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daras95579284
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May 19, 2018
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Sampled Images forgetting edits upon Licensing

  • May 19, 2018
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When I decide to license images I've downloaded previews of, it always resets the image within my project, ignoring edits, and just reverting to the original. I didn't think that was supposed to happen. What do I have set improperly that this is happening?

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Correct answer Theresa J

Your questions are all good. I assumed that you were doing edits directly on the preview image before licensing it, but it sounds like you aren't. If you are doing edits on layers, that is good.

I just realized that I missed an important step in my directions. The preview image in the layered PSD edit file has to be linked to your CC library where the actual preview image lives. If you double click on the preview to open it, make edits on layers and save that new file to your computer, there is no connection back to the file in the library.

Here's how you can fix that:

Open the edited PSD file that has the edit layers.

Drag the preview (or licensed image) from the CC Library into the document.

You will see a link icon in the layer panel showing that it is linked to the original in the Library.

This should fix your problem.

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Theresa J
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Theresa JCommunity Expert
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May 20, 2018

You can’t do edits directly or “destructively” to a preview image.

Here is the correct workflow:

  1. Open the preview image from your CC Library and make non destructive edits by adding layers.
  2. Add the new edited document, with the new layers back into a CC Library. You can do this by selecting all of the layers and dragging it into the Library.
  3. License the image by selecting the original preview image, not the edited new document.
  4. After the image is licensed, open the edited document which should update the preview and remove the watermark.
daras95579284
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May 20, 2018

So I do #1. I do use layers.

But I've never done #2, and I guess I'm not totally sure what that means to save it to my library. I save what I'm working on as a .psd but I don't add it to my library.

I used to just work on a project with preview images, then when I decided to commit to images that worked for the project, I'd just license them and then the watermark would just disappear, the image would be better quality, but everything I'd done with the image (like masks and things) would stay intact exactly as I'd done them with the preview, just the image would update. Lately though I have to redo all my masks and the image is a different size, even, when it updates.

Does #3 mean that it makes a difference from where I select to license the image? Sometimes I go to the library and license it there, but sometimes I just right click on the image within my project and license it there. Does that make the difference?

Sorry if my questions are kinda'...dumb questions!

Theresa J
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Theresa JCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
May 20, 2018

Your questions are all good. I assumed that you were doing edits directly on the preview image before licensing it, but it sounds like you aren't. If you are doing edits on layers, that is good.

I just realized that I missed an important step in my directions. The preview image in the layered PSD edit file has to be linked to your CC library where the actual preview image lives. If you double click on the preview to open it, make edits on layers and save that new file to your computer, there is no connection back to the file in the library.

Here's how you can fix that:

Open the edited PSD file that has the edit layers.

Drag the preview (or licensed image) from the CC Library into the document.

You will see a link icon in the layer panel showing that it is linked to the original in the Library.

This should fix your problem.

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