GIMP :: 2.8.4 Installed Without Compression Extensions
Feb 19, 2013
Installed the latest 2.8.4 build for WIN 32 bit. This newly installed version only recognizes the .xcf file type; it will not save to, or load any of my numerous files saved as .xcf.gz
The message I get is:
The given filename does not have any known file extension. enter a known file extension or select a file format from the file format list.
The file format list only contains .xcf
I've uninstalled and reinstalled with a fresh download, with the same results.
I'm trying to add audio to a slide show. I've done it before on this computer with no problem, but now it's telling me I don't have the correct compression files installed on my computer.
I wanted to know what the difference between .JPEG and .JPG were. I found this link:
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Basically they are the same extension and on older computers they could not hold more than a 3 character abbreviated file extension.
But, I want know, what other extensions are relative to Gimp, or what and why is .xcf, .png, .gif, .jpeg, .jpg, the extensions always used? Are there others? What is the relevance to .xcf, and the plug ins are all saved as .scm, .gbr, etc. That part makes sense, but I have a plug in for G'MIC with a strange extension (.par2) and I cannot install it.
Simply wondering how possible it is, because we've got roughly 2400 files that need to be re-saved without RLE compression due to causing issues in the conversion process. A manual job would take quite a while.
If there's no way of automating the process, is there any way of reducing the time of re-saving every image individually at all?
Make beautiful gradients. I know, its by using different colors, but when the times come for saving the image ( i prefer png at compression level 1) you have to make it narrow(if gradient is perfectly vertical).
But if you crop lenght at 1px you always get inferior image after you put it in website as background for example. roping at 10px wide does work but it still not good enough..
I want to delete the default brushes in Gimp, like the famous green pepper and others that I find not useful to me. I know how to do this but is there's a reason why the pre-installed brushes cannot be deleted with the brush editor?
On OS X Mountain Lion the Photoshop Extensions Sub-Menu in CC is grey when I first launch. I believe this is the same as in CS5. But I think it is non-the-less a bug, because the delay in making that window available makes it appear that MiniBridge is not available, unless I wait and then come back to the menu.
I have purchased filter extensions for photoshop cs6 in the creative suite. they download but fail to install with the error message "failed to install. close extension manager and try again". i have tried again so many times but there are 2 that just won't load.
I have added about 30,000 extensions just to have a nice healthy choice of design options; however, now PS takes about 5 minutes to load. Since the .atn, etc. files have to be placed in the Presets area of the local installation in order to be loaded into the various palettes,
Does anyone know any photoshop tutorials that involve extending the length of a persons hair? I've been looking all over for such a technique, but to no avail.
I'm trying to understand jpg file compression and how Photoshop deals with it. Let's say I have two jpg files of the same subject - one was compressed to 4.4 MB and the other was compressed to 1.2 MB. I was told by a friend that once they are opened in Photoshop, that it did not matter how much compression was previously done since opening them in Photoshop will uncompress them back to their original uncompressed 20+ MB file size and that you will not lose any image quality. So that a higher level of original compression will not degrade the photo quality since Photoshop brings back (uncompresses) the file back to the original size when the picture was taken.
I understand that the .jpg format is a compression file that will degrade over time after repeated saves using photo editing software.
However, does this loss of information from a compressed file still/also occur after the file has been placed into other programs such as InDesign, Word, etc.?
i have problems with images saved as jpgs in best quality. the same image saved as png is in much better quality, what is no surprise. but when i save the png in photoshop as jpg the no loss of quality.
1. jpg saved in max 2. png saved in max 3. png saved as jpg in photoshop
This is the issue:The other day i got an error message in Photoshop saying that Generator crashed and can't start until i uninstall other 3rd party plugins and reinstall PS. So I went to Extension manager and tried removing but ended up with an "Error code: -451 can't remove extension." Huh? Okay so I went on to do this the manual way following the [URL]...
Great! Now everything s clean. I reinstall PS as asked. and Duh! Nothing changed! The extensions are still there.So I tried uninstalling again, using the adobe cleaner tool and ten reinstall. Same thing - it's still there but the generator won't work.
Ok now I'm starting to get desperate. First I uninstall EVERYTHING adobe (even flash player), use the cleaning tool and then search the harddrive for anything having to do with adobe - all adobe folders, including temp folders, all registry accounts and remved them. Then I removed all things having to do with the extensions, searched the entire hd and if found any instance i removed it.
So I redownloaded Adobe Cloud, started a new account (for safety) and started to reinstall...After launching PS I see that the generator "reflow" option is back again, great! But, what the duck?! The extensions are still there!!
So I launch Extension manager, and it's empty completely empty.How am I now supposed to update the extensions? And how do I remove them
Photoshop CC Extensions menu is greyed out. I cannot select event that menu.
The extensions installed successfully in Extension Manager CC, no errors. I even tried uninstalling and trying just 1... no dice. I've reinstalled Extension Manager CC without success as well.
A few of those extensions are scripts and those are available through the File > Scripts just fine, but the Extensions are not. I have no issue at home using them, but here on my work computer I cannot access them at all.
In Photoshop CC, I cannot even click on the Extensions menu, not even the Exchange is available which is built in:
I uninstalled and reinstalled Photoshop CC and reinstalled the plugins and I still have the same issue. No error messages, it's just not selectable.
what apart from PSB's ability to handle very large files, are the advantages of one over the other? Reason I ask is the PS Autorecover file has a PSB extension, which I guess enables the feature to handle any file size. So if it is used to recover your work, why do we need to continue to have two formats. Why not just one?
I just made a whole website design in 3 psd documents, and I went to save as on each of them, and had .psd selected. It saved, and I thought it was ok. But then I went to open it again and it had a smaller file size than I expected...and I realized it was a jpg disguised as a psd, which also when opened gave me the classic 'Cannot open..not a valid photoshop document'...but of course even the jpgs are useless to me as I had various pages on different layers, made invisible. Under normal circumstances I would accept it and start again, however I have not since closed photoshop since I began tweaking them, and thus wondered if it might at all be possible to reload the documents as they once were (they were all real .psd documents before I opened them today).
Specs: 2.8Ghz Athlon 1GB ram ATi Radeon 9800 XP SP2
i started getting this message when I try to open .psd, .ai and numerous other files. I have checked my import-export options and file formats in my plug ins folder but nothing seems to be missing. I can't figure out why this is happening. What i am having to do lately, is open them in image ready, then jump to ps. I know I end up being able to access these files -
I do not need some of the extensions for saving images.They clutter the pulldown menu and I would like to remove them. I found some of the extensions and just renamed them to some other name to block them out.However, some extensions like .SCT can not be found that way. Does anyone know how to block them in CS2 and CS4?
I do not use Mental Ray at all. I am not interested in it. Ideally, I would uninstall all Mental Ray plugins but unfortunately, it seems Mental Ray classes are required by Substance.
I would love to have Preferences->mental ray-> Enable mental ray Extensions switched off by default. Unfortunately, I am unable to get this!
I have a MaxStart.max file with my basic VRay settings, VrayPhysicalCamera, Vray sun and sky system already in place. This is how I would like to start my each and every new Max scene. Unfortunately, regardless my settings, each time I restart Max, these bloody "mental ray extensions" are on again and again.
Is there any method to keep them off efficiently? So this does not return anymore?
look at the attached still (image URL link: connective tissue image ). I am trying to figure out creative ways to create the yellow vine like connective tissue strands in the still. I'm looking for a fast & render optimized solution. I don't want to sit and spend a day creating renderable splines.
