PS CS 3 & XXpro 3.24

**evogel99** · 22 December 2007, 06:12 AM

I can export a PSD from Xara and open it successfully in Photoshop CS3. I can get text to come across as text.

OTOH when I save a PSD from CS3 with text in it, I always get this message "PSD file contains unsupported text layers" and the text is rasterized. Not what I expect or want.

Does anyone know: Is this considered a defect (I hope) and will it be addressed soon?

Thanks

Eric

**steve.ledger** · 22 December 2007, 08:06 AM

I doubt it's a defect or bug. If you import a PSD with text layer into CoredlDrawX3 the text is also rasterised as well.
Adobe Illustrator will open a PS produced PSD and retain text as editable.
You could open in AI then export as a PDF for importing into Xara?
(Exporting a PDF from PS doesn't work well either.)
At the end of the day, PS is a raster editor - so i'd be more inclined to praise Xara for actually exporting to a PSD format that PhotoShop can actually work with, rather than thinking that Xara is failing when trying to open whatever PS produced.

But is there a reason for not creating the text in Xara?

**raynerj1** · 22 December 2007, 01:09 PM

Have you tried saving the file as a PS7 or earlier?

**steve.ledger** · 22 December 2007, 08:23 PM

In my version of PS CS3 there is no option to save in legacy PSD formats.

**raynerj1** · 22 December 2007, 11:07 PM

ouch... even in save as?

**Tao jones** · 22 December 2007, 11:10 PM

just re-do the text in PS or rasterize it again in PS then you won't get that unsupported text notification....

**steve.ledger** · 22 December 2007, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by Tao jones

just re-do the text in PS or rasterize it again in PS then you won't get that unsupported text notification....

I think evogel99 wants to retain the text 'un-rasterized'

John

ouch... even in save as?

Saving a 'new' file is technically the same 'save as'.
Choosing 'Save as' for a file previously created is the same as saving a
new' file.
So basically no - there are no options in CS3 save dialogue for saving in an earlier format of the .psd file type.
Though I am not a PS power user, so if I'm wrong, someone is sure to correct me..

**Tao jones** · 23 December 2007, 01:36 AM

It can't be done...you would have to do your work in PS without text then bring it back into xara and then do the text last to keep text vector.

**evogel99** · 23 December 2007, 01:41 AM

Exactly - I'd like Xara to retain the text as text.

I'm certainly NOT criticizing Xara. I'm trying to avoid buying Illustrator because I have and like Xara!

I'd just like symmetrical treatment of the layers. I applaud Xara for exporting a decent PSD. And Xara can import the PSD that it exports. I am disappointed that it can't import a PSD file from CS3.

Based on the comments about PS 7, it sounds like Xara used to be able to import a PSD created in PS, but now it can't. So, that leads to my original question, bug or feature to be released soon?

**steve.ledger** · 23 December 2007, 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by evogel99

I'd just like symmetrical treatment of the layers. I applaud Xara for exporting a decent PSD. And Xara can import the PSD that it exports. I am disappointed that it can't import a PSD file from CS3.
So, that leads to my original question, bug or feature to be released soon?

Don't be disapointed, remember, CorelDraw and many other apps also cannot import a .psd with anything but rasterised text.
As I said, I doubt it's a bug of any third party software. The important thing is Ps is a raster editor, sure it can export paths as .ai vector lines - but that's about it.
Because Illustrator can understand and keep the text editable from a Ps produced .psd is infact unsuprising.