Photoshop psd has ghosted effect on background printed in Illustrator

Photoshop psd that has multiple layers over a transparent background. When I place the file in illustrator CS6 over a colored background it shows transparent on the computer but when I print you can see the transparent area of the file is a ligher color around the image in a box effect than the background color it is layered over. I'm doing some revisions on the file and not sure if I need to flatten it before I print it each time. I have high resolution checked when printing. Photoshop image is CMYK.

Monika Gause wrote:
Do a research for "Yucky discolored box syndrome". The solutions you find for InDesign can be applied to Illustrator as well.
To Wit:
White box on dropshadow -- ID
http://indesignsecrets.com/eliminating-the-white-box-effect.php
Discolored box -- ID
http://indesignsecrets.com/eliminating-ydb-yucky-discolored-box-syndrome.php
White box syndrome in Illustrator
http://rwillustrator.blogspot.com/2006/08/spot-colors-transparency-and.html
The second one is the one Monika was referring to, but the others may be helpful
--OB

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Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
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Logical processor count: 8
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Image cache levels: 0
Font Preview: Medium
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I recently installed both Photoshop and Dreamweaver CS5, deleting the CS4 versions after installation. I have lost file associations for all Photoshop-related files: eg jpg, tiff, gif and so forth, and the psd extension as vanished altogether. (That means that if you click on a .jpg file, it opens in a free MS utility like Paintshop rather than where you want it to go: in this instance, to Photoshop.)
I have taken the following measures, none of which have worked:
Manually altered the associations in Folder Options. I can browse to photoshop.exe, but nothing happens when I select it.
I have gone into the registry and deleted all associations under the relevant file types, eg .jpg etc. Restarting folder options replaces them exactly as they were, and I still cannot associate anything with Photoshop.
I have run Photoshop from the command prompt with the tag /regserver which ought to re-register it. Nothing happens. (If you want to try this, open the Start > Run box, browse to the .exe file and append (separated by a space) /regserver
I have changed and saved all file associations in the Bridge Options section. They are still there after I restart Bridge, but it has no effect on the overall file associations.
So that leaves me stuck. Both CS5 programs are registered in the program list, and both appear in the Start menu list of programs. Neither appear in the Folder Options list. I am running on XP Pro with today's (16 Sept 2010) MS updates. Can anyone help with this?

Solution
I have found how to fix this, for me at least and on an XP machine. Some users may find the procedure a bit unnerving. You should anyway back up your registry before making these changes.
Start > Run > regedit
Go to:
HKCurrentUser\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts
That will give you a long list of file extensions: ex .jpg, .png
Scroll down to and select the relevant ones, one by one. This is moderately laborious, but what follows is repeated exactly. (I found the .tiff extension was slightly different and left it alone. I never use tiffs so I don't know if it works unchanged.)
When you click on the + box for e.g. .jpg, two 'folders' open. These are
OpenWithList
This sets the list of potential programs to use for this extension, lettered a,b,c etc.The last entry in the 'folder' is MRUList which sets the priority order for these programs, eg if it has 'bcade' then program 'b' is first, 'c' is second etc. You can edit this order by clicking on it.)
OpenWithProgIds
This stores what kind of image this is. Under .jpg I found that I had 'jpefile' and something like Photoshop.9 (I don't recall exactly.) This refers to a very old version of Photoshop, certainly not the last one on this machine. All the other relevant image files had much the same terms associated with them. Some had four or five older Photoshop references: you can delete these entirely by right clicking on them. You then right click on the remaining Photoshop reference and alter it to read Photoshop.Image.12 Do not change the identity entry, e.g. the term 'jpefile', as mentioned above.
It is also worth navigating back up to
HKCurrentUser\Software\Adobe\Photoshop
I found that I had reference to five separate versions of Photoshop. You can delete all but (numerically below) the 12.0 folder.
Close regedit and reboot. You will find that Folder associations now recognise Photoshop as a valid program and assign it to the files that you have changed. I have not tried adding to the list in Explorer > Folder associations.
This is pretty shameful, frankly. Adobe's installation program should clean out all preceding registry entries when it de-installs a version. It should most certainly write Photoshop12 refereces when installing. This must be a pretty geenral problem.

