diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/transform_cmds.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/transform_cmds.rs
index d1b9690312..c9c1b8b9c1 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/transform_cmds.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/transform_cmds.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fn framed_by_selection(doc: &Document, bounds: Rect) -> Rect {
 }
 
 /// A group moves all its descendants, so its frame must not clip raster children to the selection.
-pub(crate) fn whole_layer_bounds(doc: &Document, layer: &Layer) -> Rect {
+pub fn whole_layer_bounds(doc: &Document, layer: &Layer) -> Rect {
     let content = match &layer.content {
         LayerContent::Group(g) => g.children.iter().map(|c| whole_layer_bounds(doc, c)).fold(Rect::EMPTY, |a, b| a.union(&b)),
         // A soft shape (Density below 100 % or a Feather) renders past its path, over the whole
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ fn with_panel_target(s: &Session, p: &Value) -> Value {
     let mut p = if p.is_object() { p.clone() } else { json!({}) };
     if p.get("target").is_none()
         && p.get("layer").is_none()
+        && p.get("layers").is_none()
         && let (Some(m), Some(Value::Object(t))) = (p.as_object_mut(), crate::channel_cmds::targeted_channel(s))
     {
         m.extend(t);
@@ -741,15 +742,60 @@ fn with_panel_target(s: &Session, p: &Value) -> Value {
     p
 }
 
+/// Several layers explicitly targeted by a transform. This is used by the Move tool's shared
+/// transform controls: the same homography is applied to every top-level layer in one history
+/// step, relative to the shared source frame. A group already carries its selected descendants,
+/// so those descendants are removed from the effective target set.
+fn explicit_layers(doc: &Document, p: &Value) -> Result<Option<Vec<LayerId>>> {
+    let Some(raw) = p.get("layers") else { return Ok(None) };
+    if p.get("layer").is_some_and(|v| !v.is_null()) {
+        return Err(bad("use either `layer` or `layers`, not both"));
+    }
+    let a = raw.as_array().ok_or_else(|| bad("`layers` must be an array of layer ids"))?;
+    if a.is_empty() {
+        return Err(bad("`layers` must contain at least one layer id"));
+    }
+    let mut ids = Vec::with_capacity(a.len());
+    for v in a {
+        let id = v.as_u64().map(LayerId).ok_or_else(|| bad("every `layers` entry must be a non-negative integer layer id"))?;
+        if doc.layer(id).is_none() {
+            return Err(EngineError::NoLayer(id));
+        }
+        if !ids.contains(&id) {
+            ids.push(id);
+        }
+    }
+    let ids = crate::layer_multi_cmds::top_level(doc, &ids);
+    if ids.is_empty() {
+        return Err(bad("`layers` contains no transformable layers"));
+    }
+    Ok(Some(ids))
+}
+
+fn common_bounds(doc: &Document, ids: &[LayerId]) -> Result<Rect> {
+    let mut b = Rect::EMPTY;
+    for &id in ids {
+        let layer = doc.layer(id).ok_or(EngineError::NoLayer(id))?;
+        b = b.union(&whole_layer_bounds(doc, layer));
+    }
+    Ok(b)
+}
+
 fn transform(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     let p = &with_panel_target(s, p);
     let st = s.active().ok_or(EngineError::NoDocument)?;
-    let id = crate::commands::explicit_layer(s, p)?.or(st.active_layer);
-    let lone = lone_target(&st.doc, id, p)?;
-    let id = match (id, lone.is_some() && crate::channel_cmds::is_channel_target(p)) {
-        (_, true) => None,
-        (Some(id), false) => Some(id),
-        (None, false) => return Err(EngineError::Other("no active layer".into())),
+    let layers = explicit_layers(&st.doc, p)?;
+    if layers.is_some() && p.get("target").is_some() {
+        return Err(bad("`target` cannot be combined with `layers`"));
+    }
+    let explicit = crate::commands::explicit_layer(s, p)?;
+    let id = if layers.is_some() { None } else { explicit.or(st.active_layer) };
+    let lone = if layers.is_some() { None } else { lone_target(&st.doc, id, p)? };
+    let id = match (id, lone.is_some() && crate::channel_cmds::is_channel_target(p), layers.is_some()) {
+        (_, _, true) => None,
+        (_, true, false) => None,
+        (Some(id), false, false) => Some(id),
+        (None, false, false) => return Err(EngineError::Other("no active layer".into())),
     };
     let rect = match p.get("rect").and_then(Value::as_array) {
         Some(r) if r.len() == 4 => {
@@ -757,10 +803,11 @@ fn transform(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
             [v[0], v[1], v[2], v[3]]
         }
         _ => {
-            let b = match (lone, id) {
-                (Some(surf), _) => target_bounds(&st.doc, surf),
-                (None, Some(id)) => transform_bounds(&st.doc, st.doc.layer(id).ok_or(EngineError::NoLayer(id))?),
-                (None, None) => Rect::EMPTY,
+            let b = match (&layers, lone, id) {
+                (Some(ids), _, _) => common_bounds(&st.doc, ids)?,
+                (None, Some(surf), _) => target_bounds(&st.doc, surf),
+                (None, None, Some(id)) => transform_bounds(&st.doc, st.doc.layer(id).ok_or(EngineError::NoLayer(id))?),
+                (None, None, None) => Rect::EMPTY,
             };
             if b.is_empty() {
                 return Err(EngineError::Other("nothing to transform".into()));
@@ -790,17 +837,77 @@ fn transform(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
         (m[6].abs() < 1e-12 && m[7].abs() < 1e-12).then(|| Affine { m: [m[0] / m[8], m[3] / m[8], m[1] / m[8], m[4] / m[8], m[2] / m[8], m[5] / m[8]] });
     let interp = Interp::parse(p.get("interpolation").and_then(Value::as_str).unwrap_or("bicubic"));
     let lone = lone.is_some();
+    let layers_for_job = layers.clone();
     let p = p.clone();
     // A background job when started with `Session::start` (#1015): the warp of a large layer runs
     // on a worker with progress, and can be cancelled.
     crate::jobs::edit_job(
         s,
         "Free Transform",
-        move |doc, _, ctx| ctx.stage(0.0, 1.0, "Transforming", |ctl| transform_doc(doc, id, &p, lone, &h, affine, interp, ctl)),
+        move |doc, _, ctx| {
+            ctx.stage(0.0, 1.0, "Transforming", |ctl| {
+                if let Some(ids) = &layers_for_job {
+                    let several = crate::layer_multi_cmds::top_level(doc, ids).len() > 1;
+                    transform_layers_doc(doc, ids, &h, affine, interp, ctl)?;
+                    // Photoshop drops the selection after transforming several layers (whole
+                    // layers move, so the outline no longer frames anything); in the same edit,
+                    // so one undo brings both back. A list that is one layer (or a group and
+                    // its own children) keeps it.
+                    if several && !h.is_identity() {
+                        doc.selection = None;
+                    }
+                    Ok(())
+                } else {
+                    transform_doc(doc, id, &p, lone, &h, affine, interp, ctl)
+                }
+            })
+        },
         move |()| json!({"rect": rect}),
     )
 }
 
