I don't want photoshop to launch when I open a pdf or a jpg

Hi,

You could try running a "chkdsk" scan overnight to repair any damaged data on your hard drive. Open "My Computer" and right click on the drive you have you photos stored upon. Select "Properties" from the menu. Click on the "Tool" tab of the box that comes up. Click on "Check" and scan your drive for errors. If you get a message that it needs to "Schedule" the scan say YES. Reboot your system when your don and leave it for the the time it needs to do the scan.

hi,
when you have your document opened, look every layer to find little yellow triangle(s), witch means that there is a problem with this(those) layer(s), it can be (more often) the text layers that have fonts that you don't have installed, or a reference file that has been moved from original path.
hope you'll solve that !
cheers
mich

photoshop will open any type of photo file. it will save it as a pdf or you can choose to save it as another file by the drop down menu when you click "save as"

In order to change what program opens a certain file type in Windows XP, you must change the file association. To change the file association for a specific file, you first need to view the file's properties.
You can view a file's properties by simply right-clicking on the file and selecting "Properties" from the contextual menu that pops up.

Now, in the properties window, you will see a line saying "Opens with:" and next to it the program that opens your file.
To change this file association, click the "Change..." button.
A new window ("Open with") will open where you will choose which program you want to open your file. For example, to open your image file, choose photoshop. If you can't find it on the list, click on "Browse" and search for Photoshop.exe (probably in your Program Files).

If you want Photoshop to open all files with the same extension (e.g. all .jpg files), you should tick the box at the bottom of the "Open with" window saying "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file."

Hope this helps.

Check settings in your Photoshop program.
then metch with Printer preferences (not properties)

Its possible that you installed a graphic program that upon install it changed the extension of your picture files. An example would be photoshop, This program could change your JPG files to PSD format upon install.
You can download a software program that can convert your pictures from the PSD ext. to JPEG. Once such program is (Easy Graphic Converter), It is Free... Another excellent program is Graphic Workshop. I think that one is trial but it has a time limit.

If you don't want to go that route you can go into your file ext. settings and change it to where a jpg file will be opened with another program other than PhotoShop. This might solve your problem.

To get to this screen, you can go into ( My Documents ) click on ( tools) at the top on the menu bar. Then click on ( Folder Options ). From there click in ( File Types ). Then find your JPG ext.
and it will tell you what program opens your jpg files. If it says CS3, change it to something else like WIndows Picture and Fax Viewer or something else.

Joe < Data Miner >

If your images are saved as psd, jpg, etc. you should be able to open with any version of Photoshop. images are not dedicated ot a version, they are just pixel based files. Check the file extensions and if they are psd, jpg, etc. you should be able to either drag on top of the Photoshop Icon or open from Photoshop when the program is running. If you have your preferences set to open these types of images with only Photoshop 3 then change the Application to the new version.

You can actually do a SAVE AS and select .eps as one of your file formats. You also have the option if you have photoshop to export out as a .jpg then open it in photoshop and resave the file

Here is everything you will need. I hope you will find this worthy of a FixYa rating.
Import Illustrator CS2-CS3 artwork into Photoshop CS2-CS3
What's covered

• Drag Illustrator artwork into Photoshop
• Paste Illustrator artwork into Photoshop
• Export Illustrator files in Photoshop format
• Open Illustrator (AI) files in Photoshop

In Adobe Photoshop, you can import Adobe Illustrator artwork in several different ways, each of which offers a different level of control. When you open or place AI, EPS, or PDF files created by Illustrator, Photoshop rasterizes vector artwork and removes the ability to edit transparency, fonts, layers, and paths. To retain more control over imported Illustrator artwork, Adobe recommends that you drag or paste it into a Photoshop image or export it in Photoshop format.
Drag Illustrator artwork into Photoshop Dragging Illustrator artwork is the quickest way to import it into Photoshop. By default, Photoshop creates a new layer for the dragged artwork and imports the artwork as a Vector Smart Object. (For more information, see "Smart Objects" in the Photoshop Help.) You can import dragged vector artwork as a work path, however, by holding down Control (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) while dragging. To center imported artwork in the Photoshop image, hold down Shift while dragging.
Note: To import dragged type as a work path, you must first convert it to outlines in Illustrator. For more information, see "Modifying letterforms as graphic objects" in Illustrator Help.
Paste Illustrator artwork into Photoshop When you copy Illustrator artwork, you can paste it into Photoshop and retain many Illustrator features. To do so, however, you must properly configure Clipboard preferences in Illustrator.
Clipboard preferences in Illustrator
The Illustrator Clipboard supports a variety of formats including: PICT, PDF, and AICB. Though Illustrator always copies PICT data to the clipboard, you can configure Illustrator so that it also copies PDF or AICB format. These two formats allow you to retain Illustrator features in artwork pasted in Photoshop. PDF retains Illustrator transparency, while AICB format retains Illustrator paths.
You should only select the AICB format by itself if you are going to be pasting paths in to Photoshop. In all other cases, select the PDF format or the PDF format in conjunction with AICB. The PDF format retains transparency and other features in Illustrator such as extended support for spot colors.
To configure Clipboard preferences in Illustrator:

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Files & Clipboard (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Files & Clipboard (Mac OS X).
2. In the Clipboard section, select the desired format.
3. If you selected AICB, select either Preserve Paths or Preserve Appearance.
4. Click OK.

Paste options in Photoshop
When you use the Paste command to import copied Illustrator artwork, Photoshop provides the following options in the Paste dialog box:

• Paste as Smart Object: Pastes the art as a Vector Smart Object that can be scaled, transformed, or moved without degrading the image before it's placed into the Photoshop document. As the art is placed, its file data is embedded in the Photoshop document and the art is rasterized on a separate layer.
• Paste as Pixels: Pastes the copied artwork in a new layer and rasterizes it at the resolution of the Photoshop image. Use this option when pasting raster objects.
  
  Note: When you use this option, clipping masks for raster images are not retained as paths. These masks still clip images, however.
  
  
• Paste as Path: Pastes the copied artwork as a work path.
• Paste as Shape Layer: Pastes the copied artwork in a new vector shape layer. Compound Illustrator shapes retain their attributes and remain editable. Multiple copied paths and clipping masks are pasted as multiple paths that use the unite attribute .
  
  Note: When you use this option, pasted objects use the foreground color in Photoshop, not the fill color they use in Illustrator. Likewise, transparent objects become opaque.

Export Illustrator files in Photoshop format Exporting Illustrator documents files in Photoshop format gives you the most control over Illustrator artwork in Photoshop. With this method, you can specify resolution and enable anti-aliasing for rasterized artwork. You can also retain the following Illustrator features:

• Editable text
• ICC profiles
• Layers, including nested and hidden layers
• Masks
• Transparency
• Compound shapes
• Slices and image maps

Note: A compound shape must have either no stroke or a stroke with a round join that uses whole integers for the stroke weight. However, the compound shape can reside on a layer with other objects. In that situation, Photoshop places the other objects on a separate layer in the same layer set.
For more information about exporting Illustrator files in Photoshop format, see "Photoshop export options" in Illustrator Help.
Open Illustrator (AI) files in Photoshop You can open AI files in Photoshop if you save them using the Create PDF Compatible File option.
To save an AI file using the Create PDF Compatible File option:

1. Choose File > Save As.
2. Choose Illustrator (*.AI) as the file format, and click Save.
3. Click Create PDF Compatible File in the Illustrator Options dialog box, and click OK.

Thanks,
Lee

If you have Ifranview open it in Ifranview,and
save it as a jpg or save it as a gif in Photoshop
whatever you did to the image thats invalid for
jpg you can save as gif