PSD FILE MAXIMUM

I can't place Photoshop CS6 file to Illustrator CS5 that I already choice PSD file maximum for any version?

As long as the psd file is using maximum compatibility, older versions should be able to read that file. Keep in mind that certain features may not transfer or you may get a flattened single layer. Which makes editing it a bit more difficult, but not impossible.

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PSD files don't up-load because "maximum compatability" issues

I have a load of PSD files that don't load because they were saved in previous versions of PS when maximum compatability did not exist in preferences. The problem is they are mixed in with other files and Light Room does not identify the specific files.
When I eventually do locate one the fix is easy enough to resave with this setting.
Currently I am sorting all files by type, sorting out the PSD files, running an action to correct then upload. Really takes the fun out of this.
Any suggestions?

Hi Gaspar,
Are you using a preloader for the project? If so, the default
one in Captivate waits for 60% of the project to load before
playing. Perhaps try to add the preloader if you aren't using one,
or remove it if you are to see if that makes a difference. In
Captivate 3, you can change this option in Preferences -->
Project --> Start and End --> Loading Screen.
Good luck,
David
Edit: I just tried this too and got the same results when
publishing with all versions of Flash - I was a little surprised to
see it even with Flash 7 exports, because Captivate has let me
embed .swf animations into a single .swf project file using Flash
7. I'm guessing that whatever Flash "engine" Captivate uses to
create its own FMV .swfs must be Flash 8 or 9. That would be
something that would be nice to adjust - especially because of the
lack of the ability to merge .swf files into one file. I guess I'll
send a feature request again...

.psd files over 500mb will not place unless saved at "maximum compatability"

I am trying to use InDesign in place of a software RIP in order to print art reproductions on a large format printer. I need to print the same image at different sizes and be able to pull them up and print rapidly. InDesign is faster at printing than Photoshop since the files load so quickly and I can change the print size very quickly vs. photoshop.
My print files vary from 250mb to 800mb as these are very large fine art reproductions. I am not in the habbit of saving my .psd files with the "maximize file compatibility" flag in order to save on disk space. Files under approx. .5gb will place into InDesign CS2 fine despite this with a warning that performance will suffer but once I get into 600mb files it shows up a small black box with several white pixels in it instead of the image and no matter how much I zoom I cannot read what is apparantly written in the box. No other warning is given and when I try to print the same black box is output to the printer.
see the image here:
http://www.schoellerfineart.com/adobe-error.GIF
If I use a 600+mb file with maximized compatability on it will display and print fine. Is there a way to avoid maximizing file compatability on these larger files other than flattening the image? I need to be able to adjust color/densities frequently on these images but saving 2 versions will eat up disk space real fast and takes quite some time to do.
Best, Tim

What are the system specs? I've places images that large with no problem
at all.
Bob

PSD File to Illustrator Vector - How To?

Hello all,
I have searched the web far and wide and can't seem to find any sufficient answer to the issue I'm having, which stems the following;
I've created a PSD file in Photoshop with some layers (stock images I've bought and some text), and I'm looking to get the design printed on a tshirt. I am not very familiar with Illustrator, and the print company would like the files to be vector images, however, I'm not quite sure how to achieve this in order to get the quality they're looking for. I thought the Live Trace option would be sufficient (I'm using CS6), and became quite giddy thinking it would be that easy (I should have known better), but the result is a grainy, crappy rendition of my PSD file (the original creation was a flyer for the event, and I took some elements from that flyer to turn into a tshirt). My stock photos are of high quality (300dpi and about 8x10" in size), so I'm boggled as to why the trace feature turned them into poorly drawn cartoon characters.
I fear the answer would be I need to draw these stock photos out in Illustrator, but honestly, that's not feasible for me since I'm not very handy with the pen tool, nor do I have the time at the moment to sit down and learn all the ins and outs of this tool. I've seen other tutorials clearly explaining how to turn rasterized text into a vector file in Illistrator, which is easy enough, but it not the highlight of my issue since I'm more concerned about the images themselves.
Is the only way to turn my design into a vector is to redraw these stock photos with the pen tool in Illustrator?
Should I have just used Illustrator to begin with to create my flyer and the tshirt design (does this also affect my stock photos or would I still be in the same boat)?
Any clarification you could provide would be greatly appreciated - thank you!

