Wendy
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Post by Wendy on Aug 30, 2016 19:17:07 GMT
I created a postcard that had many layers, and saved it in .psd in case I wanted to change anything in the future; however, when I open it now it is flat and there are no layers shown. What did I do wrong? And is there a way to get those layers back so that I don't have to re-do the whole thing?
Thanks in advance.
Wendy
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Post by Major Major on Aug 30, 2016 19:26:10 GMT
Wendy -
Hard to say what went wrong, but unfortunately, there is no way to get the layers back once a file is flattenned. Did you happen to save your work in progress so you at least have something to go back to?
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Wendy
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Post by Wendy on Aug 30, 2016 19:39:48 GMT
I'm not sure what or how it happened  Other projects I did that same day open up with all layers showing. Perhaps I wasn't thinking, and merged them before saving, who knows? I ended up just cloning put the part I had to change, made the changes (on a new layer) saved it as .psd, and THAT one opened up with the 2 layers. Thanks for trying to help! |
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 30, 2016 20:12:12 GMT
Elements is designed to NOT flatten a .psd file. I can think of two possible scenarios where a .psd file would be saved as a flattened file (no layers).
The first scenario -- One flattens the file before saving it.
The second scenario -- One tells Elements to get rid of the layers during the Save As process by turning off the "Layers" box. However, if this happens, Elements will automatically give you a warning and will make sure the flattened .psd file is saved as a copy.
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Other projects I did that same day open up with all layers showing. Perhaps I wasn't thinking, and merged them before saving, who knows? I ended up just cloning put the part I had to change, made the changes (on a new layer) saved it as .psd, and THAT one opened up with the 2 layers.