Unable to place Photoshop psd file in Illustrator CS3

Hi,
Can someone help please???
I am unable to place a Photoshop PSD file in Illustrator and be able to print the document correctly. The Illustrator file is saved as a ai file, both the document & PSD file are CMYK.
On screen the document looks fine but as soon as I have printed the document, some of file has not printed.
Do I need to have the Illustrator file as a eps file?
I used to use an old Photoshop version that had a Export Image option, which was great for something like this, but CS3 doesn't have this option.
Has anybody got any ideas what I am doing wrong?

This seems to be an Illy problem, not Photoshop. You might want to check
with the gurus there, but perhaps a few details, like what printer
you're using and a few screenshots might help.
Bob

Photoshop .psd files converted to Unix Executable files

I'm an illustrator and I store my art on CDs and DVDs. After a period of time my files are converted from Photoshop .psd files to Unix Executable files and I can't open them. What can I do to get my work back??? -and keep this from happening in the future. Why does it do this????
Thanks for any help.

The file sizes range from 22.2 MB to 67.9 MB.
Size isn't the issue then. Linc was asking that question because we see that with other file types. Older fonts in particular, which have all of their data in the resource fork. If that gets stripped, you end up with a zero byte file.
Does that mean I'll have to go through the Adobe authorization process for Photoshop again?
If the version of Photoshop you're currently using is already activated, then no. Either way, it has nothing to do with .psd files showing as UNIX executables.
In Windows, any file that doesn't have an association to a program is displayed as a white, dog-eared piece of paper with the Windows logo in the middle. That's Windows' way of saying, "I have no idea what this is." In OS X, (except for those files which actually are UNIX executables), displaying them as such is OS X's way of saying the same thing.
I thought I was home free when the icon changed to a thumbnail picture of the illustration, but PS refuses to open it saying it is not a Photoshop file. ???
Now that is weird. As of Snow Leopard, Apple put the old Type and Creator codes to rest. It will read them as a last resort to try and identify an older file, but none of Apple's applications add them to any file they save. For better compatibility with Windows, and OS X's own underlying UNIX core, file extensions have taken their place. So adding a .psd extension should have worked. Without playing with one of your files, I couldn't tell you why Photoshop declared it wasn't a valid .psd image.
On a side note, Apple added Uniform Type Identifiers to OS X to keep things separate. A big problem in Windows is that multiple apps may use the same file extension. EPS is a big one in printing. So you have Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Quark and others all using .eps for Encapsulated PostScript files. However, Windows can only associate one application to any given extension. So if Illustrator happens to be the one tagged to .eps files, it will try to open any file ending in .eps, no matter what program actually created it. OS X keeps them separate with Uniform Type Identifiers. So even though multiple files may have .eps file extensions, the extra metadata keeps track of what program it actually belongs to.
This is what is part of the LaunchServices database, and was why it was my first suggestion. If that database is wonky, you'll see weird things like this. Have you tried clearing it yet?
The files are fine when newly burned to CD. It is only months, or years, later that they become Unix Executable Files. This has happened to just about all of my CD backups and it's frustrating to think that CD backup doesn't work across newer OSs and Photoshop upgrades. I suspect that may be the problem, but it just shouldn't happen.
That shouldn't make a difference. I've got a bunch of very old files created in Photoshop back from OS 8 on CD. No file extensions, as nothing did at the time. Just Type and Creator codes. They all open fine in PS CS5.5 in Snow Leopard, though the native Photoshop files do need to have a .psd extension added.

Documentviewer new toolbar button HorizontalAlignment="Right" has no effect?

