# 2 photoshop workflow questions

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2-photoshop-workflow-questions/188851>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [May 11, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2-photoshop-workflow-questions/188851 "2006-05-11T11:05:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2-photoshop-workflow-questions/188851/1 "2006-05-11T11:05:31Z")

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hey guys,

from time to time while using photoshop i think “hmm, there must be a better way to do this” about little things. So i’m coming to you all again to try find out if there’s any tricks for these two small things:

1. i often hide and show layers. can i somehow make a layer visible AND make it the active layer at once? its a tiny thing, but would sure be handy!

2. can i somehow ‘place’ a number of images at once? the place command only lets you choose one file, and if i jsut open explorer and drag a whole bunch in, they of course open in their own windows, so i have to copy and paste each one into my original document…

are these jsut things i have to put up with?

- stu

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**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2-photoshop-workflow-questions/188851/2 "2006-05-12T02:21:35Z")

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yeah, but it’d be nice if there was a key you could hold down or something… or if selecting a layer automatcially made it visible.

ah well.