Color change after flatten?

[Ann_Shelbourne@adobeforums.com]

<< Then again there is the flattening that ID does to consider... >>

I normally use my merged-up layer to duplicate to a new flattened file; mode-change that file to CMYK; and place it in Indesign.

Where you may run into complications with InDesign's flattening is if you have vector objects in your Photoshop file.

[Mike_Ornellas@adobeforums.com]

I'm going to take a closer look at merging up solutions Ann.

thanks.

[steve_peters@adobeforums.com]

I think I may be confused by what you mean when you say merge up. Could you please explain?

[John_Slate@adobeforums.com]

steve:

you put a blank layer at the very top then shift-option-cmd-E, or hold down option while selecting merge visible from either the layer pull-down or the layer palette flyout.

The top layer then is a flattened version of all below it, which you can then move to its own document.

It's also called stamping.

[Doug_Katz@adobeforums.com]

And - again - if your objective is solely to move a composite version of the layered file to a new document (as opposed to, for example, Ann's multi-purposes), then Image>Duplicate>Merged layers seems to do the same thing in one step.