Moving Adjusted Photos to a New Adjusted Composite

Why do adjusted photos lose all their adjustments when moved to a final composite looking like the original ,jpg or worse? What's the secret here?

When CS4 is opened, photo images are placed there because BRIDGE doesn't work. The composite background is designed first, color adjusted and made transparent and saved and then each photo is opened one at a time on a new page, adjusted and  also saved as .psd. Moving each of these photos from its page to the composite page results in all the adjustments being lost. One of two things happen: the image reverts to the darkness of the .jpg (some photos didn't have the flash working) or, it gets much, much lighter as it is placed on the adjusted composite background.
Why oh why does this happen? What am I doing wrong here? I've tried linking  the layers, merging visible, and whatever else layers offers and nothing works. This is so crazy!

Similar Messages

  • Problems moving edited photos onto a new document.

    I am new to Photoshop CS3 extended and i am having problems moving an edited photograph to a new document for printing. I get a screen stating 'The target document has a different depth than the source document. This may result in lower than expected quality. Are you sure you want to proceed' If i say yes nothing happens,
    if i try to print from the edited photograph without moving it onto a new document it doesnt fit onto an A4 paper and comes up with 'Specifit print settings (Interpolation, Calibration,Encoding) will be ignored since you are printing to a non post-script printer.
    This has just started to become a problem I have not changed printer which is a printer/scanner/copy Lexmark 4550 please help

    Sounds like you are trying to make a move a 16bit image into an 8 bit image. besure to convert it before you transfer.

  • Moving my photos and PSE catalog to a new machine... and upgrading

    H
    I am seeking advice on the best way to do the following: 
    - move my photos from my current laptop to a new laptop
    - recreate my current PSE catalog on the new machine
    - do both of the above while also upgrading to PSE 11 on the new machine.
    The last time I did this sort of action -- moved my photos to a new machine -- it was sheer bedlum.  Hoping to avoid the pain this time.  
    Do I first need to move my photos to the new laptop -- recreating the exact smae file structure that I have today -- amd them export and import the PSE catalog? I want to repeserve the album structure and tagging that I have created.....    
    Any help/pointers appreciated. 

    The recommended way to move to another computer with a new OS or PSE version is to use the built-in backup and restore function in PSE.
    - Start with a clean catalog : reconnect missing files, repair, optimize. That's good practice even if it is not strictly necessary.
    - Do a full backup on an external media (external USB drives are safe and affordable). If you have several catalogs, do as many backups. Warning ! each separate backup must be in its own separate folder.
    - Now, you have installed your PSE version (possibly a newer version) on the new computer, you can do a restore from each catalog backup. That will restore the catalog and the picture files ; if you have checked the option to keep the folder tree structure, it will be kept.
    The smart thing about this process is that not only everything is restored, but if you have upgraded to a newer PSE version, the catalog will be automatically converted to the newer version ; furthermore, you have a backup!
    http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Move_your_photos_1
    http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/common-catalog-issues-upgrade-elements.html
    Edit:
    This shows why a backup from the organizer is often a better solution than external backup solutions. Suppose your old computer crashes, you can restore to a new computer and newer PSE version easily. It's also a good way to update a secondary computer (a laptop for instance) to the same 'sync'  than the master computer.

  • New Adjustment  Layer

    Hello. I am having trouble in New Adjustment layer. When I open Bridge and select a photo and go to CS3 I set up a duplicate layer and if I go to New adjustment layer and select any from that menu, ie, Photo filter... color mixer to convert to B&W the event show up in the layers side bar but the the eye dropper tool shows up in the photo and CS3 locks up. If I go to Image>Adjustments I can use the filters. However if I go Layer>New Adjustment Layer it locks up. I have recently added an Epson RX595 printer but thinking that is the the problem disconnected it but it still locks up and I have to go to Force Quit to restart CS3. I am new to iMac and have Leopard 10.5.2 3GB in RAM.
    What am I doing wrong or what needs to be done.

    Arnold,
    Your post is far from clear. You may want to clarify for the benefit of others who may be able to help.
    Since you mention Leopard, however, I can't help myself.

