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Ludie624
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January 12, 2010
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"Not a valid Photoshop document"

  • January 12, 2010
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I have a Phototshop file that I've saved on my USB memory and when I try to open it it says "Could not complete your request because it is not a valid Photoshop document". It's really weird cause it worked a couple of weeks ago and it's the only file that doesn't work. I don't even know what happened to make it invalid.

How do I make it valid again? I really want that file to work again! Help please!

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ankshumanb
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November 11, 2018

Rename the file and add ".psd" at the end. Worked for me.

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Aisha26135215ch03
Participant
September 15, 2022

I just tried that right now.. it still said the same thing 

Justin Whitelaw
Justin Whitelaw
Participant
September 11, 2018

I know the problem, for I had the same problem myself, You are opening the image under "file, open as" instead of "file, open"  try this and get back to me.

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Aisha26135215ch03
Participant
September 15, 2022

I clicked just "file, open" but even then it still says it's an invalid file.

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Mike the Printer
Participant
June 19, 2018

I've had the same problem. A little trick helped me to solve it.

  1. Select your PSD file and drag it into Acrobat. It'll open the file as PDF.
  2. Save it as a PDF. Layers etc should be safe, don't worry
  3. Open PDF in Photoshop
  4. Save it back as a PSD.
  5. Profit!

P.S. In my case it saved everything, even the linked smart objects

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    yermajesty7
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    November 18, 2019

    Created an account just to comment on this year old replay that totally saved me to say thank you and I appreciate you

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    Anonymous
    January 12, 2010

    Try to open it in another program and save it as a copy. Then try and open it in PS.

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    Ludie624Author
    Participating Frequently
    January 12, 2010

    I tried to open it in ImageReady, but it just says "Could not complete this operation. This is an unrecognized Photoshop file type".

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    Hudechrome-sd9sPI
    Participating Frequently
    January 12, 2010

    Does it have an extension?


    I have had the same problem occasionally and it always doesn't have the proper extension. So copy it and try adding like .tiff or whatever is your common usage.

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