Ai CS2 v 10.5.8 issues

upgraded my OS to 10.5.8 MAC is a Dual 1.25 PPC
illustrator CS2 worked last night but not this AM
gets to reading fonts (see Screen shots)
have tried FONTNUKE as per other discussion but No Joy
Have dumped the PREFS etc
seems like a widespread issue??!!

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CS2 and XP 64 bit issues

This is a strange problem I encountered the other day:
I decided to switch from running 32 bit Windows XP to 64 bit so I could run 4GB of RAM...because I could ;) and all of my programs and drivers installed fine but the only program that has given me trouble is my CS2 Premium(Student Licensing version)
The program installs fine, goes out and installs updates fine and it activates fine. But, when I try to open it, I get the "Serial number not found" in Acrobat 7 and "Name, Company or Serial Number missing or incorrect" in Photoshop. The serial number is correct of course. I did notice that when trying to install CS2, it says that it can not install into the C:\Program Files (x86)\ directory because it contains invalid characters. So, I choose to install to the regular Program Files directory and it installs fine, but it installs into the Program Files (x86) directory when I just told it to install to Program Files because it didn't like the characters :argh:
I had looked around and noticed a thread about the registry values being located in the HKLM/Software/Adobe and Adobe Systems section. My computer did not have those for some reason. To try to remedy this, I went as far as loading Virtual PC 2007, installing XP 32 bit and installing CS2 onto that and pulled the registry from that and imported it into my 64 bit Windows XP. Still no dice. The Program Files/Common Files/Adobe and Adobe Systems directories were missing as well, so I copied those over as well. Still nothing.
Is there some kind of stupid trick to get this CS2 to install correctly onto 64 bit Windows or am I screwed here? I've reinstalled CS2 3 times onto my 64 bit machine and I end up with the same problem every time.

After many struggles I got a successful install. I recommend the following...
1) Activate the Vista Administrator account, and log in as the actual administrator. (instructions can be found all over the web)
2) Create a Vista Restore Point
3) Copy the CS2 discs to the desktop. Create a folder called CS2 on the desktop. copy the first disc into that folder, then copy the subsequent disks to the "Adobe Creative Suite 2.0" directory in the CS2 directory on your desktop.
4) Right click on the Setup file in the "CS2\Adobe Creative Suite 2.0\" directory and choose Properties, Compatibility, Run in Compatibility Mode for XP SP2.
5) Double Click on Setup.
6) This is important - Install to "c:\programs\adobe" Do NOT install to "progra~2" or "Program Files" or this will cause you much grief later on.
7) Right click on the Vista Start Button and choose "Explore all Users" Brouse to the various Adobe Program Shortcuts then choose "Properties, Compatibility, Run in Compatibility Mode for XP SP2" for each program shortcut.
Installing the Macromedia programs was a similar process - especially the need to switch to compatibility mode for the setup file.
After far too many battles, this seems to be the best way to get the job done... I will update this posting if I find anything more to report.

Opening CS2 created files in CS4 issue

we commonly work with foor plans which multiple laters of data. We are noticing that nearly all of the files created in cs2 are displaying automatically moving layers when opened in CS4. A layer of symbols or objects simply "shifts" to an alternate location and there is no easy way to fix it. We are unable to identify a fix tho these files other than locating an old verison of cs2 to open them with.
any ideas guys! much appreciated!
Keith

Further to my earlier reply I suddenly remembered that I had created the JPF
files in Photoshop 3 Extended which fortunately I still have loaded on my
computer. I was able to open the JPF files into that and save the them as
JPEG files which I can now open in CS4. Problem solved !! Thanks again for
your help. Learning how to use and manipulate Photoshop is a continuous
process and the interaction between Forum users is invaluable.
Malcatglos

CS2 re-install PDF Preset issue

Just reinstalled CS2 after computer crash, everything seems to be working properly except that I'm unable to load or create new PDF Presets. Folders are all switched to shared, doesn't seem to make a difference. Latest update installed of CS2.
Any suggestions? Rushed situation.

Have you downloaded the non-activation version from here and installed using the serial number provided there?
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-activation-end-life.htm l
Your existing serial number cannot be used.

