6 Replies Latest reply: Jan 13, 2011 12:23 PM by Paul Riggott RSS

    Help Recover PSD file

    KiranF Community Member

      Hi,

      I opened my PSD file this morning that I was working on the past few weeks & was shocked to see this instead. I have restarted the photoshop but still the file comes out like that. Can someone please explain what happened to my file & help me recover it?

      Thanks!

      Picture 50.png

        • 1. Re: Help Recover PSD file
          Paul Riggott Community Member

          There seems to be a number of solutions available doing a search with Google.

          Here is just one of them:-

          http://telegraphics.com.au/sw/#psdparse

          • 2. Re: Help Recover PSD file
            KiranF Community Member

            Thanks, I checked the link but unfortunately it doesn't work with my version which is CS5. I have googled the issue but haven't come down with any viable option. Please let me know if you find anything that could help the recovery. Thanks again!

            • 3. Re: Help Recover PSD file
              Community Member

              Use your back up file.

               

              In absence of such, now would be a good time to set up a back-up. Time Machine makes it easy for the average user.

              • 4. Re: Help Recover PSD file
                Community Member

                KiranF wrote:

                 

                … please explain what happened to my file…

                 

                 

                It got corrupted.  Massively.

                 

                Either a hardware problem or you're working across a network.

                 

                I'm afraid that file is toast.    Hope you're backed up.

                • 5. Re: Help Recover PSD file
                  Paul Riggott Community Member

                  There is a script "BridgeExportToJpegCS4"

                  http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1698306

                   

                  This extracts the data from the Bridge cache, so it might be possible to recover a jpeg of the psd

                  • 6. Re: Help Recover PSD file
                    Paul Riggott Community Member

                    This is something you could try to recover a JPG from the PSD

                    Copy and paste the script into ExtendScript Toolkit
                    This gets installed with Photoshop and can be found:-
                    <hard drive>/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities

                     

                    Start Bridge and select the PSD

                    From ExtendScript toolkit run the code F5 or (Debug - Run)

                    It will then try to extract the fullsize cache thumbnail if that isn't there it will try to get the next size (preview) and write the jpg

                    to the desktop with a filename of "recovered.jpg"

                     

                    #target bridge
                    function main(){
                    var thumb = app.document.selections[0]; 
                    var sourceBitmap = undefined;
                    //Try and get fullsized document.
                    sourceBitmap = thumb.core.fullsize.fullsize; 
                    if( !sourceBitmap || sourceBitmap.width == undefined || sourceBitmap.width == 0 )
                     { //No fullsize so try and get preview size
                       sourceBitmap = thumb.core.preview.preview; 
                     }
                    app.synchronousMode = false;
                    if( !sourceBitmap || sourceBitmap.width == undefined || sourceBitmap.width == 0 )
                     {
                       alert("Sorry can't get cache pic");
                                return;
                     }
                    var exportFile = new File( Folder.desktop + "/recovered.jpg" );
                    sourceBitmap.exportTo( exportFile,  100);
                    }
                    main();