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Illustrator Terrible rasterazation mistake
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dv8_fx
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Sorry mate. There's no way once rasterized , saved and closed.
If the rasterized version isn't too complicated to trace the shapes and redo the vectors. The only silver lining is that you managed to create them thus it takes away or minimizes the guess work involved on how you created them .
Unless it was a EUREKA moment and you don't remember how you got to accomplishing something..... ouchhh
If the rasterized version isn't too complicated to trace the shapes and redo the vectors. The only silver lining is that you managed to create them thus it takes away or minimizes the guess work involved on how you created them .
Unless it was a EUREKA moment and you don't remember how you got to accomplishing something..... ouchhh
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Unfortunately, I don't know of any general way to revert your file back to an earlier state (once closed) unless you had some sort of automatic backup system in operation.
If, by some chance, there were only a few vector objects in your file and you only rasterized them, but didn't flatten the layer stack, it's a lot less work than trying to reconstruct an entire layer stack.
I probably don't need to tell you this, but if, as you were working on the project, you had saved multiple copies of the PSD file, each with the date and time in the file name (eg, Grandma_portrait_recolorization-2014_01_21-1715z.psd) you would not be facing such a problem now. If you are worried about the space on your HD this requires, you can delete the oldest versions or the versions reflecting small amounts of progress when you are all done. Another option is to email the intermediate copies to yourself (or use dropbox or something similar for big files). This has the added advantage of providing an off-site backup should a fire or something awful happen to your computer or your office.
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If, by some chance, there were only a few vector objects in your file and you only rasterized them, but didn't flatten the layer stack, it's a lot less work than trying to reconstruct an entire layer stack.
I probably don't need to tell you this, but if, as you were working on the project, you had saved multiple copies of the PSD file, each with the date and time in the file name (eg, Grandma_portrait_recolorization-2014_01_21-1715z.psd) you would not be facing such a problem now. If you are worried about the space on your HD this requires, you can delete the oldest versions or the versions reflecting small amounts of progress when you are all done. Another option is to email the intermediate copies to yourself (or use dropbox or something similar for big files). This has the added advantage of providing an off-site backup should a fire or something awful happen to your computer or your office.
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dv8_fx
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Work in Progress version.... meaning your work saved in a different file name at certain stages while your at it. eg vector01.psd , vector02.psd etc.
Unless that was the only file version you had all along.
Which is why its good practice to continue work on a copy of the last save rather than to work directly on the last saved version or to save the work in versions as you go along.... any mistake or mishap, you have something to revert back to.
Unless that was the only file version you had all along.
Which is why its good practice to continue work on a copy of the last save rather than to work directly on the last saved version or to save the work in versions as you go along.... any mistake or mishap, you have something to revert back to.
