Disappearing duplicated layers

While editing an image, I went to duplicate a layer from one window into another one, but when the image arrived it was 0 height 0 width and displayed no content when expanded. I found that although I had duplicated many layers to this image previously this now happened every time I went to duplicate a layer into it. I do not have this issue with any other project and as far as I can tell no setting is different on this one. Please advise!

Perhaps if you post some screen captures of the Photoshop steps your using that shows the image windows and layer palette for the document involved may shed some light on your problem.

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Hello,
How can I get rid of the "copy" suffix after duplicating layers, in a non manual way naturaly?
Thanks

The practical is that now I only have to rename one top layer instead of 100 other ones .
Is there a way to copy your layer in Illustrator in the same scene without using duplicate which creates the copy suffix?
I do what you suggest by copying the layer template into a new scene, and copying it back after renaming the top layer.
Tnx Arts Cer

Crash when duplicating layers?

I've only had InDesign installed and been learning it for the last 2-3 weeks, on a new Mac Mini (so I'm not pumped with processing power) but I don't think I'm asking the software & hardware to do too much...
I do repetative tasks as a designer, one of them is duplicating layers prior to sending a file to press (to outline fonts, flatten images, etc.) Seems like 1 out of 10 times I have duplicated a layer in the InDesign Layer Window - by drag and dropping the layer onto the New Layer icon, to duplicate - it causes InDesign to stop responding and ultimately forces an unsaved quit.
Has any one else had this happen or can duplicate the error?

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Encountered an issue with Photoshop 2014.2 that occurs when I try to use some_basic_bitmap_layer.duplicate(some_layer_in_different_doc, ElementPlacement.PLACEAFTER). So this is code that has been pretty much unchanged for a year and works in CS6 and CC2012 and used to worked in CC2014.1. I use .duplicate() with docs and with layers inside same doc, but this is the one giving exception:
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- Any ways to directly escalate it to Adobe given it's a new release. The general feedback site seems a waste of effort.
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Thanks for the feedback!
The sample code is meant for the sample psd, so it's playing on assumption that there is only one layer that is not background, is visible and not locked. In the production code it's always inside a group so it's not a background and we check for locked. Visibility we don't check but it has not been the case in the PSDs we've replicated this in.
However playing with this I did manage to find a workaround: it's possible to duplicate the layer to beginning of doc and then move it like below.
try {
    var original_doc = app.activeDocument
    var copy_doc = original_doc.duplicate("copy_doc", false) // duplicate original
    var export_doc = app.documents.add(original_doc.width, original_doc.height, original_doc.resolution, "export_doc", NewDocumentMode.RGB, DocumentFill.TRANSPARENT) // create empty export doc
    app.activeDocument = copy_doc   // select copy and first layer of it
    var layer = copy_doc.artLayers[0]
    // create dummy layer to merge to to flatten all vector & style data
    var tmp_layer = copy_doc.artLayers.add()
    tmp_layer.move(layer, ElementPlacement.PLACEAFTER)
    layer = layer.merge()
    var duplicate = layer.duplicate (export_doc , ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING)
    app.activeDocument = export_doc
    var dummy = export_doc.artLayers.add()
    var target = export_doc.artLayers.add()
    duplicate.move(target, ElementPlacement.PLACEAFTER)
} catch (e) {
    alert(e.message)
} finally {
    copy_doc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES)
    export_doc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES)
Also if I try to move duplicated layer without setting the active document Photoshop raises the same exception "The object " <unknown> of layer 2" is not currently available". I.e. it's hitting some internal issue instead of giving the right error of "not allowed to move layers in non-selected document". It kind of makes sense, i.e. duplicating to different doc after certain layer is a combo operation that duplicates to different doc and moves and they different requirements (what is the active doc).

Does duplicating layers from an 8-bit PSD reduce the color depth of a new 16-bit edit?

I have been using several versions of Photoshop over the years starting with CS3, then CS6, and finally CC. Through 2012, all my RAW files were converted using 16-bit color depth in ACR. However, in examining my files recently, I noticed all were in 8-bit color-depth, which likely happened once I upgraded to CS6 and ACR left 8-bit as the default. As such, I now have hundreds of images that I wanted to edit in 16-bits that have been converted to 8-bit starting with my ACR export. The files are all RAWs from cameras like the Canon 5D, 5D Mark III, Olympus OMD EM5, and Sony RX100.
I have 8-bit PSDs of my edits of these files which contains multiple layers. I use features from the Nik and Topaz collections for noise reduction, contrast enhancement, black and white conversion, and sharpening. I also use layered Photoshop features like Selective Color. I want to know if I can simply duplicate the layers from the 8-bit PSD files onto a new 16-bit RAW converted background layer rather than re-edit each and every file. There would be no change in the crop of other reasons why the layers would not match up, but I am concerned that duplicating those layers might throw away the benefit of moving to 16-bit since they were created in an 8-bit color-depth.
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I work off of a fairly modern computer and a top-end Eizo CG276 self-calibrating monitor and good video card. I am extremely sensitive to color and shade changes as well.
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Ketan

