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Carlos
Oct 20, 2004
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Hi

Hope someone can teach me.
I have a astrophoto in PSD format and I want to add some geometric lines. I create a layer thinking that I can add lines making a figure without problems.
I noticed that each time I add a line it creates a new layer so after the figure was completed I more than 10 layers making the file huge. What I wanted to know is that possible to add all the lines in one layer ?

Thanks.
Carlos

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tacitr
Oct 20, 2004
I noticed that each time I add a line it creates a new layer so after the figure was completed I more than 10 layers making the file huge.

The file should not be much bigger; eachline layer is a vector layer and adds a trivial amount to the file size.

The file will be huge if you save it as a .PSD and choose the "maximize compatibility" option. "Maximize compatibility" means "save the picture twice–once in layers and once flat." It can double the file size. The option is there to support old programs from about 1994 or earlier that can only read Photoshop 2.5 files and can not read Photoshop 3.0 or later files.


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Odysseus
Oct 20, 2004
In article <41767d8b$0$18060$>, <Carlos> wrote:

Hope someone can teach me.
I have a astrophoto in PSD format and I want to add some geometric lines. I create a layer thinking that I can add lines making a figure without problems.
I noticed that each time I add a line it creates a new layer so after the figure was completed I more than 10 layers making the file huge. What I wanted to know is that possible to add all the lines in one layer ?
As Tacit says, if your lines are vector objects (not available in earlier versions of the program — which are you using?) they should take up very little space. But if they’re raster layers, or if you just want to tidy up, you can certainly merge them: the simplest way is probably to hide your background layer and then use the Merge Visible command.


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Carlos
Oct 20, 2004
Hi "Tacit"

You are right, I saved the file as a .PSD file choosed the compatibility option.
The original 35MB file, reached more than 200MB!!! after I added some lines. Thanks for the help.

Carlos

"Tacit" wrote in message
I noticed that each time I add a line it creates a new layer so after the figure was completed I more than 10 layers making the file huge.

The file should not be much bigger; eachline layer is a vector layer and
adds a
trivial amount to the file size.

The file will be huge if you save it as a .PSD and choose the "maximize compatibility" option. "Maximize compatibility" means "save the picture twice–once in layers and once flat." It can double the file size. The
option
is there to support old programs from about 1994 or earlier that can only
read
Photoshop 2.5 files and can not read Photoshop 3.0 or later files.

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Carlos
Oct 21, 2004
I am using Photoshop CS.
I shoot with my Nikon D70 a widefield astrophoto and wanted to put some lines to form the constellations drawing. So the backgroung I used the astrophoto (in PSD format) and was thinking to create only one layer to add all the lines needed for the sagittarius constellation drawing.
What I find out was that each line I draw, automatically a new layer is created. But the problem was not the number of layers created, it was the file size that makes me stop drawing. More than 200MB for aprox. 10 lines is to much, that is why send this question to this group hoping to learn some solution for this.
Now I have learned some more with you all and wanted to thanks all for this.

Carlos

"Odysseus" wrote

As Tacit says, if your lines are vector objects (not available in earlier versions of the program — which are you using?) they should take up very little space. But if they’re raster layers, or if you just want to tidy up, you can certainly merge them: the simplest way is probably to hide your background layer and then use the Merge Visible command.

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