Using a .png file as OLE objet

I am trying to use a png file in my report. I have it linked in but it only will display the file name. If I use the same file converted to pdf, it works perfect. is there a switch somewhere that defines what ole objects can be used? i need to use a png and not the pdf. Have same issue with bmp and jpg as well. Need to make png work.
Edited by: CME_KN on Feb 3, 2010 4:25 PM

Hello,
CR 2008 does support PNG formats. What version of CR are you using?
Thank you
Don

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Hi every body,
I am french and new on the forum so please be indulgent ! (for my english and my questions).
I am working on HTML signature for my company and I have a little problem.
to be viewed, my .png files needs to be on a server. So I remember that adobe gave me a 100giga storage for me to use.
Cool !
But the problem is that the link only send me to a special view of my file... a jpeg one. So when I try to copy the url I can only use the .jpg
I want my file !
So my question is : is it possible that the cloud storage isn't supposed to share any thing else than a miniature of my file and a download button ?
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Hi Morgan,
You are correct. Public link sharing works as follows:
- you can share a public URL to your PNG file on Creative Cloud. The recipient of the URL can view a preview of the file and download the file in the original PNG format or JPG format.
- it is not possible to give other users direct access to the original file in Creative Cloud.
For more info on sharing and collaboration options:
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/collaboration.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/share.html
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I use Fireworks to create graphics using layers with each element on its own layer.
When I send them to some companies, they state that a .png file cannot be edited by photoshop, and that the file has only one layer.
Can anyone answer a few questions about .png and Photoshop?
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This is very interesting.
My .png files created by Fireworks always contain layers (at least Fireworks describes them as layers) unless I delberately select a group of layers and "flatten" them, in which case they combine into one layer.
At this link is a ,png file created in fireworks containg three layers and saved in .png format.
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I believe that this was not always the case, but could be wrong.
Perhaps one of you could try to open these files using Photoshop and tell me if they contain any layers, and if so are they editable?
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Don't use png.
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Problem in using PNG files....

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itz urgent!!

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How do I open a png file using firefox with windows 7

In Windows XP I could save an image in the png format then open it using firefox, copy and paste it into an excel spreadsheet. However I can't do this in Windows 7. Has anybody else encountered this problem and found a solution?
Kind regards

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Could you describe your workflow and what happens? If you mean that double-clicking on a .png file in a normal folder (Explorer) window doesn't launch it in Firefox, which application is launched when you click it? If you want to make Firefox the default application to handle .png files, you need to change these settings in Windows 7. Unfortunately I don't have it myself (running a Mac here) so I don't remember the exact instructions. But I'm sure you could right-click on a .png file and select "Open With..." and from there manually pick Firefox. Try that and see if you get the results you want!
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I have hundred of png files with alpha channel.
I want to suppress alpha channel.
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cd ~/Desktop
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According to Apple Technical Note TN2065:
"when you use just a command name instead of a complete path, the shell uses a list of directories (known as your PATH) to try and find the complete path to the command. For security and portability reasons, do shell script ignores the configuration files that an interactive shell would read"
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http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#alpha
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/masking/#remove
http://www.imagemagick.org/index.php
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-tools.php
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php
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The original PNG image:
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-channel alpha -evaluate Divide 2:
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Technical requirements are as follow : Actionscript 2.0 and Flash player 9 max.
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I'm using ps cs6 on mac os 10.6.8.
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Well, I'll be…! How come Russell Brown gets all the credit for it? ??!
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