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kellyy99042662
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June 18, 2022
Question

Ps doesn't show thumbnails for saved dds files

  • June 18, 2022
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The only thing that I can see for all of my saved dds files and svg files are Ps icons and no meaningful thumbnails like with other files like png's. Is there a reason for this? I would like to see whats inside the file from the thumbnail. 

Thanks for your help!! 

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    manal shanableh
    manal shanableh
    Legend
    June 28, 2022

    this will help

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaHO5P6u68c

      gener7
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      gener7Community Expert
      Community Expert
      June 18, 2022

      This should be supported in the Windows os, not Photoshop. The Open/Save dialogs are served up by Windows which would display the thumbnails. You will need a third-party utility to do this. I'd check Google for recommendations. 

       

       

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      kellyy99042662Author
      Inspiring
      June 18, 2022

      Been poking around on google. Installed Nvidia's dds thumbnail viewer and an svg extention of which neither one works. Seems a little strange that this only happens with files that would be opened by Adobe products. PDF's, PSD's, DDS's and SVG(Ai) files. I've read where an app called Adobe Reader may be the answer. Are they talking about Adobe Acrobat Reader. Isn't that another charge to be using that in my account? 

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      kellyy99042662Author
      Inspiring
      June 19, 2022

      No, Acrobat Reader is a free PDF reader

      https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pdf-reader.html   Acrobat DC Pro is the paid version you can ignore for now.


      Great, but I've only come across one issue. When I try to install the free version of Acrobat reader, I'm told that I have to uninstall my older copy of Adobe Acrobat 8. That program works great for my needs. What I need to know is will this new free version of  acrobat reader give me the same ability to scan documents and have a typewriter function that will let me add notes to scanned documents, then save them? I really don't want to uninstall Acrobat 8 only to find out that Acrobat Reader won't do those things for me. 

       

       

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