Can someone help me with opening Mac .psd files that contain text on a PC?

I know the .psd format is supposed to go across formats, but I believe you
need to rasterize any text before saving on the Mac or you'll have trouble
opening on PC. I have just taken over a website from a Mac user who provided
me with several .psd's that I am unable to open. I get an "out of memory"
error from Photoshop on all my systems.

Is there a program out there that can convert it to a true PC .psd or at
least somehow let me open the f***ing files? Windows can see the preview of
the files and give me all their properties just fine, I just can't get them
to open in Photoshop...

Thanks,

Craig.

>Can someone help me with opening Mac .psd files that contain text on a PC?

They are the same; no conversion is necessary.

>I know the .psd format is supposed to go across formats, but I believe you
>need to rasterize any text before saving on the Mac or you'll have trouble
>opening on PC.

That is incorrect.

You can open Mac files on the PC and PC files on the Mac even if they contai
n
text. You will not be able to EDIT the text unless you have the same font th
at
the text is set in. If you have the same font, no problem.

>I have just taken over a website from a Mac user who provided
>me with several .psd's that I am unable to open. I get an "out of memory"
>error from Photoshop on all my systems.

Then you are running out of memory, or the file is damaged.

It is NOT because it's a Mac file; Mac and PC Photoshop files are identical,
even in text.

How much memory do you have in your computer? How big is the file? How was t
he
file given to you?

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> You can open Mac files on the PC and PC files on the Mac even if they
contain
> text. You will not be able to EDIT the text unless you have the same font
that
> the text is set in. If you have the same font, no problem.
> 
>
> Then you are running out of memory, or the file is damaged.
>
> It is NOT because it's a Mac file; Mac and PC Photoshop files are
identical,
> even in text.
>
> How much memory do you have in your computer? How big is the file? How was
the
> file given to you?

I have 512MB in all my systems. There's 4 files, one 10mb, two 800kb, one
27kb. Even the 27kb one gives me out of memory so I doubt the problem is
that I don't have enough RAM. I received them together in a zip, so maybe
the files are damaged... any chance I could email you the small one and see
if you can open it?

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> contain 
font
> that 
memory" 
> identical, 
was
> the 
>
> I have 512MB in all my systems. There's 4 files, one 10mb, two 800kb, one
> 27kb. Even the 27kb one gives me out of memory so I doubt the problem is
> that I don't have enough RAM. I received them together in a zip, so maybe
> the files are damaged... any chance I could email you the small one and
see
> if you can open it?
>
>

You can send me the 27kb at dubloen@hotmail.com if you want.

Could it be a version error?  When saving from the Mac, is maximise
compatibility turned on?

Cheers, Jason  (remove ... to reply)
Video & Gaming: http://gadgetaus.com

>There's 4 files, one 10mb, two 800kb, one
>27kb. Even the 27kb one gives me out of memory so I doubt the problem is
>that I don't have enough RAM. I received them together in a zip, so maybe
>the files are damaged...

That could very well be. It sounds like they got clobbered somewhere along t
he
way.

>any chance I could email you the small one and see
>if you can open it?

Sure!

--
Art, literature, shareware, polyamory, kink, and more:
http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

>Can someone help me with opening Mac .psd files that contain text on a PC?

They are the same; no conversion is necessary.

>I know the .psd format is supposed to go across formats, but I believe you
>need to rasterize any text before saving on the Mac or you'll have trouble
>opening on PC.

That is incorrect.

You can open Mac files on the PC and PC files on the Mac even if they contai
n
text. You will not be able to EDIT the text unless you have the same font th
at
the text is set in. If you have the same font, no problem.

>I have just taken over a website from a Mac user who provided
>me with several .psd's that I am unable to open. I get an "out of memory"
>error from Photoshop on all my systems.

Then you are running out of memory, or the file is damaged.

It is NOT because it's a Mac file; Mac and PC Photoshop files are identical,
even in text.

How much memory do you have in your computer? How big is the file? How was t
he
file given to you?

--
Art, literature, shareware, polyamory, kink, and more:
http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

>There's 4 files, one 10mb, two 800kb, one
>27kb. Even the 27kb one gives me out of memory so I doubt the problem is
>that I don't have enough RAM. I received them together in a zip, so maybe
>the files are damaged...

That could very well be. It sounds like they got clobbered somewhere along t
he
way.

>any chance I could email you the small one and see
>if you can open it?

Sure!

--
Art, literature, shareware, polyamory, kink, and more:
http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html