Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Can't find a *.psd file with CS2

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Can't find a *.psd file with CS2

+++Bobby \O\+++

2006-05-11, 10:16 pm

I installed CS2 and tried to open old files that I used with PS CS. On one
particular file, I received a message that said: "Could not complete your
request because the file could not be found." This file was a one layer
scan and was saved in the psd format. When I put the cursor on the
filename, the picture showed up (like it should) at the bottom of the screen
briefly before it tried to open it. Can someone help? This doesn't seem to
happen with all my files.

Brian

2006-05-12, 6:16 pm

+++Bobby "O"+++ wrote:
> I installed CS2 and tried to open old files that I used with PS CS. On one
> particular file, I received a message that said: "Could not complete your
> request because the file could not be found." This file was a one layer
> scan and was saved in the psd format. When I put the cursor on the
> filename, the picture showed up (like it should) at the bottom of the screen
> briefly before it tried to open it. Can someone help? This doesn't seem to
> happen with all my files.
>
>
Silly questions but I have to ask, are you opening it from the "recent
files" menu? Are you double clicking it with or without PS open already?

+++Bobby \O\+++

2006-05-12, 6:16 pm

No, I am using the Open command within PS CS2.

"Brian" <nospam@nawbabynaw.com> wrote in message
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> +++Bobby "O"+++ wrote:
> Silly questions but I have to ask, are you opening it from the "recent
> files" menu? Are you double clicking it with or without PS open already?

Hunt

2006-05-13, 3:15 am

In article <qKO8g.59249$IZ2.50924@dukeread07>, rmo555@cox.net says...
>
>I installed CS2 and tried to open old files that I used with PS CS. On one
>particular file, I received a message that said: "Could not complete your
>request because the file could not be found." This file was a one layer
>scan and was saved in the psd format. When I put the cursor on the
>filename, the picture showed up (like it should) at the bottom of the screen
>briefly before it tried to open it. Can someone help? This doesn't seem to
>happen with all my files.

Is one of the PSD files, that you uploaded, 2nd green across pond with tree
framing scene and signature.PSD? I think that that is the one that I d-l'ed
from the site. It Open[ed] fine in CS2 on my machine. The only dialog box,
that I got, was "Some Text Layers Need To Be Updated... " Both with, and
without the Text Layer updating, it opened fine.

I'll go and d-l the other two, just to make sure that they work well too.

It looks like you did a "Brushstroke," or similar treatment to this image, but
other than the dialog box, re:Text, I didn't see anything that should cause a
problem. You state in a followup post that this is happening to many more of
your CS1 images. Question: do ANY of your CS PSDs Open in CS2? I cannot recall
anyone having a problem with a CS2 install, but I guess that it's possible.

Hunt, off to d-l the other 2 images

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Hunt

2006-05-13, 3:15 am

Mike Russell

2006-05-13, 3:15 am

I was able to open all three files without errors using Windows Photoshop
CS2, and in Elements 2.

My best guess, and it's only a guess, is that you have a mixture of dll's
installed, perhaps from more than one version of Photoshop and/or Elements.

Rudy suggested offline that the legacy serial number might be involved.
Anthing is possible. AFAIK, the legacy SN is intended for older plugins
whose registration is tied to a particular serial number.
---
Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com/forum/

+++Bobby \O\+++

2006-05-13, 6:15 pm

I haven't been able to open ANY of my legacy CS1 *.psd images with CS2.

"Hunt" <noone@hunt.com> wrote in message
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> In article <qKO8g.59249$IZ2.50924@dukeread07>, rmo555@cox.net says...
>
> Is one of the PSD files, that you uploaded, 2nd green across pond with
> tree
> framing scene and signature.PSD? I think that that is the one that I
> d-l'ed
> from the site. It Open[ed] fine in CS2 on my machine. The only dialog box,
> that I got, was "Some Text Layers Need To Be Updated... " Both with, and
> without the Text Layer updating, it opened fine.
>
> I'll go and d-l the other two, just to make sure that they work well too.
>
> It looks like you did a "Brushstroke," or similar treatment to this image,
> but
> other than the dialog box, re:Text, I didn't see anything that should
> cause a
> problem. You state in a followup post that this is happening to many more
> of
> your CS1 images. Question: do ANY of your CS PSDs Open in CS2? I cannot
> recall
> anyone having a problem with a CS2 install, but I guess that it's
> possible.
>
> Hunt, off to d-l the other 2 images
>
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+++Bobby \O\+++

2006-05-13, 6:15 pm

Thanks - I'll look into that.

"Mike Russell" <RE-MOVEmike@Curvemeister.comRE-MOVE> wrote in message
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>I was able to open all three files without errors using Windows Photoshop
>CS2, and in Elements 2.
>
> My best guess, and it's only a guess, is that you have a mixture of dll's
> installed, perhaps from more than one version of Photoshop and/or
> Elements.
>
> Rudy suggested offline that the legacy serial number might be involved.
> Anthing is possible. AFAIK, the legacy SN is intended for older plugins
> whose registration is tied to a particular serial number.
> ---
> Mike Russell
> www.curvemeister.com/forum/
>
>

+++Bobby \O\+++

2006-05-13, 6:15 pm

Thanks for trying......

