Photoshop help!

[peter12213]

Guys you know when you upload an image to photoshop, do you convert it from the original screenshot? I mean when I try to upload screenshots to photoshop it doesn't even show the image, its like it doesn't accept or recognise it, can anyone help?

 

[gajit]

All i do is press the print screen button on my keyboard.

Then go to photoshop and click "file" - then "New From Clipboard" and it almost always appears.

then i save it somewhere usually as a Jpeg.

Thats the only way i have ever done it but im sure others know better :salute:

 

[Sascha66]

Some compressed bmp file formats will not be recognised by photoshop, saving as jpg, png or gif could be an option.

 

[peter12213]

Thanks Guys, I do need to save as Jpeg and not .bmp!

Problem Solved!

 

[ijay]

Pete, i use 'V' button to take screenshot (.bmp),then open file in Photoshop, and when finished save as .jpeg.

 

[Lewis-A2A]

Yes the best method is pretty much to use the defaults, its why they are in game afterall.

Press V and you get a shot appear in your my pictures folder. Easy peasy lemon sqeezey. Then just open or drag drop in PS. However you do not 'upload' anything to photoshop :

 

[peter12213]

Yes the best method is pretty much to use the defaults, its why they are in game afterall.

Press V and you get a shot appear in your my pictures folder. Easy peasy lemon sqeezey. Then just open or drag drop in PS. However you do not 'upload' anything to photoshop :

I think you guys are using adobe photoshop, whereas I'm using the picture site known as photoshop.com

 

[ijay]

I think you guys are using adobe photoshop, whereas I'm using the picture site known as photoshop.com

Doh! :redf:

 

[Lewis-A2A]

Peter, Photoshop is an image editing program not a hosting website.

Most users here use either imageshack or Photobucket, I personally believe photobucket is leaps and bounds ahead of imageshack in terms of GUI, speed and AD's on the free accounts.

 

[peter12213]

Peter, Photoshop is an image editing program not a hosting website.

Most users here use either imageshack or Photobucket, I personally believe photobucket is leaps and bounds ahead of imageshack in terms of GUI, speed and AD's on the free accounts.

No seriously there is an image hosting website called photoshop.com, its a free online public beta! Check it out ... http://www.liewcf.com/adobe-photoshop-express-3608/ theres the explanation!

 

[falcon409]

Peter, Photoshop is an image editing program not a hosting website.

Yea, I know Peter knew what he was referring to, but to anyone in this forum, Photoshop refers to the image editing program. I wondered right off why he would have a problem loading any image into photoshop, even if it was in bmp form, lol.

I also agree with Lewis in that Photobucket is an excellent photosharing site. I've been using it for years now.

 

[Lionheart]

My 'program' of Photoshop 6.0 will not open high rez 32bit BMP's. I dont know why. Maybe too much memory or something. It does well with standard BMP's. Only Robert Rivera worked in high rez BMP's in Windows format and I could never open them in Photoshop. Windows could open them with the built in picture viewer though just fine, and man, were they crisp and clear.


By the way, a few tidbits of information.

JPG and JPeg are almost identical formats (almost)

JPG is a 'zip' like 'crunched' format, similar to 'shorthand' for writing. It takes out details to a certain degree, making the file smaller and more compact, but taking away crispness.

BMP is a 'pure' data picture file, meaning 'no' crushing of the data to make the file smaller, no detail loss, but extremely large file sizes (at times).

PNG is similar to a BMP but uses only say 256 colors instead of millions of color options. PNG is used for the web alot for high rez buttons and mini banners as the pure file can be quite small in size with only certain colors used.

 

[Bjoern]

JPG and JPeg are almost identical formats (almost)

JPG is a 'zip' like 'crunched' format, similar to 'shorthand' for writing. It takes out details to a certain degree, making the file smaller and more compact, but taking away crispness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jpeg

See the file extension list on the right. JPEG and JPG are one and the same. And both can be adjusted for quality.

BMP is a 'pure' data picture file, meaning 'no' crushing of the data to make the file smaller, no detail loss, but extremely large file sizes (at times).

2048*2048, 32bit -> 16 Mbytes. :d

PNG is similar to a BMP but uses only say 256 colors instead of millions of color options. PNG is used for the web alot for high rez buttons and mini banners as the pure file can be quite small in size with only certain colors used.

PNG is far more versatile than just for banners and mini buttons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics

I, for one, use PNG as the file format for rendered UVW maps in 3DS Max as it can handle transparency extremely well. With JPEG, I'd get my wireframe on a black background and thus the first thing I'd have to do in GIMP would be removing the black area to get my hand on the outline of the mesh for further processing (say: texture creation).
With PNG, I get what I want: Just my rendered wireframe mesh, without any unnecessary black filling.


Peter: Try one of those for editing images.
http://www.paint.net/
http://www.gimp.org/windows/
http://www.irfanview.de/

For simple format conversion, IView or Paint.net are the best options, for effect-based or generally more complex image manipulation I suggest Gimp.

 

[peter12213]

Yeah mate I've been using Gimp2 to convert them!

 

[Bjoern]

Yeah mate I've been using Gimp2 to convert them!

So how does Photoshop's online photo editing thingy come into play then? *Scratches head*