Photoshop :: How To Find All Locked Layers (visible Or Not) And Then Unlock At Once
Sep 19, 2012
I was on a tight deadline. I got a massively layered, -- nested folders everything --Â .psd. I'm using Photoshop CS 5.5
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I only needed the visible layers. So, I go to "Delete Hidden Layers" right? Ooops it was grayed out, I could not use it -- that was because of the locked layers...
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Then I realized -- in the complicated layer structure I had to go through every single folder, open it, look for a locked layer and unlock it (nested folders inside of nested folders etc.). If the layer was not visible and it was locked, I had to first turn it to visible, then unlock it, and then turn it off again.
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I was on a deadline, and I just didn't have time -- but I had to do it anyway. This was a painful experience... I'm telling designers from now on NEVER SEND ME A PSD WITH LOCKED LAYERS AGAIN
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It would have been so much easier if I could just search for "locked layers", and "unlock all."
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Jun 4, 2008
I have been sent a template that contains 4 fully locked layers. I seem unable to unlock them to enable me to edit them. Can someone advise how to do this in cs3.
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Aug 16, 2011
Create a command (macro) to unlock all locked layers and remove the fade effect. I know how to unlock them by using the command LAYULK, selecting the entities on the locked layer. I have been trying to automate the command so I don't have to select entities.Â
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Feb 1, 2013
I'm looking for the most elegant syntax to loop through a document and select all the text frames.
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Mar 13, 2013
one layer in a photoshop document has a padlock on it; no clue how it got there. I can't make it go away; perhaps the method is different in CS6 than in previous versions...
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Any clue about this? I can't fill a selection on this particular layer...don't know why. The layer in question IS selected, and the selection is active, etc.
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Sep 17, 2013
all my images are locked. cant unlock them. all choices are dimmed.
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Oct 23, 2012
How do I unlock a locked xref for editing?
I have a title block i want to edit the text in, but it's locked! Don't know how this happened, nor how to unlock it...
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Mar 1, 2013
My colleague made some drawings using AutoCAD 2011. Somehow the sheet status in Sheet Set Manager says all the drawings are locked for editing - it was unintentional. The drawings can be fully viewed only from the computer, which created the drawings. In other computers, we can only see the text. The model view and the bottom of the drawing which contains drawing number and other info do not show.
We need to deliver our drawings to the customer so they can see the coordinates in the maps/drawings.Â
How could we change the status or unlock it so the customer can view the entire drawings? If possible, we still want the drawings unable to be edited.
In our computer, we have AutoDesk Vault - did it somehow kicked in automatically?
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Apr 11, 2009
I am trying to move a layer from one photo to another, both photos are from digital saved as JPEG. I selected the photo from which I want to move layers to activate itThen I selected the move tool ( icon - with arrow and cross picture)When I go to select and move the layer from the active photo - it says ' cannot execute because the layer is locked' How do I unlock the layer ?I did not alter the image or made any changes to it when I saved it, I did not even lock any layers I looked in the 'Layers' menue and there are no options for unlock Can someone tell me the pathway to unlock ?
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Nov 19, 2013
I copied some Survey Data of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 for Surveyors to my C3D 2013 machine few weeks ago. Now I cannot do the "Import point file" of the Survey2 Data B in Survey Databases, because the Survey2 Data B is locked up - see the attached file that has a red circle with an arrow on. How I can unlocked the locked Survey 2 Data in the Survey Databases.
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Jan 8, 2013
Is there any way to edit (remove) the "Lock position" mode of a visible attribute in a block once the block has been created? This characteristic does not show up in BATTMAN for editing.
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May 8, 2012
i wonder in LT is it possible to create a button so that with a click, i can direct unlock all layers at once?
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Oct 24, 2011
I am running autocad 2012...I am looking for a fast and easy way to Unlock all layers with as few key strokes as possible.....Is there a command already in Autocad that I dont know about?
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May 12, 2013
I am running a script that batch places the name of the document in the image and then saves the document, for all documents in a foder.However, it refuses to place this text, as the target layer is initially locked. So I am looking for a piece of script that I can add to this script which will first unlock all the layers in the document.
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Oct 17, 2012
How can I place the copywrite logo on my art photos?
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May 15, 2008
I am using Photoshop CS2 and whenever I open a .jpg , .gif or use my scanner and scan something into PS the layer always starts out locked.
Is there a way to change this so it is not locked everytime?
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Mar 8, 2009
I am using Photoshop CS2 with Windows XP. Why are all the photos that I import into Photoshop have the layer locked. I tried to save them both as .psd and as .jpeg. But, it makes no difference. In the layer pallette, the layer is marked as locked but the icons at the top are all grayed out.
