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Inspiring
May 24, 2023
Question

Stamp visible 24.5

  • May 24, 2023
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PS version 24.5

Windows 10

ctrl-alt-shift-e does nothing. It should produce a new layer that is a stamp of all visible layers beneath. My prior version (23.5.5) works fine.

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jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 29, 2023

@planosteve 

I've seen a couple of other reports of this, so it's not just you. "Stamp Visible" is not actually a menu command. Before Adobe gave us the ability to add Alt/Option to the Merge Visible shortcut, we had to copy the layers, then hide half of them.

 

Cory is on this thread, so we know that it's on Adobe's radar.

 

Jane

Inspiring
August 29, 2023

Responding to Jane-e, that only works if I select layers, then click and hold on merge visible, then press Alt before releasing the mouse button. If you press the Alt key at any time prior to that, the menu dropdown disappears!

 

It's a reasonable workaround for the time being, but it's awkward. I still prefer the old ctrl-shift-alt-e, which has worked for years.

 

I would also point out that ctrl-shift-alt-e works fine in the 2022 version.

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 25, 2023

@planosteve 

 

For testing purposes, can you try holding down the Alt key as you choose Merge Visible from the Layers panel menu? 

 

Jane

 

Inspiring
August 25, 2023

Your solution worked for me on version 24.5, but now that I'm in version 24.7, I've got the same problem. And this time, restoring the settings as you described does not solve my problem. Curiously, Stamp Visible works fine in the Beta version (25).

CShubert
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 24, 2023

Hi @planosteve testing here and that KBSC is working as expected.

 

Let's make sure we're in a default state and there are no stale settings somewhere: 

Restore your preferences using this manual method:  

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually 

Does it work correctly? 

If that doesn't solve it, you can quit Photoshop and put the Settings folder back.