How to separate layer in layer palette using colour?

How can I separate the layer in layer palette using colour to increase the visualbility like the image below?

You could right click on the eye in the layer thumbnail
or from the layer panel flyout, select layer/group properties.
MTSTUNER

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Hi All,
What advantage are we getting with Business Service Layer in ADF? Cant we have just simple model layer? Why there is a separate business layer? why it is not part of the model layer?
Thanks.

Yet another homework question? Again, go do some research.
CM.

Photoshop CC 2014 hangs for nearly 15 seconds when using Layer Group Layers or Layer Palette Group from Layers commands.

Photoshop hangs for nearly 15 seconds when using Layer > Group Layers or Layer Palette > Group from Layers commands. NOT on creating new group and creating layers and drag-n-dropping layers into group manually in Layer Palette. Got a UI design file with nearly 800 layers and lot of groups. This doesn't occur in smaller files. Using OS X Mavericks, Photoshop CC 2014.2.2, Mid 2014 15-inch Retina Macbook Pro.
I understand that the solution would be just to cut the file into smaller files and design each UI view in a separate file but that would be painful. And it does not seem to be a very hard task to just group layers.

Does the document also have a lot of layer comps?
And can you post that document or send me a copy of it so we can see exactly why it is hanging?

Healing Brush = Clone Stamp when used on separate layer?

I can't find corroboration on the web so I want to konw if anyone here has seen this - when using the Healing Brush tool in Normal mode, the opacity of the cloned pixels when painted onto the same layer as the source pixels will usually be decreased to blend better, BUT if the cloned pixels are painted onto a separate layer (to work non-destructively) the tool will NOT decrease opacity and the Healing Brush will work more like (if not exactly like) the Clone Stamp - true??

Hmm, It seems to be working differently for me now. Probably me being tired . I guess I'm just learning how it works. Here are some tests I just did. The top left is a cloned section using the Healing Brush with the "Current Layer" setting - looks identical to the original (even when not sitting on top of the original bg layer), and also looks just like the Clone Stamp (using either setting). The bottom left is a cloned section using the Healing Brush with the "All Layers" setting – NOTICE THE BLENDED OPACITY (as one would expect it to work).
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Missing Layer Palette - How I resolved it ;) ...... illustrator 10

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I had recently encountered a problem where I couldn't get the layer tool (F7) to show up. The "delete AI Pref" course of action didn't work for me. To cut the story short, this is what I did to get it working.
# Search for *.aip in the system
# Found "Layer Palette.aip" in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Illustrator 10\Support Files\Required
# Made a copy of "Layer Palette.aip" to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Illustrator 10\Plug-ins\Extensions
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PS. btw, this dinosaur is still using Illustrator 10. :D

sathishkumarlj wrote:
thnx for u r good tips...... am very suffered n tis problem... nw its working good after am folw u r tips....
thnx once again..... i wanna knw y its happened oftenly......
... which in the Queen's English meaneth?
Christ I hate these lazy people who can't be bothered to write properly.
Where's JET? Sure he'll agree.

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Is there a way to shift select multiple objects in layer palette, not just highlight multiple object

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Is there a way to shift select multiple objects in layer palette, not just highlight multiple objects?
I would want to do this when I have a bunch of objects hidden under some other objects on the artboard. This feature is available in PSD, so I assume Illustrator should have it.
Thanks!

Thanks for the reply, Harron.
I'm using CS4 & below.
Highlighting object - click on object in layers palette & it turns blue
Select object - click on object in layers palette to the right of the circle, which creates a square, and selects the object on the artboard
How do I shift-select multiple objects in the layers palette...select 50 objects with a click, then a shift-click? Shift-select works for highlighting, but not selecting. On most programs shift-select is used to grab a bunch of stuff...:0)
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Please bring color back to vector shapes in Layer Palette with no-thumbnails.

Please bring the color box back to vector shapes!
I am one not to use images in my layer palette, and in CS5 this was a breeze, but now the icons are different, there is no white box on the icons anymore (which really helps when scanning, and differentiating from folders), and I can't preview the color of the vector shape that I created in Photoshop. Vector shapes are a big part of my work. Before it would show a box with the color, now it shows nothing. The linking vector box is not neccesarily important as long as when I click it, the points become live.
Also the dividing lines for layers is not strong enough, doesn't have to be white, but at least gray. Black is definately not helping to divide the layers. And for nested layers, having the dividing line go half way to the edge really helps alot.
I noticed that a lot is different about the "no-thumbnails" version of the layer palette, and some I can live with, some changes I cannot. But being able to preview the color of a vector shapes is important for me, and seeing the white box behind the icon really helps when scaning a lot of layers. I've attached a comparison, also I have attached an image of how my layer palette looks on a daily basis from CS5 and CS6, I also opened the folder, and matched the palettes so you can see what I mean. Those little things really make a difference when scanning up and down 50-100 layers.
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I think it was a fair assessment given the circumastances of the answer you provided, Jeanne. Also, another thing is that posting under an "employee" account, you are speaking for the company. You are representing the company whether it is your intention or not. Even if you explictly state that what you say is your personal opinion, people might have mixed feelings about what you say and mistake it for a belief that the whole company shares. So be careful with that, just as a note for the future.
But anyway, as for the issue at hand... That still doesn't give us anything other than "we won't do it." And again, I advise you to look through the post I referenced to. There are some very easy solutions there that help make the layers palette much easier to scan and work with. It's not too difficult to fix this and as already said above, you're already working on a fix for the thumbnails themselves anyway.
The solution to this problem could be as easy as this (I can provide another graphic for the darker UI settings, if you want):
What you do is:
Display a bigger thumbnail of the layer icon (yes, that will use up more space in the no-thumbnail view, but that's not a huge problem compared to what you have now)
Clearly display the content of the layer (in this case, both layers are gradients, but it could also just have a solid color fill)
Lighten the color of unselected layer's names (to make the properties of the layer itself stand out better),
Make the layer thumbnail itself (if it's a vector layer) toggle the path outline on and off and
Bring back the separation line from CS5, which indicated the layer's position in the grouping hierarchy.
If you do that, you've already solved quite a lot of the scannability and readability problems. In the future, you could improve the iconography to be better optimized for quick scanning, to make them stand out better (give them more depth) and so on, but for now, this should be enough to make things better for most people. And also, this will not take up too much development time. You've already got the logic of the separation lines from CS5, for example. Shouldn't be too much of a problem to implement in CS6. I'm not going to speak for the other things, because I don't know too much of the internal workings of the program, but it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
Trust me, this change will make a world of difference. People will love this even if they don't understand that it's there or why they love it.
Would you like me to provide detailed wireframes and documentation, so your designers don't have to worry their heads about this one? Just asking, because this is a change that should really be pushed through, no matter what.
Cheers,
Riho Kroll

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MTSTUNER

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I really love smart objects, and in particular I appreciate being able to combine a layer and its adjustment layers into a single smart object. However, when I create smart objects from multiple layers this way, I end up with names like "Hue/Saturation 31" and "Curves 16". Is there a way to set Photoshop to name the smart objects based on the primary layer, so I don't lose the layer names that actually indicate what's in the smart object?
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Is there any way to record a Photoshop maneuver like airbrushing onto an otherwise transparent layer so the end result is an animation?
The real world equivalent of what I'm trying to do would be to have a video camera behind glass and a spray can spraying the glass from the other side.
I know there are programs that record what's on screen but I don't think they allow you to have a transparent layer. I may be able to use one of those programs and key out the non airbrush background.
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