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DELETE YOUR LAYERS

January 10, 2011 by Corey Barker Tip of the Day Leave a comment

In earlier versions of Photoshop you could press the Delete key to delete a layer but you had to have the Move tool selected first (weird, I know). Now they’ve changed it so you can press the Delete key with any tool selected (well, nearly any tool) and it’ll delete the currently selected layer for you. The only catch is it doesn’t work with tools that the Delete key actually does something with (ie. the Pen tool or the Magnetic Lasso tool).

Posted by Corey Barker

Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl, with a degree in Illustration. Over the years, Corey has worked as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines such as illustration, commercial design, large format printing, motion graphics, web design and photography. His expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator have earned him numerous awards in illustration, graphic design and photography. Using Photoshop since Version 2, his expertise and creativity have evolved exponentially with every new version, which makes Corey an invaluable addition to the NAPP team.