CS4 Master Collection Activation issue

I have installed CS4 master collection on my 2 PC's.
The first of these was a new build PC using Vista Ultimate 64bit, I installed Vista and CS4 on a RAID 0 array comprising 3 Sata drives. CS4 was then activated on this machine as well as my other machine.
After a couple of days the RAID array started showing errors, which I believe was down to the poor nVidia drivers / onboard controller.
Anyway I reinstalled Vista & CS4 onto a single drive, when it came to activating CS4 however I get a message saying the serial no. has already been activated on 2 machines.
Now Adobes FAQ states that CS4 will recognise a reinstall on the same machine, however I think that because I have gone from a RAID array to a single drive then CS4 will not be able to detect this as the data will have been spread over the 3 physical drives.
I have contacted Adobe support and am waiting on a response, in the meantime is there something simple I have missed?

The RAID problem was with CS2.
The OP's issue is that he didn't deactivate before reinstalling. Only
Adobe can help and there should be a phone number to call for activation
assistance on the activation denial screen.
Bob

InDesign CS6 PDF Issue: Unsearchable PDF document

Hello all,
I have an issue that I've exhausted with days of Google searches. I have a text catalog created with ID CS6. Sections were PDF documents given to me from our engineering department. The book was created, exported and all went well until I found out that when I try to copy and paste the text into Microsoft Word or Note Pad, I get a lot of small boxes in place of the letters. When I try to search the text in Adobe Reader, I can't find words which I can see are there.
This is the first catalog I've created in CS6. Previous catalogs created in the exact same manner in CS4 & CS2 do not have this issue. I thought it could have been the infamous Arial Narrow font issue and researched that to death.
Any ideas would be most helpful. This is a 1300 page catalog that customers cannot search.

1. LAUNCH Adobe Acrobat
2. Using the File menu, OPEN the corrupted document. (I don't know what to do if you're not even able to open the file. Sorry!)
3. (VERIFY that Acrobat can't search the document, in case you haven't done so, just to avoid unnecessary work.)
4. EXPORT: Once the document is open, use the File menu again, and choose EXPORT / IMAGE / PNG. Your corrupted pdf will be saved as a series of images with the file extension ".png", one for each page of the pdf document. Don't worry, they will be numbered automatically by Acrobat, and they aren't terribly large. My document was 200 pages long, so I got 200 little image files in .png format. The export may take a couple of minutes. You won't get any further signals from Adobe to tell you it's done--just go look in the directory that contains the original and see if it made png files with names like:
chemistryBook_Page_001.png
chemistryBook_Page_002.png
5. COLLECT: Once you have the image files, collect them all by cut and paste into their own directory.
6. OCR: Under the Document menu, choose OCR TEXT RECOGNITION / RECOGNIZE TEXT IN MULTIPLE FILES USING OCR
7. ADD FILES: You will be shown a dialog box with the title "Paper Capture Multiple Files" with the subtitle "Run OCR on a set of images. There is a button that says "Add Files". Click this button, choose ADD FOLDERS, and browse to the folder that contains your png files. Highlight that file, click OK. The files will then appear within this dialog box. Make sure that the files are in the proper order, or you will be sad. Click OK.
8. CHOOSE OUTPUT OPTIONS: Now you will get a dialog box entitled "Output Options". You have several choices to make here:
TARGET FOLDER: Click "Specific Folder", then Browse to your folder full of images, click "Make New Folder", name the folder (something like "CHEMISTRYBOOKIMAGEFILES" so you can find it easily and know what is in it, click OK.
FILE NAMING: Click "Keep Original File Names". This will preserve Acrobat's automatic numbering of your files--you will need that to get the page ordering right! UNcheck "Overwrite existing files" just to avoid a terrible mishap, unless you are very pressed for disc space or unless this is your 5th time attempting to follow these instructions and you've already got 'way too many duplicates of the output files. If you have the disc space, just make new empty folder for your 6th try.
OUTPUT FORMAT: Select "Save File(s) as Adobe PDF. Click OK.
Now wait for Adobe to execute optical character recognition on the image files. Its output will be one little pdf file for each little image file that it OCR's.
9. COLLATE THE FILES INTO ONE: Under the File menu, select COMBINE / MERGE FILES INTO A SINGLE PDF. This step is optional; maybe you wanted a bunch of little files, or maybe you wanted to divide your enormous original document into 2 or 3 more manageable documents. To divide the file, just make a separate directory for the png files you want in each smaller final document, and repeat steps 6 through 9 for each directory. BE CAREFUL WITH NAMING! Make sure you choose a unique name, because if you got something wrong, you will want to be able to go back to your original corrupted pdf and try again. If your original is named "CHEMISTRY.PDF", please remember to name this new file something like "CHEMISTRY-FIXED.PDF".
If you really despise pdf, you can try using different output formats in Step 8. I do hate pdf, but I chose pdf for two reasons: one is that I had more confidence that that pdf would retain important features like charts and graphs and labeled photos in my document. The other is that I was so so so so SO tired of doing all this pdf crap instead of the chemistry work that I'd gotten the ebook to help me with that I didn't want to do anything fancy with file formats at this point. Let me know if you try output to rtf or ascii and get good results.
10. TEST: Open the merged document(s) in all of the pdf readers and web browsers you will want to use with it, and try searching with it. Use your file browser and try to search for text in the directory with a word you know the file contains. Searchable? Good job, you're done, cheers!
Not searchable? Oh noes! Check that you opened the correct document (maybe you opened the original by mistake). Try the entire process again. If that doesn't help, try the entire process again, but output to plain text this time. My apologies, but, being a complete newbie myself, I have no further advice on this topic.
NB! My output PDF is of rather low quality. It looks like it was literally scanned from a 10th-iteration paper copy. Don't know how to fix that, after the fact or somewhere in the above process. It's good enough, so I'm just dealing with the shakey blurriness. I seem to remember somewhere that I could choose a high quality output, but, again, I didn't want to do anything fancy with vectors and rostering and layers and other terms that I don't know before I verified that I could do something basic and get back to chemistry asap.

