Layers disappearing from layer palette

Named layers that have been appearing in the layer palette
have now disappeared from the palette although the layers are still
appearning on the page. I am working on a template if that makes
any difference in Dreamweaver 8.

If they are in non-editable regions of the page they will not
be shown in
the layers panel.
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> Named layers that have been appearing in the layer
palette have now
> disappeared
> from the palette although the layers are still
appearning on the page. I
> am
> working on a template if that makes any difference in
Dreamweaver 8.
>

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If they are in non-editable regions of the page they will not
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the layers panel.
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"Toni L" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:f6f48c$h4n$[email protected]..
> Named layers that have been appearing in the layer
palette have now
> disappeared
> from the palette although the layers are still
appearning on the page. I
> am
> working on a template if that makes any difference in
Dreamweaver 8.
>

Photoshop CC 2014 hangs for nearly 15 seconds when using Layer Group Layers or Layer Palette Group from Layers commands.

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I understand that the solution would be just to cut the file into smaller files and design each UI view in a separate file but that would be painful. And it does not seem to be a very hard task to just group layers.

Does the document also have a lot of layer comps?
And can you post that document or send me a copy of it so we can see exactly why it is hanging?

Layer disappeared from timeline

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I created a new rectangular div with the tool, but the new one is also not present in the timeline but only in the "elements" tab.
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Hi there! Because the forum you originally posted in is for beginners trying to learn the basics of Photoshop, I moved your question to the Photoshop General Discussion forum, where you'll get more specialized help.
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Apple changed the save behaviour several times in the past few versions of MacOsX - there is a good article about this:
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Hi,
As a relatively new user to InDesign, this may be a simple solution, however some of my colleagues were also unable to help me.
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The layers were all switched on and they were not on the master page, so I am unable to work out why they are disappearing?
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I am experiencing this! Have you worked out a solution?
I lost the background layer on two pages and it still exists for everything else. Master page is applied to these and when I even try copy and paste and drag onto the background layer it disappears. I've tried turning visibility off and on for all layers to see if somehow I had accidentally created a white box that's just hiding everything (extremely unlikely) but to no avail.
Additionally, on these pages I had text disappear from within grouped items and the text boxes still exist but all the copy has gone. And some of the linked images have completely disappeared too. These are on a different layer.
It is the strangest thing and neither me or anyone at work have experienced anything like this. Appreciate if anyone can help.
Cheers.

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In the meantime, I've found it easy to write and action and assign an f-key to it.
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I think it was a fair assessment given the circumastances of the answer you provided, Jeanne. Also, another thing is that posting under an "employee" account, you are speaking for the company. You are representing the company whether it is your intention or not. Even if you explictly state that what you say is your personal opinion, people might have mixed feelings about what you say and mistake it for a belief that the whole company shares. So be careful with that, just as a note for the future.
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The solution to this problem could be as easy as this (I can provide another graphic for the darker UI settings, if you want):
What you do is:
Display a bigger thumbnail of the layer icon (yes, that will use up more space in the no-thumbnail view, but that's not a huge problem compared to what you have now)
Clearly display the content of the layer (in this case, both layers are gradients, but it could also just have a solid color fill)
Lighten the color of unselected layer's names (to make the properties of the layer itself stand out better),
Make the layer thumbnail itself (if it's a vector layer) toggle the path outline on and off and
Bring back the separation line from CS5, which indicated the layer's position in the grouping hierarchy.
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Trust me, this change will make a world of difference. People will love this even if they don't understand that it's there or why they love it.
Would you like me to provide detailed wireframes and documentation, so your designers don't have to worry their heads about this one? Just asking, because this is a change that should really be pushed through, no matter what.
Cheers,
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I have an image of a block pary with 38 people. Naturally the image of some people had to be changed or deleted or added, etc. The first and last layers started out as duplicates of the whole picture.
I needed to remove the face of someone standing in front of green shrubs. To do this, I
a. created a mask on the first layer removing the the face in question
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c. put that on a layer between the 2 layers
and, voila, the face disappeared into the shrub.
However, the part of the shrub on the second layer, which was larger than the masked face, appears as a faint shadow on the top layer!!
This was very disconcerting!! In order to complete the picture, I was forced to make the mask on the first page exactly the same size as as the patch of shrub on the second page!! Hence, no overlap, no shadow!!
The obvious question is why does the faint shadow appear on the top page from anything underneath it???
Chuck

Hi,
Thanks for the response.
I tried to get some screen shots but was unable. My cursor is inop
(subject of another query yesterday) . I tried redoing it on
another, smaller photo with only 4 people. I could not reproduce it
in that photo(???).
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Remember Layer palette 'panel settings-'?

Is there a way to keep my layer palette settings to my liking? Every new document I create starts me out with tiny icons and each object has its own sub-layer.
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