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jazz-y
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October 27, 2021

P: Photoshop 23.0 - cannot open TIF files, generated in other programs

  • October 27, 2021
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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.

List of apps that have problems (according to your feedback):

 

There are no problems (or solved):

 

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    J453
    Legend
    December 2, 2021

    @Barry Rudick If you have TIFFs that are older and the software is no longer being developed, we suggest you use the batch command in Photoshop 22.5.1 to open and resave trusted tiffs so that they will open in current and future versions of Photoshop.

    Kukurykus
    Kukurykus
    Legend
    November 23, 2021

    Create action that opens tiff & save it. In the Batch choose Source & Destination paths. Tick on 1st & 3rd box.

      HPLHaverhill
      HPLHaverhill
      Inspiring
      November 23, 2021

      Hi Jeffrey, I've never used Batch - do I use Batch or Image Processor to open and resave trusted TIFFs? The Batch screen I have doesn't seem to have an open and save, just actions or am I missing something? Can you or someone

       

      explain the steps? Thanks

      A
      akbiswal
      Participating Frequently
      November 23, 2021

      Yes, Photoshop is freezing under Windows 10

      johngettler117176196
      johngettler117176196
      Inspiring
      November 22, 2021

      The TIF files we can't open were saved with Photoshop 23.0.1.  

        J
        J453
        Legend
        November 22, 2021

        If you're still having trouble with TIFFs created/saved by software that's still being developed, please share the following information with them:

         

        Photoshop’s TIFF parser had a buffer overrun security vulnerability in its synthesized calculation of the Image File Directory entry RowsPerStrip (278).

         

        The fix for that was to reject TIFF files that did not provide the required RowsPerStrip (278) entry. Under the rationale that this IFD entry is required, as per the TIFF specification.

         

        We have amended that behavior to calculate the RowsPerStrip (278) value when not provided, but only under the constraint that the calculation can be made with fidelity and not cause the security vulnerability in Photoshop 23.0.1.

         

        That should help them to correct the problem with their TIFF export/save libraries.

         

        If you have TIFFs that are older and the software is no longer being developed, we suggest you use the batch command in Photoshop 22.5.1 to open and resave trusted tiffs so that they will open in current and future versions of Photoshop.

          johngettler117176196
          johngettler117176196
          Inspiring
          November 22, 2021

          I believe I have discovered a workaround solution:  Open Bridge 2022.  Go to Camera Raw Preferences.  Choose File Handling.  Under TIFF, choose Disable TIFF Support.  Now all TIF's should open fine in Photoshop 2022.

          Somehow this Camera RAW processing path option is getting in the way of opening these certain files.  

          HPLHaverhill
          HPLHaverhill
          Inspiring
          November 12, 2021

          I was finally able to open my TIF files with 22.5.1; 22.5.2 and 22.5.3 did not work.

          L
          Lumigraphics
          Legend
          November 12, 2021

          You presumably know about ImageJ?

          https://imagej.net/

          Kukurykus
          Kukurykus
          Legend
          November 12, 2021

          Thanks to your other post (Photoshop 22.5.3: What's new?) I found you can install any version of release 22.

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