Grouping Your Layers

Grouping Your Layers

Learn about grouping your layers and how to quickly find specific layers inside of group folders.

When to use

This can be very useful any time that you have a file where you need to quickly find a specific layer or group. 

Instructions

Setting Up Your New Group

• Begin by creating a duplicate of your 'Mountain Group' folder. 
• Double-click on the layer name of your duplicate folder to change the name to something else - here I am using 'Nyack Mountain' for the name.
• Hold the Control Key or right-click on the eyeball next to the folder name and choose 'No Color' to remove the color label from your newly duplicated group folder.
• Click on the small arrow icon next to the folder to expand it, revealing the two layers inside.
• Give a different label color to the 'Mountains' layer as well as the 'Solid Black' layer inside of this folder. In this case, I will be using red for one layer, and magenta for the other.

Searching For Layers

• Inside the Layers Palette, click on the dropdown menu that says 'Kind' with a small magnifying glass next to it.
• Doing this reveals a dropdown menu that allows you to search your layers using different parameters.
• Select the 'Color' option, and then change the color to red or magenta.
• Doing this will hide all of the layers in your Layers Palette except for the layer that has that specific color label applied to it.
• Try this with magenta as well as a color that isn't being used at all.
• Change the search parameter from 'Color' to 'Name' and then type in the word 'Mountains'.
• You should now see both of the layers with 'Mountains' in the name, regardless of the color label that has been applied.

Hints & tips

• Searching your layers based on certain attributes or parameters can be a great way to quickly find and isolate layers or entire groups.