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Hunt wrote:
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why is the Thumbnail always grayed out when I save an image? I can’t view img in image viewers such as XnView.. I looked in prefs, just don’t see where this is set.. am on PS CS thank you… Frances
Frances,
Edit>Preferences>File Handling. Immediately below the "File Handling" drop- down, is a box, "File Saving Options." The first entry (also with drop-
down),
"Image Previews:" The options are: "Always Save, Never Save and Ask When Saving." To allow PS to add Image Previews you should seclect "Always… ,"
or
"Ask When… " The file size will be marginally larger, but then you will
have
a preview thumbnail for other image wiewers.
thing is, it’s already set to "always save".. you must have thought this a really stupid question, but I guess I should have mentioned this in OP.. thank you.. Frances
No, I would never think something like this a stupid question. Sometimes, the location of various Pref settings is a bit obscure. I recall having to do a screen-cap of the Pref’s screen for some poster, who just could not find a check-box. As soon as he saw the JPG, the lightbulb went off. Several people had given him the exact placement, but, by words alone, he could not see it. Never be afraid of having to respond, when a question has the most simple answer. I have "Duh!?" saved in boilerplate for such responses to my questions.
As to your problem, about the only thing that I can think of is that there is a problem with the viewing programs and their ability to see the thumbnails. It seems that there was a thread some months back about a change with XP and PS, that resulted in this sort of thing. Maybe a Google.Groups search will reveal it. It was about the time of the release of SP-2, but, IIRC, did not have anything to do with SP-2. Hecate had offered some comments on it – again, IIRC.
Also, if you have done a Save from another program, or even a system, where this Pref was unchecked, you will have the file without the thumbnail. This is not as difficult to imagine as one would think. I Saved from a laptop with CS and opened Browser on one of my workstations, only to have the "No Thumbnail Available" message. How could this happen on any of MY machines? Well, it seemed that I had trashed Prefs on the laptop, set them back up, as before, but had NOT checked Always Save. I always do that – but forgot in this case, so I had to Open, then Save on the Workstation, to see the buggers. No biggie, but it showed that it DOES happen. As for other programs, I don’t begin to know all of them, or how they react to thumbnails, so I cannot help you there.
Sorry,
Hunt