Vanishing Point Help!!

Hi, I'm using Photoshop CS2 and have a really annoying problem with the vanishing point filter.
I am using vanishing point to add different carpet tile patterns onto the floor of a room set image. To do this I am creating the pattern in a seperate document as a birds eye view (this is quite a large file). I then copy this, open vanishing point and paste.
The annoying thing is after opening photoshop this method will work for the first 2 maybe 3 patterns but on the fouth the vanishing point filter just wont open. If i try to copy just half the pattern it will open and as i go on it then wont even open with half the pattern copied so i have to copy a quater of the pattern until it gets to a point where i have to restart photoshop and 'hey presto' it will now copy the full pattern over into vanishing point!
After each pattern I complete i make sure to purge the history and clipboard and i have no other programs open at the same time.
So my question is why will it work for the first three but not anymore?!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Jeremiah,
Please mention the exact version of Photoshop that was used to create the VPE and also the version of After Effects that you are using with the details of Operating system.
Regards,
Vinay

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Hi Jeremiah,
Please mention the exact version of Photoshop that was used to create the VPE and also the version of After Effects that you are using with the details of Operating system.
Regards,
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Can you please provide info over the list. Also, how you got to know these numbers .... if by computation or is it published.
Thanks.For numbers that can be represented, google IEEE 754.
For numbers that cannot be represented, please understand that since double is 64 bits, at most 2^64 distinct values can be represented, and also please understand that between any two values that can be represented, there are uncountably infinitely many that cannot.
For instance, between the numbers
0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000_1_00000000000000000000000000000_0_
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Re: Vanishing points, anyone?

I'm also at my wit's end with vanishing points. I've gone through 4-5 cycles over the last 4 months where I call, they tell me the back office will audit my account and get back to me, but no one contacts me. I've even spoken to supervisors who claim they have no authority to help and the audit procedure is the only way to go. I have no clue how to proceed.
In case this is happening to others:
The basic issue started when I noticed that points were being incorrectly deducted from my account -- this had been going on for over 2 years without me noticing! I always keep a stock of Best Buy gift cards (you'd think this plus being Elite Plus and Gamer's Club Unlocked would get me some real help just due to my loyalty). Naturally when you buy something with a gift card, you get no RZ points (because you would have got them when you bought the gift card). I get that. However, when I happened to return something that I had bought using a gift card, the points (that I never received in the first place) were deducted. My guess is that this occurred when purchasing something online for an in store pickup.
The reps I spoke with early on agreed with me on the issue after lots of patient explaining. At some point I saw that my account was audited and I was due for 850 points back. However, they just vanished. Soon after that I would see points pending, but come time for posting, they would vanish. The only useful information I got was that my account had a negative balance for some reason so the points were being put towards that. How could that even happen? The reps mentioned this nonchalantly without even taking the time to think that the system should never allow a negative balance =)
The other hint I got was that my points might be vanishing for opting for 0% financing. Well that's impossible because I don't even have a Best Buy credit card and only use gift cards.
The sad thing is that I've racked up a lot of points since this issue started: the 850 I was owed, plus over 1500 for video game purchaes and trade ins, and not to mention 250 each time I had to call CS.
Points have been sticking lately, but my balance is nowhere near what it ought to be.

Greetings obot, and welcome to the forum,
I can understand feeling frustrated if you have been experiencing ongoing issues with your My Best Buy™ account where it appears that some points are being removed that shouldn't and some don't look to have posted at all. To pin point exactly when your account went negative, the best thing to do is audit your account; however, you should not have to wait any additional time or make any additional phone calls into us. I would say this has gone on long enough.
As you mentioned, points are not awarded when a Best Buy gift card is redeemed. If points are removed from a member's account following a return/exchange and a Best Buy gift card was the form of payment, then that is an error. A member should not lose points that they never actually had in the first place. I looked over your My Best Buy™ account using the email address you registered with the forum, and I do see multiple occasions where points were removed in error because a gift card had been redeemed.
It is possible for a member's points balance to go negative, which may explain why your points balance did not increase as points were posting to your account. For example, if points were converted into a certificate and the certificate was redeemed, a member's account could go negative if a return/exchange were processed for any of the transactions that the helped earn points that went into generating the certificate. Also, if a return/exchange were processed before points officially posted, then points might be removed which could result in a negative balance.
I am very sorry for any inconvenience you may have experienced and would like to go over your My Best Buy™ with you to see how I might be able to help. To do that, I will be sending you a private message. You can check your private messages by logging into the forum and clicking on the yellow envelope icon located at the top of the page. I look forward to further speaking with you.
Thank you for reaching out to us.
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Thanks in advance for any help you can offerBreeze 3

Hello Dec9,
Thanks for the response.
I installed the 11.0.2 update and I still have teh BEX64 crash. I have also tried starting PS CS4 and pressed Cntrl Shift & Alt at the same time. It still crashes when I get to the point of moving text or a plane in a grid within Vanishing Point.
I also backed off from 90% as you suggested.
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Problem Event Name:                          BEX64
Application Name:                             Photoshop.exe
Application Version:                           11.0.2.0
Application Timestamp:     4bf2d91c
Fault Module Name:                            StackHash_56f5
Fault Module Version:                        0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp:                  00000000
Exception Offset:                                0000000000000000
Exception Code:                                  c0000005
Exception Data:                                   0000000000000008
OS Version:                                          6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID:                                             1033
Additional Information 1:                  56f5
Additional Information 2:                  56f50057683cdbfd654c11c2adb3bbee
Additional Information 3:                  11e5
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Hi Alec,
Above all thank you to try to help me out.
I've just noticed your mail now and i still havent' fixed my problem since my first post
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