Photoshop :: Unlocking An Item
Sep 25, 2008duplicating a locked item when right-clicking to duplicate it won't work?
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View 1 RepliesI have locked my layers by using CTR E, or maybe Alt E and cant unlock them. Can you tell me how I can unlock them.
Also how can I get a list of the shortcut keys for PS CS?
I have several files that i saved to come back to later to work on, and every time i open them, the image i need to work on is locked, and i cant unlock it...
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm working on a small simple gif file. However, the layet (only one) appears to be locked, and I can't make any changes. It's on my machine, and I've even tried to create a new layer to play with, but the entire layer menu is greyed out.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI open a new image, which is a background, by default it partially locks itself not letting me use the brushes, not even the layers.
View 2 Replies View Relatedwhen an image is brought up into ps6, it's layer (layer 0) is automatically locked. ive been have big problems with my comp lately, and if i double click on the layer to unlock it, my comp freezes up and i have to restart. my question is, is there any keyboard command or setup preference command that will allow me to unlock the layer on just bring the image up already unlocked? id prefer just to be able to bring the image up already unlocked.
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhile launching Photoshop program freezes while scanning for plug-ins.Box appears saying Photoshop could not initialize because the file is locked.Use the PROPERTIES command in Windows Explorer to unlock file.I have no idea of how to do this.When I try to go there this is nothing that gives any hint at unlocking a file.
View 1 Replies View RelatedTrying to unlock a layer. I did a Photoshop search and came up with "Nontransparent background layers are locked. To change the stacking order, color, blending mode, or opacity of a locked background, you must unlock it by converting it to a standard layer.
1. Double-click the Background layer in the Layers palette.
2. In the New Layer dialog box, type a name for the layer.
3. Set the layer options as desired, and click OK. Photoshop converts the Background layer into a new, editable layer."
IT DOESN'T WORK!
Yes, I can put in a new name in the layers palette, but the darned thing stays tightly locked. Nothing else happens other than the new name. No options become available. And there's nothing I can see in the "Layers" drop down that will help.
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.
I somehow merged two layers together and locked it? I don't know how to undo what I did?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a Mechanical drawing with numerous Xrefs. I need to make changes to the Plumbing layers which is in O-Xref layer. I have tried to bind all Xrefs but cannot bind all of them. The piping is in the O-Xref layer. I cannot explode nor can I Xref-Edit anything in this layer. This is one of a number of drawings but this is the first one that I cannot explode or edit the layer and I have never run into this problem before.
Is there a way that the file can be locked up to prevent editing?
I have an assy in which I have created work planes which are huge and annoying, so I make them invisible but when I save the assy I get a message saying the Design Current Design view representation.... blah blah..... or Unlock the Current one.
How do I unlock the Master View Rep.
I've looked and saw quite a few messeges on the same topic but couldn't find some good resolve : I'm in an assembly, trying to hide/supress some component, and it keeps saying that the view is locked (I do see "lock" logos on all the views) and I should unlock it or create a new one, which I don't want - I want the changes to be on the main "master" view)
How do I "unlock" or resolve it?Right clicking on the view doesn't give me any option to unlock it..
At a point I want to unlock all layers where the objects are selectable (layers unfrozen and turned on).
If I have the script initiate the layer command then there is the select options list and "u" is for unlock. It then wants a layer name or return to select items. Here is where the problem is when i'm in control I can just hit return to select the items and just select all, but when the script is running it skips my space for a return and goes to the next all statement and errors saying not a valid option. Is there a way to force that return to select the objects?
Occasionally I have to edit or use old pdf files that were created by my predecessors, who created the files by linking artwork placed within the file. Ordinarily that wouldn't be a problem, except that the folders containing all the linked files are long gone. When I open the files in Reader, I can zoom in on the images very closely and see that the image in very high resolution, which seems to indicate that there is vector art within the file, but when I open in Illustrator I get the message that says the artwork is no longer located at the indicated link. Is there any way to get this phantom version of the art that is only visible in Reader? I have opened in photoshop and grabbed it that way, but if there is a way to get it still as a vector, that would be better.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIf autocad is running when I unlock my computer it will freeze. It still lets me close out and save my work, but I am unable to do anything else in the program. Sometimes it will crash my video driver recover then allow me to continue working.
