C1 to Lightroom & Signature

bernphys

• July 24, 2010 16:42

(1) I have C1 set to process directly into LR3.
In a lot of instances,..(but not all)....when I process files I am told the following:

"Can’t import “.canal-55.tifâ€. The file appears to be unsupported or damaged"

However the file always imports ok into LR3 when I press ok. ?????????

Has anyone comes across this previously.

(2) What is the best method of getting one's signature as an image into the section 'watermark'. Doing it the Photoshop way does not work because the background upon which the image will be made appears on the C1 image as well.

Thank you

Bernard

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • July 24, 2010 19:35

  Re. 1) Maybe it helps when you uncheck the option "Create thumbnail on save" in CO5's process recipe tool on the Output tool tab. According to your post it is the desktop icon file that is causing the trouble (it has the same name as the image file but with a prefixing dot). LR3 should neglect this however but does not.
  The error message does not relate to the image file itself, hence it opens fine in LR3.

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  Drew Altdo

  • July 25, 2010 00:42

  1) Do you get the error if you Process first and then Open in Lightroom, as appose to have the file open directly?
  
  2) PSD without any backround layers.

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  bernphys

  • July 25, 2010 11:09

  Paul...Thank you..will try that.
  
  Drew...process first and autoconne t to LR3.
  Not transferring any PSD's
  
  Thanks
  
  
  Bernard

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  Drew Altdo

  • July 25, 2010 14:02

  [quote="bernphys" wrote:
  Drew...process first and autoconne t to LR3.

  
  -Just to clarify, this is the only setup where the error occurs?
  
  

  [quote="bernphys" wrote:
  Not transferring any PSD's

  
  -Sorry I don't follow? If you create a PSD of your signature without any background layer, the resulting file and watermark will be only your signature. The remaining space will be 100% transparent.

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  bernphys

  • July 25, 2010 15:44

  Thanks for your reply.....
  
  (1) As far as I know yes....if this proves different over the next few days I will revert.
  
  (2) Will investigate the signature in PSD format again and see if I can make it transparent for use on the C1 images. I will also revert on this soon.
  
  
  Many thanks for your assistance.
  
  
  Bernard

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