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PSP 9 not saving history with .psp
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| loren 2007-04-06, 10:17 pm |
| I've noticed recently that files with 2-3 layers that I save as .psp
don't carry any of the layer or any other history when I re-open them
later. If I save a file as a .psp and then again as a .jpg I can see
a big difference in the file sizes.. the .psp files are much larger,
indicating to me they have the layers recorded. But the history is
blank!
Is there a setting somewhere that I need to change, or do I have to re-
install PSP 9?
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| Fred Hiltz 2007-04-06, 10:17 pm |
| loren wrote:
> I've noticed recently that files with 2-3 layers that I save
> as .psp don't carry any of the layer or any other history when
> I re-open them later. If I save a file as a .psp and then
> again as a .jpg I can see a big difference in the file sizes..
> the .psp files are much larger, indicating to me they have the
> layers recorded. But the history is blank!
>
> Is there a setting somewhere that I need to change, or do I
> have to re- install PSP 9?
PSP has never stored the history when saving the file, although you
may have noticed this only recently. When you close the file you
lose the history. Re-installing PSP will not change that.
However, PSP has always saved the layers in the .PSP format. If you
really lose the layers, then something is wrong and very unusual. No
one has reported that problem before AFAIK.
PSP files are much larger than most .JPG files because .PSP is a
lossless format. That is, the file you open is exactly like the one
you saved. JPG discards some information every time you save the
file--the amount determined principally by the compression value you
choose--in order to achieve its small file size. The difference has
nothing to do with history, although layers do matter. JPG does not
support layers, so the program flattens the JPG copy.
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Fred Hiltz, fhiltz at yahoo dot com
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| Fred Hiltz wrote:
> loren wrote:
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> PSP has never stored the history when saving the file, although you
> may have noticed this only recently. When you close the file you
> lose the history. Re-installing PSP will not change that.
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Is there any way to save the history between PSP sessions? There are
times I am called away and and to save the history would be a real time
saver when I return. The PSP help file did not have any info on this
that I could see. maybe I just missed it.
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Cliff
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"CJ" <cje20@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:131e66mer60c4d6@corp.supernews.com...
> Fred Hiltz wrote:
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> Is there any way to save the history between PSP sessions? There are
> times I am called away and and to save the history would be a real time
> saver when I return. The PSP help file did not have any info on this
> that I could see. maybe I just missed it.
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> --
> Cliff
Quick script will save it as a script to allow you to run again later on a
new or copy of image. Not the same as saving an image with all the undo
steps
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| >However, PSP has always saved the layers in the .PSP format. If you
>really lose the layers, then something is wrong and very unusual. No
>one has reported that problem before AFAIK.
Fred,
I understand what you said (I think) but;
1. If the layers are saved within the .psp saved file, but I can't
access them, then what use are they? Isn't that the same
as flattening/merging them before saving?
2. And if I can't get to the history in a reopened file, then am I
correct in assuming saving files in .psp format is really no
different than saving in .tiff or any other lossless format?
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"loren" <lorenlewis@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
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> Fred,
> I understand what you said (I think) but;
> 1. If the layers are saved within the .psp saved file, but I can't
> access them, then what use are they? Isn't that the same
> as flattening/merging them before saving?
> 2. And if I can't get to the history in a reopened file, then am I
> correct in assuming saving files in .psp format is really no
> different than saving in .tiff or any other lossless format?
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Just to be sure Psp saves as pspimage if you save as backwards compatible
with psp 7 you get .psp. If you save as .psp from the save or save as that's
what you are doing. the .psp is there for saving for animation shop. As some
features in PSP 9 layers may not be compatible with 7 it may be flattening
the layers. You should get a warning unless you have turned of warnings
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| I just figured out my confusion, and it's exactly as you said...the
history is gone, but the layers are still there.
My layer pallet was closed (must have done it accidentally) so I
didn't see it, and when the history pallete showed nothing, I assumed
incorrectly the layers were gone also. I just reopened the layer
pallete and ........VOILA!
Thanks guys!
On Apr 7, 10:35 am, "Trev" <trevbowdenAT.dsl.pipex.COM> wrote:
> "loren" <lorenle...@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
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> news:1175946851.892441.48340@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
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> Just to be sure Psp saves as pspimage if you save as backwards compatible
> with psp 7 you get .psp. If you save as .psp from the save or save as that's
> what you are doing. the .psp is there for saving for animation shop. As some
> features in PSP 9 layers may not be compatible with 7 it may be flattening
> the layers. You should get a warning unless you have turned of warnings
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