Move a Layer

In the Layers Panel (Layers Palette)

If you want to move a layer in the Layers panel (Layers palette), click the layer, hold down the mouse button, and drag the layer to a new position in the stack of layers.

From Photograph to Photograph

There are three methods moving a layer from one photograph to another photograph.

Method #1 - Ctrl + a

1) Make sure the layer you want to move is active (highlighted) in the Layers panel (Layers palette).

2) Press Ctrl + a.

A dotted border will appear at the edges of the image.

2) Press Ctrl + c to copy the layer.

3) Open the destination photograph.

4) Press Ctrl + v to paste the layer.

Method #2 - Use the Move Tool

1) Select the Move tool.

2) Make sure the layer you want to move is active (highlighted) in the Layers panel (Layers palette).

3) Press and hold Shift to center the moved layer.

4) Click the image of the layer on the screen, hold down the mouse button, and drag the image onto the thumbnail of the destination photograph located in the Photo Bin at the bottom of the screen.

Method #3 - Tile the Windows & Drag

The 6.0 and 7.0 versions of Photoshop Elements lack the tile feature.

8.0 has restored this feature.

The Arrange menu is located at the top of your screen in the middle.

Select one of the tiling choices, such as Tile All in Grid.

1) Open the destination photograph.

2) Open the source photograph.

3) Click the layer (highlighted) in the Layers panel that you want to move, the source photograph.

4) Then, while holding down the mouse button, drag the layer onto the image of the destination photograph.

Move an Adjustment Layer

That's in a Different Color Mode

You can't move an adjustment layer that's in one color mode, such as grayscale, to a photograph that's in another color mode.

You have to flatten, say, the grayscale photograph, and then it can be moved.