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Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:52 am
by 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.

Re: Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:13 pm
by HaraldHeim
Are you sure you copied the nvidia plugin into the Plug-Ins sub folder of the Photoshop folder? If no please do so.

Re: Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:48 pm
by Gridd66
Does the exe not install to plug-ins folder automatically in photoshop....? will try doing this and see what happens.

Re: Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:53 pm
by HaraldHeim
Some installers do it, some not. Not sure about the mentioned plugin.

Re: Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:04 pm
by 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.

Re: Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:17 pm
by HaraldHeim
It could be that the dds files can only be opened when using File > Open from the menu in Photoshop.

Re: Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:34 pm
by 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.

Re: Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:48 am
by Gridd66
any other ideas.. or should i just give up...

Re: Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:00 pm
by 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.

Re: Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:52 pm
by Gridd66
so how do i get in to install properly? as this is the first time this has happened? Thanks.... :D

Re: Problem opening dds files with Photoshop CS.

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:48 pm
by HaraldHeim
The plugin needs to be placed in the Plug-Ins sub folder of the Photoshop folder...