retrieving lost layers after merging and closing file

Submitted by pamela powell on Wed, 2008-11-05 02:49.

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Help!
I have created a photoshop psd file with several layers, and marged them to create a pdf file to send to client, and forgot to undo the merge! am I stuck? how can I retrieve these layers? I need them for the whole month!
someone help!?

Why did you merge them to

Submitted by pokie on Wed, 2008-11-05 12:38.

Why did you merge them to save as a pdf?

It should be pretty easy to somewhat recreate it based on the PDF if you still have the original images, etc.

Sorry. You can't. Its

Submitted by jHouse on Wed, 2008-11-05 12:51.

Sorry. You can't. Its happened to all of us. Unless you have a backup, you'll need to remake.

A lesson for the future: Always duplicate layers you intend to merge, then turn them off so they're not visible. You can always go back to them then.

Sorry!

Good luck

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Ah, yes. Always fun when you

Submitted by mbennett2 on Wed, 2008-11-05 17:44.

Ah, yes. Always fun when you do that. Unfortunately, there isn't anything you can do about it. The goo news is that recreating a file takes a whole lot less time than creating it in the first place.

I just did that about two months ago on a poster with about 60 layers. Doh!

On the bright side...

Submitted by kaervek on Wed, 2008-11-05 19:20.

Well, on the bright side, consider this a very good lesson learned. It's bound to happen at least once in your Photoshopping career, and it seems to happen more often on large projects where re-starting from scratch can seem to be a very daunting task.

Sorry for your loss, and use this experience to improve the way in which you work with Photoshop in the future by saving often, duplicating .psd's / layers, and performing backups of important (or even all) projects. I recommend backing up your .psd's every morning before commencing the day's work.

You're stuck. There wasn't

Submitted by natobasso on Wed, 2008-11-05 22:33.

You're stuck. There wasn't any need to merge the layers.

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I remember

Submitted by ireid on Thu, 2008-11-06 00:21.

Going for an interview at an agency and I was asked to do a press ad in one hour with elements they supplied. . . lol

I was finished in 40 minutes. . . then instead of clicking Save in the save as dialog, I clicked. . . yes you guessed it. . . Don't save. . . lost the WHOLE thing!

I will NEVER forget that I had to rebuild the whole thing in 20 minutes. . .

Never did get that job. . .not because I f-d up the "test" I got another offer that was better at the same time. . .:)

But NOW I remember to Stop. read. and then click. . . :)

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