Flattening Noise

[bgrossman1290]

I recently began creating an image and when it came time to flatten this image, the noise I intentionally put in was softened to a regular glow. I am using CS2 and i used the Layer Style > Outer Glow > and then I added noise with blend mode linear dodge and an opacity of 68%. Anyone know if there is a way I can flatten the image with a way to maintain the noise?

 

[The Nemesis]

HI
first you have to flattern the layer which has layer styles applied and also has the noise.. but to do this u have to creat a new blank layer and bring it upwards on that layer and then merge it with that layer... so that layer looses it's layer style...

then you can flattern the image.... hope this helps...