Photoshop

Duplicate layers

You can duplicate layers within an image or into another or a new image.

Duplicate a layer or group within an image

  1. Select a layer or group in the Layers palette.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • Drag the layer or group to the New Layer button .

    • Choose Duplicate Layer or Duplicate Group from the Layers menu or the Layers palette menu. Enter a name for the layer or group, and click OK.

Duplicate a layer or group between images

  1. Open the source and destination images.
  2. From the Layers palette of the source image, select one or more layers or a layer group.
  3. Do one of the following:

    • Drag the layer or group from the Layers palette to the destination image.

    • Select the Move tool , and drag from the source image to the destination image. The duplicate layer or group appears above the active layer in the Layers palette of the destination image. Shift-drag to move the image content to the same location it occupied in the source image (if the source and destination images have the same pixel dimensions) or to the center of the document window (if the source and destination images have different pixel dimensions).

    • Choose Duplicate Layer or Duplicate Group from the Layers menu or the Layers palette menu. Choose the destination document from the Document pop‑up menu, and click OK.

    • Choose Select > All to select all the pixels on the layer, and choose Edit > Copy. Then choose Edit > Paste in the destination image.

Create a new document from a layer or group

  1. Select a layer or group from the Layers palette.
  2. Choose Duplicate Layer or Duplicate Group from the Layers menu or the Layers palette menu.
  3. Choose New from the Document pop‑up menu, and click OK.