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2002-09-16 by Cleavis
I know there are a number of thumbnail viewer programs out there. I've downloaded breeze browser for evaluation and it's fine but doens't view PSD files which is my habit. Same appears to be true of ThumbsPlus. Did I miss something? I could see saving files as Tiff's without compression - don't know the consequences or difference from saving as PSD other than a viewer program could generate a preview. Thanks, Cleavis
2002-09-16 by Richard Sintchak
Sunday, September 15, 2002, 11:01:43 PM, Cleavis wrote: C> I know there are a number of thumbnail viewer programs out there. C> I've downloaded breeze browser for evaluation and it's fine but C> doens't view PSD files which is my habit. C> Same appears to be true of ThumbsPlus. C> Did I miss something? C> I could see saving files as Tiff's without compression - don't know C> the consequences or difference from saving as PSD other than a viewer C> program could generate a preview. C> Thanks, C> Cleavis A little while ago I looked for a thumbnail viewer that could preview PSD files too. ACDSee can preview *some* PSD files but for some reason not all. Not sure the why and the how. The new version of PS, 7.01 has a browser feature that works pretty well. Best regards, Richard mailto:richard@...
2002-09-16 by Editor P.O.V. Image Service
Richard Sintchak wrote: > ACDSee can preview *some* PSD files but for some >reason not all. Not sure the why and the how. > My experience with ACDSee is the same.. Keith [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2002-09-16 by Gus J Grubba
ThumbsPlus has no problems with PSDs as long as you have the "Always Maximize Compatibility for Photoshop (PSD) Files" option selected in Edit/Preferences/File Handling. PSD files went through some major changes after Version 2.5 (starting with Version 3.0). Most third party programs will only read version 2.5 files. When you have the above option enabled, Photoshop saves the image in both formats within the file. That way other programs that normally do not read layered images (what makes V3+ different), can open it. The disadvantage of doing this is that your image file will be bigger than otherwise. If you do not have layers defined, it is better to save these files as TIFF as just about anything out there can read them while only a few programs fully support PSD files. It is only advantageous to save an image as a PSD when working with layers. Non compressed TIFF files are a global standard. Everything worth anything will read it. The only problem is when compression is used. There are many different ways to compress a TIFF file and not all programs support all these different formats. Of all, LZW is the most common compression method for TIFF files. Even though it is lossless, it is usually of no use for photography unless you have very large areas of all blacks or whites. Compressing a "normal" photograph will result in a larger file than not compressing it at all. The advantage of using a program such as ThumbsPlus over Photoshop's (or even Windows') "browser" is that thumbnails are created once, in one place (a database). Programs that only create thumbnails on the fly are useless for large image files while others that create "cache files" all over the place create a nuisance as you end up with your hard disk full of spurious files taking a considerable amount of space. g
-----Original Message----- From: Cleavis [mailto:lyonscox@...] Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 11:02 PM To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Digital BW] Thumbnail views I know there are a number of thumbnail viewer programs out there. I've downloaded breeze browser for evaluation and it's fine but doens't view PSD files which is my habit. Same appears to be true of ThumbsPlus. Did I miss something? I could see saving files as Tiff's without compression - don't know the consequences or difference from saving as PSD other than a viewer program could generate a preview. Thanks, Cleavis Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same page. Please follow these basic guidelines: - Include your full name with your message. - Include the address of your website, if you have one. - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short. - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header. - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or "flames." - Complete your Yahoo profile. - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various resources on the homepage. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
2002-09-16 by david_bookbinder@sprynet.com
If you want to save as PSD, you might have to check the box in Preferences that embeds a flattened version of the file, for "compatibility." This will increase the size of the file but should make it possible for most programs that say they handle PSD files to do so. - David = = = Original message = = = I know there are a number of thumbnail viewer programs out there. I've downloaded breeze browser for evaluation and it's fine but doens't view PSD files which is my habit. Same appears to be true of ThumbsPlus. Did I miss something? I could see saving files as Tiff's without compression - don't know the consequences or difference from saving as PSD other than a viewer program could generate a preview. Thanks, Cleavis Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same page. Please follow these basic guidelines: - Include your full name with your message. - Include the address of your website, if you have one. - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short. - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header. - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or "flames." - Complete your Yahoo profile. - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various resources on the homepage. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ___________________________________________________________ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com.
2002-09-18 by Frank Mares
I just love PICA view 2.0. It's not a database program but simply a thumbnail viewer with some nifty little add-ons. It display *.psd files easily as well as *.nef files from my D1x! Very stable and easy to use. It makes the Viewer in PS 7 almost archaic. http://www.acdsystems.com Frank Francis James Mares Photography -----Original Message-----