+/// Apply one homography to several top-level layers in one edit. Multi-layer transforms move the
+/// layers as whole objects: a pixel selection does not crop each selected layer independently.
+/// The selection is left alone here (the live preview keeps showing it); the committed
+/// `edit.transform` drops it, as Photoshop does.
+fn transform_layers_doc(doc: &mut Document, ids: &[LayerId], h: &Homography, affine: Option<Affine>, interp: Interp, ctl: &Interrupt) -> Result<()> {
+    let ids = crate::layer_multi_cmds::top_level(doc, ids);
+    if ids.is_empty() {
+        return Err(EngineError::Other("no layers to transform".into()));
+    }
+    for &id in &ids {
+        let group = group_locks(doc, id);
+        crate::extra_cmds::background_to_layer(doc, id);
+        let layer = doc.layer_mut(id).ok_or(EngineError::NoLayer(id))?;
+        transform_layer_with(None, group, layer, h, affine, interp, ctl)?;
+    }
+    if !h.is_identity() {
+        let snapshot = doc.clone();
+        for &id in &ids {
+            if let Some(layer) = doc.layer_mut(id) {
+                refresh_text(&snapshot, layer);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// A synchronous document clone for the Move tool's live preview of several selected layers.
+/// The source document is never mutated.
+pub fn preview_layers(doc: &Document, ids: &[LayerId], rect: [f64; 4], quad: [[f64; 2]; 4], interpolation: &str) -> Result<Document> {
+    let h = Homography::rect_to_quad(rect, quad).ok_or_else(|| bad("degenerate quad"))?;
+    if h.inverse().is_none() {
+        return Err(bad("the transform collapses the layers"));
+    }
+    let m = h.0;
+    let affine =
+        (m[6].abs() < 1e-12 && m[7].abs() < 1e-12).then(|| Affine { m: [m[0] / m[8], m[3] / m[8], m[1] / m[8], m[4] / m[8], m[2] / m[8], m[5] / m[8]] });
+    let interp = Interp::parse(interpolation);
+    let mut out = doc.clone();
+    transform_layers_doc(&mut out, ids, &h, affine, interp, &Interrupt::NONE)?;
+    Ok(out)
+}
+
 /// The edit of [`transform`]: the layer (or a lone mask or channel) and the selection outline.
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 fn transform_doc(
@@ -865,7 +972,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
         label: "Free Transform",
         menu: &[],
         shortcut: None,
-        params: r##"{"layer":id?,"rect":[x0,y0,x1,y1]? (source frame; default = layer content ∩ selection),"quad":[[x,y]×4]? (where the frame's corners go, clockwise from top-left),"matrix":[a,b,c,d,e,f]? (affine alternative),"scaleX":%?,"scaleY":%?,"rotate":deg?,"dx":px?,"dy":px? (relative alternative: scale and rotate about the frame's centre, then move, as a Photoshop action records a Free Transform),"interpolation":"bicubic|bilinear|nearest|bicubicSharper|bicubicSmoother|bicubicAutomatic"="bicubic" (Photoshop's bicubic variants render as Bicubic),"target":"pixels"|"mask"|"quickMask"|{"channel":i}=Channels panel target (an unlinked mask, an alpha channel or the Quick Mask transforms alone; a linked mask moves with its layer)}"##,
+        params: r##"{"layer":id? OR "layers":[id,…]? (shared multi-layer transform; top-level layers only; two or more drop the selection),"rect":[x0,y0,x1,y1]? (source frame; default = layer content ∩ selection, or the union of multi-layer content),"quad":[[x,y]×4]? (where the frame's corners go, clockwise from top-left),"matrix":[a,b,c,d,e,f]? (affine alternative),"scaleX":%?,"scaleY":%?,"rotate":deg?,"dx":px?,"dy":px? (relative alternative: scale and rotate about the frame's centre, then move, as a Photoshop action records a Free Transform),"interpolation":"bicubic|bilinear|nearest|bicubicSharper|bicubicSmoother|bicubicAutomatic"="bicubic" (Photoshop's bicubic variants render as Bicubic),"target":"pixels"|"mask"|"quickMask"|{"channel":i}=Channels panel target (single-layer only; an unlinked mask, an alpha channel or the Quick Mask transforms alone; a linked mask moves with its layer)}"##,
         enabled: has_layer,
         journal: true,
         run: transform,
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/transform_cmds/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/transform_cmds/tests.rs
index f8ff204257..29b06a89ab 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/transform_cmds/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/transform_cmds/tests.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,103 @@ fn active_bounds(s: &Session) -> Rect {
     st.doc.layer(st.active_layer.unwrap()).unwrap().surface().unwrap().content_bounds()
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn shared_transform_moves_several_layers_in_one_command() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let first = s.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    s.execute("layer.new.layer", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let second = s.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    s.edit("paint second", |doc, _| {
+        doc.layer_mut(second).unwrap().surface_mut().unwrap().fill_rect(Rect::new(50, 40, 70, 60), &[0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
+        Ok(())
+    })
+    .unwrap();
+
+    s.execute(
+        "edit.transform",
+        json!({
+            "layers": [first.0, second.0],
+            "rect": [10.0, 10.0, 70.0, 60.0],
+            "quad": [[25.0, 30.0], [85.0, 30.0], [85.0, 80.0], [25.0, 80.0]],
+            "interpolation": "nearest"
+        }),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let st = s.active().unwrap();
+    let a = st.doc.layer(first).unwrap().surface().unwrap().content_bounds();
+    let b = st.doc.layer(second).unwrap().surface().unwrap().content_bounds();
+    assert_eq!(a, Rect::new(25, 30, 45, 40));
+    assert_eq!(b, Rect::new(65, 60, 85, 80));
+}
+
+/// Photoshop, with two layers selected and a marquee active: Free Transform moves both whole
+/// layers and drops the selection. One undo restores the layers and the selection.
+#[test]
+fn shared_transform_moves_whole_layers_and_drops_the_selection() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let first = s.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    s.execute("layer.new.layer", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let second = s.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    s.edit("paint second", |doc, _| {
+        doc.layer_mut(second).unwrap().surface_mut().unwrap().fill_rect(Rect::new(50, 40, 70, 60), &[0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
+        Ok(())
+    })
+    .unwrap();
+    s.execute("select.rect", json!({"x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 15, "height": 100})).unwrap();
+    let before_a = s.active().unwrap().doc.layer(first).unwrap().surface().unwrap().content_bounds();
+    let sel_before = s.active().unwrap().doc.selection.as_ref().unwrap().content_bounds();
+
+    s.execute("edit.transform", json!({"layers": [first.0, second.0], "dx": 20, "dy": 0, "interpolation": "nearest"})).unwrap();
+    let st = s.active().unwrap();
+    let a = st.doc.layer(first).unwrap().surface().unwrap().content_bounds();
+    let b = st.doc.layer(second).unwrap().surface().unwrap().content_bounds();
+    assert_eq!(a, Rect::new(before_a.x0 + 20, before_a.y0, before_a.x1 + 20, before_a.y1), "the whole layer moves");
+    assert_eq!(b, Rect::new(70, 40, 90, 60));
+    assert!(st.doc.selection.is_none(), "the selection is dropped");
+
+    s.execute("edit.undo", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let st = s.active().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(st.doc.layer(first).unwrap().surface().unwrap().content_bounds(), before_a);
+    assert_eq!(st.doc.selection.as_ref().map(|m| m.content_bounds()), Some(sel_before), "one undo brings the selection back");
+}
+
+/// A `layers` list that is only one layer is no multi-layer transform: the selection stays.
+#[test]
+fn a_one_layer_list_keeps_the_selection() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let id = s.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    s.execute("select.rect", json!({"x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 15, "height": 100})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("edit.transform", json!({"layers": [id.0], "dx": 20, "dy": 0})).unwrap();
+    assert!(s.active().unwrap().doc.selection.is_some());
+}
+
+/// A single layer keeps its behaviour: only the selected pixels move, and the selection with them.
+#[test]
+fn single_layer_transform_still_moves_the_selection() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let id = s.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    s.execute("select.rect", json!({"x": 10, "y": 10, "width": 10, "height": 10})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("edit.transform", json!({"layer": id.0, "dx": 20, "dy": 0})).unwrap();
+    let sel = s.active().unwrap().doc.selection.as_ref().unwrap().content_bounds();
+    assert_eq!((sel.x0, sel.x1), (30, 40));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn shared_transform_rejects_invalid_layer_lists() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let active = s.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    for params in [
+        json!({"layers": "not-an-array", "matrix": [1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1]}),
+        json!({"layers": [], "matrix": [1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1]}),
+        json!({"layers": [u64::MAX], "matrix": [1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1]}),
+        json!({"layer": active.0, "layers": [active.0], "matrix": [1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1]}),
+        json!({"layers": [active.0], "target": "mask", "matrix": [1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1]}),
+    ] {
+        assert!(s.execute("edit.transform", params).is_err());
+    }
+}
+
 // ---- Memory budget (#3773, #7807). Tests run with a 20 MB budget (2²⁰ px of 32-bit CMYK with
 // alpha), so nothing here comes near the real one. ----
 
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
index d12c85d005..88842ec81e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ impl PhotocraftApp {
             clip_external: false,
             clip_read_for_paste: false,
             transform_preview: None,
+            multi_transform: None,
             move_mods: Default::default(),
             nudge_bundle: Default::default(),
             style_preview: None,
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index 3896b84cf6..c0e692e1d6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -114,11 +114,10 @@ use textures::{clamp_texture_side, preview_bounds, texture_factor};
 use textures::{ensure_gpu, redraw_focus, visible_doc_rect};
 pub use tool_input::{ToolEvent, selection_drag_kind, tool_event};
 pub(crate) use tool_input::{command_guide_at, command_moves_layer, event_tool};
+#[cfg(test)]
+use transform_controls::transform_controls_several;
 pub(crate) use transform_controls::{LAYER_EDGES, layer_edges_rect};
-use transform_controls::{
-    begin_transform_controls_at, draw_transform_controls, transform_controls_cursor, transform_controls_rect, transform_controls_several,
-    transform_controls_turn,
-};
+use transform_controls::{begin_transform_controls_at, draw_transform_controls, transform_controls_cursor, transform_controls_rect, transform_controls_turn};
 #[cfg(test)]
 use transform_controls::{transform_controls_hit, transform_controls_layers};
 pub use view_xform::{ViewXform, doc_point_at, fill_view, fit_view};
@@ -1360,10 +1359,8 @@ fn draw_canvas_tool_cursor(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, input: &C
         // corner badge, as Photoshop's corner radius cursor.
         ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(egui::CursorIcon::Default);
         crate::icons::cursor_badge(ctx, "scan", p);
-    } else if let Some((r, p, c)) = response
-        .hover_pos()
-        .filter(|_| !transform_controls_several(app))
-        .and_then(|p| transform_controls_rect(app, xf).and_then(|r| transform_controls_cursor(r, p).map(|c| (r, p, c))))
+    } else if let Some((r, p, c)) =
+        response.hover_pos().and_then(|p| transform_controls_rect(app, xf).and_then(|r| transform_controls_cursor(r, p).map(|c| (r, p, c))))
     {
         // The Move tool draws handles without opening a Free Transform session.
         // Give them their resize/rotate cursors before the first pointer press (#2871).
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/display.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/display.rs
index 3b111232bd..4f4f1c4ba7 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/display.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/display.rs
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ pub(crate) fn display_doc(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, idx: usize) -> (std::sync::Ar
     if let Some(shown) = crate::gradient_ui::display_doc(app, idx) {
         return shown;
     }
+    // Move › Show Transform Controls on several selected layers: one shared live transform.
+    // It comes before the Move preview so a floating selection can remain part of that shared
+    // transform instead of short-circuiting to its untransformed floating preview.
+    if let Some(shown) = crate::transform_tool::multi_display_doc(app, idx) {
+        return shown;
+    }
     // Move tool drag: the moving layers at the pointer.
     if let Some(shown) = crate::move_ui::display_doc(app, idx) {
         return shown;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/snap_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/snap_ui.rs
index 05365dab54..6e2107fd8a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/snap_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/snap_ui.rs
@@ -215,16 +215,18 @@ fn begin(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, p: [f64; 2], mods: egui::Modifiers) {
     let moves_layer = crate::canvas::command_moves_layer(app, tool, p, mods);
     let crop_tol = crate::crop_ui::tolerance(app);
     let gesture = if let Some(t) = &app.ui.transform {
+        // A shared box moves every layer of its session: none of them is a target.
+        let moving = crate::transform_tool::moving_layers(app).unwrap_or_else(|| vec![LayerId(t.layer)]);
         let corner = match crate::transform_tool::hit(t, p, crate::transform_tool::handle_tolerance(app)) {
-            crate::transform_tool::Hit::Corner(index) => t.quad.get(index).map(|&point| (Gesture::TransformCorner { index, point }, vec![LayerId(t.layer)])),
+            crate::transform_tool::Hit::Corner(index) => t.quad.get(index).map(|&point| (Gesture::TransformCorner { index, point }, moving.clone())),
             _ => None,
         };
         if t.mode == crate::state::TransformMode::Distort {
             corner
         } else if near_handle(&t.quad, p, crate::transform_tool::handle_tolerance(app)) {
-            corner.or_else(|| Some((Gesture::Point, vec![LayerId(t.layer)])))
+            corner.or(Some((Gesture::Point, moving)))
         } else if in_quad(&t.quad, p) {
-            Some((Gesture::TransformMove { rect: quad_rect(&t.quad) }, vec![LayerId(t.layer)]))
+            Some((Gesture::TransformMove { rect: quad_rect(&t.quad) }, moving))
         } else {
             None
         }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/snap_ui/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/snap_ui/tests.rs
index 56617d906e..2dec55ed4b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/snap_ui/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/snap_ui/tests.rs
@@ -617,6 +617,35 @@ fn distort_corner_does_not_snap_to_layer_edges() {
     assert!(app.prefs_rt.snap_lines.is_empty());
 }
 
