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>to avoid copying each selection in a layer, and trying to move them all
>exactly the same X-Y coordinates...it's too easy to make a mistake moving
>so many...)

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> Never had to do this before, but hre's what I need to try to do:
> I want to lasso a selection, select say 5 layers copy those selections in
> all those layers at the same toime, and then paste them into the same
> layers, and relocate them.
>
> Basically I have multiple parts of a single image seperated in layers, and I
> need 2 copies of them now instead of just oneall seperated in the same
> layers.
>
> (it's all parts of a eye ball.. pupil, cornea, lens, veins, ect. I'm trying
> to avoid copying each selection in a layer, and trying to move them all
> exactly the same X-Y coordinates...it's too easy to make a mistake moving
> so many...)
>
> Is this even possible?

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> You have let's say 5 layers making up one image. Correct? I'm going
> to go on that assumption. Veins, lens, cornea and so on making up an
> eyeball.
>
> You want to duplicate all those layers and keep the images in exactly
> the same place they are in now. I'm not sure if you want to duplicate
> them in the same document, or copy them to a different new document,
> so here's how to do either task.
>
> First, make a duplicate of the file you are working on just incase you
> screw up.
> You do that by opening the document and then going to the top menu
> Image>Duplicate. Name the Duplicate something different like Eyeball
> Test in the dialog box. It will pop up on top of the original
> document. Click on the original and close it so you don't get
> confused. Be sure you are working in the Eyeball Test document. OK.
> Now:
>
> First group all of the layers.
> In the Layer Palette, select all of the layers by holding down the
> Shift key and clicking on each layer one at a time until they are all
> selected. Then while they are all selected, drag them -- all at the
> same time -- to the Create a New Set button on the bottom of the
> Layer's Palette. It looks like a file folder. Now you have a Set that
> has all the items inside grouped. It will look like a file folder and
> when you click on the triangle next to the name, you will see all of
> the layers indented with little chain like things next to them
> indicating that they are all linked. Click on the Set 1 folder you
> just created and rename it "Whole Eyeball".
>
> Then you can put it into a new document.
> Holding down the Shift key drag the Whole Eyeball Folder to another
> document. When you hold down the Shift key while dragging it places
> the Whole Eye Ball layers in exactly the same position in the new
> document. If you don't hold down the Shift key, the layers, as a Set,
> are just put into the new document any old place and you have to
> reposition them. This works when you are dragging a layer or a set to
> a new document. Layers and sets are treated just the same in
> Photoshop. Now the only reason you would drag them into another
> document is if this other document has information in it already that
> you need to move the Whole Eyeball into. If all you are doing is
> making a new document, just duplicate it with Image>Duplicate.
>
> Or you can make duplicate Sets in the same document:
> You can make a copy of the Whole Eyeball folder (with all your layers
> in place inside) by dragging it to the Make New Layer button on the
> bottom of the Layer's Palette. Yes, you drag the folder to the Make
> New Layer button. It looks like a page with the corner turned down.
> Now you have two duplicate sets in the same document. You may want to
> click on the name Whole Eyeball copy and rename it so you know what it
> is i.e. Whole Eyeball Blue if you are changing the iris to blue.
>
> Now you can apply universal changes to either Set. Since all your
> layers are grouped in a set, you can apply styles, change colors, all
> kinds of things.
>
> I recommend Photoshop CS Classroom in a Book, Lesson (I think) 14 or
> 15. Goes over all this plus a lot of other information.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Suzan

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> Here is a neat trick I have tried. This technique will allow you to
> merge all visible layers onto a single new layer, at the same time,
> without disturbing the original 5 layers. All the 5 layers will be
> merged onto the single layer in one click. Here's how:
> Make sure you have all the layers you want to merge visible (eyeball
> on).
>
> 1.Start by creating a new empty Top layer, by clicking the Create New
> Layer icon in Layers Palette.
> 2.Hold down Alt (Windows) WHILE selecting -Merge Visible- from the pop
> out menu (accessible from the upper right arrow of the Layers palette)
> 3.When you are pressing the alt key, PS doesn't want you to access
> the flyout menu, but if you click on the arrow and slide the cursor
> into the selection, you can select the Merge Visable portion of the
> menu.(that's the tricky part)
>
> What this does is copy and merge all the layers, that were visible,
> onto the New layer you had created.
> All the Attributes in all the visible layers are merged onto the New
> Single Layer.
>
> Good Luck,
> Nikki

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