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lindseymichelle1993
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February 18, 2020
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Can't edit puppet in photoshop

  • February 18, 2020
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This might be a stupid question because I am relatively new to Adobe. I'm working through some of the Character Animate tutorials (I'm specifically on Getting Started in Adobe Character Animator) and the tutorial says to click on the PS in the left control pannel under the puppet and scene project pannel. However, when I do this nothing happens. I've tried already having photoshop open after I click the button and I've also tried thye CTRL+E shortcut but still nothing happens. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Help?

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Correct answer mark@headTrix

Aside from Control E or Edit>Edit Original, you can also go to Rig mode.... select your Puppet in the Project panel, and then on the right hand side in the Properties panel you should see a blue link to the Photoshop file (.psd).

 

Or you can try quitting it opening the project again

 

Hope that helps.

 

Cheers,
mark

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Parker5E89
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December 20, 2021

I had this same problem. This worked for me (Windows 11):

1.) Close all Adobe programs you have open.

2.) Type in 'Default apps' in the Windows search bar.

3.) In the Default apps settings scroll down to the bottom and click the related settings 'Choose defaults by file type'.

4.) In the search bar that says Search for file type, enter the file type '.psd'.

5.) Click the link for the .psd file type and select the Default app to be your version of Adobe Photoshop (Note: if it doesn't appear in the avaliable list of apps then click 'More apps')

Once you have done this you may want to do the same for '.psdc' file types if not already set by default, then reopen Adobe Character Animator and click the PS control in the Projects pannel and it should work. 🙂

 

 

 

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DBugBoy
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February 12, 2023

Thank you so much! @Parker5E89 

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mark@headTrixCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 20, 2020

Aside from Control E or Edit>Edit Original, you can also go to Rig mode.... select your Puppet in the Project panel, and then on the right hand side in the Properties panel you should see a blue link to the Photoshop file (.psd).

 

Or you can try quitting it opening the project again

 

Hope that helps.

 

Cheers,
mark

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    Elements Headshots
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    August 17, 2020

    Thank you Mark_headTrix. The blue link was what got me to where I needed to be. 

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      mark@headTrixCommunity Expert
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      August 17, 2020

      You are welcome! Happy I was able to help!

       

      have fun animating!

       

      cheers,

      mark

      headTrix, Inc. | Adobe Certified Training & Consulting
      alank99101739
      alank99101739
      Legend
      February 19, 2020

      using control-e is a short cut for edit original from the file menu. Sometimes the binding of the .psd file can be taken over by another app, causing problems. Reinstalling photoshop has solved the problem for some people.

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      kelsey5E39
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      December 17, 2021

      hi i know this is old but i am having this problem, when i do this adobe illustrator shows up , even when in press clearly parked ps files. if i try to open .puppet in photoshop i get an error message that says ive selected the wrong type of file. it just started doing this. i tried to install/ unintall and a few other things but no solutin yet... 😞

       

      TheOriginalGC
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      TheOriginalGCCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 17, 2021

      Just to confirm, when you open the puppet in AI, everything looks correct and it is ready for editing?

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