+/// A shared Free Transform box for several layers doesn't snap to those layers' original
+/// edges: they move with it. Its left edge starts exactly on the mover's left edge, so a
+/// 2 px drag snapped straight back when only the active layer was left out.
+#[test]
+fn a_shared_transform_box_does_not_snap_to_its_own_layers() {
+    let mut app = app_with_box();
+    let mover = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.run("layer.new.layer", json!({"name": "second"})).unwrap();
+    app.run("select.rect", json!({"x": 120, "y": 40, "width": 40, "height": 40})).unwrap();
+    app.run("edit.fill", json!({"color": "#00ff00"})).unwrap();
+    app.run("select.deselect", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let second = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.run("layer.select", json!({"layer": mover.0, "mode": "add"})).unwrap();
+    app.ui.tool = Tool::Move;
+    crate::transform_tool::begin_layers(&mut app, vec![mover, second], [40.0, 40.0, 160.0, 80.0]).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(crate::transform_tool::moving_layers(&app).map(|l| l.len()), Some(2));
+    let m = egui::Modifiers::NONE;
+    crate::canvas::tool_event(&mut app, ToolEvent::Down { x: 50.0, y: 50.0, pressure: 1.0 }, m);
+    crate::canvas::tool_event(&mut app, ToolEvent::Move { x: 51.0, y: 50.0, pressure: 1.0 }, m);
+    crate::canvas::tool_event(&mut app, ToolEvent::Up { x: 52.0, y: 50.0 }, m);
+    let q = app.ui.transform.as_ref().unwrap().quad;
+    assert!((q[0][0] - 42.0).abs() < 1e-6, "the box follows the pointer: {q:?}");
+    // The snap still works against a layer that stays put (the target's left edge, x = 300).
+    crate::canvas::tool_event(&mut app, ToolEvent::Down { x: 50.0, y: 50.0, pressure: 1.0 }, m);
+    crate::canvas::tool_event(&mut app, ToolEvent::Up { x: 306.0, y: 50.0 }, m);
+    let q = app.ui.transform.as_ref().unwrap().quad;
+    assert!((q[0][0] - 300.0).abs() < 1e-6, "{q:?}");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn free_transform_drags_and_handles_snap() {
     let mut app = app_with_box();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/tool_input.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/tool_input.rs
index d193bf6e00..e8edb5a8d6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/tool_input.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/tool_input.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ fn filter_event_before_tool(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ev: ToolEvent, mods: egui::
     // Move tool (⌘ with a painting tool too, `event_tool`) drags it from anywhere.
     if let ToolEvent::Down { x, y, .. } = raw
         && app.session.active().is_some_and(|st| photocraft_engine::float_cmds::floating(st).is_some())
+        && app.ui.transform.is_none()
         && !crate::move_ui::moves_selected_pixels_with(app, event_tool(app, mods))
         && selection_drag_kind(app, app.ui.tool, [x, y], mods) != Some(true)
     {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/transform_controls.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/transform_controls.rs
index fccc2c9751..65d4037d0e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/transform_controls.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/transform_controls.rs
@@ -37,27 +37,60 @@ pub(super) fn transform_controls_layers(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> Vec<&photocraft_
         return Vec::new();
     }
     let Some(st) = app.session.active() else { return Vec::new() };
-    st.selected_layers().into_iter().filter_map(|id| st.doc.layer(id)).filter(|l| !crate::doc_props_ui::is_background(&st.doc, l)).collect()
+    let layers: Vec<_> =
+        st.selected_layers().into_iter().filter_map(|id| st.doc.layer(id)).filter(|l| !crate::doc_props_ui::is_background(&st.doc, l)).collect();
+    if layers.len() > 1 && layers.iter().any(|l| photocraft_engine::transform_cmds::locked_for_transform(&st.doc, l.id)) {
+        return Vec::new();
+    }
+    layers
 }
 
-/// Several layers are selected: Show Transform Controls frames them all, as Photoshop does, but
-/// Free Transform works on one layer, so the frame has no handles to scale or rotate them.
+/// Several layers are selected: Show Transform Controls frames and transforms them together.
 pub(super) fn transform_controls_several(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> bool {
     transform_controls_layers(app).len() > 1
 }
 
+/// The document-space frame behind Move › Show Transform Controls. Several selected layers are
+/// transformed as whole layers, so a pixel selection does not crop every one to the selection.
+fn transform_controls_bounds(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> Option<photocraft_geom::Rect> {
+    let st = app.session.active()?;
+    let layers = transform_controls_layers(app);
+    let several = layers.len() > 1;
+    let floating = photocraft_engine::float_cmds::floating(st).map(|f| f.layer);
+    let floating_piece = app.session.active_index().and_then(|idx| floating_outline(app, idx)).map(|o| o.content_bounds());
+    let (dx, dy) = crate::move_ui::floating_offset(app).unwrap_or((0, 0));
+    layers
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|l| {
+            if several && floating == Some(l.id) {
+                let remaining = photocraft_engine::transform_cmds::whole_layer_bounds(&st.doc, l);
+                floating_piece.map_or(remaining, |piece| remaining.union(&piece.translate(dx, dy)))
+            } else if several {
+                photocraft_engine::transform_cmds::whole_layer_bounds(&st.doc, l)
+            } else {
+                photocraft_engine::transform_cmds::transform_frame(&st.doc, l)
+            }
+        })
+        .filter(|b| !b.is_empty())
+        .reduce(|a, b| a.union(&b))
+}
+
 /// Move tool › Show Transform Controls: the boxes Free Transform would open on the selected
 /// layers, joined into one.
 pub(super) fn transform_controls_rect(app: &PhotocraftApp, xf: &ViewXform) -> Option<Rect> {
     let st = app.session.active()?;
     let layers = transform_controls_layers(app);
-    let b = layers.iter().map(|l| photocraft_engine::transform_cmds::transform_frame(&st.doc, l)).filter(|b| !b.is_empty()).reduce(|a, b| a.union(&b))?;
+    let b = transform_controls_bounds(app)?;
     // Floating selected pixels are framed by their outline, as their ants are (#7538), not by the
     // selection they were cut with; a frame round other selected layers too keeps them all.
     let alone = matches!(layers.as_slice(), [l] if photocraft_engine::float_cmds::floating(st).is_some_and(|f| f.layer == l.id));
-    let b = app.session.active_index().filter(|_| alone).and_then(|idx| floating_outline(app, idx)).map_or(b, |o| o.content_bounds());
-    let (dx, dy) = crate::move_ui::floating_offset(app).unwrap_or((0, 0));
-    let b = b.translate(dx, dy);
+    let b = if alone {
+        let b = app.session.active_index().and_then(|idx| floating_outline(app, idx)).map_or(b, |o| o.content_bounds());
+        let (dx, dy) = crate::move_ui::floating_offset(app).unwrap_or((0, 0));
+        b.translate(dx, dy)
+    } else {
+        b
+    };
     if b.is_empty() {
         return None;
     }
@@ -112,14 +145,18 @@ pub(super) fn transform_controls_hit(r: Rect, p: Pos2) -> bool {
 
 /// Enter the existing Free Transform session when a Move-tool transform control is pressed.
 pub(super) fn begin_transform_controls_at(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, xf: &ViewXform, p: Pos2) -> bool {
-    if transform_controls_several(app) {
-        return false;
-    }
     let Some(r) = transform_controls_rect(app, xf) else { return false };
     if !transform_controls_hit(r, p) {
         return false;
     }
-    match crate::transform_tool::begin(app, ctx) {
+    let result = if transform_controls_several(app) {
+        let Some(b) = transform_controls_bounds(app) else { return false };
+        let ids = transform_controls_layers(app).into_iter().map(|l| l.id).collect();
+        crate::transform_tool::begin_layers(app, ids, [b.x0 as f64, b.y0 as f64, b.x1 as f64, b.y1 as f64])
+    } else {
+        crate::transform_tool::begin(app, ctx)
+    };
+    match result {
         Ok(()) => true,
         Err(e) => {
             app.ui.status = e;
@@ -128,8 +165,8 @@ pub(super) fn begin_transform_controls_at(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::C
     }
 }
 
