Duplicating Layers in Adobe Photoshop |
| I duplicate layers
in Photoshop when I'm about to make some major changes,
I duplicate certain layers to keep a safe version of the
original, then if I make a mess of the copy I can refer
back to the original version. You can of course use the
history palate to step back but if you are using eg hundreds
of brush strokes the history will only go back so far. |
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Open the image up in photoshop,
and select the layer that you want to duplicate. |
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Click and hold the photoshop
layer and drag it to the bottom section of the layers
palate on to the new layer button, highlighted in
red in the image on the left. |
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Now you will have two versions of the same layer,
you can rename the layers so you know which is
which, or just turn off the visibility of the
safe layer as shown highlighted in red.
Then all you need to do is simply turn it back
on, by clicking on the eye symbol box and delete
the layer that you dont want. |
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