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hist101
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May 20, 2013
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stack mode is greyed out in cs6 wwhen all are smart objects and are layers and all selected.

  • May 20, 2013
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How do I get this to work?  I am trying to get photoshop to combine some objects in the stacked photos.  I do not understand why after selecting all  the various smart objects which are layered, and going to Layers- smart objects - stack mode is greyed out. What am I doing wrong?

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    hist101Author
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    May 20, 2013

    I uploaded the photos. I aliagned the photos after selecting them all. With them selected, I went to Layers- Smart objects - Convert to smart object. When converted there was one object. I selected that and went back to smark Objects and stack mode was still greyed out. I have the images as 16 bit.

    I tried the same thing with converting the photos to smart objects one at a time and targeting multiple images and stack mode was still greyed otu.  What am I doing wrong?

    Please give specific steps as I am somewhat new at this. Thanks

    conroy
    conroy
    Participating Frequently
    May 20, 2013

    Stack Mode works when a single Smart Object is targeted. (It's only available in Photoshop Extended and Photoshop CC, by the way.)

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    hist101Author
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    May 20, 2013

    Then why is it there in cs6 under smart objects if it is not available?

    Chris Cox
    Chris Cox
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    May 21, 2013

    Do you have CS6 Extended, or standard?

    And have you used the stack modes before?  Are you sure that's what you want, and not just simple layer compositing?

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