About half the time I use Export Layers to Files it is exporting a solid white image for the first layer. I can put a different layer in it's place and it *might* export fine. I'd never seen this happen before updating to Photoshop 2017. Is anyone else experiencing this?
Not what you want to hear, but so far, with a few various files, including files with first layers that have transparency, the only "blank" white layers I'm able to come up with are adjustment layers. Can you take a screen shot of your Layers panel for one of the files this has happened with so we can see if there's a difference in setup?
Note, my layers do get named top down. For instance, at the top of 4 layers I have a Channel Mixer layer. That one is named Prefix 0000 (and shows up as the "first" layer), with the next one down Prefix 0001, etc. So the "first" layer is a solid white layer. Perhaps that's what you're seeing? I'm hesitant to think so because you said putting a different layer in the first layer's place "might export fine." The order wouldn't account for a white substitute for the base layer from time to time.
Apologies for the slow reply, but exporting layers to files is something that I only do for Portfolio updates, so this got back-burnered.
Here's 3 screenshots. I've literally only swapped the positions of the first and second layers, and for some reason the first output has a blank image and the second output does not.
Also, ignore the text in the "File Name Prefix" field. I always blank that out, but for some reason I took the screenshot before I did. (I wish there was a preference to set it to blank by default)
It's not critical, but if I forget about this bug and close a prep'd stack it's a bit annoying to redo things for 1 image.
This is happening to me exactly as you describe, Brian. Only started after I updated to CC 2017. I've Googled all I can Google, and this is the only similar problem I can find. I'll post an update if I find one.
This is a known issue that will be fixed in an upcoming release. The problem is reproducible when the top layer is selected. A simple workaround is to select any layer other than the top layer in the layer stack. Give that a shot and see if that resolves the problem for you.
when exporting as layers, the export dialog doesnt remember your last save location, and it imposes a numbering sequence regardless of whether you want it. I can liive with those features, but here's the question I hope someone can help me with. If one of the layers has had a move command applied, the new file from that layer is created with WHITE fill. Does anyone know if I can change a setting to make it BLACK fill? I expected that I could control the fill colour by setting the background colour. Maybe I missed something, thanks. Malcolm
Hi Malcolm, this sounds like a different issue. What is your output format? Can you start a new topic with Step to Reproduce and possibly a source PSD with the steps to repro. That would help us track it down the quickest.
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