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We are woefully behind the times here at work in terms of what Photoshop version was are using, but I have no choice about that. Here’s a question about Photoshop 6.0.1 that I have:
If I copy a layer set (by dragging from one open file to another) from one .psd to another .psd (one that also has layer sets), I have layers from the first set linking themselves to layers in the second set without being told to do so.
Further explanation, for example, if I have Layers 1 and 2 linked in the first layer set, and I have layers 3 and 4 linked in the second set, when I copy that first layer set over to the file with the second layer set, layers 1 and 2 will not only be linked to themselves, but will also link over to layers 3 and 4.)
I am doing this on a bigger scale with more than just four layers with simple names, so it’s not always so obvious that these layers are linking to new ones. I usually discover that after I’ve done some changes to one layer set (like scale or moving) and then realize that other elements in a different layer set have changed.
I can recreate this by creating new documents. Create a new blank document (I used a 5" x 5" RGB 100dpi example). Add a layer set (call it anything you want), add two new layers within that set (call them whatever you want). For this experiment, I simply paintbrushed a random black dot on each layer. Link those two layers together (to each other, not via the layer set link).
Then, create another new document at the same specs, and add a new layer set with two new layers. Link these to layers to each other.
Drag the layer set from the first document into the second document. Click on one of the layers from that first set, which should only be linked to the other layer of that same set. However, every time I try this, I find that it is also linked to the two linked layers from the second set.
I trashed my Photoshop preferences, but I just wonder if this is something that is incorrectly set up in the software. I realize that Photoshop has changed drastically from version 6 to now, but as I said, this is what I have to work with.
Any fixes would be greatly appreciated. Our computers are also underpowered, with just 512 RAM, but I don’t think it’s directly related to that fault. (Windows XP Profession, SP2; Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz)
Thanks in advance,
Gary
(I’m not really expecting a miracle solution … but it would be nice to know that I’m not imagining this.)
If I copy a layer set (by dragging from one open file to another) from one .psd to another .psd (one that also has layer sets), I have layers from the first set linking themselves to layers in the second set without being told to do so.
Further explanation, for example, if I have Layers 1 and 2 linked in the first layer set, and I have layers 3 and 4 linked in the second set, when I copy that first layer set over to the file with the second layer set, layers 1 and 2 will not only be linked to themselves, but will also link over to layers 3 and 4.)
I am doing this on a bigger scale with more than just four layers with simple names, so it’s not always so obvious that these layers are linking to new ones. I usually discover that after I’ve done some changes to one layer set (like scale or moving) and then realize that other elements in a different layer set have changed.
I can recreate this by creating new documents. Create a new blank document (I used a 5" x 5" RGB 100dpi example). Add a layer set (call it anything you want), add two new layers within that set (call them whatever you want). For this experiment, I simply paintbrushed a random black dot on each layer. Link those two layers together (to each other, not via the layer set link).
Then, create another new document at the same specs, and add a new layer set with two new layers. Link these to layers to each other.
Drag the layer set from the first document into the second document. Click on one of the layers from that first set, which should only be linked to the other layer of that same set. However, every time I try this, I find that it is also linked to the two linked layers from the second set.
I trashed my Photoshop preferences, but I just wonder if this is something that is incorrectly set up in the software. I realize that Photoshop has changed drastically from version 6 to now, but as I said, this is what I have to work with.
Any fixes would be greatly appreciated. Our computers are also underpowered, with just 512 RAM, but I don’t think it’s directly related to that fault. (Windows XP Profession, SP2; Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz)
Thanks in advance,
Gary
(I’m not really expecting a miracle solution … but it would be nice to know that I’m not imagining this.)
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