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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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    jackv48120378
    jackv48120378
    Participant
    October 28, 2021

    Kukurykus... I can use MAC Preview to make a 16bit PNG that PS will read. It's an extra pain, but I can ignore any PS upgrades from now on at least.

    J
    J453
    Legend
    October 27, 2021

    What application were these saved in that caused them not to open in Photoshop?

     

     

    I've asked engineering to take a look. Please let us know what application saved these files such that they won't open anymore.

    jackv48120378
    jackv48120378
    Participant
    October 28, 2021

    Photoshop update MAC 22.5.2 stopped opening all my tiff files! It worked fine before I upgraded. The error message is 

    Could not open “Ditch digger QA140024.tiff” because of a problem parsing the TIFF file.

     

    How do I reload an oder version of photoshop before 22.5.2?

     

     

    I posted same issue for MAC and PS 22.5.2

    Application is RAW Photo Processor 64 TIFF files, boith LAB and BetaRGB TIFFS. I have to run old TIFF files through GIMP or Olympus Workspace and resave to get PS to read them. It all worked before upgrade to MAC 22.5.2. I am not upgrading to PS 23 because I do not need the new features and PS already used way too much RAM to run. It is a real memory hog!

    Kukurykus
    Kukurykus
    Legend
    October 28, 2021

    So the problem from 23 is also in 22.5.2, but wasn't in 22.5.1 to which we are disallowed to make downgrade 😕😕

     

     

    Edit: I can't post in this thread. I tried 20 times! I decided to post in other thread to move my post to this one!

    Kukurykus
    Kukurykus
    Legend
    October 27, 2021

    They can be opened in CC 2022 after unlocking background & locking it back and resaving a file in CS6.

    J
    jazz-yAuthor
    Legend
    October 27, 2021

    Thanks for the information.

    Just a couple of days ago, I opened them in CC 22 (and I can open them now if I restore the system from a backup - most likely this is due to the fact that CC 22 was updated with preservation of the settings from previous versions (at least from CC 19)).
    Now I've done a clean install of CC 22 and they won't open either 😞

    Kukurykus
    Kukurykus
    Legend
    October 27, 2021

    I couldn't open them in CC 2022, but could in CS6 EXTENDED.

    Then I could preview them in Bridge CS6 and Bridge version 12.

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