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07/02/2006 10:08:38 AM · #1 |
| Once I edit a picture and flatten all the layers, how do I go back and re-edit the layers after I've saved and closed the picture? When I open the picture again I can't seem to find out how to get back in to view all the layers. Or is it even possible? |
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07/02/2006 10:13:25 AM · #2 |
If you've flattened it, you can not go back and edit individual layers.
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07/02/2006 10:15:43 AM · #3 |
once you have flattened the layers, you can go back into te history and click back to a layer that way.
It is way better to save a file into a PSD and save however during an edit session, that way you don't waste time.
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07/02/2006 10:22:56 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by American_Horse:
once you have flattened the layers, you can go back into te history and click back to a layer that way.
It is way better to save a file into a PSD and save however during an edit session, that way you don't waste time.
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EDIT: If you flatten, then saved your pix there is no way to go back to your layers even in history.
Message edited by author 2006-07-02 10:23:32.
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07/02/2006 10:26:21 AM · #5 |
As American Horse posted, you can get back to the layered version using the history, but only if you have not closed it and reopned. Also, if you revert using the history, you also revert to a state before all changes made after flattening.
If you want to save a JPEG version but retain layers, just use "save as" and select JPEG. Then save the layered file as a PSD. The saved jpeg will look the same as if you had flattened evrything, and the PSD retains your layers (but, notably, not the history). |
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07/02/2006 10:37:40 AM · #6 |
| ..that's why I like taking "snapshots", along the way. If I'm about to do anything radical, I just go to the history palette, and click on the little camera icon, at the bottom, and a copy of the current picture, with all its layers, is saved. Then, later on, even if I've flattened all layers, I can revert to any earlier snapshot taken along the way. |
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