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to many channels to export 5.


i get this error from time to time and have researched it . its a common issue and the solution is to flatten the layers in ps but i dont really want to do this.

anyone know what is causing this. apparently there is an extra alpha channel hidden somewhere. one suggestion says delete the background layer as its there but i dont want to do this.


has anyone encountered this and the cause and how to solve ?

thanks

noob
 
Why not flatten, Save As, then immediately "Undo" the flatten? I do that every time I get this type of error.
 
i could do that but it only happens sometimes so this makes me want to know what is causing it on these occasions and then making sure i can avoid it . if it was just random and no logical cause then i would not bother and simply flatten as you suggest.
 
I've had it happen with as few as two layers in the RGB channels, and one lonely Alpha channel.

I've seen no rhyme nor reason for the "too many channels" message.

Especially given that I've had no problems with massive PSD files with as many as a hundred or more RGB layers, masks, etc., with and without an Alpha channel! :yikes:

There's far too many more important things to figure out rather than spin my wheels chasing what may well simply be a phantom in the nVidia export tool!
 
fair enough if its not logical then i will not concern myself with is anymore and worry about bigger things

thanks
 
noob24 said:
fair enough if its not logical then i will not concern myself with is anymore and worry about bigger things

thanks
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No problem. A few months ago, I spent two full days "researching" this problem via extensive google searching, finally coming to the conclusion that no one (not even nVidia themselves!) could point to a definite cause for this specific export/conversion error... :rolleyes:
 
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