Preserving layer thumbnail size (CS4)?

I prefer to enlarge the thumbnails in the layers panel and would like to keep the size I choose whenever I open a new file. It seems that saving the workspace with enlarged thumbnails does not accomplish this, and I have to resize them every time I open a file. Is there a way to preserve my thumbnail size preference without having to reset it every time?

Cool, that worked. On a Windows PC, the folder is located here:
C:\Users\(Your User Name)\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS4 Settings\en_US\New Document Profiles
Ok so that works for when you start with a blank file and are creating from scratch, but what about if you want to open existing AI files and retain the larger thumbnail size setting? Hmmmm...
At this point, I've probably spent more time on this than I ever would have by just manually changing the setting, but still...

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In previous versions of Photoshop it was possible to recognize adjustment layers by their thumbnails, in CS4 that has been removed except for gradients, patterns and solid color.
I find that a wrong move. Thumbnails are handy, they allow you to quickly see where you've used your different adj. layers (useful if you've a big fan of non-destructive editign like me). The only thing that is left is the names, but
a) names don't view as fast as icons
b) it basically limits you of using names, because once you do, you have no clue what the layer is unless you click on it
Why oh why remove the different icons and turn it one and the same??
Don't tell me that there is no setting that can fix this....sigh

M.
I just checked on my version of CS4 (Windows XP) and the icons on the adjustment layers are all different. In fact, they are the same icons as shown on the new adjustments panel (Histogram for levels, V for Vibrance, etc.).
There have been some weird panel/icon things reported lately that appear to be related to plug-ins (Nik products, for example). You might want to look through some of those threads.

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It is indeed possible. From the Layer Flyout Menu:
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I recently started having an issue with the layer thumbnails. In the past, when I would create a new shape (with the rectangle tool for instance) the layer thumbnail preview would look like the first image I've inserted. Now when I create a new shape with the same tool (in a new file) I get a layer thumbnail preview like the second image. All the panel options are the same, so it isn't the thumbnail size setting under panel options. I prefer the thumbnail preview from image 1. I am creating documents that many people will be using (most have basic photoshop skills) so the preview from image 1 is much easier to use and understand. Any help with this situation would be much appreciated, as I cannot figure out what back end setting has changed?

Thanks! They are exactly the same in every way. I think I've figured it out. It seems the layer preview is based on the size of the file or document. For instance, the problem started when I created a business card file sized at 3.75" wide by 2.25" high. Don't know what the magic number is, but when I created a file sized at 5" by 5" square, the layer thumbnail preview looks the way I want it to (image 1). It's strange, but it looks like I'm going to have to live with it when creating file sizes like this...

Layer thumbnails

I was watching a J. Kost flash turorial and she selected the option to change the size of layer thumbnails and the options showed samples next to the size selection circles. When I went to change the size of my layer thumbnails all I saw were selection circles and no size sample pictures next to them. Is that a PC vs Mac thing or is something missing from my version of CS4? I believe I saw thumbnail sample sizes in CS3.
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Hi Don,
You are hitting a known Win only issue with certain types of plug-ins. We are working with 3rd party plug-in developers to try and resolve the non-displaying icons.
The workaround at present is to select Help> About Plug-in> NIK (3rd party vendor plug-in). [If you have multiple plug-ins installed you may have to go thru all of them]. Just bringing the About box and dismissing it clears things up for the session. Unfortunately, it only works for that session and must be repeated for each launch of Ps.
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NEF files only show as thumbnail size in preview window

I am using PSE 8 with Bridge CS4 and camera RAW 5.5 on MAC OS X 10.5.8
I recently upgraded from a D80 to a D300s. when i import RAW files into bridge from the 300s they only show up as thumbnail size in the preview window. It was fine with the D80 and JPEG's from the 300 show up large as well
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I would appreciate if anyone can help me to figure out why my Layer Thumbnail Icon is different from 2 various psd files. Attached are the screen shot. Ist sreen shot layer thumbnail has represented icon to the adjustment whereas the 2nd screen shot doesnt have the icon. Thanks in advance.

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I've noticed that in some of my images, the Layers Thumbnail -- the black & white circle between the Layer Visibility and the Layer Mask -- is not a circle but a graph. How do I change from one to the other?
I can understand the graph, but what is the circle supposed to represent?

Thanks Zeno, for the suggestion. I had already checked out the section in PS Help that you provided the link for, but I couldn't work out why, when the setting for Layer Thumbnails were all set to small, that some of the images had graphs and other had the circles. You confirmed the solution and now I know where the problem was:
* the images that had the graph were vertical format and there was enough vertical space to fit in the graph;
* the images that had the circle were horizontal format. The vertical dimension must have been just under the size limit for the graph.
A bit confusing. I assumed the thumbnails would be scaled so that on a certain thumbnail size setting, the vertical dimension of the thumbnails was the same so that the spacing of the various layers remained constant. Not so. The longest dimension appears to remain constant.
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Ilustrator CC: can't turn off layer thumbnails?

