Is there a way to copy a line i/you just drawn?

[Poffed]

Is there a way to copy a line i/you just drawn?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Please elaborate, maybe post a screenshot with the pertinent Panels visible.

Did you draw the line on a Layer of its own?

[Poffed]

Is there a way to effectively copy a line i/you just drawn? especially with a glow effect on it, and only the glow.

[JJMack]

How did you draw it? On is own layer? Stroking a path, Line tool, brush tool.  There are many way to draw a line. Photoshop has many ways to copy things.  All lines are not the same type of object.

[Poffed]

i want to as effectively as possible only copy the glow effect on that line in the middle, i used the "Pattern Stamp Tool" with Mode: Overlay, and with White pattern or what that is called, i think that is all i used with the tool, and then i used it on the background, and i got this glow effect. I wonder if there's an effective way to only copy the glow effect, or something similar.

[JJMack]

If you want to add a glow effect that would be approbate for some area. You may want to look at selecting an area using Ctrl+J to copy it to a layer and using a layer style to add a glow effect. or stroking a path in an empty layer and adding a layer style effect.  It not clear to me what you actually want to do.....

[Poffed]

Yes i'm not that good at English. I just want to copy the "Glow Effect" on that light green line in the middle, and not at the sametime also copy the light green line (which is under the "Glow Effect" or mainly under it the closer it gets to the edges since the opacity becomes gradually lower there) or the other things which are under the "Glow Effect", i only want to copy the "Glow Effect". The "Glow Effect" to my understanding has a lower opacity the closer it gets to the edges, and in the middle it has a higher opacity. that's what i want to copy, not the things under the "Glow Effect", which are mainly seen when the opacity becomes lower.

[mikewilday]

If you applied the glow affect as a brushed on effect on the same layer as the green line, then there is no way to separate them. If you created it on a separate layer, then you can copy the layer and move it to another green line to get a similar effect.

[Poffed]

"If you applied the glow affect as a brushed on effect on the same layer as the green line, then there is no way to separate them."

yes that is what i did. ok then, i know a good enough way though.

but is there a way to get that glow effect without doing it on the same layer? the glow effect uses the backgrounds colors and so though, but i would guess that it isnt possible, at least not that simple.

[mikewilday · Accepted solution]

I don't specifically know what you did to make the effect... but if you paint on a transparent layer above the line you want to affect you should be able to get the same effect. Try adjusting your blending modes on either the paintbrush, or the layer itself. It looks like you used a hard-light, or pin-light effect.

If the new paint layer exceeds beyond the line and bleeds over other artwork you could also select the line layer you are painting over and create a mask for the new paint layer that matches the line layer. Does that make sense?