I've also been having this problem over the past year - but even after searching through different forums and post I haven't been able to find a way of stopping it happening. I've only seen it happening in the setting "view > display performance > high quality display". My preferred workaround is to delete the picture or picture frame in InDesign, save the modified file in Photoshop, go back to Indesign and "Undo" - much quicker than saving the photoshop/tiff file with a new name then deleting the original and also linking to the new file in InDesign. This isn't ideal but seems to work.
The message "can't save the file..." started happening to me in ID CS4 and now it happens all the time in Q7.
The problem first began when I option-clicked on an image in ID CS4 to open it in PS CS4, but it didn't happen every time I did it. In either case, I stopped doing the option-click and I would open the image from within PS and it would save OK. However, now the problem is worse...
Currently, In Q7 with this particular document I'm working in, I can't even have the Quark file open If I want to edit any image from it in PS. I've tried opening files from within PS instead of double-clicking "edit original" in Quark but I still get "can't save the file.." I've tried deleting the file(s), and then going back to PS, but that doesn't work either. The only way I can edit those images and save them is to quit Quark. In essence, I've lost the ability to multitask with PS and page layout apps...now that's a real step backwards.
What is peculiar about this is, that this is a recent occurence that has gotten progressively worse. I've been using Q7 and PS/ID CS4 for at least six months. Why would this issue just appear now? Any fixes or workarounds to this would be greatly appreciated.
An easier workaround in InDesign is to hide the layer you've put the image on - using the eye icon on the layer palette. I've contacted Adobe Customer Care about the problem but I don't think they understood what was happening - they advised me to "please uninstall and reinstall both Photoshop and InDesign" . . . but I'd rather workaround it than chance further problems.
My apologies for any confusion in my description, but I don't think
it's an InDesign issue, as the problem occurs while in PS:
If you read the posts here, including mine, the problem occurs when
you save a file in Photoshop that has a link to documents in other
applications.
i.e., if PS gives you a "can't save the file because it is already
open or in use..." message, regardless of what app the image is linked
to, wouldn't PS be the logical source of the problem?
Also, don't understand why Adobe TS folks wouldn't understand. I see
technical questions and issues posted here all the time. However, per
your suggestion and to try to resolve this, I'll use the bug report
form from the Adobe support site as well.
I don't think it's an InDesign issue, as the problem occurs while in PS:
No, Photoshop TELLS you about the problem, which is caused by some application OUTSIDE of Photoshop.
This is caused because the OTHER application is keeping the file open when it should not be, and the OTHER application is preventing Photoshop from saving to the file.
Please file this as a bug with InDesign, and tell them about it in the InDesign forums.
They really need to hear from customers that this is a real-world problem.
i.e., if PS gives you a "can't save the file because it is already open or in use..." message, regardless of what app the image is linked to, wouldn't PS be the logical source of the problem?
No, it is the application telling about the problem, not the cause.
Indesign keeps the file's open in my case.
Yes, I've ckecked:
Chris you're telling everyone its not a psd problem, and to go somewere else (to Indesign forum for example).
Thats not good costumer-care, Chris.
I don't differentiate between the Adobe programs, since I buy a packet called CS, CS2, CS3,CS4 and CS5
I pay good money (for about 20 years now), so instead of telling me/us to go somewere else, get the problem high priority internally at Adobe.
The problem comes and goes for a long time now, and for me its always between INDD and PSD.
I open the link from within INDD, size ist and whem I want to save it......
Tonight it doing it again, while I'm working a deadline for UNICEF.
I can just HOPE it goes away soon, since nobody seems to know how to solve this bugger...![]()
Chris is not trying to pass you off to someone else so that he does not need to deal with you. He's pointing you to a better source to resolve the problem. It is your option if you don't want to take advantage of his advice.
If you are really set on thinking Photoshop is the sole problem here, you might try searching this forum for related topics for this error message. There are other processes from OS X that may have their hooks in the file. There are tools that can determine which processes are accessing a file.
Please
read carefully before posting:
Chris is not trying to pass you off to someone else so that he does not need to deal with you. He's pointing you to a better source to resolve the problem. It is your option if you don't want to take advantage of his advice.
I never said he's passing me off, I just explained my view on costumer-care and support.
I just hoped that ADOBE, not Chris personal, will see a bigger picture. When I buy CS, and there are problems, ADOBE IS the source.
I like to communicate to ADOBE as one company, cause I bought just 1 product (CS)
(Like when I have a problem with my car, I go to the garage, and they take care of the car and get to work with it. They don't say "oh well I think the light is broke, bring it to the light-department yourself and ask there".)
And yes, I think I've read nearly every posting on this matter, and not only at ADOBE. ![]()
If you are really set on thinking Photoshop is the sole problem here, you might try searching this forum for related topics for this error message. There are other processes from OS X that may have their hooks in the file. There are tools that can determine which processes are accessing a file.
I don't know what the problem is, thats the problem. And I gave a screenshot ( made with a tool mentioned here.
) which indicated INDD was the
proces accessing the file.
in this case,
Yes there are different processes that give this problem, and CS is one of them. No, its not always, and not the only one too.
So all I know now is that sometimes the problem is in CS, but not allways....
Even the problem itself is not allways there, its starts somehow and goes away....
Like I said, nowbody seems to know....![]()
Now let everybody come together to solve this, come out your cubicals!
And for the record, I'm a big fan of ADOBE, for a longgggggggggg time, and I always will be ![]()
Its my living ![]()
I fully understand your position but if you really think CS is one product, you would not have targeted your posts to the individual Photoshop forum.
'CS' is simply a marketing name. Each program is managed and supported by different teams. Chris was pointing you to a branch of support that could better answer your questions.
If you really want to go with that automobile analogy - we often take our vehicles to different places to get fuel, oil changes, washes, and major repairs. ![]()
so instead of telling me/us to go somewere else, get the problem high priority internally at Adobe.
I cannot make the InDesign team fix a bug. They are not only in a different part of the company, they are in a different state (and part are on a different continent).
If I report a bug that they don't see their customers complaining about, they will ignore my report. They need to see their own customers report the issue and complain about the issue -- then that gives more weight to my report.
I'm not trying to pass the buck, I'm simply trying to get the bug fixed within the confines of the politics as they exist today.
I'm having the same issue - with a deadline fast approaching - and I luckily stumbled across this discussion
immediately. I know the last post was over a year ago, but hopefully someone can still help me!
I open a PDF (from my desktop) in photoshop, edit it, flatten it, try to "save as" a PDF with a different name and it gives me the same message about it being in use, etc etc. Now, I only have PS CS5. No In Design. No other Adobe other than Reader. The program is installed on my computer, not the server, only has one license/seat, and I check my task manager for programs running that might be hijacking the file and I can't find anything. BTW, I'm using Windows 7. I also have Photoshop (from the CS3 suite) on my laptop at home, also running Windows 7, and I have no problems. I don't understand how I could rename the file in the save dialogue box and then immediately get the message that that newly named file is in use?!
Please help, or direct me to better help.
Thanks a bunch.
Chris,
Thanks for your quick response. I'm on a PC, so Finder isn't applicable, and I'm not sure what Spotlight is, but sounds like another Mac feature, so not applicable. Good to know about the Anti-Virus programs...we use eTrust ITM at work (photoshop problems) and I use Norton at home (no problems). This is driving me nuts because I plot my ACAD files to PDF, open the PDF in Photoshop to add some color, etc, and then I can't re-save as a PDF. Resaving as a jpg works, but I lose some quality, which is a big problem with presentation images.
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