PS Unsharp Mask and Aperture problems

Okay, this is bugging the **** out of me.
From Aperture I open up an image with external editor (PhotoShop), select an area, sharpen it using unsharp mask and save it. It shows up in Aperture, however the selected sharpened area is fine but the area I did not select and sharpen has disappeared and shows up in the main window as back and the thumbnail, white.
I’ve tried flattening the image in Photoshop but to no avail.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Simon

Are ypu by any chance using alpha channels? Aperture does not support alpha channels and you can end up with exactly the effect you describe.
If you are using alpha channels, you need to finalize their usage and remove the additional alpha channels before saving the image back to Aperture.
G.

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