Photoshop – never came across this problem

MM
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Miri_Milman
Jan 19, 2007
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Hi Guys,
I have this weird problem that I never seen before.

I’m trying to import a vector file from freehand,
using a simple copy paste action.
Usually I could copy a vector from freehand and paste it in photoshop and now I can’t, and I get this message:

‘Could not place because the parser module cannot parse the file’

What does it mean?
Did anyone run into this message before?
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Bernie
Jan 19, 2007
Does this happen with every Freehand file or just one particular one?
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Ho
Jan 19, 2007
Use Edit>Copy Special>Photoshop EPS or Pixels (2 separate choices, either one should work).
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Ho
Jan 19, 2007
That should have read "EPS for Photoshop 4/5 pixels" or "EPS for Photoshop 4/5 paths".

The memory is the second thing to go… 🙂
MM
Miri_Milman
Jan 19, 2007
so far i never had to use export from freehand,
I always copies and pasted without no problem
or even draging the vectors directly to photoshop
but with sc2 i’ve been having some problems…
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Ho
Jan 20, 2007
Well, it’s not really an Export function (at least in my version, FH9). It’s a part of the Edit menu and it works well. It enables you to paste FH vectors as smart objects.
LN
Lilach_Nadler
Feb 7, 2007
I have the same problem.
I’m using Freehand MX and Photoshop CS2.
I get a message: "Could not place because the parser module cannot parse the file".

I have Freehand and Photoshop at home and I don’t have a problem.

How can I fix it???
EH
Ed_Hannigan
Feb 7, 2007
Lilach,

Read the second post.
LN
Lilach_Nadler
Feb 7, 2007
I read it but I don’t exactly understand.
I tried copy special from Freehand either to "EPS for Photoshop 4/5 pixels" or "EPS for Photoshop 4/5 paths" but non of them work.
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Ho
Feb 8, 2007
It’s possible that Macromedia changed the Copy Special function in MX (I use FH9 and FH8).

Just to be sure:

Select the objects for copying in FH
Go to Edit>Copy Special>EPS for Photoshop 4/5 pixels, click OK Bring up CS2 and (assuming you already have a document open) choose Edit>Paste. At that point, the Paste dialog should appear and offer a number of options. Paste as Smart Object is my preference.

If you are following those steps and receiving an error, you need to contact Adobe since they now own FreeHand.
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Ho
Feb 8, 2007
Double post.
LN
Lilach_Nadler
Feb 8, 2007
The paste as smart object does not work as well.
I tried to contact Adobe but only finding the right way took me hours… HO, I’ll let you know if I got any response.
Thank you.

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