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Alexandre NEGRI
Oct 27, 2003
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Hi All,

Is there a file size limit, to open a psd file in photoshop ?

Thank you,

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Shangara Singh
Oct 27, 2003
in article 3f9cf339$0$13283$, Alexandre NEGRI wrote on
27/10/03 10:28 am:

Is there a file size limit, to open a psd file in photoshop ?

Alexandre

You are limited only by the available RAM and the size of your allocated scratch disk (both can be specified in Preferences).

Depending on the type of file, the opened size can be 3x to many times over the actual size of the file on disk. For example, taking into account the pixel dimensions, the number of layers, masks, effects, shapes, etc, a 5MB file can easily expand to 500MB when opened in Photoshop.

–/ Shangara Singh.
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Eric Gill
Oct 27, 2003
Shangara Singh wrote in
news:BBC2CF1C.B843%:

in article 3f9cf339$0$13283$, Alexandre NEGRI
wrote on 27/10/03 10:28 am:

Is there a file size limit, to open a psd file in photoshop ?

Alexandre

You are limited only by the available RAM and the size of your allocated scratch disk (both can be specified in Preferences).

That is completely incorrect. You are limited both in number of pixels (30,000) and disk space (2GB). The scratch disks are also limited to 2GB, but that is per file, and you can have several.

Photoshop CS ups this limit greatly, but must use a new variant of Tiff to do so.

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Shangara Singh
Oct 27, 2003
in article , Eric Gill wrote
on 27/10/03 2:04 pm:

Shangara Singh wrote in
news:BBC2CF1C.B843%:

in article 3f9cf339$0$13283$, Alexandre NEGRI
wrote on 27/10/03 10:28 am:

Is there a file size limit, to open a psd file in photoshop ?

Alexandre

You are limited only by the available RAM and the size of your allocated scratch disk (both can be specified in Preferences).

That is completely incorrect.

Oh, no it’s not! Please read the question.

–/ Shangara Singh.
:: Photoshop 7.0 Essential Tips
:: Photoshop Glossary of Terms, Phrases & Acronyms
:: http://www.photoshopace.com
:: Exam Aids for Photoshop, Illustrator & Dreamweaver :: http://www.examaids.com
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tacitr
Oct 27, 2003
Is there a file size limit, to open a psd file in photoshop ?

2GB.

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JD
Oct 27, 2003
Why do you claim the impossible Singh?
2 Gig is the limit… Absolutely.
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"Shangara Singh" wrote in message
in article , Eric Gill wrote
on 27/10/03 2:04 pm:

Shangara Singh wrote in
news:BBC2CF1C.B843%:

in article 3f9cf339$0$13283$, Alexandre NEGRI
wrote on 27/10/03 10:28 am:

Is there a file size limit, to open a psd file in photoshop ?

Alexandre

You are limited only by the available RAM and the size of your allocated scratch disk (both can be specified in Preferences).

That is completely incorrect.

Oh, no it’s not! Please read the question.

–/ Shangara Singh.
:: Photoshop 7.0 Essential Tips
:: Photoshop Glossary of Terms, Phrases & Acronyms
:: http://www.photoshopace.com
:: Exam Aids for Photoshop, Illustrator & Dreamweaver :: http://www.examaids.com

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Eric Gill
Oct 27, 2003
Shangara Singh wrote in
news:BBC2F4E7.B866%:

in article , Eric Gill
wrote on 27/10/03 2:04 pm:

Shangara Singh wrote in
news:BBC2CF1C.B843%:

in article 3f9cf339$0$13283$, Alexandre NEGRI
wrote on 27/10/03 10:28 am:

Is there a file size limit, to open a psd file in photoshop ?

Alexandre

You are limited only by the available RAM and the size of your allocated scratch disk (both can be specified in Preferences).

That is completely incorrect.

Oh, no it’s not!

Oh, yes it is.

Please read the question.

I did. I suggest you take your own advice.

Of course, a Certified Photoshop Expert might not know that it’s quite possible to write a PSD over 2GB (especially since there is software that will write PSDs that are not Photoshop, and there are conditions that unfortunatly allows PS to write a file that large), but then be unable to read it because of the limitation.

But that would a shame.

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Shangara Singh
Oct 28, 2003
in article XKgnb.167510$, JD wrote on
27/10/03 10:12 pm:

Is there a file size limit, to open a psd file in photoshop ?

Alexandre

You are limited only by the available RAM and the size of your allocated scratch disk (both can be specified in Preferences).

That is completely incorrect.

Oh, no it’s not! Please read the question.

Why do you claim the impossible Singh?
2 Gig is the limit… Absolutely.
HP

JD? HP?
That’s for CREATING the file. The poster wanted to know if there is a size limit to OPENING a PSD that already exists.

–/ Shangara Singh.
:: Photoshop 7.0 Essential Tips
:: Photoshop Glossary of Terms, Phrases & Acronyms
:: http://www.photoshopace.com
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