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CS6 saving Tiff file only as .pbm

Jul 5, 2012 1:11 PM

I'm saving a tiff image from an Imacon scanner before opening in ACR and modifying it.

 

Then, proceeding to Photoshop CS6 for Mac for further modification.  On saving it will only save as .pbm and not .tif.  If I modify the suffix is shows as .tif.

 

However, it will then not import into LR4. 

 

It will then open in CS5 Photoshop and it also tries to save as a .pbm, but it will easily change to a Tiff suffix and save and then re-open in LR4 as a .tif.

 

Confusing.  What's wrong and how can I fix it ?

 

Thanks.

 

Gary

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  • Noel Carboni
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    1. Noel Carboni,
    Jul 5, 2012 1:21 PM   in reply to Gary Rowlands
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    My crystal ball says that you did one of two things:

     

    • You copied plug-ins from your older version of Photoshop to the plug-ins folder of the newer version.
    • Or you set the Extra plug-ins folder to point to the plug-ins under the older version of Photoshop.

     

    You can't mix plug-ins provided by Adobe with the older version of Photoshop up with the newer version.  Weird things will happen, such as what you're seeing here.

     

    You need to undo whichever thing you did above.

     

    To get all your old versions of plug-ins into Photoshop CS6 you need to get new installers, or failing that, isolate JUST the 3rd party plug-ins (excluding any Adobe-supplied plug-ins) and copy them to a new folder from which to access them.

     

    -Noel

     
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    2. conroy,
    Jul 5, 2012 2:34 PM   in reply to Gary Rowlands
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    I don't know why you were initially unable to save the ACR-modified file from Ps CS6 as a TIFF instead of a PBM.

     

    However, when you have a PBM, changing the filename extension from .pbm to .tif does not convert the file from PBM format to TIFF. That only changes the characters in the extension, and LR4 does not open PBM.

     

    Ps can open PBM, so it will open the PBM file despite the file having been renamed to .tif. Then when you do File > Save As… to TIFF, Ps will save a genuine TIFF file which LR4 can open.

     
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    3. Gary Rowlands,
    Jul 5, 2012 3:26 PM   in reply to conroy
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    Conroy, CS6 won't do that, but CS5 will.  In CS6, only .pbm is available.

     

    CS5 does it without problem.  LR4 will open the file before PS has saved it as a .pbm

     

    Cheers.  I will look at the plug-ins in the morning.

     
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    Jul 5, 2012 3:38 PM   in reply to Gary Rowlands
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    Gary Rowlands wrote:

     

    Conroy, CS6 won't do that, but CS5 will.  In CS6, only .pbm is available.

     

    CS5 does it without problem.  LR4 will open the file before PS has saved it as a .pbm

     

     

    I'm confused by "CS6 won't do that" because I checked the content of my post with Ps CS6, ACR 7.1 and LR4 before submitting the post.

     
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    5. Gary Rowlands,
    Jul 5, 2012 3:45 PM   in reply to conroy
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    I'm confused too, but if in CS6 I go to save as, the suffix is automatically set at .pbm.  If I select tiff file, the suffix remains he same, .pbm

     

    I've never used .pbm files before and never even noticed them.  RAW, tiff and jpeg are all I need.

     

    Any idea as to what is inviting .pbm into the scene ?

     

    I've not brought my plug-ins across from CS5, so there won't be many in place in CS6.

     
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    6. Chris Cox,
    Jul 5, 2012 3:47 PM   in reply to Gary Rowlands
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    See Noel's answer in post #1.   You have duplicated plugins from an older version of Photoshop.  Get rid of the duplicated plugins and the file format menu will behave normally.

     
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    7. conroy,
    Jul 5, 2012 3:56 PM   in reply to Gary Rowlands
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    Gary Rowlands wrote:

     

    I'm confused too, but if in CS6 I go to save as, the suffix is automatically set at .pbm.  If I select tiff file, the suffix remains he same, .pbm

     

     

     

    That's a bizarre problem. Here's a screenshot of my Save As in CS6. Selecting TIFF as format automatically puts .tif as the extension and the file is saved as genuine TIFF.

    Save-As-TIFF.png

     
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  • Gary Rowlands
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    8. Gary Rowlands,
    Jul 5, 2012 4:00 PM   in reply to Chris Cox
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    I'm confident that will be the case.

     

    I'm hanging on to CS5 for the sake of the 3rd party plug-ins.  If I can bring them across, I have no need for CS5 and can remove it.

     

    Can I relocate the 3rd party plug-ins by dragging into a new folder.  What should the folder be called and where located.  Does the folder need to be identified in PhotoShop Preferences ?

     

    Thanks

     
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  • Noel Carboni
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    9. Noel Carboni,
    Jul 5, 2012 4:02 PM   in reply to Gary Rowlands
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    Somewhere around here there's a FAQ, but basically I gave you the answer above.

     

    1.  Get updated versions of the plug-ins where possible.

     

    2.  If you can't do that, you may be able to isolate the plug-ins and copy them to a special folder of your own creation in a place on your hard drive that you'll remember.  Then use the Extra Plug-ins Folder setting to get Photoshop to look there when it starts up.

     

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  • Gary Rowlands
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    10. Gary Rowlands,
    Jul 5, 2012 4:05 PM   in reply to conroy
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    Clearly mine' similar, but with the pbm suffix.

     

    It's midnight here and I'm shut down.

     

    Thanks.

     
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    11. Gary Rowlands,
    Jul 6, 2012 5:24 AM   in reply to Noel Carboni
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    Thanks all.

     

    Removed an Imacon Plug-in and it works as normal.

     

    Haven't been able to get my CS5 plug-ins working.

     

    Appreciated.

     

    Gary

     
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