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I’m using Photoshop CS in Mac OS 10.3.4
After I make some Contact Sheets for CD-R covers in PS, I often copy and paste them into a larger 8×10 document so I can print them 2-up on Letter size paper, using "Select All," "Copy," and then in the new document "Paste." I then can Flatten and Print as normal.
After I’ve done that, if I happen to click on the finder level window, I briefly get a warning box, with the PS feather in it, that says:
"Clipboard export failed because it is too big to export."
It stays visible for about 2 – seconds then disappears.
The 4.75" square Contact Sheet as a PSD doc is about 4.3 mb. I’m sure the Contact Sheet I had pasted was still in the Clipboard, but why does this warning pop-up, especially if I wasn’t trying to paste it again anywhere?
I did find this in Photoshop Help:
"To change the Export Clipboard preference (Photoshop): Do one of the following:
In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > General.
In Mac OS, choose Photoshop > Preferences > General. Select Export Clipboard to save any Photoshop contents on the Clipboard when you exit from Photoshop. If you leave this deselected, the contents are deleted when you exit from the program."
I looked at my preferences, and "Export Clipboard" was checked. I’m trying it un-checked now.
And, do you think this is a PS quirk, or a Mac OSX quirk?
After I make some Contact Sheets for CD-R covers in PS, I often copy and paste them into a larger 8×10 document so I can print them 2-up on Letter size paper, using "Select All," "Copy," and then in the new document "Paste." I then can Flatten and Print as normal.
After I’ve done that, if I happen to click on the finder level window, I briefly get a warning box, with the PS feather in it, that says:
"Clipboard export failed because it is too big to export."
It stays visible for about 2 – seconds then disappears.
The 4.75" square Contact Sheet as a PSD doc is about 4.3 mb. I’m sure the Contact Sheet I had pasted was still in the Clipboard, but why does this warning pop-up, especially if I wasn’t trying to paste it again anywhere?
I did find this in Photoshop Help:
"To change the Export Clipboard preference (Photoshop): Do one of the following:
In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > General.
In Mac OS, choose Photoshop > Preferences > General. Select Export Clipboard to save any Photoshop contents on the Clipboard when you exit from Photoshop. If you leave this deselected, the contents are deleted when you exit from the program."
I looked at my preferences, and "Export Clipboard" was checked. I’m trying it un-checked now.
And, do you think this is a PS quirk, or a Mac OSX quirk?
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