Photoshop missing layers

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December 21, 2024
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Good afternoon, 2 years ago I made a photo with 96 layers and 1 photo in each layer. I thought I saved a version with all layers visible and named. I have to adjust a number of layers and when I now open the latest version there is only 1 (merged) layer known, the background layer. Is there a way to get the layers back (the history is empty)?

Thanks Greg

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barbara_a7746676

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Stephen Marsh's question is crucial. If you saved as JPG or any of the other file formats that don't support layers, the file would be flattened to a 'Background'.

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Gregorius95Author

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It was saved as a .psd file.

Trevor.Dennis

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Could that layer be a Smart Object? If the thumbnail has an icon in its lower right coorner as below, then double click the thumbnail which open it in a new window showing all of its contained layers. My fingers are crossed for you.

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Gregorius95Author

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Sorry, no smart object. Maybe the command "merge layers" or "make 1 layer" was executed.

creative explorer

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@Gregorius95 this might be a far-out chance, but did you do another search for the file for a different version? Maybe a duplicate saved on the cloud?

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