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Legend
Oct 27, 2021 3:18 PM UTC
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P: Photoshop 23.0 - cannot open TIF files, generated in other programs

Starting from version 22.5.2 Photoshop stopped opening some tif files. The issue is related to a previously discovered vulnerability, the escalation of which, under certain conditions, may lead to arbitrary code execution - Adobe Security Bulletin.

 

Important: The problem is not with Photoshop, but with third-party software developers who do not keep track of current TIF specifications

 

A temporary solution to the problem is to convert files in third-party editors that completely update the structure of TIF files (for example, xnView, ImageMagik, etc.); such files can also be converted using the Camera Raw plug-in (via Bridge).

We all hope that Adobe can solve this problem and find a way to bring third-party files to modern standard. But I recommend that you independently contact the developers of programs whose files Photoshop cannot open. Notify them of the problem, recommend to contact @J453 using this community. Jeffrey can provide technical information to developers to solve this problem.

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Legend
Nov 3, 2021 8:49 PM UTC

My guess is that all of those programs will be needing a security update to fix this problem.

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Verto
Known Participant
Nov 3, 2021 7:31 PM UTC

Hi,

I have the same problem to open TIFF files created with other programs,
in Photoshop 23.

 

- TIFF files created with SNS-HDR, I can't open them. (Error: Could not be met because it is not the correct document type).

- Files processed with Capture One, and sent directly from the program, to editing in TIFF format, Photoshop opens them with Camera Raw.

-TIFF files with layers, generated with Affinity Photo, Photoshop no longer recognizes the layers.

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Legend
Nov 3, 2021 5:00 PM UTC
Legend
Nov 3, 2021 4:54 PM UTC

Once a fix is available, they should issue a CERT advisory with full details. That way other developers can see what the problem and fix are.

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davescm
Community Expert
Community Expert
Nov 3, 2021 4:30 PM UTC

"Also Adobe haven't said what 'attribute' is missing.........."

Given that it creates a security issue I don't think they are likely to.

 

Dave

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Kukurykus
Legend
Nov 3, 2021 3:58 PM UTC

CS6 was quite good. Since 1st CC I can't remember one good release I'd like to be with for longer. Script Error

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Participating Frequently
Nov 3, 2021 1:45 PM UTC

Yes Lumigraphics but unfortunatley that's no help to me as i'm sure if I email [ Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs ] and tell them to have a chat with Adobe about their Tif saving options (so I can carry on working) i'm sure I won't get very far! : )  The trouble is, each tile I download from Defra is 5000x5000 pixels @ 32bit and i'm stiching 16 of them together in Photoshop for an elevation map for each region i'm working on, but now I can't.

Also Adobe haven't said what 'attribute' is missing so I can't tell anyone what to change on their Tif saving options!

Adobe: "We could tell you Sir, but then we'd have to kill you. For security reasons".

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Legend
Nov 3, 2021 1:13 PM UTC

Did you see the official explanation?

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Participating Frequently
Nov 3, 2021 10:41 AM UTC

Ah, thanks Ambress. The thing is, i'm extracting HDR data from LiDAR data (which is delivered as a 32bit TIF) and then using the resulting Tif as a displacement map in 3D software, so I need as much 'bit-depth' as I can get from the RAW files.

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Inspiring
Nov 3, 2021 10:27 AM UTC

Simon, 8-bit TIFs surely aren't the same as 32-bit TIFs, nor are 16-bit TIFs, but at least 16 is a little closer...if that's of any help to you, in the Workflow section of the Camera Raw Preferences, you can select a depth of 16 Bits/Channel so you don't lose quite as much image information.

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