Quick Tip Tuesday – Move it, baby!

OK, here is the tip you’ve all been waiting for!  The life-changing, scrap-inducing, tip of all tips!  I’m starting to get a handle on using keyboard shortcuts well.  We all have our favorites (CTRL+Z anyone?) and now I have a NEW favorite!

I’m sure that you find the need to duplicate layers frequently, as do I.  When I wanted a row of brads on this ribbon, I had a couple of options:

Right click and choose duplicate layer, drag the layer to the new layer icon in the palette, or go to Layer>Duplicate Layer.
But then I got the Digital Scrapper e-zine (if you don’t get it, sign up HERE, it’s great!) and Jenny Binder had a keyboard shortcut – but it was WAY too complicated.  I hate shortcuts that start CTRL+SHIFT+ALT…  My fingers don’t really want to do that, at least not on a regular basis!  But WAIT…

That’s not the shortcut at all… all you need is the ALT!

To duplicate a layer, with your Move tool selected, press ALT and CLICK and DRAG – and TA-DA!!  Now you have two!

That’s right – it’s the ALT that does the trick.  You’ll notice when you have your Move tool selected, and press the ALT key, your cursor will change to a double arrow – then if you click, whatever you click on and drag will be copied onto a new layer.

HOLY COW!!

Let me tell you, I’ve used this about 40 times today alone!  Whoohoo gettin’ giddy with the thrill!

So go duplicate away!!

Happy Scrapping!

Jenn

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