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keithburgun

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:06 pm    Post subject: Copying question Reply with quote

Can I copy from more than one layer at a time, without merging the layers together? If there's a way to do this it would save me a ton of time (working on animated sprites for a video game).

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey there,
You could try the Copy Merged command in the Edit menu.
Hope that helps

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That helped me too :)
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Can I copy from more than one layer at a time, without merging the layers together?


The only way I know to do it would be to place the layers you want to copy inside a group. Then copy the group.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you use the standard copy command you'll copy only the active layer. If you use copy merged you'll copy whatever is inside the selection regardless of what layer it's on. Strange but if the image was merged into one flat layer there wouldn't really be any use to the command!
Hope that clears things up

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I took the OP's original question to mean that he wanted the original layers to remain on individual layers after the copy. My misunderstanding.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh I see, you could be right! No probs either way though
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