  • How to change the default name of new adjustment layers? (and other Q's)

    How do I change the default name of new adjustment layers?
    How can I make it so that adjustment layers don't come with a mask when I create them (unless I have a selection active)?
    Why isn't the Shadows/Highlights functionality an adjustment layer? It's accessable under "adjustments" but you can't use it non-destructive
    Where can I find documentation on Photoshop's API? (I want o make tools for it - javascript)

    Forgive me for not looking into your Maya-specific links, but one can automate Photoshop using JavaScript indeed (on Windows also VB, on Mac also AppleScript).
    Not everything can be automated naturally, but a lot – and it can really speed up many tasks; and with the »small« repetitive ones like saving copies off of files etc. combining Scripts with Configurator Panels can be especially convenient.
    There is a Scripting Forum over at
    http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/photoshop_scripting
    As for plugins: it's something I would like to learn some day (I guess you would have to go with Flash and AS3 for making actual plugins)
    I think you might also have to learn C++ or C.
    There is Forum the contributors to which might be able to give you pointers if you get to that. 
    http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop/photoshop_sdk

  • I can't change the date on my photos. i click on adjust change and date and it does not give me the earliest date to change

    I can't change the date on my photos in events. I click on adjust date and time of selected photos and the date that I can edit is the oldest photo date and not the earliest. Help?

    iPhoto should be showing you the date of the first photo you selected.
    What do you want to achieve? It should not matter, which photo you select to adjust the time, because all photos will be corrected by the same fixed increment, if you use "Adjust Date and Time".
    If you want to set all photos to the same time, use "Photos > Batch Change > Set Date to" instead.

  • How do I get photos to show in my collections folders after moving photos to a new location?

    After exporting my main folder to a new location along with the .lrcat and .lrdata files, along with my backup files, all of my collections folders show zero images in them.  I need to somehow link these files together to get my collections back.  The pnotos are there, just not showing in the collection folders.

    Whats the simplest and most easily mainted method for storing files?  Do folks dump them into one huge file and then sort with Lr collections or do they import into smaller files AND sort with collections. 
    I would like to back up the mess I have and use collections but not sure if there is an efficent way to do so.
    I believe that sometimes you are using the word "file" to mean "folder"
    The simplest and easiest way to manage files is to use the default import mechanism in Lightroom, which is to put them into folders by capture date. This takes zero effort on your part. From that point on, you NEVER move them, how simple is that? (there is one exception which I shall explain in a minute) and then you use Lightroom tools ... keywords and other metadata, to allow you to organize and search.
    Backups are accomplished by making a backup of both your catalog file and all of your photos.
    The exception to never moving your photos is when you need to move them to a new hard disk or new computer, then of course you should move them.

  • Adjusting photos in iweb

    i would like to know why i can't adjust my photos once i drop them into a page in IWEB.  The editing bar at the bottom once highlighted opens up but the bar to move exposure or brightness or anything else on it does not work.  nothing happens!

    What type of page are you trying to adjust photos on? Photos on photo pages or album pages can't be adjusted in iWeb. You'll need to adjust them in iPhoto before you add them to the photos page.
    OT

  • Rotate canvis unintuitive, hot key limitations, new adjustment layer features? Brush size slider bad

    I've been using photoshop for a while, as well as a number of 3D  applications. Speed and efficiency have always been very important, and I  usually customize my software a lot to make it work for me. These are  some of the things photoshop could do better in comparison to the user  interfaces in some 3D programs.
    Rotate canvas unintuitive: 
    While having a center pivot seems more intuitive at first, it actually  causes me nothing but trouble having to always figure out where the  center is, and then deciding how close i am (which will change speed of  rotation). I would like at least an option to simply drag left and drag  right for clockwise and counterclockwise at a specific speed. 
    Hot Key Limitations: 
    alt R and control R and shift R cannot be assigned to different things. I would prefer it if i could customize all of these. 
    new adjustment layer features: 
    often when painting in photoshop, i create an adjustment layer over all  the layers. If i like how it looks, and want to continue painting, i  have to either turn it off while i work and switch it on at the end  again, flatten the entire painting loosing the layer separations, or  duplicate the adjustment layer and setting it next to each pre-existing  layer and then merging each set of 2 layers(the original + the  duplicated adjustment layer). 
    It would be really wonderful if the process of duplicating the  adjustment layers and flattening each set of 2 could be automated. a  sort of Flatten to all individually button. 
    Brush Size Slider: 
    Zbrush has a very wonderful brush size change. I never appreciated it  until trying photoshops. (previously to this i used another piece of  hardware with a scroll wheel to change brush size. and still do. why the  heck is the first brush size jump 10 units!?! simply a linear brush  size change would have been awesome. although including a brush size  slider is already pretty awesome 
    These things have been bothering me for a long time, and i always assume  these problems that are obvious to me are probably obvious to everybody  else and therefore will be fixed without my small intervention, but i  figure this cant hurt. Thanks for all the hard work and the wonderful  product!

