2 photoshop problems...PLEASE HELP!

[akavalun]

Ok,

 

First problem. For some reason, when I flatten my images, i'm losing some

saturation and contrast. I've never noticed this before, just as of late has

it been doing this. I've checked the histogram before and after flattening and

it doesnt change, but there is a significant change in appearance of the

images after flattening. Any ideas?

 

Second problem. I was working on an image yesterday, saved it, came back to it

today and now it wont open. I go to file-open, select the file, and rather

than opening my image, it brings up the "new document" box with the image

title in it, as if I clicked file-new. Whats going on here? I've gone into

windows explorer, the image file still exists and is the same file size I

saved it as yesterday, in the same location, but now it tries to create a new

document instead of opening the file.

 

Adam

[amber1]

hmmm. I don't know the answer to the first, but I might have a solution for the second...try going to file> "open as" and choose the type of file extention that matches the file that you saved when you select that file. That might bring it up for you.

[mark pav]

Try trashing your preferences file.<br><br>

 

With the flattening issue, I wonder if the proof setup changes afterwards and makes the image appear different. Hit control-y (I think that's what it is for a PC) when it happens to see if it returns to normal.

[cameron_rautmann___holt__m]

Don't flatten your image. Instead, go to "layers" and merge visible. I ditto the response on your file. I would actually go to the file, right click on it and use "open with" and choose photoshop.

[akavalun]

Thanks for the recommendations folks, but none of them have solved the problem yet. Regarding my first problem, i've triend merge visible, and the image still loses a lot of its punch. Regarding the second problem, I've tried "open as", and i've also tried right clicking on the file to open it, and neither works. This is frustrating!

[alexa_bell]

Maybe if you post a screenshot of your image in Photoshop before the layers are flattened, we could figure out the problem.

[silverdae]

As far as the flattening problem goes, check what the blend mode is for each layer and merge according to that. Example, if your layers go background, screen layer, levels-adjustment layer and you flatten the image, it can change the appearance. I always merge a screen layer (or similar) to a normal layer before flattening. Groups set to different blend modes or opacities can change the image as well. I've noticed this same problem in my work previously, and for me, it always comes back to blend modes and in what order I merge those layers. Hope this is a simple fix for you. Good luck!