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Feb 21, 2008
I am trying simply to work with layers, however when I start a new document and then import a photo, the background automatically locks. The lock icon is visible in the layers pallate. I can drag that icon to the trash and import another photo but the first photo disapears as the layers all merge on top of one another and the lock icon returns.
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Jan 17, 2008
Is it possible to unlock a locked layer? The program seems to decide which photo I want to use as a background, and locks it, and it's not the one I want to use anyway lol
Is it possible to change which photo is used as the background, and unlock the layers? Can't seem to find a reference to it in help section.
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Feb 15, 2007
Is it just me or was it easier to lock/unlock layers before CS2?
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May 7, 2008
I am making a montage for my son's 40th birthday showing small pictures of him and our family over the years fro very early-age to the present time.
I had about 30 pictures already arranged as ALL the layers disappeared and the Background Locked layer is the only one left!
way of getting my layers back?
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Jan 16, 2014
I have PSE 11 and no matter how I save what I am working on, even as a PSD with layers, I am unable to edit the project after it is saved. This started happening all of a sudden and it is difficult to work with being unable to simply edit as needed.
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Nov 12, 2012
My bg layers are locked on all my files. I can't move them to desktop etc. How can I unlock these.
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Nov 14, 2013
I'm creating a travel-brochure. Initially it was a tri-fold but now it turns out that I need more space hence, I need to go up to the four-fold which covers a legal-sized page of 8.5 x 14, as opposed to the standard 8.5 x 11.
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However, the added three inches to the canvas size was added on either side of my project when I really want everything to the left margin with the 3 inches left over on the right, which would be characterized by an extra flap or fold.
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Now I have a lot of layers and elements going on which have not been flattened. So I thought that if I highlighted everything by clicking on each layer with the control button depressed when upon finishing I could just drag the entire "project" to the left of center. NOPE.
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A message states, " layers are locked and cannot blah blah" something to that effect.
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I tried not pressing on the background layer and then clicking the rest becaue I did a test run in a new project by throwing up a bunch of layers and when I clicked on the four layers leaving the background layer not clicked, everything moved together.
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So I tried that, but it still didn't work in my main one. A possible theory as to why it's not is that there are layers of my images that have that little spray can icon on the bottom right corner (AI) I believe? These are like jpegs, so when I want to manipulate them, I have to open them up in another project; cut up the image or whatever, then flatten, then cut and paste back into my main project.
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So do I flatten my current project first, then move it over, then unflatten?
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How can I shift my project to the left of center by still retaining the layers etc..
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Nov 29, 2012
I can't believe this is still an issue in CS6. When you have multiple text layers stacked near or in between each other, its impossible to lock the layer so that it can no longer be selected. Even if the layer is locked, the TYPE tool is still able to select it. This makes its a super pain in the tail to edit text near each other. Is there a way to make the text layers lock and NOT be selectable?
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Instead of locking a layer and not being able to select it with the type tool, a pop-up telling us that its locked come up?
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Sep 6, 2013
How to select a locked layer when you have too many layers overlapping?
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I know I can select all the layers, lock them and unlock them. But I can't lock/unlock all layers when some layers are hidden. I'll have to dig in to unhide those layers. But then I don't want to unhide all layers, because it will make changes to my design that I wouldn't know.
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Is there a smart way to find/select the lock layer?
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Dec 9, 2003
Im trying to perform an action on a Batch. After i select the folder i want to use it on and hit save. The images start opening but when it opens the image layers are all locked and it wont perform the action....
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Jun 24, 2013
i can't be the only one who thinks it's nuts that when 'auto-select > layers' is selected and i drag to select a bunch of layers, i also select layers that are turned off and/or locked, can i?i just confirmed that this IS not the case with CS6 -- locked or hidden layers are not selected upon dragging to select exposed layers.
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is this a bug, or a bit of new functionality that i am failing to grasp? i did notice that in CC, on right-click there is the new option to "isolate layers", but this seems to just isolate & unclutter layers within the layers panel.
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Feb 11, 2005
I have a PSD with about 100 layers. When I use the select tool and press while holding CTRL (to activate "auto select layer") I sometimes select invisible layers.
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Aug 6, 2013
improve Photoshop CC, but this bug beaks my workflow to the point I can't use it.
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Other than this critical bug, the software engineers behind Photoshop CC are doing a great job.
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May 12, 2012
I need an overrule that can not snaps object in all locked layers. How to do that.
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