8 Replies Latest reply on Sep 7, 2012 5:23 PM by the_wine_snob

Back Versioning - (if thats a word)

preditorj40153117 Sep 7, 2012 12:21 PM

I have ps cs5. I need to send a file to someone with ps cs3.

what needs to be done?

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Greg Baber Sep 7, 2012 12:56 PM (in response to preditorj40153117)

Do you mean Photoshop when you say PS or do you mean Premiere Pro?
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preditorj40153117 Sep 7, 2012 1:19 PM (in response to Greg Baber)

Photoshop.
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Jeff Bellune Sep 7, 2012 1:20 PM (in response to preditorj40153117)

[Moved to Photoshop Forum]
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preditorj40153117 Sep 7, 2012 1:57 PM (in response to Jeff Bellune)

My bad. I thought i had posted in the PS forum. Clicking too fast is dangerous.
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ssprengel Sep 7, 2012 1:57 PM (in response to Jeff Bellune)

Are you wanting to continue working on or at least view a PS-CS5 PSD in PS-CS3 and wondering if everything you’ve done will be understood by the older version? I think it depends on what you’ve done, if the operations in the PSD are actually understood by the older version or not. Much of the additions of CS4 and CS5 were usage improvements, not how things are represented in the PSD document, itself, so you might be ok just opening the PS-CS5 PSD back in PS-CS3. Some 3D and animation or video things might be the most different. How complicated of a document is it?
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preditorj40153117 Sep 7, 2012 2:22 PM (in response to ssprengel)

It not all that complicated of a document. I remove all of the bevel and smart object stuff to make it more simple. It just has a very unusual font and a illustrator vector file. I even think i turned the Illustrator file into an eps.

I am sending the font separate so that they can get the font correct. I probably should have rastered the font.
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Noel Carboni Sep 7, 2012 4:22 PM (in response to preditorj40153117)

There's really no easy way to know whether you've done things in the new version that won't be understood by the old one, but as has been mentioned there aren't that many things. I can't think of too many offhand, though one that comes to mind is nesting things in groups more deeply.

Let them know it was saved by a newer version and to get back to you for a simpler version if they can't open it.

I still have all the old versions installed here for the times when I want to double check compatibility.

-Noel
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the_wine_snob Sep 7, 2012 5:23 PM (in response to preditorj40153117)

I would include the font, as is, so that it can be installed into the system of the other user. Note: be sure to check on the restrictions of use of the font. That can differ, foundry to foundry, and we do want to keep things perfectly legal.

As others have stated, a generic PSD file should open just fine in either version of the program. Checking Compatibility is always a good idea. *

Good luck,

Hunt

* Though they came from the same Production Studio, and/or Production Premium (I have both, and cannot recall which program came from which, as they are very similar.), I had some issues with PSD's from Photoshop, that would NOT Place in the same version of InDesign, until I checked the Compatibility option. Not supposed to work that way, but in my case it did. One checkbox, and all was copacetic.
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