I'm afraid, at this point, I will have to insert the always-not-good-to-see "sad face" here. 😞 I followed the recipe, got the right files into the right spaces, and yet the greatly misunderstood and generally unwanted multi-coloured lady still haunts my screen.
I think this calls for a bonus "whatever face".
😕
P.S. in truth, if this issue is the worse problem I face today, I'll be okay. 😉
There must be some error during the process or something, I'll try to explain the process better:
Go to your Applications folder, inside the photoshop folder there is the photoshop app:
Right click on it, then "Show package contents"
Then go to Contents>Resources and find the files shown on the website, copy these to your desktop and upload them to the website.
It will give you back a zip file with the unpacked contents of the files you uploaded, inside these folders just find the one with "splash" on its name, Finder will give you back TWO png's. Change both however you like and save them.
Then zip back all the files, the name of the zip doesn't matter.
Upload it to the website on the second option and it will give you back the 3 files you need to put back to your photoshop.app
I replied to an older comment on this amazing solution, but I will double my appreciation here. Whoever made the .NET procedure is a genius, and many thanks to Dnilo for explaining how to use it here.
I have followed the instructions to the letter, and the first part of the process goes as described. But when I upload the ZIP Data file with the changed splash screens, all I get is "ERROR"— with no explanation. I am on a MacPro with Photoshop CC 2018 and High Sierra. I have tried it with Safari and Firefox, and also under Windows with Explorer. Every time and everywhere, all I get is "ERROR." I figured at first it was because the process didn't work with the Mac or High Sierra, but others have had success with both. Perhaps it's a Firewall problem? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
I have followed the instructions to the letter, and the first part of the process goes as described. But when I upload the ZIP Data file with the changed splash screens, all I get is "ERROR"— with no explanation. I am on a MacPro with Photoshop CC 2018 and High Sierra. I have tried it with Safari and Firefox, and also under Windows with Explorer. Every time and everywhere, all I get is "ERROR." I figured at first it was because the process didn't work with the Mac or High Sierra, but others have had success with both. Perhaps it's a Firewall problem? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Hmm.. let's try this; don't modify anything on the splashes, just re-zip everything and upload it (zip all the files and sub folders directly, don't zip them inside the data folder). Then let me know the results.
That did it! I Zipped "IconResourses.idx" and the "High" and "Low" folders containing the new splash screens into one file. As you suggested, I did not include the "Data" folder itself, just Zipped the contents. This time everything worked fine! Thank you very much!
That did it! I Zipped "IconResourses.idx" and the "High" and "Low" folders containing the new splash screens into one file. As you suggested, I did not include the "Data" folder itself, just Zipped the contents. This time everything worked fine! Thank you very much!
The current opening splash screen in PS (CC) does not explain itself, except for the presence of a beautiful woman. Without knowing the creator's intentions, I cannot understand the added artefacts in any other way than as to demonstrate the maker's skillness with the tools in PS. For that reason, I can ignore the splash screen, which anyhow does not display itself for any prolonged period.
However, I would appreciate a picture that explains itself or talks to the observer, as serious and good quality art should do, although it might not be the favourite by everybody. Why not somehow add some verbal description or message by the creator, particulary when a picture is not straightforward. Since PS is a tool to work with pictures, it should also be fine with opening screens, which demonstrate some technique or possibility available in PS.
One thing I've learned, or I should say "had more firmly established in my own mind", is that one person's ART is another persons GARBAGE.
I've been a "Creative" (paid my rent with my garbage/art 😉 for over 30 years... and this discussion of this image has brought my above awareness back into my life. I'm not gonna be so hard on myself when someone doesn't like what I do. I'm sure somewhere out there, SOMEBODY liked the same image... though I hope that "somebody" is my PAYING CLIENT!
Completely agree. The funny thing is that we could continue talking about how subjective beauty is, and while (philosophically) photoshop's final purpose is to help creativity flow, in reality it's just a cold collection of tools/scripts/commands, a 'powerful' software package... that lacks a checkbox that could read "enable/disable splash screen".
The solution could be so simple that we wouldn't even need to be arguing anything here.
ReinMan, don't forget that we are the Client here, we're paying for something we can comfortably use. Our money paid that ugly splash that brought us here.
Yes, you are correct! And if I haven't made it clear where I stand on the "give us end-users the power to control that damned splash screen" I will say here that I TOTALLY AGREE: gimme a button !!
I agree with the above comments. The most simple solution is to add a way to disable the opening screen, or to choose another picture, or even make your own splash screen. Pictures do have an impact on people, an impact that varies dramatically between individuals. For example, children in particular can react with fear when contronted to certain pictures, and my spirit will be subdued when encountering art on the walls of hospitals, which depicts or appear to depict people in sad or tragic situations. There are reasons why media do not publish pictures of victims of war or accidents, besides a will not to infringe on private integrity. Any piece of art can contain disturbing elements, which also is part of the artist's intention.
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