Moving text and other layers at same time?

Photoshop 7.01

I have an image with a text layer and two vector mask layers that I need to move a bit.

I’d like to be able to move them all at the same time so I don’t have to zoom in and fiddle them into place one at a time.
I selected the text layer then linked the two vector mask layers. Doesn’t work, all move individually.

I tried unlinking then selecting one vector mask layer and linking the other to it. The first selected layer now will not move, yet a Move entry appears in History. The second vector mask layer will move.

The text layer is the the letter w from the Sure-Thing
Symbols font (comes with the Sure-Thing CD lable program) which looks like the Mac OS logo. To provide the two shades of blue, I created freeform shapes on layers behind the
logo and filled them with colors sampled from an EPS logos file I found somewhere on apple’s website.

So, how do I get these layers to stick together, without rasterizing or merging them or otherwise destroying their vector/scalable nature?

If it can’t be done, just say "Can’t be done." and I’ll just have to do it the same fiddly way I got the layers
aligned in their current positions. 🙁

(It’d be nice if Adobe would’ve just made it so the user could shift or ctrl click multiple layers in Layers so
they could be moved together. I guess that after SEVEN
major versions that bit of _logical process_ just isn’t
going to happen. If that can’t be done in CS, make that
EIGHT major versions. It’s only a big feature in the
file managers of the OSes Photoshop runs on… no reason for Adobe to think it’d be useful in _their_ software…)

(It’d be nice if Adobe would’ve just made it so the user could shift or ctrl click multiple layers in Layers so
they could be moved together. I guess that after SEVEN
major versions that bit of _logical process_ just isn’t
going to happen. If that can’t be done in CS, make that
EIGHT major versions. It’s only a big feature in the
file managers of the OSes Photoshop runs on… no reason for Adobe to think it’d be useful in _their_ software…)

GAlan wrote:

Photoshop 7.01

I have an image with a text layer and two vector mask layers that I need to move a bit.

I’d like to be able to move them all at the same time so I don’t have to zoom in and fiddle them into place one at a time.
I selected the text layer then linked the two vector mask layers. Doesn’t work, all move individually.

I tried unlinking then selecting one vector mask layer and linking the other to it. The first selected layer now will not move, yet a Move entry appears in History. The second vector mask layer will move.

The text layer is the the letter w from the Sure-Thing
Symbols font (comes with the Sure-Thing CD lable program) which looks like the Mac OS logo. To provide the two shades of blue, I created freeform shapes on layers behind the
logo and filled them with colors sampled from an EPS logos file I found somewhere on apple’s website.

So, how do I get these layers to stick together, without rasterizing or merging them or otherwise destroying their vector/scalable nature?

If it can’t be done, just say "Can’t be done." and I’ll just have to do it the same fiddly way I got the layers
aligned in their current positions. 🙁

(It’d be nice if Adobe would’ve just made it so the user could shift or ctrl click multiple layers in Layers so
they could be moved together. I guess that after SEVEN
major versions that bit of _logical process_ just isn’t
going to happen. If that can’t be done in CS, make that
EIGHT major versions. It’s only a big feature in the
file managers of the OSes Photoshop runs on… no reason for Adobe to think it’d be useful in _their_ software…)

Hi GAlan,

I do not have PS 7, but assuming it works the same as PS CS, you can move more than one layer at a time. Click on the first layer you want to move, then click in the "link" box in the Layer Palette for each other layer you want to also move. Then they will all move at the same time.
Regards,
Brian.

Photoshop 7.01

I have an image with a text layer and two vector mask layers that I need to move a bit.

I’d like to be able to move them all at the same time so I don’t have to zoom in and fiddle them into place one at a time.
I selected the text layer then linked the two vector mask layers. Doesn’t work, all move individually.

I tried unlinking then selecting one vector mask layer and linking the other to it. The first selected layer now will not move, yet a Move entry appears in History. The second vector mask layer will move.

The text layer is the the letter w from the Sure-Thing
Symbols font (comes with the Sure-Thing CD lable program) which looks like the Mac OS logo. To provide the two shades of blue, I created freeform shapes on layers behind the
logo and filled them with colors sampled from an EPS logos file I found somewhere on apple’s website.

So, how do I get these layers to stick together, without rasterizing or merging them or otherwise destroying their vector/scalable nature?

If it can’t be done, just say "Can’t be done." and I’ll just have to do it the same fiddly way I got the layers
aligned in their current positions. 🙁

(It’d be nice if Adobe would’ve just made it so the user could shift or ctrl click multiple layers in Layers so
they could be moved together. I guess that after SEVEN
major versions that bit of _logical process_ just isn’t
going to happen. If that can’t be done in CS, make that
EIGHT major versions. It’s only a big feature in the
file managers of the OSes Photoshop runs on… no reason for Adobe to think it’d be useful in _their_ software…)

GAlan wrote:

Photoshop 7.01

I have an image with a text layer and two vector mask layers that I need to move a bit.

I’d like to be able to move them all at the same time so I don’t have to zoom in and fiddle them into place one at a time.
I selected the text layer then linked the two vector mask layers. Doesn’t work, all move individually.

I tried unlinking then selecting one vector mask layer and linking the other to it. The first selected layer now will not move, yet a Move entry appears in History. The second vector mask layer will move.

The text layer is the the letter w from the Sure-Thing
Symbols font (comes with the Sure-Thing CD lable program) which looks like the Mac OS logo. To provide the two shades of blue, I created freeform shapes on layers behind the
logo and filled them with colors sampled from an EPS logos file I found somewhere on apple’s website.

So, how do I get these layers to stick together, without rasterizing or merging them or otherwise destroying their vector/scalable nature?

