Saving as JPG flattened my image

Hi, I saved a multi-layers file as a jpg and now it's just one background layer. How do I get the multiple layers back?
Thanks!

If I do have the original PSD, how do I do it? Or they will just be there, I guess? I'll check.
Thanks, again!

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Flattening merges all the layers and gives it a white background, the layer is then named background and is locked. Whereas merge keeps a transparent background if there is one, the remaining layer is not locked.
A flattened image will crop any image data that falls outside the document area. So technically it does effect the quality. The same as what a crop would do.
However it does not adjust the documents image size.
A merged document leaves the image data outside the document area untouched.
That said, some formats like jpg flatten the file not merge it. As it does not support transparency nor layers. Png does not support layers therefore outer data is cropped. But tiff and psd will keep outer data as both of these formats support transparency and layers. Transparency is required to stop the file from being flattened and layers is required to keep any image data that falls outside the document area from being cropped.

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When I go to save an image the "file format" drop down box defaults to PSD every time, rather than the original format of the image. This happens even when the image is flattened and regardless of bit depth. It doesn't seem like that big of a deal to simply drop down the box & select "JPG" but when you're working hundreds of images it becomes time consuming. Sometimes when I change the format it tells me that I must save it as a copy & automatically adds "copy" to the file name. I have specific file naming so I have to manually delete this in order to save over the original file.
This is a fairly recent (year or so) issue because I used to be able to use my programmable keyboard to do this and it made things SO fast! Now I'm forced to use the regular keyboard/mouse and it's slowing down my workflow.
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It should default to jpeg if the image was already a jpeg and you flattened the image before trying to save.
You might try resetting the photoshop preferences.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0

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I am Using Photoshop CC 2014, always the newest version, on a mac.
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So when I save the contents inside of a Smart Object, it also changes them inside of the main PSD.
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When you save the jpeg are you using Save As... or Save For Web...? To keep the jpeg mode as CMYK you have to use Save As and if you want the jpeg's CMYK preview to match in other color managed applications you have to check Embed Color Profile.
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