P: Ability to edit/move/transform on several layers at the same time with an active selection

@eryk_szczygie

Being able to nudge pixels based on having multiple layers selected would be cool.

Or you could just not be a two watt, just sayin..

While to me it seems that you are unwilling to accept that it is not up to you alone to define the meaning of words. 

Feel free to report my posts if you think they violate Forum standards. 

You may call it a »function« or »operation« (or maybe something else) if you don’t like the word »feature« here but it is still not broken just because you want it to be different. 

"features that do not fit your tastes"

Again, not really a feature, so much as an essential mechanic for artists. I just had to save a selection, then reuse it on literally 15 different layers, making sure to make the exact same rotation on each layer, then make a new saved selection and do the process all over again to move the selection.. I still have to repeat this again just to move the selection a tiny bit to the left.. Like, an hour of work on a tiny task that should have taken me no more than a minute.. This isn't just some tiny quirk that only affects me. This is a massive oversight that affects probably most artists that use the program.

"Procreate currently is my favorite and I think is a great example! Clip studio is close as well for desktop"

Thank you for the suggestions, and I will likely look into them at some point, but tbh I try to avoid using new programs as often as I can when I already have an established program for the use. Mostly because of how much the learning curve often puts me behind or puts me off (of doing art for a while, for example), because I find there's nothing more frustrating than trying to do something that feels so basic, but not being able to do it.

Honestly, it took me a while to migrate to PS from PTS. I just liked PTS because of how basic it is, but I couldn't ignore the fact that PS has 100ish times the features.

I did just think of a better way to word it though. The feature (multiple layer selection) feels broken because it lacks that very basic and seemingly obvious mechanic. I mean, did they not think of that when they were testing the program? Like, "I can select multiple layers, I can make a selection, why can I make a selection at all if it affects nothing with multiple layers selected...

I thought this script could do it too...? (and much more)
Pepperbox  |  With Pepperbox you can change multiple layers with single click in previously unthinkable cases.  http://pepperbox.bereza.cz/?ref=mg  $15

So on a side note for those interested in selecting multiple objects on different layers within a lasso tool. Sergey Kritskiy has yet again done alot of innovation for tools artist really need in their workflow. I really wish this guy would work for adobe! Check out layer factory. It's pretty great I use it all the time and it has CHANGED the game for me for selecting things on multiple layers. Saves me so much time.


https://layer-factory.readthedocs.io/en/latest/multimove/index.html#multilayermove

It's 13 dollars on gumroad.https://gumroad.com/kritskiy

Enjoy

I sort of understand your frustration Shane. I understand atleast where your coming from as an artist working in entertainment industry who draws/paints using photoshop for a living it really is the best tool for selection, filters, editing in general but lags behind tremendously for drawing features for artist and non-photographers for years now. But i have hope that perhaps they will eventually add these features for drawers or maybe other software will catch up to photoshop's editing capabilities. Procreate currently is my favorite and I think is a great example! Clip studio is close as well for desktop.

The word »broken« has a meaning and it it does not correctly describe this situation. 
Indubitably Photoshop has bugs but just calling any of its features that do not fit your tastes »broken« is not reasonable.