PSD Files

[forte]

Some help PLEASE!

I am trying to store PSD files in a container feild.

I can put PSD files in fine but when I copy & paste them back in Photoshop I loose all the layers.

Does anyone know how to keep the layers?

Thanks

[Vaughan]

FileMaker cannot store PSD files. Read the manual to see which file types it can store.

[forte]

You can insert PSD files by inseting them as a quicktime files.

I was able to do this in the past and in worked, but I only tried it to a handful of files (and it was a few months ago). And as I said it did save all of the layers....I was able to drag and drop them from the container field into photshop.

I have been trying to do this again and it isn't saving the layers now.

I have tried dragging and dropping one of the psd (quicktime) files that I stored in filemaker previously that used to work into photoshop and I get an error message that says "(the file name) could not be found and is required to complete this operation."

But in filemaker the graphic shows in the container field.

: Any suggestions?

[keshalyi]

Well, the problem is this - the container does not, necessarily, just store the binary data of whatever you bring in. Witness, for instance, an attempt to paste in a compressed jpg, and watch it decompress (GRRRR!). All the container will store is, to put it another way, what you would see, in a quicktime viewer. I had a similar issue, and here was my solution:

1. Save a reference to the file in a seperate, hidden field

2. Use the Container field as what it is now: just a picture preview with no layers

3. Make a button to 'Edit Original' that opens the referenced file.

Hope that helps. My first post, here, so I'm all shy and awkward and what not...

[joshthomas]

1. Save a reference to the file in a seperate, hidden field

2. Use the Container field as what it is now: just a picture preview with no layers

3. Make a button to 'Edit Original' that opens the referenced file.

Does this work on Macs and PCs? How does one reference the file on a Mac? I'm developing on a PC but some of our users are Mac-folks? Can I accomodate them (in a situation similar to the start of this post) with something I write on the PC or do i need to use a Mac to develop this part?

[keshalyi]

Well, I suppose theoretically it could work on both systems. The problem comes with the third step. To open the file for editing, you'll have to either use a plugin (Troi file plugin should work great, I imagine) or script it somehow. Applescript, this is easy, its like a five step script. Windows, I think you could batch file it, but you know, to be honest, you'd have to aska PC-head, and I am not one. Anyway, easy way out, buy the Troi ?File Plugin