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[KazeHaruHime]

Umm, I can't seem to get it to work... Unless there's something I'm missing? I put the dll in the filetypes folder and I loaded up PDN, but when I try to save my pdn as a psd, I don't see psd in the save as file type dropdown menu. Is that not the way I'm supposed to do it or what?

Edited by KazeHaruHime, 14 October 2010 - 11:00 PM.

[taoyue]

Umm, I can't seem to get it to work... Unless there's something I'm missing? I put the dll in the filetypes folder and I loaded up PDN, but when I try to save my pdn as a pdf, I don't see psd in the save as file type dropdown menu. Is that not the way I'm supposed to do it or what?

Shows up as "Photoshop (*.psd)". No PDFs involved -- these are images, not articles.

Delete Photoshop.dll, reboot your machine, then download a fresh ZIP file and copy the DLL. Sometimes it's just something transient like open file handles or a corrupt download.

Edited by taoyue, 14 October 2010 - 09:49 PM.

[KazeHaruHime]

Shows up as "Photoshop (*.psd)". No PDFs involved -- these are images, not articles.

Delete Photoshop.dll, reboot your machine, then download a fresh ZIP file and copy the DLL. Sometimes it's just something transient like open file handles or a corrupt download.

Oops, I meant psd, not pdf... *fail* *edits* And yeah, Photoshop (*.psd) isn't appearing so I'll try restarting when I get the chance.

[jsrobinson]

Awesome plugin. I hope to not have to load Photoshop ever again for my slicing work.

I have a PSD file with layers (50+?) and when I open the file:

1) all of the layers are turned on (which is not the case when opening in Photoshop)
2) layers are not grouped

It makes it hard to know/understand which layers are for which pages (this designer made a big PSD with all pages designs, each page has grouped layers)

What can I do?

Also, is there a donation page? I would happily contribute $$$ for great code like this!

[taoyue]

Awesome plugin. I hope to not have to load Photoshop ever again for my slicing work.

I have a PSD file with layers (50+?) and when I open the file:

1) all of the layers are turned on (which is not the case when opening in Photoshop)
2) layers are not grouped

It makes it hard to know/understand which layers are for which pages (this designer made a big PSD with all pages designs, each page has grouped layers)

What can I do?

Also, is there a donation page? I would happily contribute $$$ for great code like this!

The first problem is already tracked by bug 7084 on Codeplex. Since you mentioned it, I'll try and fix this earlier rather than later. http://psdplugin.cod...m/workitem/7084

Layer groups are more difficult. They are not documented in the PSD file format specification, so any implementation would have to rely on reverse-engineering. Plus, Paint.NET doesn't have a layer grouping feature.

If you just need to get the data out of this one file, you can download Photoshop from the Adobe web site and use it for 30 days. In the future, could you ask the designer to send you individual layers? There should be scripts that can do this.

If you need to interact with graphic designers often, though, you might have no choice than to pay for Photoshop -- although you might be able to get away with an older copy of Photoshop. You might also be able to get away with a copy of Photoshop Elements. Sometimes features are stripped out of Elements, so that you can't create files with those features -- but you can still load them in.

I have added a PayPal donation link to the Codeplex page for the project, near the top of the text: http://psdplugin.codeplex.com/

Edited by taoyue, 16 October 2010 - 10:56 PM.

[Jerlene]

I saved a few images as .psds but when I reopened them, the images no longer had layers. Is there a way to fix that?

[BoltBait]

I saved a few images as .psds but when I reopened them, the images no longer had layers. Is there a way to fix that?

When working in Paint.NET, always (and I really mean ALWAYS) save a copy of your work in .PDN format.

THEN, if desired, export your work in another format.

[taoyue]

I saved a few images as .psds but when I reopened them, the images no longer had layers. Is there a way to fix that?

No, once layers are gone, they're gone.

The PSD file plugin ignores empty layers, but no other layers should be lost. If they are, then something is going wrong.

If you could send me a .PDN file that, when loaded in, will reproduce the problem with PSD layers, I'd be happy to look at it. My email address is on the Codeplex page: http://psdplugin.codeplex.com/

Edited by taoyue, 17 November 2010 - 10:15 PM.

[Kimber]

Hello, I need some help.

I need to open some layered psd files. I downloaded the plug-in and checked it is in the correct spot. I also rebooted to see that would help. When I go to open a file I get is incorrect format or a text instruction file I assume the person file I need to open added.

