IrfanView Thumbnails- PaintShop Pro images?

I'm trying to use IrfanView Thumbnails to browse a folder of files
made with PaintShop Pro 8, but they're all black. I'm sure there's
some setting or plug-in to fix this but darned if I can find it ;-(

Can someone remind me please?

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Terry Pinnell wrote:

I'm trying to use IrfanView Thumbnails to browse a folder of files
made with PaintShop Pro 8, but they're all black. I'm sure there's
some setting or plug-in to fix this but darned if I can find it ;-(

Can someone remind me please?

Are the PSP files in a standard format, such as .jpg, .bmp., etc?

Or, are they in the proprietary PSP format? I don't know what that
extension ism but I wouldn't be surprised if other programs cannot
open or convert.

Terry Pinnell wrote:
I'm trying to use IrfanView Thumbnails to browse a folder of
files
made with PaintShop Pro 8, but they're all black. I'm sure
there's
some setting or plug-in to fix this but darned if I can find it
;-(

Can someone remind me please?

I don't have any PSP image to test with, but my installation of
Irfanview 4.23 with plugins lists the Paint Shop Pro extension
..PSP among compatible formats.

"mianileng" wrote:

Terry Pinnell wrote:
I'm trying to use IrfanView Thumbnails to browse a folder of
files
made with PaintShop Pro 8, but they're all black. I'm sure
there's
some setting or plug-in to fix this but darned if I can find it
;-(

Can someone remind me please?

I don't have any PSP image to test with, but my installation of
Irfanview 4.23 with plugins lists the Paint Shop Pro extension
.PSP among compatible formats.

http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm

Man. I really only used it to resize images. They have plugins galore.

There is a link to get all plugins in one installation file. I'll have
to grab that the next time I have high speed.

On Sat, 16 May 2009 13:45:22 GMT, (REM) wrote:


Terry Pinnell wrote:

I'm trying to use IrfanView Thumbnails to browse a folder of files
made with PaintShop Pro 8, but they're all black. I'm sure there's
some setting or plug-in to fix this but darned if I can find it ;-(

Can someone remind me please?

Are the PSP files in a standard format, such as .jpg, .bmp., etc?

Or, are they in the proprietary PSP format? I don't know what that
extension ism but I wouldn't be surprised if other programs cannot
open or convert.


IrfanView and Photoline can both read Paint Shop Pro image formats.

In IrfanView the coding to view/read .PSP and .PSPIMAGE files is contained
in the "Formats.dll" plugin, usually downloaded in the complete plugins
pack.

REM wrote:
"mianileng" wrote:

Terry Pinnell wrote:
I'm trying to use IrfanView Thumbnails to browse a folder of
files
made with PaintShop Pro 8, but they're all black. I'm sure
there's
some setting or plug-in to fix this but darned if I can find
it
;-(

Can someone remind me please?

I don't have any PSP image to test with, but my installation
of
Irfanview 4.23 with plugins lists the Paint Shop Pro extension
.PSP among compatible formats.

http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm

Yep. It was negligent of me not to provide the link in my
previous post.

Man. I really only used it to resize images. They have plugins
galore.

There is a link to get all plugins in one installation file.
I'll have
to grab that the next time I have high speed.

I feel for you. It's only a little over a year since I first
started using broadband. Downloads like the 7MB Irfanview plugin
seem trivial now even on my modest 2 Mbps connection, but I well
remember how huge it seemed on dial-up.

(REM) wrote:


"mianileng" wrote:

Terry Pinnell wrote:
I'm trying to use IrfanView Thumbnails to browse a folder of
files
made with PaintShop Pro 8, but they're all black. I'm sure
there's
some setting or plug-in to fix this but darned if I can find it
;-(

Can someone remind me please?

I don't have any PSP image to test with, but my installation of
Irfanview 4.23 with plugins lists the Paint Shop Pro extension
.PSP among compatible formats.

http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm

Man. I really only used it to resize images. They have plugins galore.

There is a link to get all plugins in one installation file. I'll have
to grab that the next time I have high speed.


Thanks all. It's odd, as I do have the full plug-in set. I haven't
included .PSPimage in my IrfanView associations (I open them for
editing in PSP 8) but that shouldn't affect IV's ability to view them.
Yet whatever method I use (Open With, drag, etc) they just appear
black.

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Terry Pinnell wrote:

(REM) wrote:


"mianileng" wrote:

Terry Pinnell wrote:
I'm trying to use IrfanView Thumbnails to browse a folder of
files
made with PaintShop Pro 8, but they're all black. I'm sure
there's
some setting or plug-in to fix this but darned if I can find it
;-(

Can someone remind me please?

I don't have any PSP image to test with, but my installation of
Irfanview 4.23 with plugins lists the Paint Shop Pro extension
.PSP among compatible formats.

http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm

Man. I really only used it to resize images. They have plugins galore.

There is a link to get all plugins in one installation file. I'll have
to grab that the next time I have high speed.


Thanks all. It's odd, as I do have the full plug-in set. I haven't
included .PSPimage in my IrfanView associations (I open them for
editing in PSP 8) but that shouldn't affect IV's ability to view them.
Yet whatever method I use (Open With, drag, etc) they just appear
black.

OK, sorted thanks. This has caught me out before and I'd forgotten.
IrfanView cannot render PSP files with layers. The batch I was trying
were all freshly created text on a black background.

When I merged all layers together, IV could display them.

--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK

mianileng wrote:
Terry Pinnell wrote:
I'm trying to use IrfanView Thumbnails to browse a folder of
files
made with PaintShop Pro 8, but they're all black. I'm sure
there's
some setting or plug-in to fix this but darned if I can find it
;-(

Can someone remind me please?

I don't have any PSP image to test with, but my installation of
Irfanview 4.23 with plugins lists the Paint Shop Pro extension
.PSP among compatible formats.


All users of Irfanview should always download the plugins package with
the same release number, and update their plugins. Only takes a few
seconds.