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July 14, 2010
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Clipboard still not working? Darn you.

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http://microsoft.blognewschannel.com/archives/2007/09/05/how-to-fix-the-photosho  p-clipboard/

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2119117

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2848880

http://forums.adobe.com/message/1674006

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2463586

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2119117

I read all thoose topics and googled my ass off. Why did this f*ck worked in Photoshop CS1, but not in CS5 anymore?

I can't Print Screen and C/P anymore and it just gets me frustrated. I tried these damn registry-fixes, but Photoshop

will just ignore them.

Isn't there any 3rd-party-application that solves the problem in any way? I closed all other apps, stopped most of the services, but C/P is still not working.

Damn you Adobe, fix this.

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    MarekMularczyk
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    MarekMularczykCommunity Expert
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    August 12, 2010

    I think we would appreciate if you mind your language. I'm sure there is a way to fix your problem if you look hard enough.

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    Anonymous
    August 27, 2010

    I would mind my language if anyone would help me. I looked hard enough for a solution, but only Adobe can fix this.

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    Anonymous
    August 12, 2010

    anyone?

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    Anonymous
    August 6, 2010

    I still haven't found any good solution.

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    July 14, 2010

    MySola wrote:

    I can't Print Screen and C/P anymore and it just gets me frustrated. I tried these damn registry-fixes, but Photoshop

    will just ignore them.

    Are you using a Mac you wrote Print Screen and C/P on a PC I use PrtSc and Alt+PrtSc all the time and it works in CS5.  The only problem I have is my default Photoshop color space is ProPhotoRGB and I sometime forget to change the new document for Clipboard to sRGB to match the windows desktop and the colors are off when I do the Ctrl+V paste.  The other thing that is a bit strange for most is I run with dual screen.  The display on the left is 1360x768 85DPI and is the secondary display and the right Display is 1600x1200 133 DPI   side by side my display area is 28"x9" windows tiles images across display starting with the primary display.  So I need to construct my wallpaper image with two resolutions withe the right center on the left. Print screen captures the screen as the are set up.  So print screen matches with what I see it does not watch the wall paper.  Here is CS5 PrtSc abd Alt+PrtSC

    Actual wallpaper

    JJMack
    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
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    July 14, 2010

    JJMack wrote:


    The only problem I have is my default Photoshop color space is ProPhotoRGB and I sometime forget to change the new document for Clipboard to sRGB to match the windows desktop and the colors are off when I do the Ctrl+V paste. 

    JJMack, may I suggest you consider making the following change to your Photoshop Color Settings...:

    -Noel

    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
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    July 14, 2010

    Noel Carboni wrote:

    JJMack, may I suggest you consider making the following change to your Photoshop Color Settings...:

    -Noel

    My Photoshop color setting are like that and does not help wish it did.   If I forget to change the color profile in the new document dialog which is done before the paste. When I do the paste even though there is a mismatch and I have all three check boxes checked in my Photoshop Color Settings I do not get any message from Photoshop. You would think I should but I don't I just see my desktop or active window with bad colors. I'm also a little colorblind but even with my less then perfect color vision I can see some is just not right.  It through me the first time this happened.


    JJMack, I'm not sure why it's not prompting you...  If it does happen that you paste an unprofiled sRGB-like capture into a ProPhoto RGB document, can you not just do an Edit - Assign Color Profile (to sRGB or your monitor profile) to get it looking right?

    -Noel

    Chris Cox
    Chris Cox
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    July 14, 2010

    What version of Windows are you using?

    That sounds a bit like an old Windows bug where the OS would stop informing Photoshop of changes to the clipboard after a while (we never determined the cause, but saw the same thing happen in other apps, and reported the problem to Microsoft).

    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
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    July 14, 2010

    What's not working?  Can you be very specific?

    I can copy a large image from another document and paste it into Photoshop CS5 just fine.  I even defined a key to run an action to create a new document and paste the clipboard in because I copy images that way quite often.  So there's no systemic problem there.

    Inability to pass things through the clipboard successfully in Windows often involves problems with other software that accesses the clipboard.

    Oh, and lastly:  There's no need to use profanity.  You may think that being frustrated entitles you to do so, but trust me, you haven't experienced frustration compared to some.  All cursing really does is entitle you to being banned.  Calm down and let's try to work through this problem, shall we?

    -Noel

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    Anonymous
    July 14, 2010

    We shall. You may read the other threads i linked in my start post. This error is pure randomness.

    1. Open this link:

    http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_adobe_reader.png

    Rightclick => Copy image

    2. Try to paste it into Photoshop. STRG-V or Edit => Paste

    This last step is not working for me. Paste is greyed out.

    Copy/Paste is working within the Photoshop-application itself perfectly.

    I can copy/paste layers as i wish. But copy/pasting something from an external application

    is not possible anymore.

    I disabled all start-up items (except the Adobe ones) and disabled non-important services.

    Same issue.

    But if you look into the linked threads, this isn't a CS5-only problem.

    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
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    July 14, 2010

    Okay, I have done it.

    However, your instructions are not right as written:

    1.  Using Internet Explorer, I clicked on your link, saw the image pop up, right-clicked on it, and chose "Copy".  You wrote "Copy image".  I assume you added the word "image", as that word does not appear in the menu.

    2.  You cannot simply paste an image into Photoshop if there is no document open.  You have to create a document first:

    • Choose File - New.
    • If the Preset is set to Clipboard, the Width and Height will be set to the width and height of the image in your clipboard.
    • Choose OK.
    • NOW you can Edit - Paste.

    The short answer is you CANNOT paste something into Photoshop when you have no document open.  You never could.

    Are you using a browser other than Internet Explorer?

    -Noel

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    Anonymous
    July 14, 2010

    MySola wrote:

    Isn't there any 3rd-party-application that solves the problem in any way?

    SnagIt


    http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp?gclid=CJbMnPDE66ICFSCY2AodpiavbA

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    Anonymous
    July 14, 2010

    This isn't the solution. That's like: "Hmm my car is not working" You: "Take the chopper".

    I can't copy/paste anything. It's not just print screen. I can't copy graphics from my browser or any other application either.

    But thanks for trying.

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