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Layers not selected as defult for PSD when saving!?! ARGH!

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Kathr...@adobeforums.com

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Feb 9, 2009, 7:02:17 PM2/9/09
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ARGH! I am so annoyed right now! I have just spent several days making numerous posters for ideas for the final copy and now I find all the Lyers in the files are merged into one layer! I usually I make a dozen or so files before choosing the best one to go back and edit.

After starting up again today I realised that I needed to make a slight alteration on a previous poster and discovered that there was only a single layer contained within the PSD file with all the content merged together! I checked other files and they were all the same! This means I have at least 20 PSD files that are practically useless!

I cannot understand why Layers was not selected as default in the save as window!! I certainly never turned it off in the save as window and no one else uses my computer... Unless it had something to do with the fact that when I was saving PDF files of the same documents and unclicked the "preserve Photoshop illustrating capabilities" in the second window that pops up so the PDF would not be as big... but even so I did not click it in the save as window... and therefore assumed it would only apply to PDF files! If this is the reason then I'm bloody annoyed that they would implement such a stupid feature! What other use is there for PSDs then to preserve the layers!?

I have never had this problem before on other computers or copies of Photoshop... Unless this has something specifically to do with CS3?

I don’t suppose there is any way to retrieve my lost layers so I can edit the files? Or do I just have to start all over again?

Ed Hannigan

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Feb 9, 2009, 8:16:53 PM2/9/09
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I've never known that to happen. Try trashing preferences.

Kathr...@adobeforums.com

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Feb 9, 2009, 10:36:54 PM2/9/09
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Just for clarification what I mean by layers turned off is the Layers box was unchecked in the save as box.. even though I never unchecked it there for anything...

boblevine

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Feb 10, 2009, 9:04:16 AM2/10/09
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> I still want to know how this happened

No clue

... and if it is possible to recover my layers?

No.

Bob

jca...@adobeforums.com

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Feb 10, 2009, 9:06:42 AM2/10/09
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I'm with Ed on this one, never known it to happen and the only time I've noticed the save layers during save is when I was saving a tif with multiple layers (rare now as I just go psd instead).

As for recovering your layers, I'm afraid that's not possible once they have been flattened and the file closed.

Sorry! I know how much that sucks. :(

Steve Sprengel

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Feb 10, 2009, 1:56:40 PM2/10/09
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When I uncheck Layers in CS4 Save As for a PSD I get a "Save as Copy" yellow-triangle warning indicator and the filename changes if it already exists.
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