For some odd reason, PhotoShop 7 has suddenly stopped saving large JPEGs. I've been working on some texture maps for Poser models, and they're quite large, over 2000 pixels. I never had problems saving them before, but now after PS has saved, the JPEG can't be opened again. It saves PSD and BMP fine. The only way I can get my JPEG is to save it as a BMP first, then take it into The GIMP and save it as a JPEG there. I tried using the 7.0.1 updater, but it says it can't find PhotoShop.exe in the folder, even though I KNOW it's there. It's not a memory or processor problem, I have a 2.6GHZ Celeron and 1GB RAM. It started after I downloaded a UV checker pattern from the DAZ forum, not that that could have been a problem. Any ideas?

try launching ImageReady (see graphic) and using that to save the file. I know IR is better at saving JPG than PS.

Have you tried doing a "Save-For-Web" instead of selecting JPG as the file type in the drop-down menu??

Reinstall Photoshop.

before i'd go through the whole process of reinstalling PS i'd delete the "prefs" file. The pref file retains stuff you do (settings and choices...) and is updated each time you quit PS. If it gets corrupted things get screwy. you can do it "on the fly" by holding down the Ctrl+Alt+Shift (MAC: Cmd+Opt+Shift) right after you launch PS. you should be prompted to "delete", let go of the keys and agree. it'll be rebuilt and the factory setting restored. If all else fails and you still want to reinstall PS, don't forget to consider any custom brushes or actions you may have added that could be lost on "install". if you have some, move them out of the PS folder before you uninstall/reinstall... :) retrocity