Hello again people

 

I have a little problem.

 

I created an image in Adobe Photoshop CS3 and I need to get it open in Adobe Fireworks CS3.

 

Is this possible?

 

I have tried changing the file type to .PNG and then open it but i still get the same error message:

'Could not open the file. Unsupported file format'

I Have used downloaded photoshop brushes from deviantart in the image, could this be the problem?

Did you save the file as png, or did you just rename the extension to .png? (Sorry if this seem like a silly question, but I've met people that've done this.)

 

The Adobe packages are very compatible when it comes to opening each other files, so I'm guessing that the file extension doesn't match the format it's saved in.

Ahhh, You are a genius (and i am incredibly stupid.)

I, embarrassingly, was actually just renaming the extension (Sorry I'm still new to all this.)

 

So I'm guessing i go to Save As.. and choose .png? but i cannot find .png on the list of formats to choose from

 

How would I go about saving as a .PNG then?

 

Cheers

file>save as>

 

its about 5th from the bottom inbetween pixar and Portable bit map

 

(or atleast it should be)

:S I have different options mine are

 

File>Save As...

 

Formats:

Photoshop

Photoshop EPS

Photoshop DCS

Large Document File

Photoshop PDF

Photoshop RAW

TIFF

 

Where am i going wrong?

Fireworks doesn't open you PSD files? Do you get any errors when you try to do so?

I would expect all Adobe applications to be able to open the files of all the other Adobe applications. Weird if you have to save it in a third party filetype.

Ok Here is how it is.

 

When I download .PSD files off the internet (From tutorials etc.) it works a treat in fireworks.

 

When I try to open .PSD files i have created in Photoshop in fireworks - i get the error message :

'Could not open the file. Unsupported file format'

When you save, do you type in .psd your self, or do you select Photoshop PSD from the drop down list of file types?

 

If you can upload one of the files I might have snoop around.

I have got to type .png myself as it is not in the drop down banner, neither is jpeg or anything else btw.

 

I have listed all the things in the drop down menu above somewhere.

 

This is really starting to bug me, why is mine different to everyone elses.

At the moment i am using a free trial of photoshop - could this be the reason.

Although that would be strange - not being able to save .jpegs as im on a trial so i doubt it.

 

Please someone help me QUICKY

Thanks.

Hmm.. Odd. I got more options on a normal save. Might be the format the images is in. (Some format can't save CMYK, some can't do really high colour depth etc..)

To save as png, gif or jpeg you can use Save for Web & Devices under the File menu.

 

Photoshop will save the image in the format specified in the drop down list. Manually typing in another file type's extension will not work. It'd be the same as labelling a box of salt "pepper". It'll still be salt. Renaming it will just confuse programs as they expect one type of file while it's really a different type.

 

So make sure you select the file format in the drop down list because that's what's going to be. Not sure why you can't select PNG or JPEG. Could possibly be due to trial software, could be the format of the image. My offer to look at the file still stands if you care to upload it.

What versions of Photoshop and Fireworks are you using?

 

What exactly are you trying to do? If you just want to start slicing the design in fireworks, you can work with a flat file (non-editable) for this .

 

In my experience Fireworks opens PSDs but doesn't always display them correctly since it doesn't have all of the filters etc. available.

 

Saving a PNG from any program except for fireworks will give you a flattened image, if this is what you want then PNG is an ideal format, if you want to keep the editability just make the changes in Photoshop.

Hey guys

You'll be glad to know problem is solved, so you wont here any more whining from me, (until my next problem anyway )

I looked around at some other forums and i tried a few things so not exactly sure which one actually fixed my problem

 

But for those who are having the same problem, i think i just had to set the image to 8 bit.

Don't really know what this means but i read it in a forum, tried it - and now i can save so

 

Thanks to all that helped out .

Happy holidays.

Yea, changing the image to 8-bit sounds like a plausible solution. Most formats can only so 8-bit, why you where missing the option when you tried to save.

 

In an 8-bit/Channel image each pixel is given a value from 0–255 for each channel. A channel would be one of the Red, Green, Blue or Alpha values of a colour. For instance, a JPEG can not have an alpha channel and therefore it has only 3 channels; Red, Green, Blue. An orange pixel would have the RGB values 255,128,0.

A PNG file can contain alpha transparency in which case it'll have four channels. A 50% opaque orange would have the RGBA values of 255,128,0,128.

 

If the image is 16-bit/Channel, the values range from 0–65536 and 32-bit/Channel ranges from 0–4294967296. As you see, the more bits per channel the more fine-tuned the colour is defined.

However, monitors, at least most of them, aren't able to display anything better than 8-bit/Channel so increasing an images bits per channel won't have any use unless you're using it for print.

 

This FYI was sponsored by IReallyNeedToShutDownMyComputerNowAndMakeSomeFood Ltd.

Ahh ok, that actually makes a bit of sense to me

 

Thanks very much.

Far too many people who entered the digital world only recently have no concept of the bit depth of an image and why it's there.

 

I think the common misconception is that a 16 bit image is better quality etc.

 

Well, for web work, this isn't really an issue, and always set the image bit depth to 8. That way, ALL the Photoshop effects, filters and save modes will behave as expected.

 

(Sheesh! I remember using Photoshop in greyscale on an old Mac 512... now that WAS a challenge!)

Far too many people who entered the digital world only recently have no concept of the bit depth of an image and why it's there.

 

I think the common misconception is that a 16 bit image is better quality etc.

 

Well, for web work, this isn't really an issue, and always set the image bit depth to 8. That way, ALL the Photoshop effects, filters and save modes will behave as expected.

 

(Sheesh! I remember using Photoshop in greyscale on an old Mac 512... now that WAS a challenge!)

Must have been like Christmas everytime you hit print!