Exporting image with starry night sky effect

[wdishon111]

Hi

I've made this effect for an image i'm working on that generates stars in the background. It works fine but whenever I try to export or flatten the image the star effect completely goes away

Here's what it looks like in Photoshop

And here's what it looks like when I try to export it

I think it has something to do with my levels layer since whenever I make it invisible it comes up with a similar looking image. Just a lot lighter than the one exported.

I basically followed a tutorial step by step from this website to get the effect - Create A Starry Night Sky In Photoshop

If anyone could help me out with this it would be greatly appreciated.

[davescm · Accepted solution]

You need to view each step at 100% zoom. Other zoom levels are showing a preview not the actual layers and you will often see a difference when flattening - particularly with small points of light like starts

Dave

[servitor]

Try clicking on the Levels adjustment layer in the Layers panel, to select it.

Next, click on the New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel to add a new blank layer above the existing layers.

Select the New Layer, and merge the visible layers, with Alt+Shift+Ctrl(Cmd) + E, or hold down the ALT key and click on Layer > Merge Visible

Finally, try exporting again.

Let us know if this helps.

[D Fosse]

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2268803