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                    Duplicate layers
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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78c8a"><h1 class="topictitle1">Duplicate a layer or group within an image</h1>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS5EE335F1-E4FB-42b8-AA51-7D6A7AF231E1a"><h1 class="topictitle1">Duplicate a layer or group between images</h1>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS04492993-3933-469a-A998-E55DC9BC128Ba"><h1 class="topictitle1">Create a new document from a layer or group</h1>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>You can duplicate layers within an image or
into another or a new image.</p>
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<div id="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78c8a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78c8a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Duplicate a layer or group within an image</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select
a layer or group in the Layers panel. </span></li>
<li><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Drag the layer or group to the Create a
New Layer button&#160;<img src="images/P_New_Wi_N.png" />.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Choose Duplicate Layer or Duplicate Group from the
Layers menu or the Layers panel menu. Enter a name for the layer
or group, and click&#160;OK.</p>
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<div id="WS5EE335F1-E4FB-42b8-AA51-7D6A7AF231E1a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS5EE335F1-E4FB-42b8-AA51-7D6A7AF231E1a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Duplicate a layer or group between images</h3><div><ol><li><span>Open the source and destination images.</span></li>
<li><span>From the Layers panel of the source image, select one
or more layers or a layer group.</span></li>
<li><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Drag the layer or group from the Layers
panel to the destination image.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Select the Move tool&#160;<img src="images/P_Move_Lg_N.png" />, and
drag from the source image to the destination image. The duplicate
layer or group appears above the active layer in the Layers panel
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).</p>
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<li><p>Choose Duplicate Layer or Duplicate Group from the
Layers menu or the Layers panel menu. Choose the destination document
from the Document pop‑up menu, and click&#160;OK.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Choose Select&#160;&gt; All to select all the
pixels on the layer, and choose Edit&#160;&gt; Copy. Then choose
Edit&#160;&gt; Paste in the destination image.</p>
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<div id="WS04492993-3933-469a-A998-E55DC9BC128Ba" class="nochunk"><a name="WS04492993-3933-469a-A998-E55DC9BC128Ba"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create a new document from a layer or group</h3><div><ol><li><span>Select a layer or group from the Layers
panel.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Duplicate Layer or Duplicate Group from the Layers
menu or the Layers panel menu.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose New from the Document pop‑up menu, and click&#160;OK.</span></li>
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