Select same appearance like in Illustrator

[Stefan Cargoski]

Hi community.

is there a way in PS to be able to select the same apperance of layers which have the same colour, the same way it can be done in Illustrator? I have 10 groups, and in each group there is a black background that I want to hide or remove all at once. 

Thank you.

[pixxxelschubser]

Try:

• Group all groups.
• Select all black with the magic wand or the colour range.
• Create a layer mask for the new group and fill the selection in the mask with black.

Now you can show or hide all black areas by showing or hiding the layer mask of the entire group.

[Stefan Cargoski]

Thank you for your reply.

Although this method did work, it's not as convenient as in Illustrator. One reason is, the black I was using was a shape vector, in each layer, which needed to remain separate, and not to be grouped into one group. And also needed to rasterize the shape layer, in order the magic wand to work. 

But it did give the result I needed. I wish PS could do some Illustrator convenient commands. 

Kind regards.

[pixxxelschubser]

Magic wand should work with shapes without problems - no need to rasterize
mask disabled

mask enabled

[jane-e]

is there a way in PS to be able to select the same apperance of layers which have the same colour, the same way it can be done in Illustrator?

By @Stefan Cargoski

• Photoshop does not have Appearances. The closest is layer styles, but they are not the same.
• In addition you can only make changes in one layer at a time. 
• In Photoshop you work with pixels, whereas in Illustrator — at its core — you work with paths that have Appearances.

I wish PS could do some Illustrator convenient commands. 

If you want an application that works like Illustrator, then use Illustrator.

Jane