Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

[Gridd66]

hi new to this forum have looked and posted on other forums without any luck so this is my last gasp. I have photoshop CS, version 8 and in the passed have used nvidea plugin-ins in order to open dds files, now i have a new shiny built pc, os 7 64. so i reinstalled ps and the plug ins but it wont le t me open them up, telling it is the wrong type of document.

This is the version of plugin i have installed. Photoshop_Plugins_x64_8.52.0208.1800.

hope this is the right forum to post this.

[HaraldHeim]

Are you sure you copied the nvidia plugin into the Plug-Ins sub folder of the Photoshop folder? If no please do so.

[Gridd66]

Does the exe not install to plug-ins folder automatically in photoshop....? will try doing this and see what happens.

[HaraldHeim]

Some installers do it, some not. Not sure about the mentioned plugin.

[Gridd66]

Yeah tried what you said and sent the installer to my main plug-ins folder in adobe but nothing happened i still get the same result as in picture so i am at a a loss.

[HaraldHeim]

It could be that the dds files can only be opened when using File > Open from the menu in Photoshop.

[Gridd66]

yeah i have tried that opening the file from menu in PS and also draging the file in to PS but the results are always the same.

[Gridd66]

any other ideas.. or should i just give up...

[HaraldHeim]

If dds does not appear as an supported file extention in the File > Open dialog, then Photoshop does not use the dds format plugin. Then the plugins is either not compatible with your Photoshop version or Photoshop does not find the plugin, because it is not correctly installed.

[Gridd66]

so how do i get in to install properly? as this is the first time this has happened? Thanks....

[HaraldHeim]

The plugin needs to be placed in the Plug-Ins sub folder of the Photoshop folder...