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lb20241743
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February 19, 2018
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no preview while opening psd file

  • February 19, 2018
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Hello, I have a problem a. I had photoshop cc 2018, but when I want to open a psd I worked on. It only appear as blue thumbnail, no preview on the  window when I clic on it. I had cs6 before and never had this problem. Could you help me please. I choose "always save" in image preview and I work with window 7. thanks..^^"

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Hi

Windows 7 will not show a preview for PSD files, you will either need to use Adobe Bridge or something like this

FastStone Image Viewer - Powerful and Intuitive Photo Viewer, Editor and Batch Converter

Or this

SageThumbs 2.0.0.23 [CherubicSoft]

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Jason Burnett
Jason Burnett
Inspiring
July 21, 2022

This is still a problem with Windows 11. I can't even get the preview option in Photoshop's open dialog. Anybody have a solution for this?

 

jane-e
Community Expert
jane-eCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 21, 2022

@Jason Burnett 

 

Please read through this thread. The issue is in Windows OS, not macOS, and third-party solutions have been given. You can also post a feature request to the Microsoft forums.

 

Jane

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    Anonymous
    February 19, 2018

    I've tested Pictus and it's working fine on my PC, during the install you need to select theses options

    Make sure .psd and .psp are checked as they're unchecked by default

    As you can see I can view the PSD image

      Trevor.Dennis
      Community Expert
      Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 19, 2018

      I agree that File Explorer is the most flexible way to navigate through your image files, but Bridge is a lot more powerful, and comes free even if you only have the Photography plan.

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      Anonymous
      February 19, 2018

      There's also this

      https://poppeman.se/pictus/

      lb20241743
      lb20241743Author
      Participant
      February 19, 2018

      Sagethumbs and pictus doesn't work. =/

      I was on window 7 with cs6 and I could show the preview. So...

      Bridge keep bugging with me I never used it and I don't want to pay for a thing I had before XD".

      Thanks.

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      Anonymous
      Correct answer
      February 19, 2018

      Hi

      Windows 7 will not show a preview for PSD files, you will either need to use Adobe Bridge or something like this

      FastStone Image Viewer - Powerful and Intuitive Photo Viewer, Editor and Batch Converter

      Or this

      SageThumbs 2.0.0.23 [CherubicSoft]

      thundergirls
      thundergirls
      Participant
      March 3, 2018

      Windows 7 may be the culprit for the CC versions, but I have an old copy of CS5 Extended, and on Windows 7 I have a preview of the selected image at the bottom of my Open screen. I have no other software installed, Sagethumbs, etc. Updated to CC and Photoshop 2018 won't show preview. Not having this valuable feature built in to PS CC2018 is a bit of a letdown by Adobe.

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      melissak80707165
      Participant
      January 14, 2019

      I just upgraded to CC and I'm having the same issue.  When I go to select which files to open in Photoshop CC, the thumbnail doesn't show at the bottom of my screen anymore, so I can't see where one set ends and another begins.  I never had this problem with CS5.

      gener7
      Community Expert
      gener7Community Expert
      Community Expert
      February 19, 2018

      Windows requires a third party "codec" to be installed in order to display PSD thumbnails.

      Sagethumbs is a free one. SageThumbs 2.0.0.23 [CherubicSoft]

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