Merging layers in CS4

HI,
When I have layers open, I have three choices to merge: Merge down, merge visible, and flatten image. Flatten image is the only one without a shortcut.
Which, if any, is the better choice?
Thanks,

It all depends on exactly what you want/need. Each has differences, and one's needs should dictate which is chosen at a given time.
I also have a Flatten Layers in a series of Actions, for specific needs.
Good luck,
Hunt

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I have Dreamweaver CS4 setup on a new Win XP Pro computer
with 1gb of memory.
I was setting up a webpage that would act like a manual
photogallery. The user by clicking on one image could change to the
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> The first was to Create a Class for the layers called
"Hand", so that when
> the
> user moved the cursor over the layer(or image),it would
turn into the hand
> icon.
Out of the block this means that you are improperly applying
the behavior
directly to the <img> tag rather than to an anchor tag
- <a> - surrounding
an image. All behaviors should be applied to anchor tags
(usually). To fix
this, select the image, and in the BEHAVIORS panel, change
the onclick event
to <A> onclick. That will have the effect of wrapping
the image with an
anchor, and at the same time, moving the behavior call to
that anchor. Do
this for each such image. To change the event, click on the
onclick event
in the event column, and then select the dark arrow to drop a
list of
choices. Now you will not need the custom CSS class, as links
on an anchor
always get the correct pointer by default.
> The second problem, was with Behaviors. To change
images, I used
> "Show-Hide
> Elements" with trigger being "onClick". That did NOT
work.
It should. If you select each individual image's anchor (or
apply the
behavior first, and use the event change I described above)
you should be
fine.
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>I have Dreamweaver CS4 setup on a new Win XP Pro computer
with 1gb of
>memory.
>
> I was setting up a webpage that would act like a manual
photogallery. The
> user by clicking on one image could change to the next
image.
>
> Everything was done using AP Div and hiding all the
layers except the
> first
> one. This all went well until I tried do two things.
>
> The first was to Create a Class for the layers called
"Hand", so that when
> the
> user moved the cursor over the layer(or image),it would
turn into the hand
> icon.
>
> Normally I would done this by:
> Open the page with the layers, then in code view, put
the cursor on any
> layer
> name. In the Property Selector, in the Class Box choose
"Manage Styles".
> From
> here I could create a Class named Hand and apply it to
all the layers.
>
> In CS4 this is NOT an option and I need to know how to
get to the option
> called "Manage Styles". Another option (general) is how
to create a New
> Class
> for layers in CS4.
>
> The second problem, was with Behaviors. To change
images, I used
> "Show-Hide
> Elements" with trigger being "onClick". That did NOT
work.
>
> That not working, I switched to the trigger
"onDblClick". This did work.
> Is
> this a glich in CS4 or something I can fix? I see this
as a minor thing
> and
> was just wondering.
>
> BTW Adobe did a nice job grouping the CSS Styles, AP
Elements and Tag
> Inspector Panels. Saves space and is very nice way to
set it up.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> If needed sample pages can be put on the web to see the
code.
>

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Get Rich or Die Tryin wrote:
Just downloaded CS6 Photoshop off the creative cloud and the merge layer command does not work. What is happening is there is one layer with a layer style then a shape layer and when I hit Cmd E it merges the layers but the layer style will not merge with it. I was chatting it up and everything they recommended did not work. It works on all my other co-workers computers and we are all on the cloud. I tried renaming pref. folder, settings folder, re-installing, holding down shft+option+cmd on start up. I also created a test account but that turned out to be a major inconvenience. Once logged into the account there is nothing there. The suggestions just started getting more ridiculous as chat proceeded. Nothing.
There are two merge layers type commands one is merge down involves only two layers and another that is merge visible layers. In my opinion there is a problem with the way merge down is implemented. When you use merge down if the bottom layer in the merge down has a layer style the merged layer also has this layer style attached. This means that pixels from the layer merged into it will be effected by this layer style. The result may well not look like the composite looked before the merge. The will also happen in CS5. Merge visibile layer works the correct way in my view as the merge progresses the top two layers are merge by applying any layer masks and layer styles first and merging the two layers the resulting layer has no layer masks and no layer style. This result is then merged with the next lower layer with its masks and style applied first. The result is a single layer without mask and style that looks like the original composite view. If your having the problem with CMD|CTRL+E and the result has a layer style try turning the layer style visibility off see if that helps. If it helps some backup to before the merge down use merge visible or first rasterzise the bottom layer to be merged.

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and
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Bug Found: Illustrator CC *always* merges layers when opening a DXF file - CS6 works properly. When opening a DXF, CC merges multiple layers into one, even if you have the "Merge Layers" unchecked. Can a forum admin employee get this submitted as a bug report? Thanks.

Thank you Larry. I just submitted this bug report pasted below at the link you provided.
******BUG******
Illustrator CC 17.0.0 *always* merges layers when opening a DXF file, even if you have the "Merge Layers" unchecked.
1. Open a DXF file that contain multiple layers in Illustrator CC 17.0.0
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