placing layers within layers/objects within objects

I know this is a really easy one..as i used to do it quite a few years ago in a snap…but yesterday i drew a complete blank.

Task:. I needed to place some photos inside the major continents of the world.

I brought in each continent from Illy and they were all on their own layers. I then used copy and "paste into" to get the photos inside each continent. but i KNOW i remember a better way of doing this!!!! IF i am correct…i think it was a simple key stroke that linked the layers together and i could easily edit afterwards. THis effect is widley used to put a graphic within text.

I know this is an easy one…and the paste into worked fine yesterday…but its driving me nuts that i cant remember how to do it the other way. I think it was using a clipping path.

thanks

oh…using v.7 at work…have cs2 at home

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I know this is a really easy one..as i used to do it quite a few years ago in a snap…but yesterday i drew a complete blank.

Task:. I needed to place some photos inside the major continents of the world.

I brought in each continent from Illy and they were all on their own layers. I then used copy and "paste into" to get the photos inside each continent. but i KNOW i remember a better way of doing this!!!! IF i am correct…i think it was a simple key stroke that linked the layers together and i could easily edit afterwards. THis effect is widley used to put a graphic within text.

I know this is an easy one…and the paste into worked fine yesterday…but its driving me nuts that i cant remember how to do it the other way. I think it was using a clipping path.

thanks

oh…using v.7 at work…have cs2 at home

Put the graphic you want "inside" on a layer above the "container" Alt-click on the line between the layers to make a Clipping Group.
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I know this is a really easy one..as i used to do it quite a few years ago

in a snap…but yesterday i drew a complete blank.

Task:. I needed to place some photos inside the major continents of the world.

I brought in each continent from Illy and they were all on their own layers. I then used copy and "paste into" to get the photos inside each continent. but i KNOW i remember a better way of doing this!!!! IF i am correct…i think it was a simple key stroke that linked the layers together and i could easily edit afterwards. THis effect is widley used to put a graphic within text.

I know this is an easy one…and the paste into worked fine yesterday…but its driving me nuts that i cant remember how to do it the other way. I think it was using a clipping path.

thanks

oh…using v.7 at work…have cs2 at home

Put the graphic you want "inside" on a layer above the "container" Alt-click on the line between the layers to make a Clipping Group.

ok…but why doesnt photoshop give you this option without using an alt key press? I was looking at clipping paths and trying to group stuff together and all….is there somewhere on the normal toolbars or menus where this lives…just in case i forget in another year?

thanks again tho…