Opening images in other programs

I am attempting to open images from my iphoto library in Photoshop 7. I have set the drop down menu in the general dialogue box to "opens with Photoshop". When I double click on the image, it will open the Photoshop program, but the image itself will not open.
I also changed the option in the drop down menu to "opens photo in edit window", but all I get is a black box with no image visable.
Any suggestions?
Many thanks

Hi steven,
Did you start having this problem with Photoshop after you did an archive and install? If so.....
Try this suggestion I copied and pasted from MacFixIt first
"Photoshop CS: Fix for file opening problem Yesterday we reported that since installing Mac OS X 10.4, Photoshop CS refuses to open any new files or create any new documents, reporting a "program error" when one tries to do so. Our previously reported workaround involved re-installing Photoshop CS, but MacFixIt reader Bryan Schappel now offers a faster solution:
"This happens because the Archive and Install option does not copy over a necessary folder for Photoshop. The critical folder is called 'ScriptingAdditions' and is stored in the main Library folder. This folder contains one file 'Adobe Unit Types' that makes Photoshop open files that have been double-clicked or dragged to the PS icon in the Dock.
"Simply move this folder (and file) from the 'Previous System' backup to the Library folder, relaunch Photoshop and all is well again. No need to completely re-install.""
I copied an pasted instead of putting the link in because it is not on the front page and you would have to search around to find it. Hope it is ok to do that here.
Can you view the image you are having problems with in the Finder? Navigate to the image in the finder and double click to open in Preview. Can you see it fine in Preview. If not, then the image is corrupt.

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