Sure thing - thanks so much for the help.
Here is a portion of the image that was sent back to me. The original file is 300dpi, but this one just looks awful compared to the original (non-vector) image.
Original image versus the converted vector image:
I did use the high quality trace option which appeared to work great, but after having this returned to me I've been wondering where the heck I went wrong. I checked my setting in AI to make sure I had everything set for maximum quality, so it makes me wonder if I didn't import/place the file correctly since, as you mentioned, the high quality trace feature should have replicated the design quite nicely.

ACR PSD files - larger file size and max compatible

When using ACR > Save As to save a bunch of PSD files from raw files the resulting PSD file sizes are larger.
for example:
if I output and save from ACR directly to a folder as a PSD, I'm seeing the file size at 63.1 MB
If I open the raw file to PS and save it within Photoshop to a PSD file the file size is 56.1 MB ( this is true whether the Max Compatible is turned on or off... probably because it's a flat PSD file)
why the difference? same output settings from ACR, bit depth etc.
Also,
The file saved out of ACR appears to be "tagged" as a Maximum compatible file even though it is flat, so subsequent saves, even if the PS pref is set to Never for maximum compatibility are disregarded. Whereas the same file that was opened into PS from ACR and then saved with the Never PS pref behaves correctly.
Is there a preference setting within ACR to not save the PSD's as Maximum compatible?
thanks
j
ACR 6.4
PS 12.0.4
10.6.7

Hi Noel
I may not have been clear in my post. It's not about PSD v. Raw file size, just comparing PSD files.
Starting with a raw file ( in this case a 5DmII CR2)
Using the same settings (mid-bottom of ACR window) when saving a file using the "save image" within ACR or opening the file into PS and then saving. This is where I'm seeing the file size difference.
The second part of the problem is that PSD files that are saved directly out of ACR using the "save image" (bottom left of ACR window) are all set as Maximum Compatibility. As a result opening these files will always be have the extra data and saving time that files with Maximum Compatibility enabled have. The only way to get around this is to have your PS prefs set to Never or Ask and the "Save As" to overwrite the file.
I just reprocessed a folder of PSD's that were saved out of ACR by overwriting as above and the 36 files (with layers, retouching etc) went from 6.9GB to 5.6GB, and the save time is also faster.
This isn't intended to be a discussion about the benefits or disadvantages of the Maximum Compatibiliy "feature", but just a question as to whether it can be turned off in PSDs saved from ACR.
thanks
j

Problem with ghosted lines in PSD files

Hi,
When I import PSD files into a DVCPRO HD 720p timeline I see a faint gray box around titles. I'm saving out as 8 bit (because 16 bit won't work) over a transparent background. aspect ratio is fine and I turn off maximize compatibility to increase quality. Very strange.
Chase

Yeah, I don’t think it’s the .psd file format… Try the .tiff Zeb suggested though.
BTW I’m not sure “Maximize Compatibility” has much, if anything, to do with quality. More to do with file size and, well, compatibility…
When saving a file with maximum compatibility, a full-size, full-resolution flattened version is saved along with the actual Photoshop (.psd) file. The flattened version ensures that other programs that can use the Photoshop format show the image properly.
Please post back if you find a solution. I'm curious...
EDIT Oh, could this be a render "thing"? And, are you viewing this on an external NTSC monitor?? It is an RGB file right???

PSD Files Not Updating

I am still having trouble with Lightroom recognizing PSD and some other updated files. All filters are off. I did the work in Bridge because of similar issues I've had with LR updating files. Now I just want the PSD files to show up so that I can use one of Lightroom's web galleries to show a client. But only one PSD file shows up, and it's a reject that is in another folder.
I've tried quiting and relaunching several times. I've also tried moving the PSD files to new folders. Is there anything I can do to make this work right?

Among other things PSDs have to be saved in PSCI with 'Maximum Compatability' set.
Don
Don Ricklin, MacBook 1.83Ghz Duo 2 Core running 10.4.9 & Win XP, Pentax *ist D
http://donricklin.blogspot.com/

Bloated PSD File Sizes?

