A PSD which do not want to open any more

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Axelle
Mar 6, 2009
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Hi !
I have a PhotoShop file which I do not manage any more to open. I did not do anything of special. During his last modification, I safeguarded and I left the program. Now, I do not manage any more to open it. There is a message which says “Impossible to carry out this operation because the file is incompatible with this version of Photoshop”. I use Photoshop CS2.

How can I make to recover my file? More especially as that makes the 2nd time that arrives to me.

Thanks for you help 🙂
(Excuse me for my english, I’m french,I use the automatic translator).
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dave_milbut
Mar 6, 2009
try opening it with image ready or some other 3rd party app that reads psds. if it opens, re-save it with a different name.

this link might help if both photoshop and image ready are unable to open the file

< http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/10/02/how-to-open-p sd-extension-files-without-installing-adobe-photoshop/>
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Axelle
Mar 6, 2009
I already tryed with Imageready (and with Illustrator) and the same with the software of the link what you gave me. But the PSD is still not read. tryed also with Photoshop CS3.
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dave_milbut
Mar 6, 2009
did you try IrfanView (free, in that link i posted)?

if that doesn’t do it, it sounds like the file is trashed then.
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dave_milbut
Mar 6, 2009
oh wait… one more… hang on…
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dave_milbut
Mar 6, 2009
toby thain, forum regular, has a free (donate if you want) psd recovery tool. try it if irfanview can’t open it.

go here:
<http://wwv.telegraphics.com.au/sw/>

scroll down and download the:
Photoshop file (PSD) Extract/Recover tool

This plugin lets you grab image layers from any PSD/PSB file. It’s faster than opening the whole PSD in Photoshop, if you just want a layer. Most importantly, it can usually recover image layers from corrupted PSD files that Photoshop won’t open (if Photoshop opens with damage, this plugin recovers a more intact image). Beta version.

he’s usually very good about helping with problem files too. he may want to take a look at your damaged file to see if he can update the tool if it can’t recover the data as it is… if you need to you can contact him at his site.
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Phosphor
Mar 6, 2009
IrfanView won’t preserve Layers and most other features.
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dave_milbut
Mar 6, 2009
correct, but it might be better than losing the whole thing. and i think toby’s util will grab 1 layer at a time so you can get all (or as many as possible) layers each saved to a new file.
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Axelle
Mar 6, 2009
I must be cursed, that still does not function with all the methods that you have say to me.
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dave_milbut
Mar 6, 2009
try emailing toby. give him the link to this thread as well.
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Axelle
Mar 6, 2009
I must send email to ?
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dave_milbut
Mar 6, 2009
if that’s his address, i would. or you could wait a few days for him to pop in here, if he sees this thread. like i said, your file may be toast, but toby MIGHT be able to get something out of it for you…
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Buko
Mar 6, 2009
do you think Toby wants his email published like this.
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dave_milbut
Mar 6, 2009
maybe not. if bob can edit it to the usual at and dot format…
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Axelle
Mar 13, 2009
I sent messages to him (Toby), he can’t anything for me.
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Phosphor
Mar 13, 2009
Have you tried Illustrator?

Another possibility is XnView, which is free and shows layers as separate pages, but may not open all of them.
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Axelle
Mar 13, 2009
I already tried with Illustrator.
With XnView, that does not function. Finally, I think that I let down
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dave_milbut
Mar 14, 2009
yes, i’m afraid that file is beyond repair. sorry axelle.

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