OK - pretty much what I did anyway except I usually merge visible rather than flatten - but I'll use the flatten option from now on.
I usually save the layers as a PSD first anyway, just in case I want to go back and make any changes afterwards.
Thanks for the advice and thanks ejn for asking the question!! xx

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