Layer effect lost when exported

[Vafann]

SeniorS - thanks for the help. I figured it out and it was a noob mistake on my part (figures).

Hello, I would like to know what it was that you figured out, because I have had that same problem sometimes, and I don´t know what it is I am doing wrong when it happens. I think it has something to do with when you merge the layers?

[Adam McIntyre]

If you're saving at a low quality, the emboss may seem to disappear because not enough pixels are utilised to display the gradient properly. If you merge the layer with the emboss into a blank layer, there is no reason why the effect would vanish, and as you say it happens on export, I'd guess it's a quality issue.