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shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 11/24/2002 11:45:24
Because it won' t even recognize it as a file type and I can only open jpegs
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 11/24/2002 13:28:55
Never used PS but like the others it should have a preferences or options section which lets you set file associations. Perhaps some other program you used unchecked it in Photoshop and you' ll need to reset it
Dave
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 11/26/2002 7:59:28
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Because it won' t even recognize it as a file type and I can only open gifs
Yes, you should! How are you trying to open the gifs? Do other programs recognize them?
Are you trying to open gifs you downloaded from America Onlie? For some quirky reason, sometimes gifs and jpgs downloaded via AOL are not recognized by other programs. There' s a workaround but I won' t go into it unless AOL is the problem.
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Ariel
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 11/26/2002 17:22:59
It' s not from AOL but thanks! They are just from various sites I surf on MSN.
But all I do is open Photoshop, then click Open and none of the gifs I have saved on my hard drive even show up to open so I don' t know.
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 11/26/2002 17:24:35
Thanks for replying but how do I reset the file permissions or how do you at least do it in the program you use? Maybe it' s universal?
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 11/26/2002 17:35:57
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They are just from various sites I surf on MSN.
But all I do is open Photoshop, then click Open and none of the gifs I have saved on my hard drive even show up to open so I don' t know.
This doesn' t make sense.
How are you saving them? Right-clicking then " save picture as?" Then are you sure you' re saving the file type as " gif."
Let me also ask you a very basic question. Where are you saving the images too? Do you know where on the hard drive they' re being saved and, if so, are you navigating to that place using the " look in" drop down menu at the top of the " Open" dialog box?
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 11/26/2002 17:57:31
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how do I reset the file permissions or how do you at least do it in the program you use? Maybe it' s universal?
Ariel, can you please clarify your question? I use Photoshop 7.0. With regard PS, what do you mean by file permissions? Or do you mean file associations? If the latter, please DON' T PLAY with changing file associations until you are sure you know how to do. There are several ways to go about it including through a Windows control panel.
And at this point, I' m not sure that' s your problem, though it may be.
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 11/26/2002 18:04:30
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This doesn' t make sense.
Tell me about it! Sorry if what I' m saying is hard to understand as it' s just as confusing to me.
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How are you saving them? Right-clicking....
Yes, I just right-click on them on the site and click " Save Picture As"
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Then are you sure you' re saving the file type as " gif"
Yes, I save it as a gif
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Where are you saving them to?
I save them to a folder for my webpaging class called " Webpaging" on my C drive and that' s the directory I go to to find them but when I do, they don' t show up even thought it specifies " All File Types" in the look-in box and when I click the drop-down arrow, " gif" is not even listed as one of the types so like I said, I have no idea.
Thanks so much for your help though! Hopefully we can figure something out! By the way, how' s your graphic problem going? Didya figure it out?
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 11/26/2002 18:07:28
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Never used PS but like the others it should have a preferences or options section which lets you set file associations. Perhaps some other program you used unchecked it in Photoshop and you' ll need to reset it
Dave
Sorry, meant file associations!
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 11/26/2002 18:24:34
Give this a shot too. Restore your Photoshop preference file according to Adobes help file:
To restore all preferences to their default settings:
Do one of the following:
Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (Mac OS) immediately after launching Photoshop or ImageReady. You will be prompted to delete the current settings.
In Mac OS, open the Preferences folder in the System Folder (Mac OS 9.x) or Library folder (Mac OS X), and drag the Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Settings folder to the Trash.
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Ariel
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 11/26/2002 19:06:40
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Well, can you see the gifs when you open the directory.
Yes, except when I try to open them in PS.
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Just for the heck of it, try this. Drag and drop the images into the My Pictures folder in your My Documents folder. Then navigate there via Photoshop to try to open them.
Tried, but didn' t work. Still not showing up.
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Give this a shot too. Restore your Photoshop preference file according to Adobes help file:
I did what it said and nothing changed but I' ll try the Alt-Ctrl-Shift
Thanks again!
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 12/10/2002 23:21:10
In case anyone hasn' t helped you... I can help from the PC side of things (I' m not sure about file associations on the Mac platform).
To reset filetype associations:
1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Go to Tools, then pick Folder Options.
3. Click on the File Types tab
4. Look for GIF under the Registered File Types list. If you don' t find it, you can add it.
5. If it' s on the File Types list, click it, then click the Change button.
6. Then choose Photoshop for the application to use.
7. Save your settings.
If you don' t have GIF as a file extension, add it by clicking the New button, type in the extension, then select " Open With" and select Photoshop.
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Thanks for replying but how do I reset the file permissions or how do you at least do it in the program you use? Maybe it' s universal?
--Ariel
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Ariel
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RE: shouldn' t I be able to open gifs in PS? - 12/11/2002 0:10:46
Thanks for all the help guys! I finally just uninstalled Photoshop 5.5, upgraded to 6.0 and installed it, and it works like a charm!
--Ariel
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. It will have to be set on the back burner a while more. 
I' m sort of at a loss as to what to advise. But let' s try a few other things. 