6 Replies Latest reply: Aug 19, 2014 7:57 PM by learnitanytime RSS

    Saved as .pdf, then saved as .psd. Now my layers wont come back

    mhossey Community Member

      Mac // CS5 // lion

       

      I'm working on a business card in photoshop. I always save as .psd until the finished product, then save a front and a back as a .pdf.

       

      I finished, saved my front and back as a .pdf everything is good. When I save the document as .psd again and close the file, the next time I reopen, it has 0 layers, everything is flattened. I've never had this happen before and am scared to close down the file I am working on for fear that it might not return.

       

      I had this happen once already earlier today on a seperate business card. I knew I saved my final copy as a .psd and thought I was crazy when I opened that .psd up again to find that there were no layers, but one flattened image.

       

      Is my PS corrupted? Or did I miss a simple check box somewhere?

       

      Here are some pics to help

       

      This is the original document I'm working on. I saved 2 .pdf files from this .psd

      Screen Shot 2012-09-14 at 11.09.41 AM.png

       

      For Good measure I save the .psd above as a "test" and then open it up in another window. Notice how the thumbnail has a curved triangle shape. Also the file size is only like 9 mb...very small for my normal size

      Screen Shot 2012-09-14 at 11.10.06 AM.png

      Ok, so I open it up, and this is what I see. One flattened picture. No layer masks, layers...anything. What the heck! This is the exact same file that I just saved as you saw from the first screenshot

      Screen Shot 2012-09-14 at 11.10.20 AM.png