-/// Move tool › Show Transform Controls: the selected layers' bounding box, with its eight handles
-/// for one layer, and the outline of every selected shape layer, as in Photoshop.
+/// Move tool › Show Transform Controls: the selected layers' bounding box with its eight handles,
+/// and the outline of every selected shape layer, as in Photoshop.
 pub(super) fn draw_transform_controls(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, painter: &egui::Painter, xf: &ViewXform) {
     let Some(r) = transform_controls_rect(app, xf) else { return };
     let accent = crate::theme::Tokens::get(painter.ctx()).accent;
@@ -140,9 +177,6 @@ pub(super) fn draw_transform_controls(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, painter: &egui::P
         }
     }
     painter.rect_stroke(r, 0.0, Stroke::new(1.0, accent), egui::StrokeKind::Middle);
-    if transform_controls_several(app) {
-        return;
-    }
     for p in [r.left_top(), r.center_top(), r.right_top(), r.right_center(), r.right_bottom(), r.center_bottom(), r.left_bottom(), r.left_center()] {
         let h = Rect::from_center_size(p, vec2(7.0, 7.0));
         painter.rect_filled(h, 0.0, Color32::WHITE);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/transform_controls_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/transform_controls_tests.rs
index 957ae3589d..9f84920a2d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/transform_controls_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas/transform_controls_tests.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ fn a_floating_piece_among_several_selected_layers_keeps_the_shared_frame() {
     let mut app = floating_square();
     app.session.execute("select.drop", json!({})).unwrap();
     let a = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    // Leave some pixels on the floating layer outside the later marquee. A shared frame must
+    // enclose both these stationary pixels and the translated floating piece.
+    app.session.execute("select.rect", json!({"x": 5, "y": 10, "width": 10, "height": 10})).unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("edit.fill", json!({"color": "#ff0000"})).unwrap();
     app.session.execute("layer.new.layer", json!({})).unwrap();
     app.session.execute("select.rect", json!({"x": 150, "y": 150, "width": 20, "height": 20})).unwrap();
     app.session.execute("edit.fill", json!({"color": "#0000ff"})).unwrap();
@@ -122,18 +126,46 @@ fn a_floating_piece_among_several_selected_layers_keeps_the_shared_frame() {
         ViewXform { rect: Rect::from_min_size(Pos2::ZERO, vec2(200.0, 200.0)), zoom: 1.0, center: [100.0, 100.0], flip: false, rotation: 0.0, aspect: 1.0 };
     let r = transform_controls_rect(&app, &xf).unwrap();
     let (lt, rb) = (xf.to_doc(r.left_top()), xf.to_doc(r.right_bottom()));
-    assert!(rb[0] - lt[0] > 60.0 && rb[1] - lt[1] > 60.0, "the frame isn't shrunk to the one piece: {lt:?} {rb:?}");
+    assert_eq!(
+        [lt[0], lt[1], rb[0], rb[1]],
+        [5.0, 10.0, 170.0, 170.0],
+        "the frame encloses the remaining pixels, translated floating piece, and other selected layer"
+    );
+
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    assert!(begin_transform_controls_at(&mut app, &ctx, &xf, r.right_bottom()));
+    let shown = app.ui.transform.as_ref().unwrap().rect;
+    for (actual, expected) in shown.into_iter().zip([lt[0], lt[1], rb[0], rb[1]]) {
+        assert!((actual - expected).abs() < 1e-3, "the transform starts on the displayed shared frame: {shown:?}");
+    }
+
+    // The shared preview must start from the displayed floating document too. Otherwise the
+    // Move preview wins first, or the transformed clone is built from the cut-out document,
+    // and the floating pixels disappear while the shared box is moved.
+    let st = app.session.active().unwrap();
+    let floating = photocraft_engine::float_cmds::floating(st).unwrap();
+    let piece = floating.parts.outline().unwrap().content_bounds();
+    let at = [(piece.x0 + piece.x1) / 2 + floating.offset.0, (piece.y0 + piece.y1) / 2 + floating.offset.1];
+    let displayed = photocraft_engine::float_cmds::displayed(st, (0, 0)).unwrap();
+    assert!(photocraft_compose::render(&displayed, displayed.bounds()).get(at[0], at[1])[3] > 0.5, "the floating piece is visible before transform");
+
+    for p in &mut app.ui.transform.as_mut().unwrap().quad {
+        p[0] += 60.0;
+    }
+    let (preview, _) = display_doc(&mut app, 0);
+    let rendered = photocraft_compose::render(&preview, preview.bounds());
+    assert!(rendered.get(at[0] + 60, at[1])[3] > 0.5, "the floating piece follows the shared transform preview");
+    assert!(rendered.get(at[0], at[1])[3] < 0.5, "the floating piece no longer stays at its untransformed preview position");
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn several_selected_layers_share_one_frame_without_handles() {
-    // As in Photoshop: Show Transform Controls frames every selected layer. Free Transform
-    // works on one layer, so the shared frame doesn't start it.
+fn several_selected_layers_share_one_frame_with_handles_and_transform_session() {
     let mut app = PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
     app.session.execute("file.new", json!({"width": 200, "height": 200})).unwrap();
     app.session.execute("shape.create", json!({"kind": "rect", "rect": [20, 30, 40, 40], "fill": "#ff0000"})).unwrap();
     let a = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
     app.session.execute("shape.create", json!({"kind": "rect", "rect": [100, 120, 50, 30], "fill": "#ff0000"})).unwrap();
+    let b = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
     app.sync_views();
     app.ui.tool = Tool::Move;
     app.ui.tool_options.move_show_transform = true;
@@ -147,13 +179,61 @@ fn several_selected_layers_share_one_frame_without_handles() {
     assert!(both.contains_rect(one) && both.width() > one.width() && both.height() > one.height(), "{both:?} frames both");
     let (lt, rb) = (xf.to_doc(both.left_top()), xf.to_doc(both.right_bottom()));
     assert!((lt[0] - 20.0).abs() < 1e-3 && (lt[1] - 30.0).abs() < 1e-3 && (rb[0] - 150.0).abs() < 1e-3 && (rb[1] - 150.0).abs() < 1e-3, "{lt:?} {rb:?}");
-    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
-    assert!(!begin_transform_controls_at(&mut app, &ctx, &xf, both.right_bottom()));
-    assert!(app.ui.transform.is_none());
-    // The Background never joins the frame.
+    assert_eq!(transform_controls_cursor(both, both.right_bottom()), Some(egui::CursorIcon::ResizeNwSe));
+    assert_eq!(transform_controls_cursor(both, both.center_top()), Some(egui::CursorIcon::ResizeVertical));
+
+    // The Background never joins the frame, even when selected too.
     let bg = app.session.active().unwrap().doc.layers[0].id;
     app.session.execute("layer.select", json!({"layer": bg.0, "mode": "add"})).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(transform_controls_layers(&app).len(), 2);
+
+    // A shared handle now opens a real multi-layer Free Transform session.
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    assert!(begin_transform_controls_at(&mut app, &ctx, &xf, both.right_bottom()));
+    assert!(app.ui.transform.is_some());
+    assert!(app.multi_transform.is_some());
+    assert!(app.transform_preview.is_none(), "multi-layer preview uses a transformed document clone");
+    assert_eq!(app.ui.transform.as_ref().unwrap().rect, [20.0, 30.0, 150.0, 150.0]);
+
+    // Applying the shared box routes one transform to both selected layers.
+    app.background_jobs = false;
+    app.ui.transform.as_mut().unwrap().quad = [[30.0, 35.0], [160.0, 35.0], [160.0, 155.0], [30.0, 155.0]];
+    crate::transform_tool::commit(&mut app);
+    assert!(app.ui.transform.is_none() && app.multi_transform.is_none());
+    let st = app.session.active().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(photocraft_engine::transform_cmds::whole_layer_bounds(&st.doc, st.doc.layer(a).unwrap()), photocraft_geom::Rect::new(30, 35, 70, 75));
+    assert_eq!(photocraft_engine::transform_cmds::whole_layer_bounds(&st.doc, st.doc.layer(b).unwrap()), photocraft_geom::Rect::new(110, 125, 160, 155));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn shared_transform_controls_hide_if_any_selected_layer_is_locked() {
+    let mut app = PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), crate::Services::default());
+    app.session.execute("file.new", json!({"width": 200, "height": 200})).unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("shape.create", json!({"kind": "rect", "rect": [20, 30, 40, 40], "fill": "#ff0000"})).unwrap();
+    let a = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("shape.create", json!({"kind": "rect", "rect": [100, 120, 50, 30], "fill": "#ff0000"})).unwrap();
+    let b = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("layer.select", json!({"layer": a.0, "mode": "add"})).unwrap();
+    app.session
+        .edit("lock", |doc, _| {
+            doc.layer_mut(b).unwrap().locks.position = true;
+            Ok(())
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+    app.sync_views();
+    app.ui.tool = Tool::Move;
+    app.ui.tool_options.move_show_transform = true;
+    let xf =
+        ViewXform { rect: Rect::from_min_size(Pos2::ZERO, vec2(200.0, 200.0)), zoom: 1.0, center: [100.0, 100.0], flip: false, rotation: 0.0, aspect: 1.0 };
+
+    assert!(transform_controls_layers(&app).is_empty(), "a shared box that cannot start must not be shown");
+    assert!(transform_controls_rect(&app, &xf).is_none());
+
+    // Preserve the existing single-layer behaviour: a locked layer still shows its controls;
+    // pressing one reports the lock rather than silently removing the frame.
+    app.session.execute("layer.select", json!({"layer": b.0})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(transform_controls_layers(&app).len(), 1);
+    assert!(transform_controls_rect(&app, &xf).is_some());
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 22d3565ffa..b145e8a02f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -524,6 +524,8 @@ pub struct PhotocraftApp {
     pub(crate) hist_uncached: Option<(DocId, u64)>,
     /// Free Transform preview (document without the moving pixels + their texture).
     pub(crate) transform_preview: Option<transform_tool::TransformPreview>,
+    /// Move-tool Show Transform Controls session spanning several selected layers.
+    pub(crate) multi_transform: Option<transform_tool::MultiTransform>,
     /// Move-tool ⇧/⌥ drag state (move_mods).
     pub(crate) move_mods: move_mods::MoveDrag,
     /// Cached document for a modal text Style Options color preview.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool.rs
index 672bd82868..f03b43ecf3 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ mod warp;
 
 pub(crate) use begin::begin_content_aware;
 pub use begin::{begin, begin_copy, begin_placed, begin_selection, begin_warp, enter_warp, leave_warp, warps_type};
-pub(crate) use commit::{SAVE_FOR_WEB, committing, nudge};
+pub(crate) use begin::{begin_layers, moving_layers};
+#[cfg(test)]
+use commit::multi_selection_changed;
+pub(crate) use commit::{SAVE_FOR_WEB, committing, multi_display_doc, nudge};
 pub use commit::{cancel, commit, end_if_left, follow_edits, intercept, is_enabled, on_job_event, track_steps};
+use drag_modes::multi_has_text;
 #[cfg(test)]
 use drag_modes::{HandleIndicator, handle_indicator, keep_convex, turns};
 pub(crate) use drag_modes::{apply_drag, corner_distorts, legacy_mods};
@@ -139,6 +143,23 @@ pub struct TransformPreview {
     pub(crate) content_aware: Option<crate::cas_transform::Live>,
 }
 
