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Tony_Talmage
Nov 19, 2003
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I was wondering if anyone could offer suggestions on how I could get Photoshop to save as certain file extensions. Actually, just one extension… ".pcx". A coworker has the ability with his installation of Photoshop 7 to save as a .pcx file, whereas my installation of the same version does not offer that extension. Attempting to save as another type while adding the extension simply makes the file named "filename.pcx.tiff" (obviously depending on the selected file type). Let me note that this is the *exact* same file with the exact same settings. Both installations of Photoshop are upgrade versions, and both computers have been upgraded from version 6. We both are running Win2kPro.

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TIA.
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Ol__Whozit
Nov 19, 2003
F1 for help files.
Read the section on "saving as"
You’ll find you can save as .pcx very,VERY easily…
All you gotta do is read.
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graffiti
Nov 19, 2003
First Tony, you’ll need to check what mode your image is in. For instance, if it’s LAB or CMYK, the .pcx file format isn’t available but if you’re in RGB, it is.
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Tony_Talmage
Nov 19, 2003
According to the Photoshop help file….

"PCX format supports RGB, Indexed Color, Grayscale, and Bitmap color modes, and does not support alpha channels. PCX supports the RLE compression method. Images can have a bit depth of 1, 4, 8, or 24."

My image is in Grayscale. 8-bit. There is no helpful information in the Photoshop help file for saving as a PCX. And, as I’ve stated, this exact same PSD can be saved as PCX without any modifications when opened on another machine. I’ve tried changing the mode to RGB, CMYK, Indexed, Bitmap, Lab, Duotone, and Multichannel, and I’ve tried discarding layers and alpha channels and still do not get the option to save as PCX.
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Stephanie_Schaefer
Nov 19, 2003
Tony,

It sounds like your PCX file format plugin is missing, or not loading. Check the plugins|file formats directory, if you don’t see a file with the name PCX, you’ll need to reinstall to get it.
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8thNote
Nov 19, 2003
Double-extensions. Familiar problem. I had it with PS7, and other similar problems with CS. Do you have any Extensis software installed on your computer that your co-worker does not?

My problem was that saving a PSD as a JPG would often result in "File.psd.jpg." I’ve spent quite some time with Adobe on this, and we’re still working things out.

What other software do you have on your computer that’s not on your co-worker’s? List anything.
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Tony_Talmage
Nov 20, 2003
Stephanie: I do not have a PCX file in my plugins folder, only GIF, WBMP, and PNG. Would it be possible to simply transfer the PCX file from my coworker’s machine to mine and have it function properly?

8thnote: I’m not quite sure what Extensis software is, so I’m pretty sure I do not have any installed. Almost everything on my computer is on his, except iTunes 4.1.1, ACT! 2000, Flash 5, Installer VISE 3.5.1, and DivX.
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Tony_Talmage
Nov 20, 2003
Great – stole the PCX plugin from my coworkers computer, and it seems to work like a charm. Saw it load during initiation, and I am now able to save as PCX… that 120KB filesize is much better than the 10,700KB TIFF I was using. Thanks for all the help, it’s well appreciated.
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dave_milbut
Nov 21, 2003
tony, if you were missing that, you may be missing other stuff. you should reinstall anyway, just for completeness.

dave
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Chris_Cox
Nov 22, 2003
Tony – that means that you decreased the bit depth, or were using uncompressed TIFF. TIFF should have been smaller, at the same bit depth, if you used LZW or ZIP compression.

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