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Photoshop CS5 Clipboard Issue (Win 7)

  • September 8, 2010
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I have a copy of PS CS5 installed and i can only paste an image that i copied from before the program was started. When Ps is already started and I copy an image and try to paste it in PS it will paste the image I copied before I started the program not the one I just copied...

It's a pretty annoying situation... not being able to copy and paste once the program is running. I have to shut it down, start it up again to paste the image I want...

Anybody a solution?

I work on: Win 7 ultimate 64 bit - i7 - 8 gigs ram

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    Correct answer studio aquarel

    Jonathon P wrote:


    I added the entry as a new 64-bit Q-Word value.

    You'd need confirmation from Adobe to be sure, but a quad word value is probably not the right choice.  I assume you did this because Photoshop is 64 bit, but it's not likely the Adobe programmers changed the registry access function (if it still exists) to use a quad word instead of a double word just because they're compiling for 64 bits.  The size of registry access functions is not normally tied to the natural integer size; you have to specifically code them to a particular data type.

    Honestly, I've never tried reading a quad word from the registry with a double word access; since the Intel processor is little-endian it may well work out to the same thing.

    -Noel


    i had exactly the same issue with clipboard in PS CS5 described by David Dobish above. I solved it by removing Selective Tool (64 bit) Pluging from NIK SOFTWARE. Now clipboard works fine.

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    Jonathon_P
    Participant
    October 11, 2010

    Hi All,

    Just wanted to add myself to the list of people suffering this problem. Interestingly with CS4 PS-64bit, not CS5.

    Windows 7 Ultimate (Ultimate indeed...) 64 bit. Minimalistic start-up, tried running no other software and killing processes all to no avail.

    Otherwise exactly the same issue.

    Copy item, open PS-64, new document = correct document size etc.

    Try and copy item after PS-64 already open, no dice. I tried purging the clipboard in PS-64 and after that the paste options are completely greyed out regardless of what you try to copy.

    I am specifically trying to copy images from ID to PS. Bad form I know, but for what I am doing, if the clipboard was working, it would be much quicker than retrieving the original images, merging, cropping etc.

    Drag and drop works, but this is no good if you want to create a new document from the clipboard.

    So rather than just a CS5 issue, it appears to be a Windows 64 bit/PS-64bit issue, regardless of release.

    Cheers, J

    Bojohnso
    Bojohnso
    Participant
    October 7, 2010

    Since you are not able to copy paste files into Photoshop, use the drag and drop method.

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    Anonymous
    October 5, 2010

    I have seen this exact issue with Photoshop 64-bit on Windows 7. It's really aggrevating.

    Taking a print screen, I usually paste it in mspaint and save that as a png and open the png in Photoshop, but that's not really an effective way of doing things...

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    IdaMJ
    Participant
    October 5, 2010

    I am experiencing the exactly same problem. Is there any solution to this? I have a user that uses Photshop CS5 64bit that only can paste the things that was copied before the program was started...

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    diveares
    Participant
    September 19, 2010

    Having the same issue with Mac / Leopard.  Not confined to windows.  I seem to remember a FILE option called Open New Document from Clipboard that is now gone.

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    Iron Princess
    Participant
    September 11, 2010

    It's not a solution to your problem, but it might be a workaround...

    Why don't you open the image you want to copy in Photoshop (if it is f.e. on a website, right-click and select 'save target as...', then open in PS)?

    You can then duplicate the (background)layer of the saved image into the document you are editing. If you save the image as a TIFF, there's no loss of quality...

    As I said, it's not a literal solution but combined with a droplet or action it should be quite straightforward...

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    nickpudar
    Inspiring
    September 11, 2010

    Anthake,

    Thanks for the suggestion... however one of the things that I do frequently is to take a Screen Capture to the clipboard.  Unfortunately other approaches (such as Microsoft Snipping Tool) are too cumbersome and require too many steps.

    Thanks,

    Nick

    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    September 11, 2010

    Not that I want you to have to live with a broken paste functionality, but consider the freeware app Irfan View for screen capture.

    Run Irfan View, press C, choose what you want to capture, select a function key for the capture (or a timeout), and voila.  When your window/screen is captured, it's shown in Irfan View's window and all you have to do is File - Save As.

    -Noel

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    JanGeloenAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2010

    Every source there is:

    -Printscreen

    -Copy from internet using right-click menu

    -using ctrl+c on any image

    Chris Cox
    Chris Cox
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    September 10, 2010

    We've seen that problem reported, but never seen it ourselves.

    Photoshop is pasting content based on what the OS says is available on the clipboard.

    So something outside of Photoshop is preventing the clipboard from updating, or keeping stale data on the clipboard -- but we have no idea what that might be.   Other applications or utilities might be involved, or it could be an OS issue, or (less likely) a really obscure bug in Photoshop.

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    nickpudar
    Inspiring
    September 10, 2010

    The part that is confusing to me is that the clipboard works fine in 32bit, but not in 64bit. (unless the copy was done before opeing 64bit)

    For example:

    Start with Photoshop closed.

    Copy image A.

    Open Photoshop 64bit.

    Do a PrintScreen.

    Ctrl-N for new file.

    Ctrl-V for Paste.

    Image A gets pasted.

    Close Photoshop 64bit.

    Open Photoshop 32 bit.

    Ctrl-N, Ctrl-V,

    Screen Print gets pasted.

    Close Photoshop 32bit.

    Open Photoshop 64bit again.

    Ctrl-N, Ctrl-V,

    Now the Screen Print gets pasted.

    It seems to me that the Clipboard is not doing anything special.  Does it distinguish between 32bit applications calling for the image differently than 64bit applications?  Unless I don't understand (and I'm sure I don't) how the Clipboard works, the above sequence would lead me to believe that Photoshop 64bit is the culprit.

    I recently built this computer new, and the only software on it is Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Adobe CS5, Lightroom, and Microsoft Office 2007.  I have 6 Gig of Ram, and use a NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 for video.  I know others are having this issue, so this is very peculiar.

    Thanks for the further sleuthing...

    Nick

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    JanGeloenAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2010

    Even when I don't use opengl the problem is there..

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    JanGeloenAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2010

    hmmm  I tried quiting every relevant process but the problem stil persists. I then tried installing PS CS5 on another (older) laptop (also 64-bit) on a Clean Win 7 installation. Core 2 duo and 4 gigs of ram.

    The problem is also found on this laptop ... with no extra programs running except microsoft security essentials (but it doesn't help when i shut that down)

    So... where does that leave me?

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    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
    Legend
    September 9, 2010

    I cannot begin to explain why you would see the problem on two different systems, while others (e.g., I) do not see it.  I'm not trying to marginalize your problem, but it certainly isn't seen by everyone.

    What are you copying FROM?  Have you tried different sources?

    -Noel

    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Legend
    September 8, 2010

    I concur with Noel, this is an external application inetrfering with teh clipboard. Could even be some security stuff blocking the clipboard. Also, in case you are using OpenGL, such issues could indicate a configuration error, where the graphics card and driver are unable to deal with color space and color sampling conversions to provide acceleration...

    Mylenium

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    JanGeloenAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    September 8, 2010

    I'm using openGL on a ati radeon 5850  with latest drivers... Aero is running...

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    nickpudar
    Inspiring
    September 9, 2010

    I have been having the exact same issue!  It has been driving me nuts.  I can paste something into Photoshop CS5 only if I've copied before I open Photoshop.  I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit with 6 Gig RAM.  This was a very recent clean install.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Nick

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