+/// A Free Transform geometry session started from the Move tool's shared controls for several
+/// selected layers. Unlike [`TransformPreview`], the preview is a transformed clone of the whole
+/// document, because there is no single moving texture to peel out and draw on a quad.
+pub(crate) struct MultiTransform {
+    document: DocId,
+    revision: u64,
+    layers: Vec<LayerId>,
+    gesture: Option<Gesture>,
+    shown_quad: Option<[[f64; 2]; 4]>,
+    shown_interpolation: Option<String>,
+    shown: Option<Arc<Document>>,
+    generation: u64,
+    tool: Tool,
+    /// A background `edit.transform` applying the shared transform.
+    committing: Option<JobId>,
+}
+
 /// What [`follow_edits`] needs to rebuild the preview document.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 struct Follow {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/begin.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/begin.rs
index 44bea250aa..cb9cd0f4a2 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/begin.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/begin.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use super::MultiTransform;
 use super::commit::{commit, start_steps};
 use super::preview::{Above, preview_image};
 use super::{
@@ -8,6 +9,9 @@ use super::{
 /// Start Free Transform on the active layer (or its selected pixels), or on the targeted unlinked
 /// layer mask, alpha channel or Quick Mask.
 pub fn begin(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if app.multi_transform.is_some() {
+        return Err("Commit or cancel the transform first".into());
+    }
     if let Some((params, path)) = crate::vector_ui::free_transform_path(app) {
         return begin_path(app, ctx, params, path);
     }
@@ -102,9 +106,82 @@ pub fn begin(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Result<(), String>
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// The layers a shared transform box moves (none outside one): snapping must not target them.
+pub(crate) fn moving_layers(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> Option<Vec<LayerId>> {
+    app.multi_transform.as_ref().map(|m| m.layers.clone())
+}
+
+/// Start one shared transform box for several selected layers from Move › Show Transform
+/// Controls. Every layer is transformed by the same homography around `rect`; the engine commits
+/// them together as one history step. This path deliberately does not use the single-layer lifted
+/// texture preview: [`multi_display_doc`] previews a transformed document clone instead.
+pub(crate) fn begin_layers(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, layers: Vec<LayerId>, rect: [f64; 4]) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if layers.len() < 2 {
+        return Err("select two or more layers".into());
+    }
+    let st = app.session.active().ok_or("no document")?;
+    let doc = st.doc.clone();
+    let revision = st.revision;
+    let active_layer = st.active_layer;
+    let mut ids = Vec::with_capacity(layers.len());
+    for id in layers {
+        let Some(layer) = doc.layer(id) else { return Err("a selected layer no longer exists".into()) };
+        if crate::doc_props_ui::is_background(&doc, layer) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if photocraft_engine::transform_cmds::locked_for_transform(&doc, id) {
+            app.ui.open_dialog(crate::state::DialogKind::Error, json!({"message": tl!(LOCKED)}).as_object().cloned().unwrap_or_default());
+            return Err(LOCKED.into());
+        }
+        if !ids.contains(&id) {
+            ids.push(id);
+        }
+    }
+    if ids.len() < 2 {
+        return Err("select two or more transformable layers".into());
+    }
+    crate::type_tool::commit(app);
+    let fallback = ids.first().copied().ok_or("select two or more transformable layers")?;
+    let active = active_layer.filter(|id| ids.contains(id)).unwrap_or(fallback);
+    let session = app.ui.alloc_id();
+    app.transform_preview = None;
+    app.multi_transform = Some(MultiTransform {
+        document: doc.id,
+        revision,
+        layers: ids,
+        gesture: None,
+        shown_quad: None,
+        shown_interpolation: None,
+        shown: None,
+        generation: 0,
+        tool: app.ui.tool,
+        committing: None,
+    });
+    app.ui.transform = Some(TransformSession {
+        session,
+        layer: active.0,
+        rect,
+        quad: corners(rect),
+        pivot: [(rect[0] + rect[2]) / 2.0, (rect[1] + rect[3]) / 2.0],
+        interpolation: "bicubic".into(),
+        warp: None,
+        selection: false,
+        target: None,
+        path: None,
+        made: None,
+        mode: Default::default(),
+        content_aware: None,
+        skew_v: 0.0,
+    });
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Free Transform on a copy (⌥⌘T, no menu item): duplicates the active layer (with a selection,
 /// its selected pixels, as Layer via Copy) and transforms the copy (#352).
 pub fn begin_copy(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if app.multi_transform.is_some() {
+        return Err("Commit or cancel the transform first".into());
+    }
     let selection = app.session.active().is_some_and(|d| d.doc.selection.is_some());
     let params = if selection { json!({}) } else { json!({"inPlace": true}) };
     app.run(if selection { "layer.new.layerViaCopy" } else { "layer.duplicate" }, params)?;
@@ -402,6 +479,9 @@ pub(super) fn rect_to_quad_affine(r: [f64; 4], q: [[f64; 2]; 4]) -> Option<photo
 /// Start Select › Transform Selection: the same box over the selection's bounds, previewing the
 /// selection mask (the marching ants are hidden meanwhile); commits `select.transformSelection`.
 pub fn begin_selection(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if app.multi_transform.is_some() {
+        return Err("Commit or cancel the transform first".into());
+    }
     let st = app.session.active().ok_or("no document")?;
     let doc = st.doc.clone();
     let sel = doc.selection.clone().ok_or("no selection")?;
@@ -469,6 +549,9 @@ pub fn begin_selection(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Result<(
 
 /// Start (or switch an active Free Transform into) Warp mode.
 pub fn begin_warp(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if app.multi_transform.is_some() {
+        return Err("Warp is not available for a multi-layer transform".into());
+    }
     if app.ui.transform.as_ref().is_some_and(|t| t.content_aware.is_some()) {
         return Err(CAS_ONLY_SCALES.into());
     }
@@ -488,6 +571,10 @@ pub fn begin_warp(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) -> Result<(), St
 /// custom mesh following the current box (so a transform made first carries over). Editable type
 /// gets its own Warp Text style instead ([`enter_type_warp`]).
 pub fn enter_warp(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+    if app.multi_transform.is_some() {
+        app.ui.status = "Warp is not available for a multi-layer transform".into();
+        return;
+    }
     if app.ui.transform.as_ref().is_some_and(|t| t.warp.is_none()) && warps_type(app) {
         return enter_type_warp(app, ctx);
     }
@@ -519,6 +606,9 @@ pub fn enter_warp(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
 /// The open transform moves an editable type layer as a whole (not a lone mask, channel, path or
 /// the selection). Its Warp is Warp Text: only the styles, and the type stays editable (#3004).
 pub fn warps_type(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> bool {
+    if app.multi_transform.is_some() {
+        return false;
+    }
     let Some(t) = &app.ui.transform else { return false };
     if t.selection || t.target.is_some() || t.path.is_some() {
         return false;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/commit.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/commit.rs
index eebc7120ce..060d6ceba0 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/commit.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/commit.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use super::options_bar::{rotate_about_pivot, scale_about_pivot};
 use super::{
     Arc, DocId, JobEvent, JobId, JobOutcome, LayerContent, LayerId, MadeLayer, PhotocraftApp, Step, Steps, TransformPreview, TransformSession, corners, json,
 };
+use super::{Document, MultiTransform, multi_has_text};
 
 /// Undo and Redo while the commit runs in the background (Free Transform, or Warp).
 const STILL_APPLYING: &str = "Free Transform is still being applied";
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ pub fn commit(app: &mut PhotocraftApp) {
     if committing(app).is_some() {
         return;
     }
-    let document = app.transform_preview.as_ref().map(|pv| pv.doc.id);
+    let document = app.transform_preview.as_ref().map(|pv| pv.doc.id).or_else(|| app.multi_transform.as_ref().map(|m| m.document));
     if document.is_some_and(|id| app.session.active().is_none_or(|st| st.doc.id != id)) {
         cancel(app);
         return;
@@ -21,6 +22,41 @@ pub fn commit(app: &mut PhotocraftApp) {
     let type_layer = warps_type(app);
     let Some(t) = app.ui.transform.take() else { return };
     let mut preview = app.transform_preview.take();
+    let mut multi = app.multi_transform.take();
+    if let Some(mut m) = multi.take() {
+        if t.warp.is_some() {
+            app.ui.transform = Some(t);
+            app.multi_transform = Some(m);
+            app.ui.status = "Warp is not available for a multi-layer transform".into();
+            return;
+        }
+        if t.quad == corners(t.rect) {
+            return;
+        }
+        let r = app.run(
+            "edit.transform",
+            json!({
+                "layers": m.layers.iter().map(|id| id.0).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                "rect": t.rect,
+                "quad": t.quad,
+                "interpolation": t.interpolation,
+            }),
+        );
+        if let Ok(v) = &r
+            && let Some(job) = v.get("pending").and_then(serde_json::Value::as_bool).filter(|p| *p).and(v.get("job")).and_then(serde_json::Value::as_u64)
+        {
+            m.committing = Some(JobId(job));
+            app.ui.transform = Some(t);
+            app.multi_transform = Some(m);
+            return;
+        }
+        if let Err(e) = r {
+            app.ui.transform = Some(t);
+            app.multi_transform = Some(m);
+            app.ui.status = e;
+        }
+        return;
+    }
     if let Some(options) = &t.content_aware {
         crate::cas_transform::commit(app, &t, options);
         return;
@@ -107,7 +143,18 @@ fn finish(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, document: Option<DocId>, layer: LayerId, made
 
 /// The job applying the transform, while it runs.
 pub(crate) fn committing(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> Option<JobId> {
-    app.transform_preview.as_ref().and_then(|pv| pv.committing)
+    app.transform_preview.as_ref().and_then(|pv| pv.committing).or_else(|| app.multi_transform.as_ref().and_then(|m| m.committing))
+}
+
+/// Whether the selected transformable layers no longer match a shared transform session.
+pub(super) fn multi_selection_changed(app: &PhotocraftApp, m: &MultiTransform) -> bool {
+    let Some(st) = app.session.active() else { return true };
+    if st.doc.id != m.document {
+        return true;
+    }
+    let selected =
+        st.selected_layers().into_iter().filter(|id| st.doc.layer(*id).is_some_and(|l| !crate::doc_props_ui::is_background(&st.doc, l))).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    selected.len() != m.layers.len() || m.layers.iter().any(|id| !selected.contains(id))
 }
 
 /// A job ended (see [`crate::jobs_ui`]): when it was the commit, the session ends with it. Its
@@ -116,6 +163,19 @@ pub fn on_job_event(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, e: &JobEvent) {
     if committing(app) != Some(e.id) {
         return;
     }
+    if app.multi_transform.as_ref().is_some_and(|m| m.committing == Some(e.id)) {
+        let Some(t) = app.ui.transform.take() else { return };
+        let Some(mut m) = app.multi_transform.take() else { return };
+        if let JobOutcome::Failed(msg) = &e.outcome {
+            app.ui.status = msg.clone();
+            if m.tool == app.ui.tool && !multi_selection_changed(app, &m) {
+                m.committing = None;
+                app.ui.transform = Some(t);
+                app.multi_transform = Some(m);
+            }
+        }
+        return;
+    }
     let (Some(t), Some(mut pv)) = (app.ui.transform.take(), app.transform_preview.take()) else { return };
     // A refused commit (a result over the pixel budget, #3773) keeps the box open, as inline,
     // unless picking another tool or layer started it: then the box ends, as Esc would.
@@ -151,6 +211,22 @@ pub fn end_if_left(app: &mut PhotocraftApp) {
     }
     let Some(st) = app.session.active() else { return cancel(app) };
 
