Often Photoshop CC and CS9 Refuse to Render a Video Because "It is Open"

[George1898765678]

One problem I have had for years when editing videos in CS6 and CC is that on occasion the program will refuse to render a video because, as it says, the file "is open." I have tried to save the file as a .psd and close it and when I open it again, again it cannot be rendered because "it is open." I have successfully rendered many videos over the years but I can never tell which video will get stuck in CS6/CC illogical reasoning. I almost always work with .mp4 video files and never change any of the fields in the Render dialog, except of course the title.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Please read this (in particular the section titled "Supply pertinent information for quicker answers"):

http://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-2325

What have you done for trouble-shooting so far?

Restoring Preferences after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved might be a good starting point:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/basic-trouble-shooting-steps.html

If the issue occurs only sporadically it may be difficult to trouble-shoot.

In any case: If you have the full CC you may want to consider doing your video-work in an application better fit to the task (Premiere or After Effects), Photoshop is not really the best choice for video editing in general.

[angie_taylor · Accepted solution]

Hi George,

This problem occurs if you are trying to render the video with the same name, and into the same location, as the source video. You won't be able to render the new one to overwrite the source footage as it is being used by Photoshop. So, create a new folder and render it into that folder or, give at a unique name. That should enable you to do what you want.

Hope this helps

[George1898765678]

Yes! Every video I successfully rendered I had given a new name to. Sheer genius answer.

[angie_taylor]

Thank you for your kind response 🙂