While raw file contain a 8Bit jpeg previews image in some color space. The RAW sensor data is not a color image and has no color space and the bit dept of pixels depend on the manufacturing. Most sensor produce one value for each pixel 10 to 14 bit seems to be common. Sensors only measure the light intensity not color. If front of each pixel sensor is a color filter which lets Red or Green or Blue light be measured for intensity.
A RAW converter can convert your sensors RAW data into a color RGB image in any color work-space in 8 or 16 bit color depth. No Adobe update went around and scanning your computer looking for 16bit color depth images and convert all of them to 8bit color. Your ACR workflow settings may have been change from 16 bit color to 8 bit color by you or set to 8bit by some update or script used. So you current ACR work-flow setting may be converint tou raw datya into 8bit RGB images. As long as you have you raw files you can reprocess these to produce 16Bit color RGB Image by makinf the proper ACR work-flow settings. You can also change your 8bit image to 16 bit image mode. However this will not recover any color quality lost or posterization that has set in.. It will give you a bit more latitude using Photoshop filters which may help you not get banding posterization.

Expressions - best practice for duplicating layers

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I have a fairly complex set of expressions on multiple layers. These layers together make up an overall effect for a piece of footage. For convenience I have these expression linked to a controller null object so I can control them from one place. Now that I have it set up, I want to duplicate the group of layers (footage item, various effects, and null object controller) multiple times. I basically have a template for a footage effect that I want to duplicate multiple times so I end up with many pieces of footage with this effect applied. When I duplicate the group of layers, I'd love to set it up in a way that the expression variables will now point to the duplicated controller object. I noticed this behavior happens if the expression is a simple pick whip from one property to another. Basically a direct connection. But if I attempt to store this pick whip selection in a variable to be manipulated further, this functionality ceases. So my question is, how can I create a set up that will permit me to duplicate layers and have the expressions update as if they were a simple direct pick whip from one property to another? Is this possible? If not, how can I better set this up to allow me to accomplish my end result?
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I have placed the cookie image on top layer, and on top of the web site image.
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Hey guys,
First my specs, just in case:
MAC OSX 10.6.6
AE CS5 10.0.1.19
8-Core
24 GB RAM
I'm having the strangest issues with adobe illustrator layers in my timeline... they keep disappearing at random moments during playback. Somtimes its during RAM preview, somtimes its when I'm scrubbing the timeline, but never at the same point and it doesn't seem to be consistant for which layers dissapear or appear. To be clear, the layers themselves are not disappearing in the timeline, but in my active view/camera.
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Duplicated Layers will both perform next task?

Hi...
Im just wondering if its a glitch or if this is how it works...
After duplicating a layer, Ill then select one of the layers and flip it - the flip will then happen to both layers...
Ive tried locking one layer, but that didnt work...
So in closing, is this how its suppose to work? Or do I have something set, that can be unset?
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Thanks for taking the time - youre completely correct - I didnt know there was such a difference (Im following a workbook) and dont know enough to explore on my own (yet).
A strange luxury if you ask me, when I can shift or command select the desired layers to behave similarly... (but what do I know)
Thanks again, I knew something was odd...

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This one has me stumped.
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Cutting my teeth using Photoshop CW4 on my first project using a professional printer and I made an image size mistake because I didn't read the printer's requirements (won't do that again). I made my image size without the bleed factored in. So I needed to enlarge the orginal 350 dpi image from 1400 x 3150 to 1435 x 3185 to compensate for bleed. I'm so new at this... and not wanting to compromise the image quality, the only safe thing I could think of was to create a new image with the proper dimensions and dpi, and then duplicate the original layers into the new image. But, I'm not sure if that really was the safe way to preserve the image quality. I've got two questions:
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Duplicating Layers

Hi,
In my previous version of Elements, I was able to duplicate a layer (which was a picture) and then drag and drop a new picture into that layer. How can I do this with Elements 12, since the drag and drop option doesn't work?
I am using this for a "scrapbook" photo page, where there are multiple photos and text on the page.

Drag and drop is fully implemented in PSE12 although there is a Photo Bin glitch that can be worked around (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1393774?tstart=0) so what problems are you experiencing?
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Just wanted to ask, whether there is a way to keep the relations of expressions going when duplicating layers. E.g. I have two layers, "LayerA" and "LayerB". Now I have an expression going on in "LayerB" saying, that its position always equals the position of "LayerA". Now when I duplicate those two and get "LayerA 2" and "LayerB 2" I want the expression in "LayerB 2" to reference to "LayerA 2"'s position rather than "LayerA"'s position!
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hello CarzyQwert,
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