+    if let Some(m) = app.multi_transform.as_ref() {
+        let switched_document = st.doc.id != m.document;
+        let missing = m.layers.iter().any(|id| st.doc.layer(*id).is_none());
+        let switched_tool = m.tool != app.ui.tool;
+        let changed_selection = multi_selection_changed(app, m);
+        if switched_document || missing {
+            cancel(app);
+        } else if switched_tool || changed_selection {
+            commit(app);
+            if app.ui.transform.is_some() && committing(app).is_none() {
+                cancel(app);
+            }
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
     let layer = LayerId(t.layer);
     let made = t.made;
     let preview_doc_id = app.transform_preview.as_ref().map(|pv| pv.doc.id);
@@ -178,6 +254,65 @@ pub fn end_if_left(app: &mut PhotocraftApp) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Document shown while a shared Move-tool transform is open. The engine applies the current
+/// quad to a clone, so all selected layers preview together while the source document stays
+/// untouched until [`commit`]. The clone is rebuilt only when the quad or source revision changes.
+pub(crate) fn multi_display_doc(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, idx: usize) -> Option<(Arc<Document>, u64)> {
+    if app.session.active_index() != Some(idx) {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let t = app.ui.transform.as_ref()?.clone();
+    let st = app.session.documents().get(idx)?;
+    let (doc_id, revision) = (st.doc.id, st.revision);
+    let (document, ids, old_revision, shown_quad, shown_interpolation, committing) = {
+        let m = app.multi_transform.as_ref()?;
+        (m.document, m.layers.clone(), m.revision, m.shown_quad, m.shown_interpolation.clone(), m.committing)
+    };
+    if document != doc_id {
+        return None;
+    }
+    if t.quad == corners(t.rect) && committing.is_none() {
+        if let Some(m) = app.multi_transform.as_mut() {
+            m.shown = None;
+            m.shown_quad = None;
+            m.shown_interpolation = None;
+            m.revision = revision;
+        }
+        return None;
+    }
+    if committing.is_some() {
+        let m = app.multi_transform.as_ref()?;
+        return m.shown.as_ref().map(|doc| {
+            let key = (1_u64 << 62) ^ t.session.wrapping_mul(0x9e37_79b9_7f4a_7c15) ^ m.generation;
+            (doc.clone(), key)
+        });
+    }
+    let fresh = old_revision == revision && shown_quad == Some(t.quad) && shown_interpolation.as_deref() == Some(t.interpolation.as_str());
+    if !fresh {
+        let st = app.session.documents().get(idx)?;
+        let source =
+            photocraft_engine::float_cmds::displayed(st, crate::canvas::selection_drag_delta(app).unwrap_or((0, 0))).unwrap_or_else(|| st.doc.as_ref().clone());
+        let shown = match photocraft_engine::transform_cmds::preview_layers(&source, &ids, t.rect, t.quad, &t.interpolation) {
+            Ok(doc) => Some(Arc::new(doc)),
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::warn!("multi-layer transform preview: {e}");
+                None
+            }
+        };
+        if let Some(m) = app.multi_transform.as_mut() {
+            m.revision = revision;
+            m.shown_quad = Some(t.quad);
+            m.shown_interpolation = Some(t.interpolation.clone());
+            m.shown = shown;
+            m.generation = m.generation.wrapping_add(1);
+        }
+    }
+    let m = app.multi_transform.as_ref()?;
+    let shown = m.shown.clone()?;
+    let key = (1_u64 << 62) ^ t.session.wrapping_mul(0x9e37_79b9_7f4a_7c15) ^ m.generation;
+    Some((shown, key))
+}
+
 /// Another tool picked, or (outside Transform Selection) another layer selected, since the box
 /// opened: the session ends ([`end_if_left`], #1400).
 fn switched_away(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> bool {
@@ -216,6 +351,7 @@ pub fn cancel(app: &mut PhotocraftApp) {
         crate::jobs_ui::cancel(app, job);
         return;
     }
+    app.multi_transform = None;
     let transform = app.ui.transform.take();
     let preview = app.transform_preview.take();
     if let (Some(t), Some(pv)) = (transform, preview)
@@ -288,6 +424,9 @@ pub fn is_enabled(app: &PhotocraftApp, id: &str) -> Option<bool> {
 
 /// Does the box move an editable type layer (not its selection outline, a lone mask or a path)?
 pub(super) fn moves_type(app: &PhotocraftApp, t: &TransformSession) -> bool {
+    if app.multi_transform.is_some() {
+        return multi_has_text(app);
+    }
     !t.selection
         && t.target.is_none()
         && t.path.is_none()
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/drag_modes.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/drag_modes.rs
index 0114e57754..57f9bf3162 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/drag_modes.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/drag_modes.rs
@@ -51,11 +51,17 @@ pub(super) fn handle_indicator(app: &PhotocraftApp, t: &TransformSession, h: Hit
 /// Editable type can be scaled, rotated and skewed but not distorted (#2630): the rule that greys
 /// Distort and Perspective in `enable_rules::disabled`, for the box's own layer. A box on a path,
 /// on the selection outline or on a lone mask or channel moves no type.
+pub(super) fn multi_has_text(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> bool {
+    let (Some(st), Some(m)) = (app.session.active(), app.multi_transform.as_ref()) else { return false };
+    m.layers.iter().any(|id| st.doc.layer(*id).is_some_and(|l| matches!(l.content, LayerContent::Text(_))))
+}
+
 fn distort_refused(app: &PhotocraftApp, t: &TransformSession) -> bool {
     t.path.is_none()
         && !t.selection
         && t.target.is_none()
-        && app.session.active().and_then(|st| st.doc.layer(LayerId(t.layer))).is_some_and(|l| matches!(l.content, LayerContent::Text(_)))
+        && (multi_has_text(app)
+            || app.session.active().and_then(|st| st.doc.layer(LayerId(t.layer))).is_some_and(|l| matches!(l.content, LayerContent::Text(_))))
 }
 
 /// Where Distort and Perspective are refused ([`distort_refused`]), ⌘-drag and ⌘⌥⇧-drag of a
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/draw.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/draw.rs
index fc1babfbdb..3d89dcf970 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/draw.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/draw.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use super::begin::warps_type;
+use super::committing;
 use super::drag_modes::{HandleIndicator, handle_indicator};
 use super::options_bar::{quad_scale, readout};
-use super::pointer::{Hit, handle_at, rotate_dir, rotation_degrees};
+use super::pointer::{Hit, handle_at, live_gesture, rotate_dir, rotation_degrees};
 use super::warp::{on_section_edge, quick_split_kind, single_patch};
 use super::{
     BezierMesh, Color32, DocId, HANDLE_PX, Homography, LayerId, PhotocraftApp, Pos2, SplitTool, Stroke, TransformPreview, TransformSession, ViewXform, Warp,
@@ -150,9 +151,14 @@ pub fn draw_content(app: &PhotocraftApp, painter: &egui::Painter, xf: &ViewXform
 /// The box, handles, reference point and path outline over the preview that [`draw_content`]
 /// drew; the warp grid and its split guides for a warp.
 pub fn draw_overlay(app: &PhotocraftApp, painter: &egui::Painter, xf: &ViewXform) {
-    let (Some(t), Some(pv)) = (&app.ui.transform, &app.transform_preview) else { return };
+    let Some(t) = &app.ui.transform else { return };
+    let pv = app.transform_preview.as_ref();
+    if pv.is_none() && app.multi_transform.is_none() {
+        return;
+    }
     let scr = |q: [f64; 2]| xf.to_screen(q[0] as f32, q[1] as f32);
     if let Some(w) = &t.warp {
+        let Some(pv) = pv else { return };
         let over_canvas = painter.ctx().input(|i| i.pointer.hover_pos()).filter(|p| xf.rect.contains(*p)).map(|p| xf.to_doc(p));
         let at = pv.split_pointer.or(over_canvas);
         // The same keys as `cursor`, sticky ones included, so the guide matches the pointer.
@@ -170,11 +176,13 @@ pub fn draw_overlay(app: &PhotocraftApp, painter: &egui::Painter, xf: &ViewXform
         draw_warp_overlay(painter, xf, w, pv, guide);
         return;
     }
-    if pv.committing.is_some() {
+    if committing(app).is_some() {
         return;
     }
     let accent = crate::theme::Tokens::get(painter.ctx()).accent;
-    if let (Some(path), Some(h)) = (&pv.path, Homography::rect_to_quad(t.rect, t.quad)) {
+    if let Some(pv) = pv
+        && let (Some(path), Some(h)) = (&pv.path, Homography::rect_to_quad(t.rect, t.quad))
+    {
         crate::vector_ui::draw_outline(
             painter,
             path,
@@ -202,7 +210,7 @@ pub fn draw_overlay(app: &PhotocraftApp, painter: &egui::Painter, xf: &ViewXform
     if let Some(at) = painter.ctx().pointer_hover_pos().filter(|p| xf.rect.contains(*p)) {
         let p = xf.to_doc(at);
         let tol = HANDLE_PX / f64::from(xf.zoom.max(0.01));
-        if let Some(k) = rotate_dir(t, Some(pv), p, tol) {
+        if let Some(k) = rotate_dir(t, live_gesture(app), p, tol) {
             // Through the view, so the arc bends round the corner as it shows under a turned or
             // flipped view.
             let toward = xf.to_screen((p[0] + k[0] * 16.0) as f32, (p[1] + k[1] * 16.0) as f32) - at;
@@ -324,7 +332,7 @@ pub(crate) enum Readout {
 /// reference point, a warp, or a distortion that has no single scale).
 pub(crate) fn live_readout(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> Option<Readout> {
     let t = app.ui.transform.as_ref().filter(|t| t.warp.is_none())?;
-    let g = app.transform_preview.as_ref()?.gesture?;
+    let g = app.transform_preview.as_ref().and_then(|pv| pv.gesture).or_else(|| app.multi_transform.as_ref().and_then(|m| m.gesture))?;
     match g.hit {
         Hit::Outside => Some(Readout::Angle(rotation_degrees(t.quad))),
         Hit::Inside => Some(Readout::Offset([t.quad[0][0] - g.quad0[0][0], t.quad[0][1] - g.quad0[0][1]])),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/pointer.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/pointer.rs
index 87ccfe2f49..6d1553f70d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/pointer.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/pointer.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use super::begin::warps_type;
 use super::commit::{commit, committing, moves_type};
 use super::drag_modes::{apply_drag, apply_mode_drag, drag_mods, handle_indicator, mode_allows, mode_mods};
+use super::multi_has_text;
 use super::warp::{quick_split_kind, split_cursor, surface_at, warp_hit, warp_pointer};
 use super::{
-    CursorIcon, HANDLE_PX, Homography, LayerContent, LayerId, PhotocraftApp, ToolEvent, TransformMode, TransformPreview, TransformSession, ViewXform,
-    WarpStyle, handle_tolerance,
+    CursorIcon, HANDLE_PX, Homography, LayerContent, LayerId, PhotocraftApp, ToolEvent, TransformMode, TransformSession, ViewXform, WarpStyle, handle_tolerance,
 };
 
