Can you apply a filter to a folder?

AB
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Adam Bedore
Feb 20, 2008
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If I have a number of layers in a folder and want to say…blur them all….can I apply the blur to the folder? And if so how.
Thanks a ton for any information

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Raven_Plenty
Feb 20, 2008
You can’t apply a filter to a folder. You can convert your folder or multiple layers into a smart object and then apply filters.
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Adam Bedore
Feb 20, 2008
Hummm….that would collapse the folder….to bad you cant just add a filter to the whole folder….

Thanks for the information.
RP
Raven_Plenty
Feb 20, 2008
I’m hoping they add the ability to apply Smart Filters to regular pixel layers and groups in CS4, not just to Smart Objects. I half suspect they could have done it in CS3, but then what would the big wow feature be in CS4?
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Adam Bedore
Feb 20, 2008
But of course 🙂 I hope they add it too.
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Conrad_Chavez
Feb 21, 2008
Hummm….that would collapse the folder….to bad you cant just add a filter to the whole folder….

By "collapsed" are you concerned that the folder is flattened? Because it isn’t. You can double-click the Smart Object to open it so you can work with all of the individual layers at any time.
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Brett_Dalton
Feb 22, 2008
or you could apply an adjustment layer with a mask in some cases.

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