Our 18MB 14-bit Canon camera produces RAW images (converted to uncompressed DNG) that are about 22MB. On a Win7-64bit CS6 workstation, the PSD file that is created from the DNGs has the following sizes (single layer, no masks/paths, maximum compatibility):
16 bit, DNG as smart object: 207MB (10x of the DNG)
16 bit, DNG as rasterized layer: 187MB (8.5x of the DNG)
8-bit (less information than the DNG), DNG as smart object: 115MB (5.2x of DNG)
8-bit (less information than the DNG), DNG as rasterized layer: 95MB (4.3x of DNG)
Just for kicks, a blank 8-bit image with a white background layer saves as 818KB, adding a few scribbles with the brush tool saves the file at about 30MB.
Am I missing something? Is this normal? I know that storage is cheap these days, but sheesh! Does anyone know of a more efficient workflow?
thanks!
JP

Guess you need a primer on the differences tween raw files and rendered files. Raw files that have not been demosiaced are indeed small bcause the raw data hasn't been turned into RGB pixels yet. Once a raw file is rendered into RGB pixels, you get a much larger file, 8-bit is actually more like 3x the raw file (although that changes based on compression options when saving and whether you have backwards compatibility turned on or off). A 16-bit file will be 2x the size of an 8-bit file–again, depending on compression options. Saving a raw file in a Smart Object makes the file sizes swell considerably because it has to save the a copy of the raw file inside the rendered file plus any layers plush a composite preview.
So, what you've discovered is, it's useful to keep a raw file raw until you need a rendered file. When rendered, you'll have to expect the file sizes to be much larger...

PSD files created using export data set fail to import into lightroom

If I create a set of files using variables in a data set, the PSD files won't import into LightRoom. LR says to resave with maximum compatibility, but I already have that set in Photoshop. If I open one of the files and resave it, it will import. Perhaps PS isn't honoring the maximize compatibility setting when exporting.

Hi,
I downloaded 10g database ver 10.2.0.1.0 from oracle site and installed it on my laptop. I took an export of schema which was on my 9i database ver 9.2.0.1.0 using 9i exp, created tablespace and user in the 10gdb and tried to import the same to 10gdb using 10g imp using the following.
imp system/pswd@10gdb fromuser=test touser=test file=expdat.dmp log=expdat.log
it displays
.importing SYSTEM'S objects into SYSTEM
.importing TEST'S objects into TEST
and it doesnt import any objects just hangs. The Log file does'nt have any entries.
Can anyone help me.
Thanks in advance
Smdas

A frustrating problem I'm having importing PSD files into ID CS3

I am doing some page layouts for ads for magazines, and I've had a frustrating problem with Photoshop and InDesign CS3 for the longest time. Basically, I want to drag the PSD files we have already made for our products into my layout and use them as-is, but when I do so, they display as garbled ugly things in my InDesign CS3 layout, no matter what. The fix is for me to load the PSD, copy the contents, make a new file, paste the contents of the last other file, and save it as a new PSD file -- then things will work great. But this is a big pain in the buttocks and I'd like to fix the problem and eliminate this step.
You can see an example : http://twitpic.com/1kxp33 .
Basically, the image on the left shows the garbled image which has been dragged into the layout. It's just a normal PSD, single layer, but perhaps saved with some incompatibilty such as not being saved in "maximum compatibility mode" or having been saved with a color file attached. The pic on the right shows the correct image that I have manually resaved and imported.
Can anyone help me figure out why all of my PSD files are being garbled when I drag them into InDesign?

I just did a test there and the Maximise Compatibility had minimal effect (ironically) on how the image looks in InDesign CS3 or in InDesign CS5
However, I did get a warning that the image was saved witout Maximise compatibility and it may have an effect on performance, nothing else.
Perhaps the other people are not on the same version of photoshop as you are, perhaps run the adobe updater and make sure you're all on the same version update for both apps.
Trashing preferences might clear up your photoshop images - hold down the three modifier keys bottom left corner of the keyboard when starting photoshop (sorry Peter I don't remember the Mac Combo )
Really hard to know why this is happening though.

