Merging Layers into a Group

When selecting a handful of layers and grouping them, all layer names, are lost. Isn't there a way to keep the layer structure inside of the Group?

You can drag various items into a group but technically speaking you cannot put an entire layer into another group. You can though drag a layer into another layer. To select a layer click on the radio button immediately after a layer name.
You can then drag the colored squares to the right of the radio button and drag that you destiantion. In this ecxample you would
Click on radio button after top
Shift click the radio button after bot
Drag the blue square after bot to layer 3 and drop
Drag the red square after top to layer 3 and drop

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Problems with grouped and merging layers

Sometimes when I combine layered .pdf files (by dragging pages in or doing Merge Files Into a Single PDF), the layers come in grouped (by file name) and other times they do not. Why is that? Also, is there a way to ungroup layers in Acrobat?
Any help is much appreciated!
For those interested in the background, I have a bunch of layered .pdf files that I want to combine. They were created from a single large Photoshop image sliced into page-sized pieces so the files all have the same layers and the layers are arranged and named the same in every file. I want the combined PDF book to maintain these layers so the user can, with one click, turn on or off a given layer across all pages of the PDF. Clicking on a layer on every page just isn't going to cut it.
I figured I would just combine all of the single PDF pages and then merge all of the layers of a given name so that I end up with just one layer for each type. The problem is that the merging works sometimes and not others. I can't figure out why, but it works far more often when the files combine without the layers grouped. It still doesn't work all of the time, but it NEVER works if the layers come in grouped - so I figure I would start there.
I'm using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. I used the method outlined below to turn my layered Photoshop (CS5) files in layered PDF files:
http://www.ehow.com/how_8296095_convert-photoshop-pdf-layers.html

After hours (and hours) of debugging Acrobat, I figured out that as long as the file(s) I drop in are not at the end of the document, then no layer groups are formed - all of the layers in both files are at the top level.
If I drop a file in after all existing pages, then the layers are grouped by file name.
and
If there are layer groups then merging fails. The names of the merged layers disappear from the layer list but the conent is left permanently visible.
If the layers are not divided into groups, then merging works most of the time. I haven't figure out why it occassionaly fails this way too, but so far it's been easy to work around.
This is Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 so no chance of it being fixed - so amybe this will help someone else in the same boat.

Moving layers into Group

I am a web designer and have created a script that puts a browser UI around a Photoshop document. The action places several images and creates several text layers. What I want to do is place all the images then add them into a group called "BROWSER". I can do this and it works fine in CS3, but it fails to select all the layers in CS4 and CS5.
I have tried several methods which all work in CS3, but not 4 and 5. I have selected the top layer, held shift and selected the bottom layer "Add Continuous", I have selected them individually with the "Add" modification (holding down the command). After I create the selection, I try and "Make Group from layers", however, in CS4 and 5 it only places the last layer in the folder.
I have also tried creating the Group folder, naming it and moving the individual layers into the folder. The problem here is that when moving, PS uses the layer number instead of the layer name! For instance, I have a layer call "Page Title", when using the move command it uses it's raw layer number "layer 16" or whatever.
So sorry for the wall of text. Can anyone offer any insight? I am downloading the trial of CS5 to see if that makes a difference.

Are all the layers visible?? I just tried recording an action in CS5 and had no problem. I create a new document white background layer and added 6 layers. I targeted the middle layer and then recorded this action
Alt+, (Target bottom visible layer in this case the background)
Alt+] (Target next visible layer up in the stack in this Layer 1)
Shift+Alt+. (Select continuously up the stack to the upper most visible layer 6 layers with there visibility off between will also be selected)
menu Layers>New>Group From Layers (Create new group named it test and the layers were collapsed into the new group named test)
stopped recording
I then went back into the history palette to before the group was created where I had the 7 layers. I played the action and it worked. Went back in time again and added layers till I had 100 layers on top of the background layers. I turned the visibility of some layers off. As long as the background layer and the layer above it as well as the Top layer visibility was on the action worked. All bets are off it the visibility of any or those three layers are off. The Action will fail.

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How to move layers into group.

Hi.
I want to make group and input it's name and get layers into it.
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var layers2 = doc.layers;
var txt = prompt("Input layer group name :");
var layerSetRef = doc.layerSets.add();
layerSetRef.name = txt;
for(var i = 0; i < layers2.length; i++) {
layers2[i].move(layerSetRef, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND);
Can you tell me why this code shows error?
Indicator shows "layers2[i].move(layerSetRef, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND);" is not right.

I see two main problems with your code.
One is that the enum should be ElementPlacement.INSIDE when moving an artLayer into a layerSet.
The second problem is moving layers changes the index so you can not loop using the index.
Try something like this:
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var txt = prompt("Input layer group name :");
var layerSetRef = doc.layerSets.add();
layerSetRef.name = txt;
while(doc.artLayers.length > Number(doc.layers[doc.layers.length-1].isBackgroundLayer) ) {
if(!doc.artLayers[0].allLocked || !doc.artLayers[0].positionLocked ){
doc.artLayers[0].move(layerSetRef, ElementPlacement.INSIDE);
That should move all the top level artLayers into the layerSet. It will skip locked layers and the background layer. You could change the layer locking test to change those properties if you want to move locked layers. To move the background layer you will need to convert it to a normal artLayer before moving.