Can i install photoshop cs2 on a new mac?

hi, i have a new MBP and wish to install Photoshop CS2 but i am having issues.
i am running OS X 10.9.4. Does anyone know how i can install it?
i can't really justify the price of the full new version of Photoshop for the amount i use it so the free old version is perfect for me. Unless anyone has a cheap Adobe alternative?
Regards,
Joe

Adobe CS2 is not Free Software you need a licence to run it legally
System Requirements for Photoshop CS2
by Shea Laverty, Demand Media
While Adobe Photoshop CS2 was released in May 2005, its age may make it an appealing target to businesses -- as of the date of publication, CS2 is still an adequate product for most basic business needs and may be available second-hand for considerably less than the price of purchasing the latest version. Because there are few modern computer systems incapable of running this system, prospective owners should check their system against the minimum requirements before purchase and installation.
Processor
Windows users looking to install Photoshop CS2 will need at least an Intel Xeon, Xeon Dual, Centrino, Pentium III, Pentium 4 or comparable CPU in order to run the program. Mac users will need at least a G3, G4 or G5 PowerPC processor.

Upgrade from CS2 to CS4, Should I?

I am down to the last day to take advantage of the discounted price on CS4. I currently have CS2 and would like to hear your opinions on whether or not I should upgrade, pros/cons, and issues regarding installation. I am running Vista Ultimate 64bit with 4GB memory with my CS2 now with no performance issues. Thanks in advance.

Provided the video card meets the requirements for CS4 (see below), I would definitely go for it.
There are a lot of improvements.
1,024x768 display (1,280x800 recommended) with 16-bit video card
Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0

Quark Xpress, Photoshop & Illustrator - Major Issues

I have recently loaded Leopard and ever since i have, Quark Xpress 7.3.1, Photoshop CS2, and Illustrator CS2. I have had issues with all of these programs closing unexpectedly and the only way to get them to open again is by restarting! this is very frustrating and has happened at least 4 times to me today. Also my fonts will all of the sudden decide to be missing, and it's random, it will choose a font to be missing. This also requires me to restart before it can be fixed.