Any help would be very much appreciated
Kimber

[Sarkut]

Did you open the zip and copy/paste PhotoShop.dll into the File Types folder?

[taoyue]

Hello, I need some help.

I need to open some layered psd files. I downloaded the plug-in and checked it is in the correct spot. I also rebooted to see that would help. When I go to open a file I get is incorrect format or a text instruction file I assume the person file I need to open added.

Any help would be very much appreciated
Kimber

Are you double-clicking on the file? Open Paint.NET and try File-Open instead.

If neither Sarkut nor I have guessed the problem, then please give every step you took (at the "I clicked on this, then I typed this" level of detail), as well as the exact text of every error message you see. Right now, you didn't give enough specifics to figure out what happened. If running Windows 7, you could also open the Start menu and type "Record steps" to automate the process and generate a ZIP file with all the steps you took -- then attach this file to your forum post.

[Kimber]

Are you double-clicking on the file? Open Paint.NET and try File-Open instead.

If neither Sarkut nor I have guessed the problem, then please give every step you took (at the "I clicked on this, then I typed this" level of detail), as well as the exact text of every error message you see. Right now, you didn't give enough specifics to figure out what happened. If running Windows 7, you could also open the Start menu and type "Record steps" to automate the process and generate a ZIP file with all the steps you took -- then attach this file to your forum post.

Thank you for the quick reply. I have attached a windows media file recording of what I am doing step by step.

[taoyue]

Thank you for the quick reply. I have attached a windows media file recording of what I am doing step by step.

I assume this means you tried both suggestions and neither of them was it. I also assume you're running a version of Windows that's earlier than Windows 7 -- the Problem Steps Recorder is superior to a screen recording, as it includes additional diagnostic information. If neither is true, please try them first.

I do not see any attachment. This forum has a 256 KB max; how big is the file? If it's under 25 MB, you can email it to me. My email address is at the top of the main Codeplex page for the plugin: http://psdplugin.codeplex.com/ Please send me one email with the attachment, and one email without the attachment. Large attachments sometimes get blocked -- sending two emails means I know to look for it.

[Kimber]

I assume this means you tried both suggestions and neither of them was it. I also assume you're running a version of Windows that's earlier than Windows 7 -- the Problem Steps Recorder is superior to a screen recording, as it includes additional diagnostic information. If neither is true, please try them first.

I do not see any attachment. This forum has a 256 KB max; how big is the file? If it's under 25 MB, you can email it to me. My email address is at the top of the main Codeplex page for the plugin: http://psdplugin.codeplex.com/ Please send me one email with the attachment, and one email without the attachment. Large attachments sometimes get blocked -- sending two emails means I know to look for it.

I attached a zip file but I did not notice it is too big. I am going to take the file out again and start over. I worked with graphics for 10 years so I get how to put it in the correct file however we all mistakes. I will update if the file I can't get it to work. Thank you for your time.

[Jerlene]

Is there a way to make it so that the .psd file is just like a regular .psd file? I can't edit it the same way. The layers are there and I can modify it but when working with the font/design I'd need to guess what font is used and start from scratch.

[pyrochild]

Paint.NET does not yet support text layers, so when a PSD with text layers is opened, they are converted to bitmap layers.

[Zagzagel]

Excuse me , I'm new in this Paint.net . I didn't have any trouble download and install other plugins except for Normal Map plugin . So can anyone teach me how to ? Thanks .

[KeyLogic]

Hi.

I'm working on a very high-res project (approximately 4000x3000 px) with 7 layers. Whenever I attempt to save it in PSD format, I get the message: "There was an unspecified error while saving the file." I very much need to save my project in PSD format. Any suggestions? Thanks; and nice plug-in, by the way.

Edited by KeyLogic, 25 November 2010 - 03:03 PM.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Excuse me , I'm new in this Paint.net . I didn't have any trouble download and install other plugins except for Normal Map plugin . So can anyone teach me how to ? Thanks .

This thread is for a completely different plugin. Try posting your query in the thread related to the NormalMapPlus plugin Here. Note that there are several versions of the NormalMap plugin, the one I have linked to is the most recent.

[BoltBait]

taoyue, is there any way to make the psd file's text layers work with the editable text plugin by Simon Brown: http://forums.getpai...ext-v10-stable/ ?