notsosavvy Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I am trying to learn elements 14. I do not find it as friendly as elements 7,which I use a lot. My question is how do I duplicate my photo so I am not working on the original in 14? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 In PSE 13 I just activate the layer I want duplicated, then on the very top menu bar go to layer>duplicate. I know there are other ways, but that's what I normally do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-M Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 If your computer is windows... you can just hit ctrl+j for mac computer.... command+j or you can right click and choose duplicate layer or you can click on the little lines beside the trash can to the upper right and choose duplicate layer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 1 hour ago, A-M said: If your computer is windows... you can just hit ctrl+j for mac computer.... command+j or you can right click and choose duplicate layer or you can click on the little lines beside the trash can to the upper right and choose duplicate layer Oh, thanks Anne=Marie for writing this out. I knew there were other ways but I couldn't remember and I especially wanted to know the shortcut command, this is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I go to "file" then "save as" add the word "copy" to the file name then hit "save" in the lower right corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 5 hours ago, A-M said: If your computer is windows... you can just hit ctrl+j for mac computer.... command+j or you can right click and choose duplicate layer or you can click on the little lines beside the trash can to the upper right and choose duplicate layer I use this shortcut to copy layers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsosavvy Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Ann Marie, thank you for responding. I do use windows 10,but I cannot right click in 14 to duplicate and there is no option for delete in the lines at the top by the trash can. The ctrl J did work. How sad that adobe did not keep the simple things that work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 2 hours ago, notsosavvy said: Ann Marie, thank you for responding. I do use windows 10,but I cannot right click in 14 to duplicate and there is no option for delete in the lines at the top by the trash can. The ctrl J did work. How sad that adobe did not keep the simple things that work. On my PSE 13 - right on top of the trash can is 3 horizonal lines with an arrow to the left. Once I activate the layer I want to duplicate, if I click on the arrow "duplicate" is one of the options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-M Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 On 9/21/2017 at 3:01 AM, notsosavvy said: Ann Marie, thank you for responding. I do use windows 10,but I cannot right click in 14 to duplicate and there is no option for delete in the lines at the top by the trash can. The ctrl J did work. How sad that adobe did not keep the simple things that work. Once you have your photo duplicated all you need to do is activate ( click on ) the original photo (not the one now saying "copy" ) in the layers panel and hit "delete" on your keyboard. Then you will not accidentally save on top of your original photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsosavvy Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 Thank you wise one for helping. I still do not have the duplicate layer after I click on the arrow at the top right. No matter where I click there I get the same things,but no duplicate layer. Must have left it off of mine. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-M Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 I just did some searching with Mr Google and found this : https://www.teachucomp.com/duplicate-a-layer-in-photoshop-elements-instructions/ I just tried this with a photo in my PSE15 - drag the photo onto the little turned up corner paper logo - top of layers panel on left side. It should be in the same place as in your program. I might use this method more often now as that is even quicker than my Ctrl+J Something I thought of... you are working in "expert" mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsosavvy Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Anne Marie, that worked. Thank you. Now do I delete that layer in order to keep my original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-M Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 12 hours ago, notsosavvy said: Anne Marie, that worked. Thank you. Now do I delete that layer in order to keep my original? If you have copied your photo you can just delete the original out of your program by clicking on that layer and just hit delete on your keyboard and a pop up box will ask whether you want to delete it ( this does not remove it from your computer just from in your scrapping program). Or you can just click on the original and drag it to the trash can. Now you can alter your copied photo or resize if you have placed it on a layout etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsosavvy Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 Thank you so much to all of you for helping me with this problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeronicaS Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 I start all my tutorials with intstructions to duplicate the image. I think this is essentially what you want to do. open your file and before you do anything else Go to File> Duplicate Image. Close your original document. Then you are free to do whatever you want. The other alternative I sometimes use is to copy everything I want to use for the layout into a working folder. But duplicating the file is simpler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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