Hi all,
I added a button to the documentviewer toolbar after extracting a copy of the template in Blend. I added a button (closeButton) with an "X" as its content. It works but I want the button to be at the right side of the toolbar. I tried the
horizontalAlignment property but is has no effect. If I add margin="500,0,0,0" it works. But I don't want to fix it that way. What Am I missing?
Thanks
<Style x:Key="myDocumentViewerStyle" BasedOn="{x:Null}" TargetType="{x:Type DocumentViewer}">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowTextBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
<Setter Property="ContextMenu" Value="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerContextMenu, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type DocumentViewer}">
<Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Focusable="False">
<Grid Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Local">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<ContentControl Grid.Column="0" Focusable="{TemplateBinding Focusable}" Grid.Row="0" Style="{DynamicResource myContentControlStyle}" TabIndex="0"/>
<ScrollViewer x:Name="PART_ContentHost" CanContentScroll="true" Grid.Column="0" Focusable="{TemplateBinding Focusable}" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" IsTabStop="true" Grid.Row="1" TabIndex="1"/>
<DockPanel Grid.Row="1">
<FrameworkElement DockPanel.Dock="Right" Width="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}"/>
<Rectangle Height="10" Visibility="Visible" VerticalAlignment="top">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0,1" StartPoint="0,0">
<LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
<GradientStopCollection>
<GradientStop Color="#66000000" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="Transparent" Offset="1"/>
</GradientStopCollection>
</LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
</DockPanel>
<ContentControl x:Name="PART_FindToolBarHost" Grid.Column="0" Focusable="{TemplateBinding Focusable}" Grid.Row="2" TabIndex="2"/>
</Grid>
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="myContentControlStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">
<ToolBar Focusable="{TemplateBinding Focusable}" ToolBarTray.IsLocked="True" Language="en-us" KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Continue" Uid="ToolBar_2">
<Button x:Name="PrintButton" Background="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerPrintButton, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Command="ApplicationCommands.Print" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" Style="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerButtonStyle, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="0" ToolTip="Print (Ctrl+P)" Uid="Button_14" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Button x:Name="CopyButton" Background="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerCopyButton, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Command="ApplicationCommands.Copy" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" Style="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerButtonStyle, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="1" ToolTip="Copy (Ctrl+C)" Uid="Button_15" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Separator Uid="Separator_110"/>
<Button x:Name="ZoomInButton" Background="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerZoomInButton, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Command="NavigationCommands.IncreaseZoom" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" Style="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerButtonStyle, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="3" ToolTip="Increase the size of the content (Ctrl +)" Uid="Button_16" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Button x:Name="ZoomOutButton" Background="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerZoomOutButton, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Command="NavigationCommands.DecreaseZoom" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" Style="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerButtonStyle, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="4" ToolTip="Decrease the size of the content (Ctrl -)" Uid="Button_17" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Separator Uid="Separator_111"/>
<Button x:Name="ActualSizeButton" Background="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerActualSizeButton, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" CommandParameter="100.0" Command="NavigationCommands.Zoom" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" Style="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerButtonStyle, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="5" ToolTip="100% (Ctrl+1)" Uid="Button_18" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Button x:Name="PageWidthButton" Background="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerPageWidthButton, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Command="DocumentViewer.FitToWidthCommand" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" Style="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerButtonStyle, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="6" ToolTip="Page Width (Ctrl+2)" Uid="Button_19" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Button x:Name="WholePageButton" Background="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerWholePageButton, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" CommandParameter="1" Command="DocumentViewer.FitToMaxPagesAcrossCommand" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" Style="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerButtonStyle, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="7" ToolTip="Whole Page (Ctrl+3)" Uid="Button_20" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Button x:Name="TwoPagesButton" Background="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerTwoPagesButton, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" CommandParameter="2" Command="DocumentViewer.FitToMaxPagesAcrossCommand" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" Style="{DynamicResource {ComponentResourceKey ResourceId=PUIDocumentViewerButtonStyle, TypeInTargetAssembly={x:Type Documents:PresentationUIStyleResources}}}" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="8" ToolTip="Two Pages (Ctrl+4)" Uid="Button_21" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Separator Uid="Separator_111"/>
<Button x:Name="closeButton" Width="20" Content="X" ToolTip="Close" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" Click="closeButton_Click"/>
</ToolBar>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>