How do I merge layers/objects in Illustrator?

In photoshop I can easily merge layers when I get too many. But I can't find this function in Illustrator. I'm using a dot grid for colouring and I have to duplicate the image/object to grow the grid. But now I have tons of layers that are slowing down my computer and preventing it from saving the AI file. I've tried grouping the objects but it just puts the multitude of layers in a sublayer which doesn't help.
Does Illustrator have a merge layer option that will take a bunch of objects and merge them into one object?
Thank you for your help.

There is an option you might find handy, even though in this situation Monika might have a superior way of handling this process.
From the Layers flyout there is show layers only, it does not show the dots as separate paths but as a collective layer.
As you have it set up now
After the option is selected you get all of this and one layer no paths showing

Merging layers in Photoshop Elements 8

I'm having trouble merging layers in photoshop elements 8. I have a .psd file that I have used in the past to add a background color, shape template, and restrict the size of images I have posted to my website. In the past I have used photoshop elements 6, and to accomplish what I'm trying to do I selected open-apple - G. This worked in the past, but is not bringing the layers together as expected. I went online and found that I could accomplish this by holding down option and clicking on the line that seperated the two layers, and this worked for me once and I have been unable to repeat it since. Any idea what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to apply a style to these web photos, and it's simply not working for me. Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer.
- William

Looking at your image, you do know you have a layer set/group,which is like a folder in the layer structure? You can't apply a layer style to a folder, which is what you're trying to do in your screenshot.
This gets very confusing because of adobe's switching the names for these things around:
1. You have what used to be called a layer set and is now called a layer group, which is a folder in the layer structure. PSE doesn't natively do these: is this your image with the group created via an add-on, or did someone send it to you this way?
2. What used to be called layer groups are now called clipping masks. That's when you want to do something like crop the visible part of a layer to the shape of the layer beneath it.
It's not really clear where you want the layer style, why you have a layer group, and which layer you want the style on. If you can explain more, it would help.

Whats the best way to send multiple layers into a Motion Project

Hey all, I have a project that has multiple video layers in FCP: I'm trying to MERGE them so that I can send that MERGED layer into Motion to add additional elements. I've tried NESTING the items yet they never truly MERGE into one clip? When I send to Motion It always goes in just showing text with primary video black ? Can someone help with the correct procedure.
Here's how I got the layers in FCP
Primary video (L1)
Graphics (L2)
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Appreciate any replies

Since I can't watch over your shoulder, I'm only guessing that your inexperience is the main problem. Merging the clips is not an option since they are from different sources. Nesting will give you all of the layers as a single video track in another sequence but that cannot be sent to Motion since it reference separate sources.
You can render your original sequence and that will, indeed, flatten the tracks into a single, flat, merged movie. but you cannot tease the layers back out into separate items.
You can explore the various ways of sending material from FCP to Motion later, here's what I'd do now: Import your video and graphics files into an empty Motion project. compose your text as a text layer in Motion.
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Explanation of the merge layers options?

i need a brief eeplaination of the merge layers options.

In order:
Opacity is just that: A percentage determines how transparent that layer will look above another layer in a layer stack.
The official Adobe help for Photoshop can help explain the shorter list of Blend Modes PS Touch has including Screen and Multiply.
Match Color will try to capture the overall color tone of the layer beneath it. (Especially good for trying to match two disparate layers.) Take note this only shows up for the next to bottom-most layer and above in the layer stack for obvious reasons. (You can't match color in the bottom-most layer because there isn't anything underneath that layer to match color with.)
Merge Layers does what you think it does with some options: You can merge only visible layers, flatten the whole project into one layer or simply merge the selected layer with the layer immediately beneath it.
Finally, Delete simply deletes the layer.

Flattening or merging layers with layer effects and maintaining them.

How do you maintain multiple layer effects when merging or flattening the layers within a group or on their own ensuring they end up eventually to normal and 100 % opacity? (Using PSCC)
Thank you.

You want to flattern an image with multiple layers and layer effects? It should just happen for you, but there some occassions where flatterning does not show the expected results. When that happens, select the upper-most layer (so long as it is turned on) and add a copy merged layer to the top of the stack (Shift Alt Ctrl e). Then flattern, and it should be fine.

