Photoshop thumbnails and CS4

[davidc1815]

I have been installing PS7 to get PSD thumbnails to show their image (rather than a generic icon) in Windows. I understand this facility was dropped in CS. Does anyone know if this has been restored in CS4 or will I have to continue to install PS7 before CS4?

Thanks.

[Guest]

dec9 wrote:

You still have to open explorer in order to view and wait for it to populate.

Aw come on – there's no comparison!  

[Guest]

Well, we both already know that.

I was just focusing on the fact that explorer still has to be opened in order to view thus there are no step savings.

[Guest]

I use PowerDesk, it has .psd thumbnail support, was using it before Bridge happened along.

[Guest]

I checked their website and it does not Vista 64 bit. Vista64.com has a link to xyplorer (for example) and it works in windows Vista/7 64 bit, does not replace explorer but works along side. $16.00 cheaper too. Not that I am in the market for such software. Just you sparked my interest to research further. There are a few others out there too.

[Guest]

I have Vista 64bit and it works just fine.

[Guest]

I use Power Desk's Dialog Helper every day.

[Guest]

Guess I need to get with the program.

[Guest]

This thread has been open for over a year. I've installed Windows 7 and really hoped that PSD and AI files would be included in the new and improved Windows Imaging Component (WIC). I guess I was asking too much. There are improvements in handling of TIF and GIF files and in extended metadata but still no thumbnails or previews for PSDs and AIs. Adobe has posted the RC for their DNG format and it works fine. Since it's still not in the WIC, are there any plans to write a codec for PSD files? 

[Leo_Davidson]

In case it helps anyone, Directory Opus is an alternative file manager which supports Windows 7 and 64-bit, and which has PSD and DNG viewers and thumbnail-generation built-in.

(You don't need to rely on any other components being installed, which can be handy if you want to view/thumbnail those formats on machines without Photoshop installed.)

It only works with PSD files that have embedded thumbnails saved with them but I think that's true of most PSD thumbnailers.

Website's here for anyone who is intereted: http://www.gpsoft.com.au/

The website is pretty ugly, don't let that put you off the app. Have a look at my guides if you want a quick overview of the program:

http://www.pretentiousname.com/opus/index.html

http://www.pretentiousname.com/opus9/index.html

http://www.pretentiousname.com/opus_plugin_list/index.html

[Guest]

I've just got it on a 30 day trial Leo. It looks good so far but will take some time to explore.

Does it have the ability to customise Open and Save dialogs?

[Leo_Davidson]

John Joslin wrote:

Does it have the ability to customise Open and Save dialogs?

It doesn't modify the Open/Save dialogs so you'll still be without PSD thumbnails within those. I guess it could install its own thumbnail handler to provide PSD, DNG, etc. thumbnails system-wide. Could be worth asking for if it looks like Photoshop itself isn't going to get fixed in this regard.

[Ardfry]

> Does it have the ability to customise Open and Save dialogs?

If you are looking for PSD thumbnails in the Open and Save dialogs, then you'll need something like our PSD codec.