Hi DSP1024,
>>I tried the horizontalAlignment property but is has no effect. If I add margin="500,0,0,0" it works
Yes, the HorizontalAlignment property has no effect for the items inside the ToolBar control, as a workaround, we can move your "closeButton" out of ToolBar content, like this:
<Style x:Key="myContentControlStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ContentControl}">
<Grid>
<ToolBar Focusable="{TemplateBinding Focusable}" ToolBarTray.IsLocked="True" Language="en-us" KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation="Continue" Uid="ToolBar_2">
<Button x:Name="PrintButton" Background="Blue" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Command="ApplicationCommands.Print" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="0" ToolTip="Print (Ctrl+P)" Uid="Button_14" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Button x:Name="CopyButton" Background="Blue" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Command="ApplicationCommands.Copy" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="1" ToolTip="Copy (Ctrl+C)" Uid="Button_15" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Separator Uid="Separator_110"/>
<Button x:Name="ZoomInButton" Background="Blue" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Command="NavigationCommands.IncreaseZoom" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="3" ToolTip="Increase the size of the content (Ctrl +)" Uid="Button_16" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Button x:Name="ZoomOutButton" Background="Blue" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Command="NavigationCommands.DecreaseZoom" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="4" ToolTip="Decrease the size of the content (Ctrl -)" Uid="Button_17" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Separator Uid="Separator_111"/>
<Button x:Name="ActualSizeButton" Background="Blue" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" CommandParameter="100.0" Command="NavigationCommands.Zoom" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="5" ToolTip="100% (Ctrl+1)" Uid="Button_18" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Button x:Name="PageWidthButton" Background="Blue" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" Command="DocumentViewer.FitToWidthCommand" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="6" ToolTip="Page Width (Ctrl+2)" Uid="Button_19" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Button x:Name="WholePageButton" Background="Blue" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" CommandParameter="1" Command="DocumentViewer.FitToMaxPagesAcrossCommand" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="7" ToolTip="Whole Page (Ctrl+3)" Uid="Button_20" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Button x:Name="TwoPagesButton" Background="Blue" CommandTarget="{Binding TemplatedParent, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}" CommandParameter="2" Command="DocumentViewer.FitToMaxPagesAcrossCommand" IsTabStop="True" Margin="2" Padding="2" ToolTipService.ShowOnDisabled="True" TabIndex="8" ToolTip="Two Pages (Ctrl+4)" Uid="Button_21" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="24"/>
<Separator Uid="Separator_111"/>
</ToolBar>
<Button x:Name="closeButton" Width="20" Content="X" ToolTip="Close" Margin="0,0,18,0" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
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Applying photoshop filters in After effects layers!

Hi. Is it possible applying those photoshop filters into After effects layers? I thought the filter worked like layers, so when I import the photoshop files to AE I could drag the filter and apply it on a movie layer! I didn't work! Is it possible? thks!
PS: I'm using Production premium CS5.5!

Well, I'm reading the book ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS CS5 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK; chapter 6 (animating layers): it's about importing PSD files to After effects compositions! I was thinking about creating scenarios to a movie using PSD files. When I apply a layer style to a picture in Photoshop CS5, save this picture, and import this picture to AE it comes likes 2 files: a composition ( picture + layer stile) and a picture without the layer style. I'm gonna use the very same words of the book.
Though layer styles are referred to as effects in Photoshop, they behave more like blending modes in AE...Another diference is that each layer style blends directly with the underlying layers in the composition, whereas an effect is rendered on the layer to which it's applied, the result of which then interacts with the underlying layers as a whole!
Well, I have tried to apply a layer style on a movie file of my composition but it doesn't work cuz the layer style doesn't come alone, it comes with the picture!
So I have figured the following possibility! Take a look in this!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T5L62G9WLio/UALdatCbrmI/AAAAAAAAAyI/7hQJK_drigg/s1600/Screen19.j pg
What if I apply a filter in this shot. Will the filter be applied only on the statue or it would be applied on the checkerboard background too? If the second possibility is possible I could apply this image above a movie and use the filter on it, couldn't I? After all the checkerboard background is transparent! Got it?

