Another PS Layers Question

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Morning all as I had a few free hours this morning I thought id work on some fireworks photos from Ambleside Christmas lights last weekend..

As I'm still using my old system I cant cope with adding to many layers at once so is there a way to ad a say 10 layers then another 10 then another 10

At the minuet I choose my 10 layers in bridge highlight them then click, Tools, Photoshop, Load files in to Photoshop Layers what is I then wanted to add another 10 that that same set ??????

at the minuet I'm opening the first 10, repeating the step for the second 10 but they go on to a new page in PS then I have to select each layer Copy and Past it in to the first page and its getting annoying..

Thanks
 
Why don't you save the first 10 layers then flatten the image and 'start again' with the knowledge that you have the original ten layers to work on if required.

With this method you'll need to be happy with the 10 before flattening?
 
Yeah that's what I done then realised part of the 1st 10 didn't work with part of the 2nd 10 so had to start over it'll be so much easier when j get my new system at xmas and it can handle opening them all so I suppose I'll just have to do it the long way till then
 
Out of curiosity, why would you use thirty layers? Or are you doing comps/designs?
 
Why cause I had took a long exposure of the area before the fireworks went off then took exposures of the fire works then I layered them all and changed them to Lighten and then I filtered through and deleted the ones that didn't work
 
Gotcha. I don't think I've ever used 30 layers on one image!
 
Why don't you work on the first 10 and once you're happy with it use CTRL-ALT-SHIFT-E to produce a single composite layer then copy that into a new blank file called edit 2 for example and work on the next 10 layers. If you then have to change the original 10 you just switch off the original composite layer in the original file , make your changes and use the same combination to create a new composite layer that you can copy over to edit 2. Once you're happy with the 2nd edit then same again and onto the 3rd edit, etc. All non destructive as any composite layers you produce can be saved to let you step back and forward or blend to achieve the image you are after.
 
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