Do you remember the image dimensions? WxH in pixels?
PS 7 has a limit of 30000 pixels in either axis.
Also put the mem allocator back to 50. 90% is asking for trouble.
The 350 Meg is not a problem, I hit that regularly with multiple layered images, and I also have PS7
Rob
Do you remember the image dimensions? WxH in pixels?
PS 7 has a limit of 30000 pixels in either axis.
Also put the mem allocator back to 50. 90% is asking for trouble.
The 350 Meg is not a problem, I hit that regularly with multiple layered images, and I also have PS7
Rob
If the dimensions in pixels are the problem, would PS have allowed me to create the file in the first place? Is there anything I can do now other than start from scratch?
If the dimensions in pixels are the problem, would PS have allowed me to create the file in the first place? Is there anything I can do now other than start from scratch?
Greame,
I’m not sure, but I read here that indeed PS could create an image too large for it to reopen.
Can you give some details about the image? layers, mode, 8 or 16 bit etc, then we might calculate if it can, or must or can’t be too big in pixels.
But anyway, change the memory allocation back, otherwise you’re strangling the operating system.
Rob
Greame,
I’m not sure, but I read here that indeed PS could create an image too large for it to reopen.
Can you give some details about the image? layers, mode, 8 or 16 bit etc, then we might calculate if it can, or must or can’t be too big in pixels.
But anyway, change the memory allocation back, otherwise you’re strangling the operating system.
Rob
wrote:
I’m working with a huge file (380 Mb.) which PhotoShop 7 has allowed me to create but is now not allowing me to open. All I get is an error message saying ‘Could not open "Filename.psd" because the result would be too big.’ I have 41 Gb of free scratch disk space and
I’ve put the RAM memory usage percentage up to 90.
Maybe this is the problem. If you assign too much of the real memory to Photoshop it can happen that the underlying operating system has not enough resources.
Try to reduce the memory usage percentage to 50 – Photoshop will be slower but the systen will have more resources.
Michael
I’ve gone ahead and changed the allocation back…
According to the "properties" on this file the dimensions are 7200hx27600w.
but I read here that indeed PS could create an image too large for it to reopen
But can God make a rock so heavy he can’t lift it?
I’m not sure, but I read here that indeed PS could create an image too large for it to reopen.
I heard once that Jesus could microwave a burrito so hot that even he couldn’t eat it.
Actually, PS 7 cannot write over 30,000 pixels.
But it can, under some circumstances, write files over 2 Gig that it cannot read back in.
According to the "properties" on this file the dimensions are 7200hx27600w.
Yes, PS 7 can INDEED write a file that is too big for it to later open. Can write a TIFF that is over 2GB or write either TIFF or PSD that is more than 30,000 pixels in either dimension.
However, 7200 x 27600 should be okay. Indeed, is only about 213MB as flat image.
Where are you seeing those pixel dimensions?
XP properties with right click in Windows Explorer/My Computer?
Mac
Actually, PS 7 cannot write over 30,000 pixels.
Perhaps I misspoke then…I thought I had done this once as experiment.
M
Yes, of course I was wrong…
PS 7 will NOT let you create or resize to +30,000 pixels.
I guess my experiment was with +2GB, which I could reopen in IrfanView, up to a certain size over that 2GB, but not in PS 7.
Mac
However, 7200 x 27600 should be okay. Indeed, is only about 213MB as flat image.
is it possible the image has some data outside the bounds of the canvas (like a shifted layer) that’s causing the bugger to choke? select all then edit> crop then save under a new name. see if that clears it.
Dave, isn’t prob here that OP can’t open the file at all?
M
jeez i misread that since yesterday (peeked into this thread a few times before posting) as couldn’t SAVE the file!
re-reading… move the memory pct. slider DOWN from 90 to about 40. Keep going down until maybe you get it to open.
Hi. I scan my negatives at 3200 dpi resulting about 110 MB size files. I can save VALID files with version 6 photoshop in jpg but not with ver 7. The program allows me to save but the saved files can not be open. If I change the format to tiff, there is no problem. It appears that maximum jpg size for ver. 7 is around 70 MB. Does anyone know how to increase this size limit? These apply to black and white images. I never tried with color negatives. The 50% of my free memory is about 380 MB. Only difference I can tell between two versions is that the ver 6 is retail version (educatonal) while the ver 7 is OEM (bought a used disk).
I’ve moved the mem. pct. slider way down and still can’t open.
The image does have data beyond the canvas, which may be causing the problem by extending the image beyond the 30,000 pixel limit.
Am I screwed?
Katsuhide,
Please start a new Topic for a new Problem rather than hi-jacking a completely unrelated Topic
(the answer is Edit>Preferences>File Handling>Image Previews. Set to Ask When Saving and don’t save the JPG’s with a preview)
I thought I had done this once as experiment.
You need a hobby. <g>
Bob
The image does have data beyond the canvas, which may be causing the problem by extending the image beyond the 30,000 pixel limit. Am I screwed?
yup. ‘fraid so graeme. sorry.
"The image does have data beyond the canvas, which may be causing the problem by extending the image beyond the 30,000 pixel limit. Am I screwed?"
Perhaps not yet. Or not completely at least.
Perhaps a basic viewer/editor with a crop tool can read the file and you can then crop down to the ON CANVAS image and save under a new name. A trim off the excess, throw it away, and save the rest type of procedure. I think that probably would result in a flattened file.
Perhaps you can copy the file to CD and beg someone with CS to crop it for you saving the visible portion only of the layers. This would keep your layers present, just trimmed down to size.
Bill
