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RogerRamjet3
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May 8, 2020
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Photoshop wont allow me to automate PDF presentation

  • May 8, 2020
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Working with latest version of PS for the PC.  Used Bridge to open jpgs in PS then tried to automate PDF presentation  and initially got a PDF with nothing in it.  Tried again and got a series of error messages 

1) unable to open file for writing.  It may be locked or unavailable

followed by

2) Cannot complete your request because of program error

followed by 

3)PDF presentaiton could not be created.

 

This happened irrespective of whether I used bridge to open the jpgs in PS or I did it through PS

    Correct answer Deepu0D4D

    Try to save in different path , it will work 

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    cantlogintoforumsthanks
    cantlogintoforumsthanks
    Participant
    January 27, 2023

    Running into this issue on Photoshop v23.5.4 and 24.1.1. I've done a clean install with both, rebooted, granted all disk permissions, changed file types, changed directories and nothing works. This is completely new, everything was working as of two weeks ago. I use this feature all the time for small 3-4 page PDFs and this is error is a huge inconvenience/time-waster.

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      tobyg94187227
      Participant
      June 22, 2023

      I'm glad it's not just me (I am NOT a technical person...I just draw stuff). I put together an illustrated book in Affinity Publisher (I don't have ID), but couldn't save out as a PDF at an uploadable size (it was exporting at several gigs). I saved the manuscript out as TIFFs, then used the PDF presentation function in Photoshop. It worked several times, including earlier today after I made some alterations to the original document and went throught the process again. Now I'm getting the same errors as the original poster here, and I don't know what has changed to cause it. I've relaunched, PS, rebooted, tried a few different options in the creation process, but it keeps failing. Saying it's inconvenient or a time-waster is very much an understatement. This is why my wife (who works in IT but not with software) won't let me keep a hammer anywhere near my studio...

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      Deepu0D4DCorrect answer
      Participant
      April 22, 2021

      Try to save in different path , it will work 

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        Stormflora
        Known Participant
        August 7, 2024

        Hi! Thank you so much. It's bizarre, but this was the solution. Saving it onto another storage drive did not throw that series of error messages, and successfully generated the multi-page PDF that I needed.

         

        For anyone else experiencing the same issue, try this solution out!

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        greenpizza
        Participant
        March 6, 2025

        What is the solution? What does it mean to save in a different path? 

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        Matthew5E3F
        Participant
        September 10, 2020

        Same issue here, on Mac OS Catalina 10.15.6 and PhotoShop 21.2.2, can't automate to a PDF at all, even after program and computer restarts.  Same sequence of 3 error messages.

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        RogerRamjet3Author
        Participant
        May 8, 2020

        Working with latest version of PS for the PC. Used Bridge to open jpgs in PS then tried to automate PDF presentation and initially got a PDF with nothing in it. Tried again and got a series of error messages
        1) unable to open file for writing. It may be locked or unavailable
        followed by
        2) Cannot complete your request because of program error
        followed by
        3)PDF presentaiton could not be created.

        This happened irrespective of whether I used bridge to open the jpgs in PS or I did it through PS

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