From the course: Photoshop 2020 Essential Training: The Basics
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Applying filters to multiple layers - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop 2020 Essential Training: The Basics
Applying filters to multiple layers
- [Instructor] There might be times when you have multiple layers in your document and you want to filter them all at once. Sometimes this is just for convenience. For example, if I wanted to add noise to all of these images, I can convert all of the layers into a single smart object, and then add the smart filter to all of them at once. This way if I need to make a change to the smart filter, I only have one smart filter that I need to change, not individual smart filters on every layer. But there's another reason for converting multiple layers and applying a filter to a single smart object, and that's when you want the filter to act as if the layers are merged together, so that the filter is applied across layers. Let's take a look. In this case, I have cactus two selected. I'll choose filter and then stylize and extrude. For type, I'll select blocks and enable solid front faces and click okay. We can see that…
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