    This is a poorly explained reason about why is so important having a loupe in Photoshop. I've not also, used the best example, but I will. This belongs to the ADDITIONAL FEATURES: Loupe/Magnificator View:. Also, I will try to make my english clrearer, but here it goes:

  • How to view develop adjustment photos on LR3.2

    I noticed after adding adjustment on library view, it stamps a small icon on the right lower corner which is very helpul.  I have many photos and when I want to separately view the only adjusted photos, how do I do this?
    I am sure it is simple but being a novice to this great tool just learning, thanks in advance.
    gychang

    Make a Smart Collection that includes the criteria for adjusted/changed photos.  I can't remember the exact name of the option in the drop-down, but it is there.

  • New Adjustment Layer - Levels/histogram GLITCH ?

    I use the non-destructive Adjustment Layers (Layers/New Adjustment Layer) all the time.  Today when I was playing around on the CS6 beta for Photoshop, I discovered that after selecting the New Adjustment Layer for Levels that I couldn't see the historgram graph when tried to re-access the Adjustment Layer by clicking on the Levels icon on the layer palette.  I shut photoshop off and reopened it, hoping it had a quick reset fix... but no luck.  When I first open up a Levels Adj. Layer, I can see the historgram and slide bar, but when I close it, and return to it to do additional work, I can no longer see the histogram graph. All I see is a smaller version of what looks like a small dark grey levels box, with the 3 levels arrows (left-dark, middle-mid tones, right-light) but no histogram to make adjustments with.
    Am I missing something here...? Is this super obvious and I just need another cup of coffee to make it all become clear?

    Hello, could you post a screen capture? http://forums.adobe.com/message/4209263#4209263
    And please post Photoshop's help>System info...
    Is there any content in the image? the levels histogram will look empty if the image is all black or white.

  • Import adjusted photos from camera raw into Lr5

    I like using Bridge to import my photos but also like to use LR5. After I organize and edit in camera raw I want to import (ADD) the adjusted photos into LR5. Problem is the adjustments dont import into LR. The original raw DNG is imported without the fixing that I did. Please help.

    In the Camera Raw preferences, make sure you have Save image settings in: set to Sidecar ".xmp" files set. If you don't, then the settings are only saved in the Camera Raw database which Lightroom can't read.

  • Photoshop CS3 freezing when I create a new adjustment layer

    I am working on a Macbook Pro. Have plenty of memory/RAM/scratch disk space.
    When I try editing an image (which I have exported from Lightroom) PS freezes as soon as a new adjustment layer is created. When there is a second layer, I am unable to return to the original layer. Tool switches automatically from default "move" tool to "eyedropper" and PS freezes.
    Have been through all the archives and can find no help. Also just re-installed PS from the disk and still have the same issue.
    Thanks for any advice/help.

    Usually just checking the system display configuration and sorting that out will make it work.  Photoshop tries to make sure the dialogs are displayed on an active display, but has to trust the OS about what displays are active.
    If you ever get completely stuck, then resetting Photoshop preferences will reset all dialog locations and EVERYTHING ELSE - so backup your favorite settings and presets before doing a complete reset.

  • Confounded by error sound after creating new adjustment layer

    after creating a new adjustment layer I (often) find that despite having clicked on the new mask I cannot either change the background colour, or zoom the brush etc I just get an error sound 'plonk'
    If I click on another layer then back it will work - this keeps hapening -what am I doing wrong? I also can create adjustment layers at other times with no problems, not chaninging anything AFAICS
    thanks for your help

    Hello, could you post a screen capture? http://forums.adobe.com/message/4209263#4209263
    And please post Photoshop's help>System info...
    Is there any content in the image? the levels histogram will look empty if the image is all black or white.

  • New Adjustment layer vs. new solid and turn on adj icon

    Hello All,
    Is it safe to say that an Adjustment layer is just a solid layer named Adjustment Layer with the black and white adjustment icon activated and that defaults to a Solid Setting that is comp size and white in color.
    thanks

    That's close. Any layer can be turned into an adjustment layer, not just a a solid-color layer. When you create a new adjustment layer with the Layer > New > Adjustment Layer command, it creates a regular white solid-color layer as you describe and then turns the Adjustment Layer switch on for that layer.

Maybe you are looking for