If it can’t be done, just say "Can’t be done." and I’ll just have to do it the same fiddly way I got the layers
aligned in their current positions. 🙁

(It’d be nice if Adobe would’ve just made it so the user could shift or ctrl click multiple layers in Layers so
they could be moved together. I guess that after SEVEN
major versions that bit of _logical process_ just isn’t
going to happen. If that can’t be done in CS, make that
EIGHT major versions. It’s only a big feature in the
file managers of the OSes Photoshop runs on… no reason for Adobe to think it’d be useful in _their_ software…)

No problem here moving text and Shape layers together in 7. You’re not linked to a Background are you? Any error message? Make sure there’s no active selection (crawly ants).

On 1 Apr 2005 08:50:37 GMT, GAlan
wrote:

(It’d be nice if Adobe would’ve just made it so the user could shift or ctrl click multiple layers in Layers so
they could be moved together. I guess that after SEVEN
major versions that bit of _logical process_ just isn’t
going to happen. If that can’t be done in CS, make that
EIGHT major versions. It’s only a big feature in the
file managers of the OSes Photoshop runs on… no reason for Adobe to think it’d be useful in _their_ software…)

Look up layer sets in the Help file. Then make a layer set and move them as one.

No problem here moving text and Shape layers together in 7. You’re not linked to a Background are you? Any error message? Make sure there’s no active selection (crawly ants).

edjh wrote in news:kTk3e.693$bI3.63176
@monger.newsread.com:

No problem here moving text and Shape layers together in 7. You’re not linked to a Background are you? Any error message? Make sure there’s no active selection (crawly ants).

No to all of those. Did you try only having a single character in the text layer, with no blending styles or other effects?

"Brian" wrote in message

GAlan wrote:

Photoshop 7.01

I have an image with a text layer and two vector mask layers that I need to move a bit.

I’d like to be able to move them all at the same time so I don’t have to zoom in and fiddle them into place one at a time.
I selected the text layer then linked the two vector mask layers. Doesn’t work, all move individually.

I tried unlinking then selecting one vector mask layer and linking the other to it. The first selected layer now will not move, yet a Move entry appears in History. The second vector mask layer will move.

The text layer is the the letter w from the Sure-Thing
Symbols font (comes with the Sure-Thing CD lable program) which looks like the Mac OS logo. To provide the two shades of blue, I created freeform shapes on layers behind the
logo and filled them with colors sampled from an EPS logos file I found somewhere on apple’s website.

So, how do I get these layers to stick together, without rasterizing or merging them or otherwise destroying their vector/scalable nature?

If it can’t be done, just say "Can’t be done." and I’ll just have to do it the same fiddly way I got the layers
aligned in their current positions. 🙁

(It’d be nice if Adobe would’ve just made it so the user could shift or ctrl click multiple layers in Layers so
they could be moved together. I guess that after SEVEN
major versions that bit of _logical process_ just isn’t
going to happen. If that can’t be done in CS, make that
EIGHT major versions. It’s only a big feature in the
file managers of the OSes Photoshop runs on… no reason for Adobe to think it’d be useful in _their_ software…)

Hi GAlan,

I do not have PS 7, but assuming it works the same as PS CS, you can move more than one layer at a time. Click on the first layer you want to move, then click in the "link" box in the Layer Palette for each other layer you want to also move. Then they will all move at the same time.
Regards,
Brian.

You’d think that they should & would…
I’m using CS at work, and just the other day, I was having the same problem with moving text layers & shape layers that were linked. If I rasterised the shapes, then all was well. Not the best solution if you want to keep your shapes in a vector format…

(It’d be nice if Adobe would’ve just made it so the user could shift or ctrl click multiple layers in Layers so
they could be moved together.

major versions that bit of _logical process_ just isn’t
going to happen. If that can’t be done in CS, make that
EIGHT major versions. It’s only a big feature in the
file managers of the OSes Photoshop runs on… no reason for Adobe to think it’d be useful in _their_ software…)

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On 1 Apr 2005 08:50:37 GMT, GAlan
wrote:

(It’d be nice if Adobe would’ve just made it so the user could shift or ctrl click multiple layers in Layers so
they could be moved together. I guess that after SEVEN
major versions that bit of _logical process_ just isn’t
going to happen. If that can’t be done in CS, make that
EIGHT major versions. It’s only a big feature in the
file managers of the OSes Photoshop runs on… no reason for Adobe to think it’d be useful in _their_ software…)

Look up layer sets in the Help file. Then make a layer set and move them as one.

Tried that, it won’t enable the menu option to create a
layer set from the linked layers. I can create a NEW layer set, but there’s no way to transfer pre-existing layers
into that new set. Would be nice if I could create a new, empty, layer set then somehow (like dragging and dropping, revolutionary concept, huh?) move any pre-existing layers into the new set.

(It’d be nice if Adobe would’ve just made it so the user could shift or ctrl click multiple layers in Layers so
they could be moved together.

Yes, like certain other programmes which can do that (mentioning no names Hecate, *wink*)

On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:46:34 +1000, Brian
wrote:

(It’d be nice if Adobe would’ve just made it so the user

could shift or ctrl click multiple layers in Layers so
they could be moved together.

Yes, like certain other programmes which can do that (mentioning no names Hecate, *wink*)

See my explanation on how to use and move layer sets. 🙂
—

Hecate – The Real One

Fashion: Buying things you don’t need, with money
you don’t have, to impress people you don’t like…

Yes there is. Click the layer set icon at the bottom of the layers set palette and create a new layer set. Drag and drop all the layers you want to put into that layer set. Then link all the layers in the layer set and make sure that at least one of the layers is active. Now you can move the layer set. Alternatively, you can leave the layers within the set unlinked, click on the layer set in the layers palette, and then use the move tool on the image to move the entire contents of the set.