Check Adobe's website - not sure that CS2 is really supported on Leopard. I know that CS3 does work. At least to the extent that I use it.

Kodak Photo CD conversion issues

The Kodak Photo CD seems to be obsolete these days, but I have a number of old Photo CDs from years ago, so I have an interest in converting the files to some other format in the best way possible. In trying to do so with Photoshop CS2, I've noticed some issues:
1. Highlights are washed out. This is not so bad when the highlights are in the sky and I just lose some cloud detail, but it's quite unpleasant when the highlights are in people's faces. When I try converting the files with Paint Shop Pro, results look somewhat inferior in other ways, but there's more detail in the highlights, so this seems to be a Photoshop problem.
2. Photoshop provides the option of 16-bit colour when importing from Photo CD, which looked good to me, so I used it. I've only just realized that, as far as I can tell, the Photo CD images contain only 8-bit colour information, so I've just been wasting space by saving large TIFF files with 16-bit colour. I wonder why Photoshop provides this useless option! Or does it have some purpose unknown to me?
Has anyone found a good way of converting Photo CD images that doesn't wash out the highlights?

Hello Gernot, thanks for your reply.
Yes, I've seen the Ted Felix site, downloaded his DLL, and used it with Paint Shop Pro. Unfortunately, although it does preserve more of the highlights, in other respects the Photoshop conversion looks better.
As you say, it seems that it would be possible for an intelligent conversion tool to convert a standard PCD image to a TIFF with genuinely useful 16-bit colour. Unfortunately, no-one seems to have produced such a tool. I tried asking here just in case anyone has found a better solution than the ones I've tried.
I get the impression that Adobe merely bundles the conversion tool provided by Kodak without attempting to correct its defects or even to document it properly (the Photoshop help says very little about it).
Although PCD is more or less a dead format now, there must be lots of old Photo CDs at large in the world, and quite a few people interested in converting those images. I suppose most people innocently convert the images with whatever tool they have, and wrongly blame the PCD format itself for the imperfect results they get.

CS 3 design std install issue (mac)

Adobe CS3 Design standard
I tried to install this on my HD (Apple Powerbook 12" 1.5Ghz 250Gb - there were some older individual versions of Adobe software Photoshop, Illustrator, ID all ready on it. The installer threw up a few conflicts and then this message.
Please insert Adobe After Effects CS3 to continue installation
I installed a whole new system on an external HD, installed the legal copy onto it but the s/n off the box would not work (however another one did) so I have a fully functioning CS3 Suite on an external HD but seem unable to install on my main HD. Obviously there are some components that it thinks are still there (like ID and Illustrator). I would like to know what I need to throw away (without damaging my Lightroom copy).
As mentioned when I try to install I get to this point and it asks "Please insert Adobe After Effects CS3 to continue installation" which obviously is not one of the install discs.
Any help appreciated

the only thing that will stop CS3 from installing is a previous copy of CS3 (could be trial software), previous versions will not stop an install. I have Photoshop going back to version 2.5.1 on my computer. I also have premium CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 with no issues.
You should probably run the CS3 cleanscript because you didn't uninstall the trial software correctly.

Unbearable CS4 activation issue

Please help me. This has been very difficult. I filed an online request #0181108506 seeking assistance in activation of my CS4. I had CS4 installed on a desk top Mac and a laptop. As noted in that request, I had a hard drive failure and was unable to deactivate the copy of CS4 on my laptop. I now cannot install CS4 on my new laptop. As directed in the online response from Adobe, I called a support agent. Waited nearly 25 minutes to speak to someone. She then promptly informed me that she could not activate my product and that I needed to call 632-636-8451 to resolve my problem. This number does not seem to work and a little investigation shows that the 632 area code is in the Phillipines! Today I have made several attempts to speak to a human being to resolve this issue. Been disconnect once and now I have now been on hold 44 minutes. I have loyal Adobe customer for many years with duly registered products. This type of service response is totally unacceptable.
Does anyone have any idea as to how to get to a human being to resolve this problem?
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The RAID problem was with CS2.
The OP's issue is that he didn't deactivate before reinstalling. Only
Adobe can help and there should be a phone number to call for activation
assistance on the activation denial screen.
Bob

