Effect all layers option cs5

[thefonz78]

When creating a new layer in cs5 i'm not getting the toolbar where you can select from a drop down to apply to all layers. What am i doing wrong?

[MattUK]

Eh? What do you mean "apply to all layers"? That option applies to tools, and isn't part of the new layer window

[thefonz78]

We had a tutorial at camera club on Friday and he created a new layer for cloning and another for sharpening but he had a drop down option for the cloning etc.. to apply to 'all layers'. I have never had this option. It wasn't in the layers toolbar it was on the top toolbar where you choose brush size etc..

[rbarry]

The toolbar and drop down dialogue work for me, but I can't get the effect of it working on any layer other than the current hightlighted one, irrespective of whether I choose current, current & below or all.
The image I've posted below only shows one layer in the project, but I had tried earlier working with three layers and been unable to invoke the cloned result on any more than the current layer.

[thefonz78]

Thanks rbarry for having a look. I must have been mistaken then. Because i've tried everything to sharpen all layers. If i've opened an image from raw into cs5 am i still working non destructively?

[rbarry]

Originally Posted by thefonz78

Thanks rbarry for having a look. I must have been mistaken then. Because i've tried everything to sharpen all layers. If i've opened an image from raw into cs5 am i still working non destructively?

I doubt that you are mistaken, it's just that I've not been aware of that command before.

From your description it should work, so I must be doing something wrong. The reason I posted the image was to see if this was the command layout you refered to, that your mentor from the club you joined had used.

[thefonz78]

I'll ask about next week see if anyone else knows how he did it.

[MattUK]

Guys, that option only works when you have:

- Multiple layers
- Are working on a layer that you can edit (not a vector shape etc)

And as per my earlier email, that's a tool attribute, not a layer attribute

[rbarry]

Hi Matt,

I understood from The fonz's post that it was possible to apply a clone tool effect to multiple layers. Out of curiosity I tried to do just that on multiple layers but was unable to. Have you successfully used a tool's effect on more than one layer at a time, and if so how?

Many thanks,

Rick.

[rbarry]

Ok I may have got this wrong, but here goes:

It may be that when you select the multiple layers option, you are taking a sample from all the other layers, not applying the data to all other layers.