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tomellis
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June 4, 2023
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My text adjustments disappear when I merge layers. Why is this happening?

  • June 4, 2023
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Hi, I'm using Photoshop CS6.  I have been making some posters, and trying to make the text more interesting usng Blending Options.  I've been adding a Bevel & Emboss plus an Outer Glow.  The psd looks great on my screen, but as soon as I convert it to a jpg so I can print it all of the text modifications vanish.

 

Any idea what is happenng here?  And how I might fix it?

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

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    Trevor.Dennis
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    Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 5, 2023

    This can happen when layer order, Smart Objects and grouped layers confuse Photoshop.  My work around is to add a Copy Merged layer to the top of the stack.  Select top most layer (which has to be turned on for this work, and Shift Ctrl Alt E

      Zesty_wanderlust15A7
      Zesty_wanderlust15A7
      Known Participant
      June 4, 2023

      Vaguely makes me think of something, but I can't remember it...

      In the meantime, why not print as is?  You don't have to flatten anything, AFAIK?

      Other options are to save a file for printing, or to rasterize the layer styles (maybe that option is not in CS6 yet, not sure).

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      tomellisAuthor
      Participant
      June 5, 2023

      I'm not able to print from a psd, and once I try to convert to a jpg or tiff I lose the effects

      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 4, 2023

      Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible? (Before and after flattening)

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        tomellisAuthor
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        June 5, 2023

        I'm not sure what change I made, but I somehow now have the edits I made in Blending Options showing after I convert the psd to a jpg.  Odds are I was doing something wrong to begin with and just didn't notice when I screwed up, and when I went back later I skipped the bad step and things worked as they should.  Now I'll need to figure out what I did wrong so I can avoid that in the future!

         

        Thanks to all of you who offered to help, I really appreciate it!

          c.pfaffenbichler
          Community Expert
          c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          June 5, 2023

          Did you evaluate the effect at View > 100%? 

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