Photoshop Mouse-Over Layer Identification?

Ooghijmiqtxxa · Mar 2010

That sounded way more fancy then I wanted it to, but I've been searching if there was a way to identify what layer your mouse was over with a push of a button? I've attached an example of what I was thinking. If anyone has any information on this or something like it, that'd be super duper.

spitty · Mar 2010

hold ctrl and right click and it will list the layer(s) your mouse is over.

moose · Mar 2010

only way i know of is to select the move tool and right click.

This gets more complicated as you have groups and multiple layers overlapping one another, but right clickging with the move tool will give you a list of layers that are under your cursor point & allow you to select them.

Ooghijmiqtxxa · Mar 2010

Wow, I'm an idiot. That works good enough. Thanks!

GarageBay9 · Mar 2010

Wasn't there another key combo that did something similar, where it selected the uppermost layer that you clicked on?

JohnnyRaptor · Mar 2010

alt + right clicking with move tool selected should select the upmost layer

MoP · Mar 2010

I always use spitty's method if I have to do it at all

BeatKitano · Mar 2010

I definetely should rtfm, i didn't know this, i never think about using right click in photoshop :x

moose · Mar 2010

also try alt + rclick drag with a brush based tool selected

who needs [ and ]!

or pencil/eraser tool with shift + rclick to shift between subtools! dodge/burn with shift/rclick to change shadows/midtones/highlights!

Im writing something atm at home that is combing a lot of misc hidden and awesome things in photoshop. will post it when its finished

MoP · Mar 2010

moose: that doesn't work in PS CS2

moose · Mar 2010

upgrade lazy!

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thats a good point though mop, thanks. I have notes on CS3 and 4 differences, may include some for the old fogies who are afraid to upgrade

For the record, CS4 has never given me problems once all the settings are set up properly. I do have a long list of grievances (maybe a good separate thread idea!) for CS4, but you can "barebones" it, hack keyboard settings, and make it like the old fuzzy versions

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claydough · Apr 2010

moose wrote: »

also try alt + rclick drag with a brush based tool selected who needs [ and ]!

!!!U give good Photoshop...
Forgot atomic colliders, This is Universe shattering.:poly108:
Thank You very much.

MoP wrote: »

moose: that doesn't work in PS CS2

Ouch...
11 days left till the cs5 launch. Are you upgrading?

Trying not to fall for the hype myself( and failing ).
Content Aware retouching looks like magic.
And, hopefully some of the GPU experience acumulated from the Mercury playback engine will make it's way into cs5?

claydough · Apr 2010

moose wrote: »

Im writing something atm at home that is combing a lot of misc hidden and awesome things in photoshop. will post it when its finished

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Photoshop Mouse-Over Layer Identification?

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