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P: How did I get a flattened PSD after saving PDF?

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September 22, 2011
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So I'm not going to rage. I really want to. But I won't. I'm using Photoshop CS 5.5 (Windows). I was on the sixth version of a high fidelity Website mockup. The client asked that I provide them the design in PDF format. So from within the .PSD file, I select "Save As" and choose PDF as the format. I complete the PDF wizard and all seemed good.

No. Apparently, when you save as a PDF, it turns the PSD file you actively have open into a PDF? I noticed that the file type changed to PDF from PSD on the tab. "That's stupid," I thought. "I'll just change it back to a PSD, since I've made a few modifications since I saved it last."

You know, in Dreamweaver when you execute a "Save As", it opens the new file in its own tab. Just a thought.

Maybe my next choice was wrong, but it seemed instinctive to me. I decided to "Save As" again, but this time as a PSD file. I still had my layers in tact, so I didn't think there would be a problem.

I close out the file. When I open the PSD file back up just a few minutes ago, it's COMPLETELY FLATTENED. GONE. MY WORK IS GONE. Awesome. Thank you.

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c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Actually I meant Scripts in the sense of a JavaScript (or VB or AppleScript) that Photoshop can run and which should provide a little more leeway than Actions.
But if an Action works satisfactory, so much the better.

The number of people who have suffered from this issue seems to indicate that Adobe has provided, well, at least an easily misunderstood dialog/interface.
And it would certainly be good if they found a way to improve it ... but I expect the Photoshop team has a lot of »fish to fry« and only a limited number of »burners«.

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Good idea thanks, an action works fine.
I was thinking that saving and loading could sometime make problem in action,
but this works fine. So easy and i was not thinking of it !

But i continue to think that adobe must change the way pdf is saved.
Most people want to always save pdf with no layers, and psd with it.
Why not to make it by default save as copy for pdf ?

I always try when someone have to works after me on something, to make it the most easy for him. Clear and easy. The problem will continue to occurs for new users but you save me !)

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

If by »do more works« you mean click the pertinent field/s in a dialog window then the question appears nonsensical ... of course you need to specify what Photoshop is to do or how would you expect Photoshop to operate without user input?

Feel free to employ the automation options Photoshop offers, Scripting in particular might help you streamline this process.

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So i must do more works because adobe don't want to do it for all user ?
Thousand and thousand click, no one would never forget to click, and all layers will be lost again..
Don't we use programs to work faster ?)

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Has something along those lined ever gone wrong when you checked »As a copy« when saving the pdf?

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Nothing new about this ?
This is very stressing every time i have to save in pdf even if i know the tricks.
Why don't you ear the complains of your users ???

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J453

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I've created a story internally for our engineers to review this experience to see if there's something we can do to prevent this mistake.

Earth Oliver

Legend

User errors also happen when people don't take the time to understand how a process works.

bhuski

Participant

User errors happen because of bad user experience and poor interface design. So, even if (and I say "if" begrudgingly) this is a user error, the fact that many people over the years have felt so passionate about this topic means that it is still a problem that needs to be addressed to improve customer satisfaction.

Either way, it is a problem I hope Adobe examines in more detail soon.

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