Help Importing a PSD File

I have a video that was originally done some time ago on miniDV tapes. I converted to digital and am attempting to place a PSD file at the beginning, sort of like a Title Page. It has a jpg image of a young lady and some text, which looks great in PS and also in the Preview Pane, but when you run the video, even after rendering, the picture and the text are blurred.
I also tried adding a Title Page and still got the same effect, although it does not appear to be as bad.
Could it have to do with the output settings?
Thanks in advance.
--Ben

Since you're using DV, your sequence is likely interlaced. The PSD, on the other hand, is progressive--or more specifically, has no field order. When you put a non-interlaced piece of media into an interlaced sequence, it's automatically (and unavoidably) interlaced.
Simultaneously, you're probably gauging this by looking at your computer monitor--a progressive display. When you render the sequence, assuming your preview codec is set up to DV, your rendered previews are also interlaced. Displaying interlaced video on a progressive display will usually result in the appearance of interlacing artifacts that may or may not be an issue once it comes time to export. It's not an issue if you're encoding to an interlaced output and displaying on an interlaced device. It's sort of an issue if you're encoding to a progressive output and displaying on a progressive device--but not too big of an issue since Premiere Pro will automatically deinterlace on export. The quality of that is determined by whether you're using hardware MPE or the Maximum Render Quality option on export.
How much this is an issue really depends on what your intended output for the finished video is.

Weird Photoshop PSD files sizes..

I'm using CS6 in Mountain Lion (so don't know if this affects other versions / platforms OS's) and have noticed something odd saving a file.
I have a document that is 2048 x 1536 with two layers in it, one is a bitmap, the other a vector shape with 7 points (a circle with a play sumbol in it).
Saving it creates a PSD of 18.3mb.
Deleting the shape layer and saving it gives me a file of 9.2mb.
So by my maths, that's 9.1 for a vector shape with 7 points.
How is that even possible?
Delete the bitmap layer and save with just the vector shape and the file is 249k.
What's going on?
Rob.

If you have set the Maximize Compatibility setting in preferences, not only is the shape layer saved as metadata, but there is a flattened composite image created and saved with the PSD as well. It could be that it's not able to compress that flattened composite particularly well.
If you don't have other applications or older versions of Photoshop needing to read the PSD files in your work environment, you may experience a significant savings if you set Maximize Compatibility to Ask or Never and save without maximum compatibility.
Just to be clear, older versions of Photoshop WILL read files saved without maximum compatibility if they don't contain features only available in the later (saving) version of Photoshop. When the "compatibility" process is invoked, the older version (or external app) will revert to reading the flattened composite, which isn't always useful anyway.
-Noel

How can I access the thumbnail/preview image of a PSD file?

Hey guys I'm trying to salvage some work from a corrupted PSD file via the thumbnail. What happened was I saved my work and closed photoshop and hit the reset button on my PC afterwards by mistake (i dont see why this caused a problem because the program was fully closed at the time). When I open the file now it says it uses an unsupported blending mode, if i press ok I get an error saying incompatible PS version, if I press flatten it says unexpected end of file was encountered. Ive tried PSD repair tools and searched the net for solutions and there doesnt seem to be any - Ive pretty much given up on trying to repair the original file.
The thing is, the thumbnail of the file seems to be intact because I can still see it as the file icon. I wanted to know if there was any way i can access this thumbnail image so i can enlarge it. Any help would be very appreciated!!

I have an idea to try... Earlier I mentioned the Windows Picture Viewer... Normally that won't read PSD files, but I'm used to using that to look into PSD files because at one point I bought the FastPictureViewer Codec Pack.
Something to try, and it won't cost anything:
1. Try downloading and installing the FastPictureViewer Codec Pack from here: http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/
2. Once it's installed you get a free trial period, so you can try opening your PSD file by right-clicking on it and choosing Preview.
If that fails, here's another thing to try:
Open the Bridge component of Photoshop and navigate to the folder in which you have the file. It may be able to make a larger thumbnail than the one you're seeing.
Other than that, are you saying you're seeing the thumbnail in Windows Explorer? If that's the case, what happens if you right-click in the white space near the file and choose View - Extra Large Icons?
-Noel

Photoshop CS6 - Spot channels are not saved correctly in the psd files.

