As you dive into your creativity, you'll quickly find yourself adding levels and levels of imagination into your work.
Here're a couple of quick ways you can find exactly where you are in your vision to help you go even further.
Hi, my name is RC Concepcion.
I'm a Photographer, Director, Author, and Professor at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.
Imagine you have a Photoshop file that has many layers, but you need to find an individual element in your composition.
If you've named your layers, you can just look for the name of that layer and you're done.
But sometimes when you have so many layers, even naming them isn't enough to quickly find them.
Don't worry, Photoshop has your back.
Here's an automatic way to select a layer that I can't wait to show you.
By default, when you use the Move Tool, clicking on any element will automatically select the individual layer on which that element is located.
If you don't like that happening all the time, you can go into the Move Tool's Option Bar and uncheck the box next to Auto-Select.
Then you can use Auto-Select only when you really want to by selecting the Move Tool, holding down the Command key on a Mac or the Control key on a PC and clicking on the element on your canvas.
You'll notice that the element is automatically selected in the Layers stack.
You can then toggle the Eyeball on the Layers panel off and on to ensure that that's the element in your stack.
Here's a bonus tip: If you have a series of elements that are overlapping one another on the canvas, you can right-click on the element using the Move Tool and all of the layers that are overlapping one another will appear in a list.
From this dropdown menu, you can choose the layer you want, and it will automatically be selected in the stack.
Now you will always be able to find your way in your Photoshop file no matter where you are.