 /// Which part of the box a document point hits.
@@ -72,6 +72,49 @@ pub fn pointer(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ev: ToolEvent, mods: egui::Modifiers) ->
         warp_pointer(app, ev, tol, mods);
         return true;
     }
+
+    if app.multi_transform.is_some() {
+        match ev {
+            ToolEvent::Down { x, y, .. } => {
+                let mut h = hit(&t, [x, y], tol);
+                // ⌥-click away from the handles moves the reference point there (and drags it).
+                if mods.alt
+                    && matches!(h, Hit::Inside | Hit::Outside)
+                    && let Some(s) = app.ui.transform.as_mut()
+                {
+                    s.pivot = [x, y];
+                    h = Hit::Pivot;
+                }
+                let g = (mode_allows(t.mode, h) || h == Hit::Outside).then_some(Gesture { hit: h, start: [x, y], quad0: t.quad, pivot0: t.pivot });
+                if let Some(m) = app.multi_transform.as_mut() {
+                    m.gesture = g;
+                }
+            }
+            ToolEvent::Move { x, y, .. } | ToolEvent::Up { x, y } => {
+                let g = app.multi_transform.as_ref().and_then(|m| m.gesture);
+                if matches!(ev, ToolEvent::Up { .. })
+                    && let Some(m) = app.multi_transform.as_mut()
+                {
+                    m.gesture = None;
+                }
+                if matches!(ev, ToolEvent::Up { .. }) && g.is_some_and(|g| accepts_outside_click(g, [x, y], tol)) {
+                    commit(app);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                let type_layer = multi_has_text(app);
+                let adjusted = g.map(|g| drag_mods(app, &t, g.hit, mods));
+                if let (Some(g), Some((mode, mods)), Some(s)) = (g, adjusted, app.ui.transform.as_mut())
+                    && mode_allows(t.mode, g.hit)
+                {
+                    apply_mode_drag(s, g, [x, y], mode, type_layer, mods);
+                    round_to_pixel_grid(app);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        crate::snap_ui::retain_transform_lines(app, mods);
+        return true;
+    }
+
     let Some(pv) = app.transform_preview.as_mut() else { return false };
     match ev {
         ToolEvent::Down { x, y, .. } => {
@@ -130,6 +173,9 @@ pub fn pointer(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ev: ToolEvent, mods: egui::Modifiers) ->
 /// offset, and a proportional scale off by its ratio: a shape dragged to 540 px came out 539.6.
 /// Rotated, skewed and distorted boxes are left as dragged.
 fn round_to_pixel_grid(app: &mut PhotocraftApp) {
+    if app.multi_transform.is_some() {
+        return;
+    }
     if !app.session.prefs().tools.snap_vector_tools_and_transforms_to_pixel_grid {
         return;
     }
@@ -230,10 +276,15 @@ pub(super) fn rotation_degrees(quad: [[f64; 2]; 4]) -> f64 {
 /// just outside a corner, or anywhere while a rotate drag is on. It points into the box along the
 /// bisector of the nearest corner, so each corner gets its own arrow and they turn with the box.
 pub(crate) fn rotate_cursor_dir(app: &PhotocraftApp, p: [f64; 2]) -> Option<[f64; 2]> {
-    rotate_dir(app.ui.transform.as_ref()?, app.transform_preview.as_ref(), p, handle_tolerance(app))
+    rotate_dir(app.ui.transform.as_ref()?, live_gesture(app), p, handle_tolerance(app))
 }
 
-pub(super) fn rotate_dir(t: &TransformSession, pv: Option<&TransformPreview>, p: [f64; 2], tol: f64) -> Option<[f64; 2]> {
+/// The drag on the box, of a one-layer session or of a shared box over several layers.
+pub(super) fn live_gesture(app: &PhotocraftApp) -> Option<Gesture> {
+    app.transform_preview.as_ref().and_then(|pv| pv.gesture).or_else(|| app.multi_transform.as_ref().and_then(|m| m.gesture))
+}
+
+pub(super) fn rotate_dir(t: &TransformSession, gesture: Option<Gesture>, p: [f64; 2], tol: f64) -> Option<[f64; 2]> {
     // Content-Aware Scale's box only scales, and Skew doesn't rotate: no rotate arrow.
     if !(p[0].is_finite() && p[1].is_finite())
         || t.warp.is_some()
@@ -244,7 +295,7 @@ pub(super) fn rotate_dir(t: &TransformSession, pv: Option<&TransformPreview>, p:
     }
     // During a drag the arrow shows only while it rotates: not when a handle that scales, skews
     // or distorts strays past a corner (#5405).
-    match pv.and_then(|pv| pv.gesture) {
+    match gesture {
         Some(g) if g.hit == Hit::Outside || (t.mode == TransformMode::Rotate && matches!(g.hit, Hit::Corner(_) | Hit::Edge(_))) => {}
         Some(_) => return None,
         None if !near_rotate_corner(t, p, tol) => return None,
@@ -265,7 +316,7 @@ pub(super) fn rotate_dir(t: &TransformSession, pv: Option<&TransformPreview>, p:
 
 /// The handle a drag in progress holds, else the one under document point `p`.
 pub(super) fn handle_at(app: &PhotocraftApp, t: &TransformSession, p: [f64; 2], tol: f64) -> Hit {
-    app.transform_preview.as_ref().and_then(|pv| pv.gesture.map(|g| g.hit)).unwrap_or_else(|| hit(t, p, tol))
+    live_gesture(app).map(|g| g.hit).unwrap_or_else(|| hit(t, p, tol))
 }
 
 /// Cursor for hovering a document point while transforming. `xf` is the canvas's view;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/tests.rs
index 1646fa0775..b934605b2f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tools/transform_tool/tests.rs
@@ -1092,6 +1092,115 @@ fn free_transform_a_copy() {
     assert_eq!(app.session.active().unwrap().doc.layers.len(), layers);
 }
 