Sizing PSDS for After Effects / Preparing Illustrator files for After Effects

3 questions
For the longest time I have been told when importing PSDs to
After effects, in order to keep circles circles (proper ratios) I had
to make a 720 540 PSD file and then crunch it down to 720 486. Then import the file to a D1 NTSC 720 486 after effects comp and everything works fine.And it does and always has
I have now been told otherwise. People claim they view in DV NTSC view
in Photoshop at 720 486 and then just import to a 720 486 DV1 After
Effects comp and everything is fine.
That view mode in Photoshop is for viewing purposes only though so this
confuses me. Sure you can sit there and stretch your picture to look
right in that mode but that doesn't make sense. Going 540 to 486 is
quicker.
But one weird thing I noticed is if you save your PSD with the NTSC
view mode turned on it will automatically import to After Effects with
DV NTSC comp settings. Otherwise it will import into a Square Pixels
comp.
So to simplify my questions are the following.
1. Is there a way to avoid creating a 720 540 PSD and then crunching
down to 486? And somehow keep circles circles and photographs not
stretched.
2. Why does the DV viewing mode in Photoshop effect the importing into
After Effects if it's just for preview purposes?
That said I like that viewing mode in Photoshop because when I do my
720 540 to 720 486 crunch I can see that everything will look fine.
If anyone can help it would be much appreciated. I've been fine doing what I'm doing but for the last couple years I have been told there's a quicker way and haven't found anyone who knows.
And my final question #3 is
How do you import an illustrattor file into After Effectcs with
layers? I know how to bring sa photoshop file in with layers but everytime I import an illustrator file in , it comes in flat as one layer.
Thanks very much to those who can help.
J.

>Is there a way to avoid creating a 720 540 PSD and then crunching
>down to 486? And somehow keep circles circles and photographs not
>stretched.
Not really and then "crunching down" is very much a matter of point of view. The real question is: Can you accept the variations e.g. in antialiasing introduced by creating your work with non-square pixels in Photoshop. Apparently doing so will affect horizontal sampling more than vertical and as there is a difference in how AE and PS deal with these matters, the result would be different. It also extends to the matter of how practical it would be to work with such files if you need to move them to applications that don't provide PAR correction...
>Why does the DV viewing mode in Photoshop effect the importing into
>After Effects if it's just for preview purposes?
It doesn't. The people told you only half the facts. Photoshop's PAR correction is just for viewing purposes, that's true, but it does not mean that PS itself would be unable to deal with non-square pixels. Whenever you create a files based on such presets, PS will correctly embed that information for saving, hence programs like AE that are able to extract that information, will use it to correctly interpret items.
>How do you import an illustrattor file into After Effectcs with
>layers?
You can't. In the strict sense Illustrator has no layers, only objects and groups and since they can be infinitely combined in the funniest ways, it's a hell of a thing to read them right. Maybe in CS5 after all these years... (or even later).
Mylenium

I installed a new printer and now Photoshop Elements tells me I can't print. The error message is "The saved printer information is not compatible with this version of Photoshop Elements, or the saved printer is no longer available. You will need to che

I installed a new printer and now Photoshop Elements tells me I can't print. The error message is "The saved printer information is not compatible with this version of Photoshop Elements, or the saved printer is no longer available. You will need to check your printer settings before printing." I have uninstalled and re-installed Photoshop Elements, checked my printer settings and still I can't print a photo.

Hi ,
Please update to PSE 13.1
13.1 has solved this problem.
Refer to this link.
Photoshop Elements Help | Printer errors with Photoshop Elements 13

Photoshop CS4 shuts down when trying to Print

Good day we installed a new network print driver and now Photoshop CS4 quits when you try to print with the following error
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 4/1/2009
Time: 3:18:08 PM
User: N/A
Computer: AMYS
Description:
Faulting application photoshop.exe, version 11.0.1.0, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.5512, fault address 0x0001b1fa.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 70 68 6f ure pho
0018: 74 6f 73 68 6f 70 2e 65 toshop.e
0020: 78 65 20 31 31 2e 30 2e xe 11.0.
0028: 31 2e 30 20 69 6e 20 6e 1.0 in n
0030: 74 64 6c 6c 2e 64 6c 6c tdll.dll
0038: 20 35 2e 31 2e 32 36 30 5.1.260
0040: 30 2e 35 35 31 32 20 61 0.5512 a
0048: 74 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 t offset
0050: 20 30 30 30 31 62 31 66 0001b1f
0058: 61 0d 0a a..
On some systems I can set the defualt printer to another printer and when I print I then select the printer I want to print too, wiht no issues but if the printer in question is the default printer then CS4 just crashes. The Printer is a Ricoh 3260C. The printer is a network printer connected to a print server. Users have Admin rights on the local PC. If anybody has any ideas on this problem I could use some help. I have removed and reinstalled driver a few times with no luck. Even tried going back to old driver as well still no luck. All other adobe products seem to work fine.
Thanks
Adam Raff

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