Contribute "low on memory" and Acrobat won't redraw

I have two issues that I believe may be related. First here's my system information
WinXP SP3
Intel Core2Duo E6550 = (2.33GHz)
3GB RAM
GeForce 8600GTS 512 MB Video
Running two 19" monitors, (at 1440x900 each)
Creative Suite Premium 2.0 (InDesign CS2, Photoshop CS2, IllustratorCS2, Acrobat 7 Professional, BridgeCS2, GoLive CS2Version Cue is disabled.)
Production Studio Premium 1.0 (Premiere Pro 2, Encore DVD 2, After Effects 7, Audition 2)
Contribute CS3, (including Bridge CS3, but I don't use it, I use Bridge CS2 for everything).
First Issue. Intermittently, in both Adobe Reader 9, and Acrobat 7.0 pdf files that I have open will not display in the window properly, unless I reduce the size of the window to something quite small. It will show the desktop in behind the window, or if I open a window on top, it shows that window even when I've moved it.
The second problem is similar, but occurs in Contribute CS3 and is always accompanied by a "Your system is low on memory..." error, until I reduce the size of the Contribute window, at which point, it is so small that it becomes unuseable.
The only other program that I have open at the time is Outlook 2007, with a couple of messages.
As this is happening, I open the Task Manager, see that there is plenty of available Physical Memory, and the CPU Usage is very low, under 10%. I've set my virtual memory paging file to Custom Size of 4591MB.
The only way to fix it is to reduce the size of windows or close all the programs. These two problems occur independently of each other. Sometimes when I'm just trying to open a PDF file.
3GB should be plenty to run Contribute and Outlook, or Acrobat and Bridge.
What the heck is going on?

Thanks for the reply.
Yes I have tried that, but to no avail. The crazy thing is that it only really happens after I've been working in Contribute for a while. Sometimes an hour or more. Then it just starts doing this.
The redraw problem also affects other programs, that are not Adobe programs. For example, when I open a Remote Desktop Connection to the web server where I am publishing, while this problem is occuring, the screen will not "draw" properly either.
I have a feeling that there is something strange about how Contribute, and Acrobat, and Windows share the memory, either the system memory, or the graphics memory.
Could this also be a problem caused by having both CS2 and CS3 programs installed?
Chris

HELP- Printing Problem with Photoshop CS4

Hello Everyone,
I just bought the PHOTOSHOP CS4, and I am having problem when it prints. The image is not clear, it has dots (pixels). This computer where I installed this program is brand new. I have previously worked with Photoshop CS2 and never had an issue but was force to buy this new one because the computer that I bought has Windows Vista and CS2 is not compatible. I thought maybe the problem was my printer but is not I have a Brother HL-5140 (black and white). I have connected my old computer with the printer and the images print perfectly fine. I have printed photos and it prints clear. But this only happens with Photoshop CS4. It prints dots, can someone please help me. Is driving me crazy.

Really I'd be willing to bet it's your driver under Vista.
I have the same problem using Vista and a older HP LaserJet, under XP and CS2 it prints well. Under Vista it's a bunch of dithered pixelated dots.
They want you to buy a newer printer.

Printing problem with Photoshop CS4

Hello Everyone,
I just bought the PHOTOSHOP CS4, and I am having problem when it prints. The image is not clear, it has dots (pixels). This computer where I installed this program is brand new. I have previously worked with Photoshop CS2 and never had an issue but was force to buy this new one because the computer that I bought has Windows Vista and CS2 is not compatible. I thought maybe the problem was my printer but is not I have a Brother HL-5140 (black and white). I have connected my old computer with the printer and the images print perfectly fine. I have printed photos and it prints clear. But this only happens with Photoshop CS4. It prints dots, can someone please help me. Is driving me crazy.

I haven't heard of anyone else with those specific symptoms.
But another poster has had problems with his Canon 9900 not printing (but no blank page).
The first thing to do is make sure you are using the Canon drivers and not the GutenPrint/GimpPrint drivers.
After that, you probably need to check with Canon.

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