: Moving multiple folders' masks at the same time I've done a Google search and I can't seem to find whether this is possible or not. Is it possible to move multiple folders' masks at the same

@Ogunnowo857

This was supposed to be a comment, but to demonstrate these things, I needed more space:

Clipping mask is the only mask type that you can move like that. Of course clipping mask is not ideal in every situation.

Here's an example with:


Group that contains everyting
3 Ellipse Clipping masks.


I put the first Ellipse layer in a Smart object and duplicated it to create the other two. This way I can edit all of those Clipping masks by editing the Smart object contents.

3 kitten images within those Clipping masks.




Everything is inside a group, so the group can be moved and everything will move with it, including the Clipping masks.





I've linked all the kitten images together, so they can also be moved together.





I've also linked all the clipping masks together so they can be moved together as well.





Forgot to make an example of this, but you could also put each clipping mask and their content into a group or alternatively link them. And that would let you move the clipping mask and it's content easily.



The 3 gifs looked a bit restless with all of them playing at the same time, so I made it so that you gotta click the images to view the gifs. Which you should do, cause they are way more informative.

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@Caterina889

No. It's not possible to move more than one mask at a time. You could script the movement or perhaps record an action of the mask movement, then apply that action to each mask. But you can't drag more than one mask at a time.

But, as you've pointed out, if the masks are all identical...

Create a new group and move all the other groups inside it. Then simply apply 1 mask to the master group.



I don't understand the reluctancy to use this method.

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