Tip: Organize your layers with layer groups
Tame multiple layers using layer groups.
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You can make your creative life so much easier if you organize your project based on what it is.
Thankfully, layer groups makes this process really simple and it will let you save tons of time in your work.
My name is RC Concepcion.
I'm a Photographer, Director, Author, and Professor at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.
In this file, you'll notice that we have different kinds of layers.
However, each of these layers serves a different purpose.
These two are the screen.
This is the game background.
These two layers are the knobs of the screen.
And then you have graphics that are sitting in front, as well as graphics that are sitting in the back behind the TV.
Let's put some organization into this.
Single-click on the first layer that you want to work with and Shift-click and select the layer that sits underneath it.
That's these two elements here.
Once selected, press the Layer Group icon here at the bottom.
This will create a new layer group.
We can double-click on the name and then rename it.
We'll call this Front Characters.
Once we have that group created, we can move additional layers into it by simply dragging them into the group.
Now you can do things that affect all of the elements in the group, like we can click on the Eye icon to the left of the group to turn off all of the layers that are in that group and hide the content of those layers, or move them all around at once.
So, make sure that the group is selected, get the Move Tool, and drag in the image to move all of the content in the group layers.
Don't worry if you want to move an individual layer, you can do that by going into the group and moving the individual layer.
I'll continue making groups for each of the elements in this ad image.
In no time at all, I have a file that is organized and can be adjusted and moved anywhere you wish.
What you'll learn
Get organized with layer groups
Learn to make use of layer groups to save time moving and working with multiple layers.
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