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Not a valid photoshop doc.
Hi … I used some stitching software to join some stills (Hewlett Packard I think) and when I tried to import the final still into AE I got the error message … anyway I resaved it in photoshop a couple of times and it imported and I did a pan across it and (luckily) rendered out a movie… after the render AE crashed and when I reopened the still was “missing” and when I tried to reload it I get the message again …. the still has not been touched ! … OK I have the finished movie but I’d still like to know what might be going on … anyone any ideas please … best Roger
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Your file may be corrupted. Unlike with other formats, PSDs are not just read from disk, but due to their layers (even “flat” PSDs have layer info to define the structure of the document) they are really “opened”, meaning AE digs into their binary structure. It’s quite possible that upon a crash a few bytes get jumbled up and the file is rendered useless. The same happens BTW with Illustrator files and PDFs, as AE only goes looking for rasterable “objects” and needs to get in the document structure as well. There isn’t really much you can do about it other than always having a backup copy of the documents somewhere.
Mylenium
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Thanks mylenium … I kind of understand … so there is no way the file can be “re-built” … ie opened and tweaked and resaved ? Best Roger
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Well, PSDs use some simple eror correction, but there’s no guarantee it works. Your best chance is to open it in a “dumb” image editor such as XnView (assuming you used the “maximum compatibility setting” in Photoshop) and save it to another format, but of course you will loose any layer info.
Mylenium
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One thing I might try is to create a new PSD the same size and if there are layers, cut and paste them one at a time into the new file giving each layer the same name and save the whole file under a different name. Then either replace or import the footage.
I think it would be worth a try.
T
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That did it Levels … thank you.
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