View 8 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to unlock a cell using lisp. I have a datalink that is used to create a table. Once the table is selected I have a command that will format some of the cell style (which will let me while locked), but it I cannot seem to find a way to unlock them to merge a couple of cells. I can manually do it using the table toolbar, but programmably I am a little stuck. I can see if it is editable by using the vla-iscontenteditable and it will return :vlax-false. I do not see a vla-setcontenteditble or something to that effect.
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhen running my script to unlock all layers, so I can select all textFrames and copy them to a new layer, I run into a problem with text that has been locked individually. The script unlocks layers that are lock but it does not unlock items that have been locked individually on those layers. Is there a way to unlock these items?
var layerCount = activeDocument.layers;
for ( j = layerCount.length - 1; j >= 0; j-- )
{
lockedLayers = activeDocument.layers[j];
if (lockedLayers.locked == true && lockedLayers.visible == true)
{
lockedLayers.locked = false;
}
}
Bit of a Photoshop novice here, use it for DVD covers and labels. I have been using CS3 previously but upgraded to CS5.5 last year. The thing is on CS5.5 I can only print one page at a time even when I input say 20 copies to be printed, only one will print. That goes for the regular printer for printing covers and the disc printer.
I can open CS3 up and right away it will print however many I ask it to.
Is there something I am missing? Something so painfully obvious that it is staring me in the face but I am just not seeing it?
I'm very green when it comes to imaging.
I have this image that i want to use for my website, The website is built on a predesigned template, so all the images have been made for me. However, it's a humor site, and i don't think the logo is very fitting. There's this water in the image that i want to get rid of, but i've tried to no avail.
I want to know if you can remove an item from a picture and it's shadow...lets say I have a picture with a vase...can I remove the vase with it's shadow from this picture to be placed in another photo...
View 1 Replies View RelatedIn the upper left hand corner of the canvas there are two 'icons'. One is an '01' and the other looks like a tiny line graph. I can't erase them or crop them out.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI will add the usual caveat,I would welcome to hear viewpoints.My task is to recolour the model's top – from cream / beige to dark blue / black, but obviously I need to make sure I keep the texture.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have developed a script that act on the layers individually so it would be great if I could add a new command in the layer context menu (the one that has Blending Options..., Duplicate and Delete Group, Copy,Paste and Clear Style and add or remove colors from the "eye" icon, etc...
I know that you can add the script to File/Scripts submenu but if I had access to it directly from that context menu, it would be much better. I have seen a script that adds a new top menu item to the menu bar of the ESTK so I am hopeful it can be done something similar in PS.
I am trying to create an action to create a new layer by copying the bg layer, add a layer mask to the new layer and then start the Tilt Shift filter. All works until I go Insert Menu Item and choose Blur>Tilt Shift. It just doesn't get added to the action. Other menu items do work. I'm assuming this is an oversight in the implementation of CS6?Can't see that that can be the case.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've created a button with a gradient overlay, but when I click and drag the button, the gradient overlay stays put, it won't move with the button. Is there an option I'm overlooking to anchor the gradient with the item I've created? I've never seen this before. I'm on Photoshop CC 14.0 on a Mac.
View 7 Replies View RelatedNewbie question but couldn't seem to find the answer using the search fxn.
With the pic below, I want to have a greyscale background but have a colourful blue colour for the bunch of grapes. I am able to create the greyscale background by using:
Image > Mode > Greyscale
but I don't know how to add realistic colour to the grapes. The colour I add seem to look cartoon-like.
I am using PS elements 10, I need to move a person from one photo onto another photo. I did this with PS6 but not having much luck with 10.
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CS5
Is it "normal" to have the "Update" menu item grayed out on the 64bit version and NOT on the 32bit version?
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