Thumbnail view of PSD files

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My workflow has me creating a lot of masks in Photoshop. The masks are created from JPG files and saved out as PSD files to preserve the transparency. I have the JPG originals in one folder and the PSD files in another. Both folders are set to view the files as thumbnails, and, as far as I can see, the parameters for these thumbnails are identical in both folders.

However, the PSD folder thumbnails are around one-third smaller than the thumbnails in the JPG folder and they stubbornly refuse to resize like the JPG thumbs.

If I copy JPG files from the JPG folder into the PSD folder, they behave as they should. They are the same size in both folders and the increase in size as they should.

Anybody any ideas, please?

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If you display the PSD files in the Opus viewer pane, do you see larger versions of them, or the same small version?

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The image is fine in the viewer pane. The problem only seems to exist with the thumnails

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Thanks for checking that. That means there is a larger image Opus should have access to, at least.

Would you be able to send me a sample PSD file so I can see if the same happens here? (If it does, I have an idea for a way to fix it.)

If you don't mind it being public, you can zip it and attach it to a forum post; otherwise, via email to leo@gpsoft.com.au is also good.

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Leo, FWIW I see them same as auden but only when the thumbnails are set to larger than 164.

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Ah yes, same here.

Auden, is that what we're talking about -- only when thumbs are really large -- or a separate issue?

Opus always uses the embedded thumbnails at the moment but maybe we should change that so it uses the full-size preview image instead (or when a larger thumb is requested, at least).

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There is something magical about the value 164. If I set the the thumbnail size to 164 the thumbnails resemble JPG thumbnails - except they are too small for my needs - but as I zoom out, instead of the thumbnails getting bigger, the space between the thumbnails seems to get bigger and the thumbnails appear to get smaller.

FYI I like to have my thumbnail sizesaet to 256, which, as I have sid, is no problem with JPGs.

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I've coded a new option, Preferences / Miscellaneous / Advanced: psd_image_preference, which will allow you to tell Opus to use the full-size preview image when generating thumbnails. (It'll also allow you to do the reverse and tell Opus to use the small thumbnail image in the viewer, since some Photoshop workflows result in missing or corrupt preview images.)

I can't say when this new option will appear, since it requires some new strings to be translated and may be left until that can be bundled with other translation work, but the code is written so it should appear in a future version (but probably not the next version).

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Many thanks for your efforts , Leo