Disappearing Elements

When I import a PDF into Photoshop, elements from the PDF disappear. I thought it was because it was a layered file but the same thing happens when I bring a flattened jpeg in. Why does this happen?

Ok - Apologies - I was mistaken about the jpegs. They already had the missing elements. I'm working on a Mac OS X and with the Adobe CS5. In our studio another designer is on CS6 and we have the same problem on both computers. I cannot provide information on how the PDF was created as it's a supplied PDF from a client (and in the past week this problem has occurred 4 times with 4 different clients where they have supplied pdf's of final artwork and when I take it into Photoshop elements disappear). I'm finding it hard to believe that the problem can be happening on the creator's side as we haven't had this problem before - and now suddenly there are 4 instances in the past week. Sorry - I hope this information helps?

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Wierldy, when the links are clicked, the new windows open displaying the correct content but when I return to my window with my site some elements have disappeared! Animated buttons - which are used for the main site navigation - disappear! strangely the elements are not visible but when I hover over their location the links for the navigation are still active and the pointer changes to a pointing finger to indicate that an element is present but not visible! a ghost in the machine?
Anybody got any clue whats happening? I should point of that I have not published any files in the project yet and I am working completely in mode=preview so maybe this has a bearing on this matter because I'm linking away from my window in preview mode. I have a few elements that link to document downloads and these links work fine because the files reside in the same local directory as the main index [page]. This is all I can come up with.
...as we say here in the UK I'm stumped.

Hi Maxi - feel your pain!
Try in Stage creationComplete:
sym.getSymbol("Stage_PFEILE").getSymbol("Symbol_9").css("-webkit-backface-visibility","hidden");
Alternatively, you might try in Symbol_9 creationComplete:
sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("Stage_PFEILE").getSymbol("Symbol_9").css("-webkit-backface-visibility","hidden");
If this alternative works, then you will need to repeat it for every disappearing symbol in their respective creationComplete. Fred's solution for this weirdness works for elements on the Stage in creationComplete. And it might be that the disappearing element may need to be referenced and not just the symbol containing the element and so the pain continues...
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sym.getSymbol("Stage_PFEILE").getSymbol("Symbol_9").$("yourdissapearingelement ").css("-webkit-backface-visibility","hidden");
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sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("Stage_PFEILE").getSymbol("Symbol_9").$("yourdissapearingelement ").css("-webkit-backface-visibility","hidden");
You may have guessed from all this that I have yet to address the issue and so its on the back burner for the moment...thanks again to Fred and let me know if any of this helps or if you find a better way...
regards

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I am working on a complex animation in Edge Animate with a lot of elements (mostly .svg) and movement. I had trouble with disappearing elements in chrome and opera, but NO other main browser (it also works fine in chrome canary, an experimental browser). I got rid of most of the suddenly disappearing elements and some other minor bugs with grouping elements together, move some groups or single elements to the foreground/background, I also took some static non-moving elements and converted them into a single .png which I moved to the background. This solution: Re: The Strange Case OF Disappearing Elements! in combination with manually changing the z-index of some elements was also helpful.
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I suspect that this has been discussed before, but we put together a publication, and receive PDF ads from many sources, so I don't know how they are built. Sometimes, if we either flatten the PDF, or open it in Photoshop, elements will disappear. Sometimes just a portion of a logo will disappear, and if we don't notice it, the publication ends up having to refund the client. Any ideas what's causing this and how to avoid it?

If you rasterize or open a PDF in Photoshop you will see not only a small amount of loss of quality, it will be huge:
Vectors and fonts are rasterized with the image resolution (e.g. 300ppi). That means that theit lines are not crispy any more. If they remain in vectors they will be later rasterized in the RIP or APPE which will create much smoother lines and output in higher quality.
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Bleed
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If you need registration marks.
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Opening a PDF (nor a delivered EPS) is not a solution.
Sending the Add as EPS is neither a solution.
Sending a rasterized anything is also not a good idea.

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Thanks Jon,
Fair enough, that was my first thought, the question is actually for my father, we are living on different continents, and I'm trying to help him via screen sharing. He is 76 years young and not quite that computer savvy, but he actually checked this first.
I have trouble helping him as he is using Windows 7 with PSE11 and I'm using the latest versions of LR and Photoshop on Mac, at work we are still with Windows XP so I don't know my ways around very well in W7. I have trouble sussing out what W7 and PSE11 don't allow you to do in comparison to the programs I use - e.g. having a safety copy of your folder/pics on import and other things.
I had asked my father a lot of questions of what happened and what he did just before the loss became apparant, there was nothing unusual (e.g. crash of program or PC), so I think this was kind of a freak catalogue thing, I have now instructed my father to save the catalogue on every exit to avoid future frustrations.
thanks for your considerations
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