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Backward compatibility of CS6 files

May 8, 2012 12:59 PM

I have Photoshop CS5 for Windows (version 12.1 x32), and I'm trying to open a CS6 file that was sent to me.  When I do, none of the text layers are editable.  Is this expected? Is there any way to fix it?

1715 Views   7 Replies   Latest reply: centuryflower, May 9, 2012 10:17 AM
 
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  • Noel Carboni
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    1. Noel Carboni,
    May 8, 2012 1:23 PM   in reply to centuryflower
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    Actually, I think there's a bug in Photoshop CS6 that causes corrupt PSD files to be written.  I don't think the text layers would be editable in Photoshop CS6 either, unfortunately.

     

    See also:  http://forums.adobe.com/thread/990370?tstart=30

     

    You may have to recreate the layers you want to edit.

     

    -Noel

     
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    2. centuryflower,
    May 8, 2012 1:42 PM   in reply to Noel Carboni
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    That doesn't look like the same issue.  It's not that the content of text layers gets corrupted, but that the document no longer contains any actual text layers at all.  Instead I have a long list of layers called "<Group>" that contain images of text.

     
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  • Noel Carboni
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    May 8, 2012 1:57 PM   in reply to centuryflower
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    Ah, I see.  That's probably a good thing in a way, but...

     

    What you describe does seem to describe a compatibility issue between the two.  Perhaps you'll have to upgrade to Photoshop CS6 in order to deal with such files.  I don't know of any way to convert such a file, although you might see if they can write a PDF file for you instead of PSD.

     

    Photoshop CS6 has only been released for one day, and already designers are sending you Photoshop CS6 PSD files?

     

    -Noel

     
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  • centuryflower
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    May 8, 2012 2:16 PM   in reply to Noel Carboni
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    Was it really only yesterday?  That's interesting because some of these files were produced on May 1.

     

    Also interesting is that if I open File Info on these files, and go to the Description tab, the "Application:" field is blank, whereas in files I produced myself, it says "Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Windows."

     
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    May 8, 2012 2:19 PM   in reply to centuryflower
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    I'd say someone was using an illegal, leaked, pirated version of CS6.

     
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  • Noel Carboni
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    May 8, 2012 2:21 PM   in reply to centuryflower
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    They must have been using the public beta version.

     

    PSDs I save with the released version show this:

     

    ReleasedApplicationField.jpg

     

    -Noel

     
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    7. centuryflower,
    May 9, 2012 10:17 AM   in reply to Noel Carboni
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    Thank you for the help.  The designer has now submitted a version of the file that has text layers when I open it, and shows CS6 in the Application field.  So there's no major incompatibility between CS6 and CS5 here.

     
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