Hi,
I'm using Photoshop CS6 and something happent a few days ago....some Windows or Adobe update messed up everything...I don't know...
Here's how things are.
If I add to an image a couple of new spot channels (any Pantone color) and remove the informations from the CMYK channels (or not-the problem it's there anyway), I should have an image with 6 color plates (CMYK and the 2 Pantone). It doesn't happened anymore...
I'm using Corel to print the files and the previous saved files are fine, I have all the Spot colors there. Now, If I edit any file I've worked on before, and save it again, the spot colors dissapear when I'm importing the psd file in my Corel document. And if there is no information on the CMYK channels, I'm getting a blank image...
I hope someone will give me some ideas because I don't know what to do anymore...
Codrut

Right. It's not reading these new saved files correctly. The old ones are fine.
I forgot to mention one thing. I've got this CS6 as an upgrade and I still have the CS5 one running on the same computer. The CS5 version does the same thing...
Today I tryed again to open a PSD (CS6) with another CS5 version from another computer and came with an error message "Could not complete your request because the specified color book cannot be found". And the file didn't opened....
Who messed up my color book and how can I fix it?

Photoshop CS6 colors have shifted for PSD files; no longer match Bridge colors, resulting jpg colors off too

Until last night, Photoshop has been working relatively well** (see below) However, I processed a batch of DNG files through Bridge and saved them as PSDs. When I opened up the new PSD files in PSCS5, the colors had shifted - more green, less saturated.
I went back to the DNG files and opened each up separately in PS - the color looked good. I edited them, saved them as PSD files, and reopened them in PS - the colors were bad.
I cleared the Preferences (by holding Ctrl+Alt+Shift) when restarting PS. Although it cleared up the pre-existing issue explained below **, it didn't fix the issue with the colors.
I rebooted my computer. No luck.
I looked for available updates. None available.
I recalibrated my monitor (ColorMunki). No luck.
I don't know what I did/what happened to cause the problem. The day before, everything was fine.
I tried to fix it by experimenting with option under View. The closest I could get the colors to matching those shown in Bridge was to set View--Proof Colors-- Monitor RGB.
But here's the kicker - when I did a "save as" in PS the resulting jpeg had the same gross color shown in PS before setting the proof colors to Monitor RGB - and the jpeg colors are gross in Bridge and PS! The same thing happens if I run a batch of PSDs via Bridge and save them as jpegs. The resulting jpegs look gross in both PS and Bridge.
HELP!
I'm using a PC with Windows 7. All the images jpegs, DNG and PSD are in the RBG color space.
**(except for one weird issue - when I would try to open up a color balance layer, it would open a levels layer instead)

Until last night, Photoshop has been working relatively well** (see below) However, I processed a batch of DNG files through Bridge and saved them as PSDs. When I opened up the new PSD files in PSCS5, the colors had shifted - more green, less saturated.
I went back to the DNG files and opened each up separately in PS - the color looked good. I edited them, saved them as PSD files, and reopened them in PS - the colors were bad.
I cleared the Preferences (by holding Ctrl+Alt+Shift) when restarting PS. Although it cleared up the pre-existing issue explained below **, it didn't fix the issue with the colors.
I rebooted my computer. No luck.
I looked for available updates. None available.
I recalibrated my monitor (ColorMunki). No luck.
I don't know what I did/what happened to cause the problem. The day before, everything was fine.
I tried to fix it by experimenting with option under View. The closest I could get the colors to matching those shown in Bridge was to set View--Proof Colors-- Monitor RGB.
But here's the kicker - when I did a "save as" in PS the resulting jpeg had the same gross color shown in PS before setting the proof colors to Monitor RGB - and the jpeg colors are gross in Bridge and PS! The same thing happens if I run a batch of PSDs via Bridge and save them as jpegs. The resulting jpegs look gross in both PS and Bridge.
HELP!
I'm using a PC with Windows 7. All the images jpegs, DNG and PSD are in the RBG color space.
**(except for one weird issue - when I would try to open up a color balance layer, it would open a levels layer instead)

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