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marcbjango
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March 30, 2011
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P: Please add the ability for Command-J to dupe layers and layer groups

  • March 30, 2011
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Command-J duplicates the entire current layer, or a portion of the current layer, if there’s a selection. It’s a great feature, and one I use daily.

For some strange reason, Command-J doesn’t do anything when there’s two layers or a layer group selected. Why? I realise there’s probably a decent technical reason for this, but a context sensitive “just dupe it” command would be really handy, even if it’s actually several different methods behind the scenes.

Is now a good time to mention that the Layer menu already contains an item that does most of these things, but it doesn’t have a keyboard shortcut by default? Pre-emptive strike: Assigning a keyboard shortcut wouldn’t help, as the menu item doesn’t duplicate selections within a layer (Command-J does).


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    Yelnats1
    Known Participant
    June 1, 2011
    Assign it using the keyboard shortcuts dialog (Edit->Keyboard Shortcuts...)
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    June 1, 2011
    David, I know this is basic, but how do I 'assign' your script to cmd-J? I am able to see the scrip in CS5 extended and run it manually. I can also assign a F key to run the script, but how do I have the cmd-J to run it? Thanks in advance
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    s_mahn
    Inspiring
    May 6, 2011
    David's script is fantastic. Thanks David.
    marcbjango
    marcbjangoAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 6, 2011
    It seems like a perfect demonstration of why scripting ability and direct feedback to the Photoshop team is a great combination. It lets fringe features be built and tested.

    "Should be a feature" only exists after someone—either from the public or at Adobe—has suggested it.

    I've been pushing for this feature for almost a year now and am very excited that maybe some day soon it'll be part of Photoshop and therefore accelerate my workflow.
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    J453
    Legend
    May 3, 2011
    The point of this site is for folks to make feature requests for improvements directly to Photoshop - and this idea is a good one that's under consideration. A side benefit is that cool users like David Jensen and Shangara are posting helpful scripts to help improve users workflows in the meantime.
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    dav3punk
    Participating Frequently
    May 3, 2011
    Thats an interesting script, but honestly why do we have to do this manually when it should be a feature?
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    dav3punk
    Participating Frequently
    May 3, 2011
    agreed. seems dumb simple to me.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    May 2, 2011
    The script could do with a header. I wrote one but cannot post it here (see image). Grrr! Still cannot do it.

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    Edward Caruso Photography
    Participating Frequently
    April 11, 2011
    Thanks again David that helps. But I'd love a preference in the next version of PS to have the modal windows replace the panel. I'm still trying to find ways to fully recreate modal dialogues like CS3. I feel that the adjustment panel is a big step backwards and it really slows me down. So many aspects of the panel bother me - I guess I'll start a proper feature request on this site. if you have any other adjustment layer scripts i would definetly check them out.
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    Yelnats1
    Known Participant
    April 11, 2011
    You can assign this script to a keyboard shortcut to modify any* adjustment layer with a modal dialog. (*it doesn't work with gradient maps, though.. not sure why). You can't override the double-click behavior with a script.
    http://sites.google.com/site/davidjen...

    A panel could be made to make new adjustment layers and automatically open their editor.
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