Text and Paths in Flatten Layers

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carlford3
Jan 27, 2004
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I have a Photoshop CS file with lots of text and shapes draw as vectors. If I flatten the file and drag single flattened layer into another Photoshop file with lots of other stuff, will the text and vector paths still be printed as vectors?

I have always wondered if layers in Photoshop only have one part that is the rasterized data or 3 parts (text, vectors, and rasterized data).
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JasonSmith
Jan 27, 2004
Nope, once it’s flattened, the vectors are gone.

The only exeption is when saving out to EPS – if you have a layered file with vectors, save as EPS with vector data – then the file is flattened but with vectors intact. But Photoshop cant reopen the file without rasterizing the vectors.
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John_Mensinger
Jan 27, 2004
Jason’s right…flattening rasterizes everything into one (background) layer. If you want to move your layers into another image and preserve their current data, make a Layer Set. Link the layers you want to move and choose New Set From Linked… from the Layers Palette menu. Now you can drag the set as if it was one layer into a different image.
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carlford3
Jan 28, 2004
Ok, Thanks. Now that I have new Photoshop CS that allows sets of sets the use of a set is not as bad as it use to be.

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