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Group and link layers, Link and unlink layers – Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx User Manual

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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) in the image, and choose a layer from the context menu. The context menu lists all the
layers that contain pixels under the current pointer location.

Select a layer in a group

1. Click the group in the Layers panel.

2. Click the triangle to the left of the folder icon

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3. Click the individual layer in the group.

Group and link layers

Group and ungroup layers

1. Select multiple layers in the Layers panel.

2. Do one of the following:

Choose Layer > Group Layers.

Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) layers to the folder icon

at the bottom of the Layers panel to group the layers.

3. To Ungroup the layers, select the group and choose Layer > Ungroup Layers.

Add layers to a group

Do one of the following:

Select the group in the Layers panel and click the Create a New Layer button .

Drag a layer to the group folder.

Drag a group folder into another group folder. The group and all of its layers move.

Drag an existing group to the New Group button

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Link and unlink layers

You can link two or more layers or groups. Unlike multiple layers selected at the same time, linked layers retain their relationship until you unlink
them. You can move or apply transformations to linked layers.

1. Select the layers or groups in the Layers panel.

2. Click the link icon

at the bottom of the Layers panel.

3. To unlink layers do one of the following:

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