Forum: Photoshop

Subject: trouble>>FILE from Mac does not opens in PC Photoshop

softcris opened this issue on Mar 12, 2007 · 3 posts

softcris posted Mon, 12 March 2007 at 5:52 PM

FILE ( source explanation name from:http://filext.com/alphalist.php?extstart=%5EF )  from Mac does not opens in PC Photoshop. I work with Mac and at home I have my PC.
So I had to work some at home..I use to work with in Photoshop Cs for Mac..at home I use same but CS2 for PC.  
It only shows as: FILE! I can't open anywhere but ..*QuickTime Player obviously an Apple software. But I have 1000 thousand of those FILE files to work in  Photoshop CS2 to make a bacht changing the extension to *.PSD or *.PICT both system understand those.
Now anyone with a briliant solution for it?
'Cause one by one in QuickTime Player I'll die before I end it.
THANKS in advance to a brilliant cerebral
softcris

"'you shut up!  or I'll bring democracy to your country! "
Cris Galvão aka Softcris  - www.crisgalvao.com
 (or softcris, SoftCris)
Rendering since 1997 and
at Renderosity since 1999.
OS Win 8.1     64 bit

retrocity posted Mon, 12 March 2007 at 11:06 PM

A quick solution would be to 
  1. put all your "files" in a directory/folder and 
  2. launch a "DOS prompt" (RUN-->CMD) 
  3. change directories (CD) to the folder containing the files
  4. type the command *rename .     .psd (this will add Photoshops native file extension to the existing file name)
  5. you should see the extension displayed in the DOS prompt
  6. you should now be able to launch Photoshop by double-clicking on the files. 

hope this helps!
:)
retrocity

and remember "Friends Don't Let Friends Do DOS!! "

thundering1 posted Tue, 13 March 2007 at 8:36 PM

The general word "files" doesn't necessarily describe what you're trying to load.

It's very possible that in the file names the extensions didn't save - in which case don't make the extension.psd when it is a .tif - you get the idea?

Try this - instead of copying a whole "folder", make a copy of all the images (not in a folder but loose) on a CD, and just copy them onto the HD.

If the extension is not on the files on the CD, then type them in just looki9ng at the folder - not in Photoshop, but just open the folder they're now in, and right-click, choose Rename, and at the end type ".***" (whatever the extension is - jpg, tif, psd, bmp, pict, tga - get the idea?)

Basically, if you name it a .psd, and it is a tif, Photoshop STILL won't know what it is opening, or can't open it because that's not what it really IS (it's looking for a specific codec and it's actually another).
good luck - hope this helps-
-Lew ;-)