Troubles with Layers

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meraliss
May 10, 2005
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I’m working on a chisel out stone effect for an annual report. I’ve got two layers with three style effects on both. I need to flatten the photo for print but when I do, the style effects are dramatically reduced. Does anyone know why PS is doing this to me?
I’m running PS 7 (haven’t updated yet… *sigh*)
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May 10, 2005
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I’m working on a chisel out stone effect for an annual report. I’ve got two layers with three style effects on both. I need to flatten the photo for print

Why do you have to flatten them?
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jenelisepasceci
May 11, 2005
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I’m working on a chisel out stone effect for an annual report. I’ve got two layers with three style effects on both. I need to flatten the photo for print but when I do, the style effects are dramatically reduced. Does anyone know why PS is doing this to me?
I’m running PS 7 (haven’t updated yet… *sigh*

Merge each layer down separately, beginning with the bottommost. Or, which is always a safe way:
Select all, copy merged, create new file, paste, flatten.

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Tacit
May 11, 2005
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I’m working on a chisel out stone effect for an annual report. I’ve got two layers with three style effects on both. I need to flatten the photo for print but when I do, the style effects are dramatically reduced. Does anyone know why PS is doing this to me?
I’m running PS 7 (haven’t updated yet… *sigh*)

Flattening an image should make no difference whatsoever in layer effects.

It may look like there is a difference on your screen if you are zoomed out, because of the way Photoshop renders layers when you zoom out. Zoom in to 100% and then flatten the layers, and you should see that the effects do not change.

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meraliss
May 11, 2005
Ohhhh, thank you very much. I zoomed into 100% and flattened and like you said it didn’t change. *blinks and shakes her head* Well, don’t I just feel silly. Still, it’s kinda strange that PS would do that. *shrugs* oh well, as long as it works. Thanks!

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