Imported .psd files display as a page of grey dots

Question

I am working with FM 2015 on Windows 10. I just unzipped a project file containing my .fm and image files for a book that has previously displayed perfectly. Now when I open the front and back covers, which include photoshop images, the .psd files display as a page of tiny dots.

Only .psd files display as dots. .ai and other graphics display as expected. Other than the fact that the files were zipped and then unzipped, nothing else should have changed.

Can anyone help??? Aside from the fact that this is driving me insane, I have to get this PDF updated TODAY.

Thanks,

Diane

Bob_Niland · Answer

re: Only .psd files display as dots. .ai and other graphics display as expected.Once the crisis has passed, you might want to re-examine the graphics image file policy..AI and .PSD are not interchange formats. If an external app, including other Adobe apps, doesn't keep pace with Illustrator and Photoshop, it's pretty easy to find yourself in a situation where the image won't import [correctly]. AI and PSD files can also be huge due to layers and lack of compression, which raises an issue of sheer file size for archiving and sharing with outside entities (e.g. translators). AI and PSD files may also contain sensitive metadata.What interchange format(s) make(s) more sense is often content-specific. PDF is fine, if you never have to deal with anything earlier than FM8. EPS also works well. I'd recommend using the 4x scaling trick for both, so that the preview size has adequate working resolution for edit.

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