Gutted :( (or: Photoshop is a piece of SH*T!)

[Skyraider3D]

After several hours working in Photoshop I finally was nearing the end of my first 2D artwork. Then when I tried to save it, Photoshop gave me the "Can't complete action because of program error" message. The next half hour I spend trying to find a way to save my image. I couldn't save, couldn't save as, couldn't export to Image Ready, couldn't copy-paste the image layer for layer to another program (an older version of Photoshop wouldn't start either so I wouldn't actually know where to copy it to!). Searching the internet I found a tip to solve this problem when it happens: disconnect your internet. So I did.

The next second Photoshop crashed and I lost all my work for the evening.

I am absolutely gutted now :cry:

Are there any alternatives to Photoshop, besides Paint Shop Pro and The Gimp? I never want to touch this piece of garbage again! :confused:

[kevjon]

The only other alternative I can think is Corel Painter. It handles bigger images easier and saves much quicker than PS. I haven't had any stability problems so far but haven't used the software extensively yet so don't really know if it is unstable. Good for 2D artwork though.

[krazycolin]

Adobe has released a patch that addresses this issue. i've had the same problem... but no more... check it out and see....

(and here's hoping)

[deltacharlie]

Because of experiences with other "high-end" pieces of software, I save like an obsessive maniac...like every 5 minutes or so. I know it never does any good to say stuff like that after the fact, but it's just what I do to avoid losing work. I also save in incremental files in case I manage to mess up the latest version, especially in Maya which loves to secretly corrupt your files at the most inconvenient time. :frown: Maybe I spend more time saving than actually working, but after many years with computers I have learned to not trust them at all. At one point I had a disk drive that would let me save once on a floppy disk, and the second time it would corrupt the disk. So I would basically have to reformat the disk before every save...I lost LOTS of data before I figured out the secret. The local computer technicians couldn't find anything wrong with my drive, and I couldn't afford a new one back then.

Anyway, sorry to hear about this!! That always sucks. Many, many condolences.

In my opinion I still like Photoshop the best, unfortunately.

~DC

[MagnumHB]

Photoshop is still the best you're gonna get for 2-D editing. It isn't the industry standard for nothing.

[Archetype]

printscreen ? :)

[Skyraider3D]

Cheers for the support guys. I'm using CS so no patch for me. I find CS2 a pain in the *, cause they moved so many things around. The new layer controls, altered shortcuts, removal of some very useful features, it's horrible...


Archetype, I considered that but didn't have anywhere to paste to (MS Paint?)... and it was a 3000x2000 image. Also I'd lose all my layers so wouldn't be able to finish it really...