Issues with merging layers with layer styles

Just downloaded CS6 Photoshop off the creative cloud and the merge layer command does not work. What is happening is there is one layer with a layer style then a shape layer and when I hit Cmd E it merges the layers but the layer style will not merge with it. I was chatting it up and everything they recommended did not work. It works on all my other co-workers computers and we are all on the cloud. I tried renaming pref. folder, settings folder, re-installing, holding down shft+option+cmd on start up. I also created a test account but that turned out to be a major inconvenience. Once logged into the account there is nothing there. The suggestions just started getting more ridiculous as chat proceeded. Nothing.
Has anyone experienced this issue?
Does anyone have a solution where I don't have to create a whole new admin account just to see if CS6 Photoshop works correctly?
P.S.
Adobe customer portal is about worthless.

Get Rich or Die Tryin wrote:
Just downloaded CS6 Photoshop off the creative cloud and the merge layer command does not work. What is happening is there is one layer with a layer style then a shape layer and when I hit Cmd E it merges the layers but the layer style will not merge with it. I was chatting it up and everything they recommended did not work. It works on all my other co-workers computers and we are all on the cloud. I tried renaming pref. folder, settings folder, re-installing, holding down shft+option+cmd on start up. I also created a test account but that turned out to be a major inconvenience. Once logged into the account there is nothing there. The suggestions just started getting more ridiculous as chat proceeded. Nothing.
There are two merge layers type commands one is merge down involves only two layers and another that is merge visible layers. In my opinion there is a problem with the way merge down is implemented. When you use merge down if the bottom layer in the merge down has a layer style the merged layer also has this layer style attached. This means that pixels from the layer merged into it will be effected by this layer style. The result may well not look like the composite looked before the merge. The will also happen in CS5. Merge visibile layer works the correct way in my view as the merge progresses the top two layers are merge by applying any layer masks and layer styles first and merging the two layers the resulting layer has no layer masks and no layer style. This result is then merged with the next lower layer with its masks and style applied first. The result is a single layer without mask and style that looks like the original composite view. If your having the problem with CMD|CTRL+E and the result has a layer style try turning the layer style visibility off see if that helps. If it helps some backup to before the merge down use merge visible or first rasterzise the bottom layer to be merged.

Putting layers into photoshop

How do I put layers into photosop with out them merging? So I can edit them in photoshop. Even when I export it still merges some to most of the layers. Thanks

You cannot export layers as such from Illustrator to Photoshop.
However you can copy objects from Illustrator and paste them into Photoshop.
You can do this repeatedly, building Photoshop layers as you go.
The most important trick is to get the pasted objects to register together.
You do this by making little register rectangles, that correspond to the corners of your Photoshop canvas, at top left and bottom right.
Copy and paste these along with the other objects and delete them when you have finished.

Bug Found: Illustrator CC *always* merges layers when opening a DXF file - CS6 works properly

Bug Found: Illustrator CC *always* merges layers when opening a DXF file - CS6 works properly. When opening a DXF, CC merges multiple layers into one, even if you have the "Merge Layers" unchecked. Can a forum admin employee get this submitted as a bug report? Thanks.

Thank you Larry. I just submitted this bug report pasted below at the link you provided.
******BUG******
Illustrator CC 17.0.0 *always* merges layers when opening a DXF file, even if you have the "Merge Layers" unchecked.
1. Open a DXF file that contain multiple layers in Illustrator CC 17.0.0
2. Uncheck the "Merge Layers" button.
3. Click OK.
Results: It has merge all the layers into one layer.
Expected results: It should open with multiple layers preserved. Illustrator CS6 works properly.

Importing Photoshop Merged layers problem

Hi. I'm trying to import a layered Photoshop file into After Effects. I'm on a new intel iMac running Leopard and both PS (extended) and AE are CS3. I chose the merged layers option because I don't want all the layers in AE, just the final composition. Am I correct in thinking that if I update my photoshop file, it'll update in AE in the merged file?
That's not really my problem, just making sure that's how it works. My problem is that this is how my image looks in photoshop:
but in AE it comes out like this:
I was having the same problem when using quicklook, so I'm assuming it's something with photoshop. I turned on save full size image preview in the file handling preferences in photoshop, which did fixed the problem when using quicklook, but didn't fix the image in After Effects. I reloaded the footage and even reimported it into a new project in AE but it's still the same.
Anyone know what's going on? Thank you so much.
Alycia

Thanks. I do realize I could do that, but I have about 60 Backgrounds. So it'd be nice to be able to import the whole photoshop file and still be able to work on it without having to flatten it every time. That's kind of what I've been doing so far.
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Merging layers on an animation (frame timeline)

Hey guys, the following has been happening to me since the last update (can't say if this is CC version change or not):
When using Timeline for animations in frame mode, everytime I merge layers together, it's visible on all frames, no matther what I do. This didn't use to happen, every time I'd merge layers, they would still be visible only on the current frame. Since I work on frame-by-frame animation, this slows a bit my proccess because I have to go back and make this layer invisible again on all frames it shouldn't.
Any way to turn it off?
Thanks!

Try right clicking (in windows 7) on the layer you want to merge, or the top layer, and click 'merge down'. This will merge it into the layer under it, but won't create the bug. At least, it worked for me.

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