[request] Duplicate Linked for more than a single layer

[MmmMaarten]

For a new animation I need to have moved and rotated versions of all 300 to 400 parts, which are inside groups per character/vehicle, while keeping the original positions and rotations of these parts too. This is needed for the animation software for the best results. I'd rather not use copies, because every change needs to be done twice than. A linked/referenced layer would be ideal for this so every change we make reflects the other version.

So I figured to use 'duplicate linked' for this. But this is super cumbersome because it's lacking features to use this on a bigger scale than just one layer. Currently it only seems possible to duplicate linked only a single layer. No multi-selections and no groups/hierarchies.

It would be very helpful if these features could be added:

- Having multiple layers selected --> duplicate linked --> duplicates all selected layers linked
- Having one or more layer groups selected --> duplicate linked --> duplicates all selected layer groups and its hierarchy linked
- It would also be helpful if 'duplicate linked' would be inside the layers context menu directly (rightclick on a layer/layergroup/layers selection)

Having a way to create a workaround for this by using Macros would also be helpful. But currently it's not possible to create a macro that executes on multple selected layers/layer groups. So for the record I also point to my earlier request to extend the functionalities for this on macros:

 

Thanks for considering!

[NotMyFault]

This function is actually available, but only in Designer in form of symbols.

For me another prime example that artificial crippling of features per App is totally against users / creators.

Please allow all features in every app (not by default, but as option e.g. studio)

 

[MmmMaarten]

8 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

This function is actually available, but only in Designer in form of symbols.

Yeah, I know about symbols, but I think that's way overkill for this workflow. Symbols are more for creating a library of objects to reuse them, while what I refer to here is to have just a linked/referenced copy of every single part in the same file. Duplicate Linked is perfect for this use case, but we only need to have more features to be able to make it less cumbersome / time consuming to use it on 300/400 layers and layer groups.