+/// Changing interpolation rerenders a shared preview even when its geometry is unchanged.
+#[test]
+fn shared_transform_preview_refreshes_when_interpolation_changes() {
+    let mut app = app_with_square(64, photocraft_geom::Rect::new(8, 8, 24, 24));
+    let first = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("layer.new.layer", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let second = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session
+        .edit("paint second", |doc, _| {
+            doc.layer_mut(second).unwrap().surface_mut().unwrap().fill_rect(photocraft_geom::Rect::new(32, 8, 48, 24), &[0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
+            Ok(())
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+    begin_layers(&mut app, vec![first, second], [8.0, 8.0, 48.0, 24.0]).unwrap();
+    for p in &mut app.ui.transform.as_mut().unwrap().quad {
+        p[0] += 4.0;
+    }
+
+    let (_, first_key) = multi_display_doc(&mut app, 0).expect("bicubic preview");
+    app.ui.transform.as_mut().unwrap().interpolation = "nearest".into();
+    let (_, second_key) = multi_display_doc(&mut app, 0).expect("nearest preview");
+    assert_ne!(first_key, second_key, "changing interpolation invalidates the cached shared preview");
+    assert_eq!(app.multi_transform.as_ref().unwrap().shown_interpolation.as_deref(), Some("nearest"));
+}
+
+/// A shared session is kept only while the same transformable layers stay selected.
+#[test]
+fn shared_transform_detects_a_changed_layer_selection() {
+    let mut app = app_with_square(64, photocraft_geom::Rect::new(8, 8, 24, 24));
+    let first = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("layer.new.layer", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let second = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("layer.select", json!({"layer": first.0, "mode": "add"})).unwrap();
+    begin_layers(&mut app, vec![first, second], [8.0, 8.0, 48.0, 24.0]).unwrap();
+    assert!(!multi_selection_changed(&app, app.multi_transform.as_ref().unwrap()));
+
+    app.session.execute("layer.select", json!({"layer": first.0})).unwrap();
+    assert!(multi_selection_changed(&app, app.multi_transform.as_ref().unwrap()));
+}
+
+/// A shared box keeps the held handle's pointer for the whole drag, as a one-layer box does
+/// (#5405): dragged off its corner, the resize pointer doesn't turn into the commit one.
+#[test]
+fn a_shared_box_keeps_the_held_handles_cursor_during_a_drag() {
+    let mut app = app_with_square(64, photocraft_geom::Rect::new(8, 8, 24, 24));
+    app.ui.extras.snap = false;
+    let first = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("layer.new.layer", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let second = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("layer.select", json!({"layer": first.0, "mode": "add"})).unwrap();
+    begin_layers(&mut app, vec![first, second], [8.0, 8.0, 48.0, 24.0]).unwrap();
+    let xf = ViewXform::active(&app).unwrap();
+    let none = egui::Modifiers::NONE;
+    let corner = cursor(&app, &xf, [48.0, 24.0], none);
+    let far = cursor(&app, &xf, [48.0, 60.0], none);
+    assert_ne!(corner, far, "away from the box the pointer differs");
+    crate::canvas::tool_event(&mut app, ToolEvent::Down { x: 48.0, y: 24.0, pressure: 1.0 }, none);
+    crate::canvas::tool_event(&mut app, ToolEvent::Move { x: 48.0, y: 60.0, pressure: 1.0 }, none);
+    assert!(app.multi_transform.as_ref().is_some_and(|m| m.gesture.is_some()), "the shared box holds the corner");
+    assert_eq!(cursor(&app, &xf, [48.0, 60.0], none), corner, "the dragged corner keeps its pointer");
+    crate::canvas::tool_event(&mut app, ToolEvent::Up { x: 48.0, y: 60.0 }, none);
+}
+
+/// Transform Selection cannot replace a shared transform that is already open.
+#[test]
+fn transform_selection_rejects_an_open_multi_transform_without_replacing_it() {
+    let mut app = app_with_square(64, photocraft_geom::Rect::new(8, 8, 24, 24));
+    let first = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("layer.new.layer", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let second = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session
+        .edit("paint second", |doc, _| {
+            doc.layer_mut(second).unwrap().surface_mut().unwrap().fill_rect(photocraft_geom::Rect::new(32, 8, 48, 24), &[0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
+            Ok(())
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("select.rect", json!({"x": 4, "y": 4, "width": 48, "height": 24})).unwrap();
+    begin_layers(&mut app, vec![first, second], [8.0, 8.0, 48.0, 24.0]).unwrap();
+    let session = app.ui.transform.as_ref().unwrap().session;
+
+    assert_eq!(begin_selection(&mut app, &egui::Context::default()), Err("Commit or cancel the transform first".into()));
+    assert_eq!(app.ui.transform.as_ref().map(|t| t.session), Some(session));
+    assert!(app.multi_transform.is_some(), "the existing shared transform stays open");
+}
+
+/// Transform Copy rejects an overlapping shared transform before it creates a layer.
+#[test]
+fn free_transform_copy_rejects_an_open_multi_transform_without_making_a_layer() {
+    let mut app = app_with_square(64, photocraft_geom::Rect::new(8, 8, 24, 24));
+    let first = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("layer.new.layer", json!({})).unwrap();
+    let second = app.session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap();
+    app.session
+        .edit("paint second", |doc, _| {
+            doc.layer_mut(second).unwrap().surface_mut().unwrap().fill_rect(photocraft_geom::Rect::new(32, 8, 48, 24), &[0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0]);
+            Ok(())
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+    begin_layers(&mut app, vec![first, second], [8.0, 8.0, 48.0, 24.0]).unwrap();
+    let before = {
+        let st = app.session.active().unwrap();
+        (st.doc.layers.len(), st.revision, st.history.past_len())
+    };
+
+    assert_eq!(begin_copy(&mut app, &egui::Context::default()), Err("Commit or cancel the transform first".into()));
+    let st = app.session.active().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((st.doc.layers.len(), st.revision, st.history.past_len()), before, "a rejected start is mutation-free");
+    assert!(app.multi_transform.is_some() && app.ui.transform.is_some(), "the existing transform stays open");
+}
 /// #4112: ⌥⌘T on a cylinder smart object, Warp mode, Enter with nothing touched: the copy
 /// keeps the cylinder and stays its own step (no warp step to fold into), so one undo takes
 /// back the copy and nothing before it.
diff --git a/docs/ui-parity.md b/docs/ui-parity.md
index cda36d6bc8..21901b297e 100644
--- a/docs/ui-parity.md
+++ b/docs/ui-parity.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # UI parity: tools, handles, modifiers and feel
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-29 · **Change:** minor (a paragraph box that can't hold its text enlarges its lower-right handle and shows a black + in it, as the reference application; New Group dialog and button modifiers; new layers go into an open active group and join a clipping mask, except that type, shapes, pastes and placed files go above a group whose lock would refuse them; Color panel Hue and Brightness Cube show the out-of-gamut ⚠ and nearest printable colour when the field is at least 53 pt tall, #8672; 12 of 181 preferences do nothing, from the scorecard; Art History Brush in the History group of the Y flyout, partial, TOOL-213-20, #1610; Histogram panel: Compact / Expanded / All Channels views, Luminosity and Colors channels, Source, range statistics, Uncached Refresh, live adjustment overlay, Cache Levels preference; the font menu opens on the current family, marked in the recent group when it is a recent one, #9160; Type options bar alignment and direction follow the target paragraph; a swatch click recolours selected type and shape layers with any tool, #9238; UI scale presets done: 105–120% steps, #3222; ⇧⌥ blend mode letters; painting tool Mode menus; ⌥ + an adjustment's shortcut reopens it at its last settings, ⌥⌘L / ⌥⌘M, #8900; Crop default mode: moving the image under the box snaps the frame's edges and centre, #8580; View › Extras hides the Move transform controls, #6699; adjustment clipping stays visible in compact Properties, #5231; Color panel modes from its panel menu, the same in every theme, UI-217-17, #6000; a picked colour recolours the selected type and shapes; Hand tool ⌘ / ⌥ are Zoom In / Zoom Out while held, #6434; the wheel steps value fields, #5473; a dragged guide shows its X or Y beside the pointer, #7680; Type options bar "T" icon scrubs the font size, #6437; Move tool: dragged selected pixels take their own outline as the selection, #7538; artboard backgrounds remain below child Free Transform previews; ⌫/Delete removes the selected smart filter, #4751; Object Finder foreground/background discrimination (#6548); rounded triangle, polygon and star corners; shape Fill/Stroke popovers accept hex RGB values, #6176; a guide let go over either ruler is removed, #6286; Crop rows corrected: saved crop presets and Delete Cropped Pixels off are done, #6562; marching ants in device pixels, #7489; Animated Zoom: holding the Zoom tool zooms continuously, #6210; shape Density and Feather, TOOL-214-12, #5846; Pen Auto Add/Delete on the path being drawn, #6140; Show Transform Controls frames every selected layer; guide keys and clicks; menu bar from the keyboard, #4988; Crop tool Content-Aware Fill; on-canvas corner radius widgets, TOOL-214-12; Curvature Pen edits the active path; Clip Thumbnails to Layer Bounds; Pen ⇧ 45°; last selected tool restored at launch; Layers panel filter-type dropdown with Kind, Name and Mode, #5048; Free Transform box and marching ants follow the selection, #5297; History: the trash deletes the selected snapshot, rows drag onto the trash, #5324; smart filter reordering by drag; smart object perspective row corrected to done, #426; Free Transform H/V skew fields; toolbar tool shortcuts can be reassigned; ⇧-dragged guides land on ruler ticks; layer and selection keys; tool keys; spring-loaded tool letters; type formatting keys; Pen Auto Add/Delete, #4144; smart filter rows; stale missing-tool rows corrected: Color Replacement, Red Eye and the Add/Delete Anchor Point pair are live toolbar tools, Frame landed; no percentage changed; selection-modifier and ⌥-wheel rows match their tests; Properties › Transform shows a shape's path geometry, without its stroke) · **Target:** Adobe Photoshop 2026
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-29 · **Change:** minor (a paragraph box that can't hold its text enlarges its lower-right handle and shows a black + in it, as the reference application; multi-layer Show Transform Controls handles and shared Free Transform; New Group dialog and button modifiers; new layers go into an open active group and join a clipping mask, except that type, shapes, pastes and placed files go above a group whose lock would refuse them; Color panel Hue and Brightness Cube show the out-of-gamut ⚠ and nearest printable colour when the field is at least 53 pt tall, #8672; 12 of 181 preferences do nothing, from the scorecard; Art History Brush in the History group of the Y flyout, partial, TOOL-213-20, #1610; Histogram panel: Compact / Expanded / All Channels views, Luminosity and Colors channels, Source, range statistics, Uncached Refresh, live adjustment overlay, Cache Levels preference; the font menu opens on the current family, marked in the recent group when it is a recent one, #9160; Type options bar alignment and direction follow the target paragraph; a swatch click recolours selected type and shape layers with any tool, #9238; UI scale presets done: 105–120% steps, #3222; ⇧⌥ blend mode letters; painting tool Mode menus; ⌥ + an adjustment's shortcut reopens it at its last settings, ⌥⌘L / ⌥⌘M, #8900; Crop default mode: moving the image under the box snaps the frame's edges and centre, #8580; View › Extras hides the Move transform controls, #6699; adjustment clipping stays visible in compact Properties, #5231; Color panel modes from its panel menu, the same in every theme, UI-217-17, #6000; a picked colour recolours the selected type and shapes; Hand tool ⌘ / ⌥ are Zoom In / Zoom Out while held, #6434; the wheel steps value fields, #5473; a dragged guide shows its X or Y beside the pointer, #7680; Type options bar "T" icon scrubs the font size, #6437; Move tool: dragged selected pixels take their own outline as the selection, #7538; artboard backgrounds remain below child Free Transform previews; ⌫/Delete removes the selected smart filter, #4751; Object Finder foreground/background discrimination (#6548); rounded triangle, polygon and star corners; shape Fill/Stroke popovers accept hex RGB values, #6176; a guide let go over either ruler is removed, #6286; Crop rows corrected: saved crop presets and Delete Cropped Pixels off are done, #6562; marching ants in device pixels, #7489; Animated Zoom: holding the Zoom tool zooms continuously, #6210; shape Density and Feather, TOOL-214-12, #5846; Pen Auto Add/Delete on the path being drawn, #6140; Show Transform Controls frames every selected layer; guide keys and clicks; menu bar from the keyboard, #4988; Crop tool Content-Aware Fill; on-canvas corner radius widgets, TOOL-214-12; Curvature Pen edits the active path; Clip Thumbnails to Layer Bounds; Pen ⇧ 45°; last selected tool restored at launch; Layers panel filter-type dropdown with Kind, Name and Mode, #5048; Free Transform box and marching ants follow the selection, #5297; History: the trash deletes the selected snapshot, rows drag onto the trash, #5324; smart filter reordering by drag; smart object perspective row corrected to done, #426; Free Transform H/V skew fields; toolbar tool shortcuts can be reassigned; ⇧-dragged guides land on ruler ticks; layer and selection keys; tool keys; spring-loaded tool letters; type formatting keys; Pen Auto Add/Delete, #4144; smart filter rows; stale missing-tool rows corrected: Color Replacement, Red Eye and the Add/Delete Anchor Point pair are live toolbar tools, Frame landed; no percentage changed; selection-modifier and ⌥-wheel rows match their tests; Properties › Transform shows a shape's path geometry, without its stroke) · **Target:** Adobe Photoshop 2026
 
 How PhotoCraft's direct manipulation compares with Photoshop 2026 (27.11.0): the toolbox, the
 handles and modifier keys of each gesture, nudging, snapping, numeric precision, navigation,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Triangle and Curvature Pen (minus legacy Rounded Rectangle and Targeted Adjustme
 | Auto-Select with hover outline, box-select layers, double-click fit | missing | TOOL-214-4 |
 | Auto-Select bounding box and snapping follow the picked layer | partial | follow the previous layer (#2666) |
 | View › Extras (⌘H) hides the Move tool's transform controls; Show Transform Controls keeps its setting | done | `canvas.rs` `transform_controls_layers`, `hiding_extras_hides_the_move_transform_controls` (#6699) |
-| Several layers selected (⇧-click adds, box-select): Show Transform Controls frames them all, with every selected shape's outline | partial: the shared frame has no handles, since Free Transform works on one layer (`canvas.rs` `transform_controls_layers`, `several_selected_layers_share_one_frame_without_handles`; `move_auto_select_tests.rs`) | |
+| Several layers selected (⇧-click adds, box-select): Show Transform Controls frames them all, with every selected shape's outline | done | The shared frame has eight transform handles and opens one multi-layer Free Transform; scale/rotate/skew are previewed and committed to all selected top-level layers in one history step (`canvas/transform_controls.rs` `transform_controls_layers`, `several_selected_layers_share_one_frame_with_handles_and_transform_session`; `tools/transform_tool.rs`; `cmd/transform_cmds.rs`) |
 | ⌘-drag temporary Move shows the box and snaps | partial | #2681 |
 | ⌘-right-click layer list under the pointer | done | `layer_pick_ui.rs` |
 | Double-click type to edit it (caret at the pointer, Type tool) | done | #1132, `type_tool::edit_at` |
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ Paragraph; the rest open as in-app floating windows.
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | Last selected tool restored across launches; temporary overrides excluded, explicit Eraser choices retained, and final selection flushed on normal exit |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Free Transform with a selection: the box is the selection's rectangle, and the marching ants follow it while it is transformed (#5297) |
 | 2026-10-14 | minor | Move › Show Transform Controls frames every selected layer and outlines the selected shapes |
+| 2026-10-22 | minor | Move › Show Transform Controls: multi-layer selections now show all eight handles and transform the selected top-level layers together in one Free Transform/history step |
 | 2026-10-21 | minor | Crop rows corrected against the code and the scorecard: saved custom crop presets (TOOL-214-9, #2723) and Delete Cropped Pixels off are done (#6562); no percentage changed |
 | 2026-10-20 | minor | Free Transform of an artboard child omits ancestor paper from the covering and isolated composites while retaining board clipping. The base canvas and whole-artboard backgrounds are preserved; synthetic regressions in `transform_tool.rs`. No parity percentage changed. |
 | 2026-10-18 | minor | Move tool: dragging selected pixels shrinks the marching ants to the moved pixels as the drag starts, and the dropped selection is theirs, as in Photoshop (#7538) |