mask thumbnails.
3 MAKE MORE THAN ONE MASK
Sometimes you might want to add multiple Layer Masks to a layer - let’s say you have spent a while making an initial mask, then you want to make further parts of the layer transparent without altering the original mask. Simply create a layer group from the layer (Cmd/Ctrl+G), then add a new mask to the group.
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4 INVERT ADJUSTMENT LAYERS
One of the quickest ways to make a selective tonal adjustment that affects a
