CS2 to PSP back to CS2 - Won't work

05/26/2007 05:50:43 AM · #1

Here's what happens. I shoot in RAW. I use lightroom to convert to TIFF file. I clean it up in CS2. Sometimes I open the image afterwards in PSP BUT it gives me a message saying something about sRBG etc. I click OK and I suppose it changes to the format it can read. After playing around in PSP I save. THEN, if I try to open it in CS2 it gives me an error saying it can't open. Why?

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

05/26/2007 07:54:33 AM · #2

Depending on what you do in PSP, the program might attempt to save the file as .pspimage file. Make sure you select TIFF.

fotomann_forever

05/26/2007 09:10:23 AM · #3

What exactly does the error say?

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

05/26/2007 10:45:14 AM · #4

And what do you need to do in PSP that you can't do in CS2?

05/26/2007 11:19:36 AM · #5

PSP does make some processes more user friendly than Photoshop. Just think straightening a horizon. It's two clicks in PSP, in PS you need to use the ruler tool first.

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

05/26/2007 01:52:18 PM · #6

Originally posted by gloda:

PSP does make some processes more user friendly than Photoshop. Just think straightening a horizon. It's two clicks in PSP, in PS you need to use the ruler tool first.

EXACTLY...and I STILL haven't figured it out!!

OK...fooook me. I just tried doing this all over again (I've done it million times) this time it let me open it in CS2...but here are the messages I get when I open the file in PSP

and the message it gives when I try to save it...

PShizzy

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

05/26/2007 06:04:37 PM · #7

so you'd rather deal with programs rather than learn 1 fully?

Try this, if it doesnt work, then continued luck with your PSP issues.

Select the Ruler Tool (its beneath the eyedropper, so its keyboard shortcut is SHIFT + I. Hit that until you get the ruler tool. Or just mouse select it).

Find a horizon (or a neutral vertical that goes straight up and down, or should at least).

click AND HOLD at one end of the horizon. Now, while still holding your mouse button down, drag the mouse to the other end of the horizon.

go to Image, Rotate Canvas, then Arbitrary..

When you do this, it should have a number already set in, which is based on the ruler you just laid out.

Click ok, and see if your adjustments worked.

I know it sounds comlicated, but I went into full detail on how to do this. Learn it, do it a few times, and you'll see it's easy as pie.

Max

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

05/26/2007 08:26:58 PM · #8

Originally posted by heavyj:

Originally posted by gloda:
PSP does make some processes more user friendly than Photoshop. Just think straightening a horizon. It's two clicks in PSP, in PS you need to use the ruler tool first.

EXACTLY...and I STILL haven't figured it out!!

OK...fooook me. I just tried doing this all over again (I've done it million times) this time it let me open it in CS2...but here are the messages I get when I open the file in PSP

and the message it gives when I try to save it...

Looks like the working colourspace is different in PSP and PS. If you made them the same then you wouldn't get the first message.

05/26/2007 11:50:43 PM · #9

Originally posted by PShizzy:

I used PSP for the longest time...it's not the ONLY feature that I found to be user friendly. It took me 2 years to finally start using PS, but it was a slow transition...or still is.

05/27/2007 08:21:07 AM · #10

Heavyj, the messages you get are nothing to worry about. PSP works in a different colour space than PS. It just converts the colours to something it can work with. This might lead to a slight quality loss when you do it a number of times, but I'm not sure whether or not the conversion is lossless.
The message you get when saving is a result of the options you set in the 'save as' dialogue. You used a format which doesn't support layers, therefore the image will be flattened, and the format you chose either doesn't support EXIF or you unchecked the EXIF option in the Options dialogue.

05/28/2007 01:43:23 AM · #11

OK...here is the message I get after doing something in PSP and then re-opening it in CS2

05/28/2007 07:17:14 AM · #12

What version of PSP are you running? 9? X? XI? Have you applied the latest patches? I think I remember there were some TIFF issues with the 10.00 version.

yanko

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

05/28/2007 07:35:24 AM · #13

Have you tried flattening your layers before saving to Tiff? Does that change anything in terms of the Tiff error? I don't know if PSP can handle layered Tiffs but that may be the problem if it can't.

To avoid the Color Profile Mismatch error simply convert to sRGB in photoshop before you switch over to PSP. To convert to sRGB in photoshop simply go to "Edit/Convert to Profile" and choose sRGB from the drop down menu. That should fix that error. You can also avoid it altogether by setting your camera's color space to use sRGB instead of Adobe RGB that way you don't have to worry about the conversion later on.