Hi John,
I went to the Photoshop Elements forum but couldn’t find an answer to my quesion there. I also have Photoshop CS3 but it does the same thing.
Do you know how to fix the problem????
You could try opening them in Photoshop and doing a "Save As …" , specifying TIF in the Format drop-down list..
I can’t imagine why they became PSD files, unless the setting got changed and you didn’t notice
I’ve always went to the drop list and saved them in TIFF, I can’t imagine how the settings got changed. I have them on disks and they are in TIFF, but when I try to bring them up in Photoshop they keep coming up as PSD.
Do you know how to change the settings right???
but when I try to bring them up in Photoshop they keep coming up as PSD.
When a file in open in Photoshop, it is a Photoshop Document – regardless of the format it was saved in.
You have to make the decision at the time of saving, as to the form it will take on the HD.
I then resave it in TIFF but it still comes up on my hardrive as PSD instead of TIFF. Then when I try to print it in my Program that I do my printing it doesn’t recognize it as it’s a PSD file instead of TIFF.
I’ve used Photoshop for years and it has never done this before.
Do you have Windows Explorer set to always show file name extensions? You should, if you don’t now. This means that when you select a file it will look like filename.psd or filename.tif, whereas if you don’t it will look like filename (with a Photoshop file icon) in either case.
I don’t know what you mean about having windows explorerset to show file name extensions.
I haven’t changed anything that was there. It was saving my photos as TIFF then all of a sudden it just started saving them as PSD.
It has an icon of an eye that says PSD
Open Windows Explorer(Start>My documents)
At top select (Tools>Folder options)
Select view tab
Advanced settings find (hide extentions for known types) Uncheck the box in front of it
click ok
It is good to see the extentions that way you know for a fact what extention is attached to your filename.
It is possible to have a double extention example: image.tiff.psd The example would be a psd file even though you would have previously seen image.tiff with the extention hidden.
Hope this make sense.
It worked, I now have my pictures back to TIFF When I look at the icon it still has PSD on the icon but the extension is showing it as at TIFF but now my photos say for instance ( Mark.tif) instead of (Mark.psd) like it did before.
I’m able to print them in my HP printing program where before it wouldn’t show up in there for me to print.
Thanks so much for your help, I didn’t know how I would be able to print in that program. Which allows me to print like 4 different prints at one time, etc.
Thanks again. I don’t know what I would have done with out you.
Microsoft, in its wisdom, has the default set so you cannot see the whol name of files (i.e., it hides the part following the dot). The icon you see is the icon of the program that will, by default, open the file; it may or may not correspond logically to the type of file. For example, you can have Photoshop set to open .jpg, .tif, and .psd files. Under Microsoft’s idiotic default setting, you have no way to know which type a given file is, only that it’s a "photoshop" file.
Changing this setting is essential to working rationally with files in virtually any program.
I’m so glad for the help you gave me. Thanks again.
You’re welcome. It’s always a pleasure to try to help someone who provides the relevant information and doesn’t get upset and defensive when suggestions are made.
I am just glad you got everything worked out.
Take care