"Hunt" <noone@hunt.com> wrote in message
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> In article <qKO8g.59249$IZ2.50924@dukeread07>, rmo555@cox.net says...
>
> OK, LNM & President Bush also opend fine. I looked more closely at the
> first
> image, and it appears to BE a painting that was scanned with the year
> added,
> plus 1 Adjustment Layer and Mask.
>
> All opened without a problem, except the updating of the Text Layer in #1.
> I
> do not see a problem.
>
> Sorry, I'm not much help.
>
> Hunt
>
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Mike Hyndman

2006-05-13, 6:15 pm

"+++Bobby "O"+++" <rmo555@cox.net> wrote in message
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>I haven't been able to open ANY of my legacy CS1 *.psd images with CS2.
>
B,

Just a thought, will they open in Image Ready?

MH

Frank

2006-05-13, 10:16 pm

+++Bobby "O"+++ wrote:

> Thanks for trying......
>
>
> "Hunt" <noone@hunt.com> wrote in message
> news:e432qj1tp2@news2.newsguy.com...
>
>
>
>
Did you first remove CS before installing CS2?
If not, I think that might be the problem.
Frank

Mike Russell

2006-05-13, 10:16 pm

"Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message
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....
[re Bobby O being unable to open psd files in newly installed CS2

> Did you first remove CS before installing CS2?
> If not, I think that might be the problem.

CS and CS2 are compatible with each other. I run both for testing on the
same system. But maybe you've hit on something.

Bobby, is it possible that you copied plugins from CS to CS2, or that you
are sharing folders between CS and CS2 in some unusual way?

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Hunt

2006-05-14, 3:16 am

grannysdc

2006-05-14, 6:16 pm

"+++Bobby "O"+++" <rmo555@cox.net> wrote in message
news:qKO8g.59249$IZ2.50924@dukeread07...
>I installed CS2 and tried to open old files that I used with PS CS. On
>one particular file, I received a message that said: "Could not
>complete your request because the file could not be found." This file
>was a one layer scan and was saved in the psd format. When I put the
>cursor on the filename, the picture showed up (like it should) at the
>bottom of the screen briefly before it tried to open it. Can someone
>help? This doesn't seem to happen with all my files.
Bobby,
Try using "irfanview", to open it. (if it is only 1 layer then U can
save it as a jpg) , it will then open in CS2. Irfanview is free at
irfanview dot com (get the plugins, free also)

tacit

2006-05-15, 3:18 am

In article <3AM9g.71467$Tf1.28564@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
"grannysdc" <grannysdcnews@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Try using "irfanview", to open it. (if it is only 1 layer then U can
> save it as a jpg)...

....and the quality will be degraded.

Never use JPEG unless you have a really, really good, clear, and precise
reason why it HAS to be JEPG and no other format will work. If there is
any possibility of using some other format for your image, such as TIFF,
then do not use JPEG.

JPEG compression degrades the quality of an image. JPEG was invented for
situations (such as the Web) where file size is critically important and
image quality is not important.

If your goal is just to save a picture in an intermediate format so that
you can open the image in another program, do not use JPEG.

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grannysdc

2006-05-15, 3:18 am

"tacit" > Never use JPEG unless you have a really, really good, clear,
and precise
> reason why it HAS to be JEPG and no other format will work. If there
> is
> any possibility of using some other format for your image, such as
> TIFF,
> then do not use JPEG.
>
> If your goal is just to save a picture in an intermediate format so
> that
> you can open the image in another program, do not use JPEG.
>

TY tacit, All I ever used was JPG before coming to this forum so I stand
corrected.
Irfanview does support TIFF and many others. I am glad there are folks
like you around to keep us straight so that we can learn from your
experiences

Mike Hyndman

2006-05-15, 6:16 am

"tacit" <tacitr@aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <3AM9g.71467$Tf1.28564@tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
> "grannysdc" <grannysdcnews@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> ...and the quality will be degraded.
>
> Never use JPEG unless you have a really, really good, clear, and precise
> reason why it HAS to be JEPG and no other format will work. If there is
> any possibility of using some other format for your image, such as TIFF,
> then do not use JPEG.
>
> JPEG compression degrades the quality of an image. JPEG was invented for
> situations (such as the Web) where file size is critically important and
> image quality is not important.
>
> If your goal is just to save a picture in an intermediate format so that
> you can open the image in another program, do not use JPEG.
>
Like so many things in life it is not as simple as you suggest. Final file
format depends, as you say, on how the file is going to be used. An on line
photo lab won't be too happy to receive a 100 meg multi layer PSD or TIFF
(if it can handle it in the first place)when a 4 meg JPG would display
indistinguishable quality at 20 * 16 down. (I've checked) Image degradation
becomes an issue with JPGs when the file is continually opened and resaved
in that format, thereby applying the compression algorithm and removing data
(pixels) at each save.

MH