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philipp77727086
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November 12, 2019
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auto align and auto blend layers greyed out

  • November 12, 2019
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Using photoshop 2020. I want to do a focus stack. My 4 images are jpegs and dropped into photoshop from Finder. I select the layers but the options to align and blend are greyed out. According to the online guide i'm doing the right things, I think.???

Correct answer Chuck Uebele

If you dropped them into Photoshop, they most likely were converted to smart object, which can't be aligned or blended. Rasterize the layers to normal pixel layers.

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Chuck Uebele
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Chuck UebeleCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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November 12, 2019

If you dropped them into Photoshop, they most likely were converted to smart object, which can't be aligned or blended. Rasterize the layers to normal pixel layers.

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    philipp77727086Author
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    November 13, 2019

    Thanks Chuck. That was indeed the problem. I actually used the command "convert to layers".

    Phil

      JJMack
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      JJMackCommunity Expert
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      November 12, 2019

      You need to have a layered document.  Try stacking your image use the script load file into a stack to stack you images into a stack of layers.

       

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      philipp77727086Author
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      November 13, 2019

      Thanks. I'll do this next time I have to make a file up. My problem started when I tried to load the 4 images directly from Lightroom (cloud version) into photoshop. There doesn't seem to be the command "open as layers in photoshop" which is (or at least was, I haven't checked) there in lightroom classic.

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