Photshop CS won't save file over 2GB?

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

This shouldn't happen in Photoshop 8 ("CS"). The 2GB limit was there through Photoshop 7.0.1'.

[Tricia...@adobeforums.com]

I'm trying to save an RGB psd file with 11 layers in Photoshop CS. I get a message that it would be over the 2GB limit and it won't save. What gives? I've saved a flattened tiff file, but I would really like to preserve all the correction layers and masks.

Can the limit be increased?

I'm using a G5 under Panther with 4GB of ram.

Thanks,
Tricia

[Tricia...@adobeforums.com]

Wow.
Thanks for all of the responses. This file was created in CS from tiff scans we made, but we were trying "save as". Graham. I will try with psb enabled (it wasn't) and I'll post if it works.

Thanks so much!
Tricia

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Have you tried "Save As"? (Just in case the file started out as a Photoshop 7 [or earlier] file.)

[Graham_...@adobeforums.com]

You do need to enable the .psb format in the preferences, though. The .psd format has not been changed.

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Graham is absolutely correct. You can't save a file over 2GB in size as a PSD or TIFF file. You have to save it as a PSB file.

Thanks, Graham. I had overlooked that part of Tricia's post.

[Bruce_...@adobeforums.com]

PSB is only addresses the 30,000 pixel-limit for people who don't want to use TIFF, PSD, or any other format readable by apps other than Photoshop.

Any OS that CS can run on should let you save TIFFs bigger than 2GB. 4GB is the hardwired limit for TIFF悠 have plenty (actually, too many) >2GB TIFFs.

However, even though the online help for PSD specifically states

"Photoshop CS introduces nested layers, Hard Mix blending mode, Photo Filter adjustment layers, 56 channel limit, text on a path, support for files greater than 2GB, support for files greater than 30,000 pixels in any dimension, non-square pixels support, 16-bit layers, 16-bit patterns, and 16-bit Brushes."

I get the 2GB error message when I try to save a 2.13GB TIFF as .psd....

But you should be able to save the file as a layered TIFF.

[Tricia...@adobeforums.com]

Nope. Still can't save my psd file. So is this a CS bug? I guess we'll try a layered tiff. I've never tried one. Will colour correction layers behave the same with a layered tiff as they do with a layered psd file?

Thanks again,
Tricia

[Mar...@adobeforums.com]

Still can't save my psd file.

You need to select 'Large Document Format' in the Save dialog box (or tiff or Raw)

[Bu...@adobeforums.com]

remember when you change the PS prefs you need to restart PS for them to take affect.

[Bruce_...@adobeforums.com]

I can attest that layered TIFF will work just fine, and the color correction layers will behave identically to those in a .psd (except TIFF will let you save them!)

[Tricia...@adobeforums.com]

Well if I have to restart, I can't save my file before I restart (aaarg!). I will check and see if the person who made the last attempt selected large format in the save dialog box. I'll keep trying.

Thank you again for all your input,
Tricia

[Stephanie...@adobeforums.com]

Tricia,

I don't think this particular preference actually requires a restart. But, layered TIFF will likely work for you just as well as the new Large Document Format and will allow the saving of files up to 4G.

[Bu...@adobeforums.com]

Tricia don't restart save as tiff

[Chri...@adobeforums.com]

The PSD format has a 2 Gig hard limit.
TIFF has a 4 Gig hard limit, but most applications can't read over 2 Gig.

And if you are dealing with files that big - YES, enable the Large Document Format.

Buko - there is no need to restart. Only the memory allocation preference requires a restart.

[Mar...@adobeforums.com]

Only the memory allocation preference requires a restart.

Well, and secondary plug-ins location. Speaking of that, it would be nice if Photoshop could load new plug-ins on the fly.

[Chri...@adobeforums.com]

Oops - forgot that one.

Yeah, it would be nice. Put it on the request list....

[jus...@kpgmedia.com]

On Wednesday, February 4, 2004 5:07:51 PM UTC-8, Ramón_G_...@adobeforums.com wrote:
> This shouldn't happen in Photoshop 8 ("CS"). The 2GB limit was there through Photoshop 7.0.1'.

I wanted to just let people know how we ended up solving this same problem using Photoshop CC. We realized that our artist wasn't opening the image files in photoshop first and then dragging the layer into the artwork. Instead, she would grab the file from the file explorer and drag that directly into the artwork.

So by simply opening in photoshop first, the images you need and dragging the layer of that image into the main artwork will stop that error from happening.

Hope that makes sense, it's just little tiny things that drive us I.T. folks crazy.