Has anyone else noticed that you can no longer turn off layer thumbnails completely by choosing Panel Options from the Layers palette options menu and choosing "Small" for Row Size?
Even if you choose "Medium" for Row Size so that the Thumbnails checkboxes below become ungrayed and choosable, if you UNcheck the box for Layers, the thumbnails remain stubbornly ON.
Very annoying. It has long been known that constantly refreshing layer thumbnails reduces performance in Illustrator, especially in highly layered illustrations....which seems to be all I'm working on lately.

Experienced same issue. Tech support had me revert from CC 2014 back to CC.
You can turn off thumbnails in CC.
Tech support:
We have checked for this issue and it is reproducible on our end too.
We have checked in CC 2014, CC version and CS6 versions for this issue and found this issue with CC 2014 version.
Thank you for bringing this into our notice. We are logging a ticket for the same and our engineering team will have a look into it.
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Pictures not displaying in non-thumbnail sizes

One of my clients has an iMac G5 running 10.4.11 and iPhoto 5.0.4. He's got about 3200 pictures in his iPhoto library which is about 12GB in size (they are all very large pictures). He's been using iPhoto without problem for years then suddenly he noticed that some pictures do not display in a slideshow. Out of the 3200 pictures he's narrowed it down so far to a few dozen pictures throughout his library. When we view the roll or the album with the pictures listed as thumbnails, we can see the picture just fine, but when we do anything that involves viewing at non-thumbnail size, such as double clicking on it or viewing in a slideshow it displays nothing. Slideshow just shows all black and double clicking on the thumb shows white with a spinning gear that never stops spinning. I rebuilt his library and that did not fix it. I repaired permissions, trashed iPhoto preferences, deleted tmp & cache files from his computer, I even zapped the PRAM out of desperation and nothing made any difference at all. One weird thing is that when it is siting at the white screen with spinning gear, if we resize the window smaller then resize it bigger, the picture will display properly but only for that time. It still will not display in slideshows.
I tried exporting one of the troublesome pictures out of iPhoto to his desktop, delete the pic from iPhoto, then try re-importing it again. This time when we try to import it, iPhoto gives an error that the file couldn't be imported because it may be an unrecognized file type or may not contain valid data. I can open the pic on his desktop using Preview and Photoshop with no problems at all.
Why am I posting this in the iPhoto '08 forum? well I copied the file to my MacBook Pro running 10.5.6 and iPhoto '08 and it almost does the same thing. I am able to import the file into iPhoto '08 and I can see the thumbnail but when I double click it, instead of a white screen with the spinning gear, i get a black screen and nothing else. I tried the trick of resizing the window and as I'm resizing, I do see a blocky image but as soon as I stop resizing the image goes black.
I can open the file in any program on multiple computers: Photoshop, Preview, GraphicConverter, ColorSync Util, Safari, Firefox, etc. iPhoto version 5 and '08 (the only versions I have handy) refuse to work with the file. I've even edited the picture in photoshop by changing the resolution by just a few pixels and slightly tighter jpg compression but iPhoto still refuses to play nice with it.
I have exhausted all options other than reinstalling the OS, but other posts I've read similar to this say that never fixes it. I am at a loss. What is wrong with iPhoto that it refuses to play nicely with pictures that work everywhere else in the world?
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Message was edited by: Clint Mcintosh

Clint:
Try opening the file in one of the other applications that can use it and save as a new file and see if that new file is compatible with iPhoto. Or you might try this Automator workflow, Convert to JPG and Embed sRGB profile, on one and see if the resulting file will work. If so you can batch change all of them. It replaces the file you run it on so be sure to run it on a copy just to be safe. You can download it from Toad's Cellar or download it immediately with this link: Convert to JPG and Embed sRGB profile.zip.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier versions) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. There are versions that are compatible with iPhoto 5, 6, 7 and 8 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
NOTE: iPhoto 8's new option in it's rebuild library window, "Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup" may make this tip obsolete. We'll know when users have occasion to use it and see if that's the case.

How can I increase the thumbnail size when using Safari to upload an image to a website?

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Can't view thumbnails in cs4 photoshop or bridge

Hi,
I can't view cs2 or DNG files thumbnails in CS4 photoshop or bridge. I'm using vista 64 home premium and recently had to reinstall cs4 on a new disc. It worked fine before on my old disc but now it doesn't.
I've searched through the various topics on this, I've only got one copy of the correct file (Camera Raw.8bi) in the correct folders, CS4 is shown in the bridge / edit / prefs / file type associations.
I can click on a file and it opens in bridge but I just can't see the thumbs.
One point though - the DNG convertor states that it needs camera raw v 7.1 or later so maybe that's why I can't read the dng file (even though I can open them) but it doesn't explain why I can't see the cr2 files.
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