Photopaint

Hi George,
Thanks for the suggestion, but:
The only problem with installing both X6 and X7 is that the CPT thumbnails disappear. I tried uninstalling the X6 Shell Extension and installing the X6 Shell Extension but then everything crashed in both X6 and X7.
The problem could very well be Mystic Thumbs. It could be taking over the request for thumbnails and then replying that it can't create them. However, I need Mystic Thumbs for Photoshop PSD files. They're the only way to move layered files between Corel PhotoPaint, Adobe Photoshop, and even Corel's PaintShopPro.
I absolutely can't understand Gerard's ten year refusal to make the CPT thumbnails public. It's sounds crazy to me. He has needlessly created aggravation for a lot of users.
Phil

Phil1923 said:

However, I need Mystic Thumbs for Photoshop PSD files.

So after all this crap you're telling me the issue with viewing PP thumbnails is YOUR PHOTOSHOP PSD FILE PROBLEM!

Hi David,
What crap.
No other program has problems with Mystic Thumbs. If Corel's Shell Extension can't exist with Mystic Thumbs then it's the fault of Corel.
The Shell Extension problem has existed before Mystic Thumbs.
It also existed for VBGrafx for CDR thumbnails. My suggestion to use Mystic Thumbs was the only one that worked. See:
"http://community.coreldraw.com/talk/coreldraw_graphics_suite_x7/f/810/t/48215 "
Besides, what has your rant got to do with publishing the CPT specification.
Phil

So it's not Adobes fault that they don't care about a Windows preview for PSD files?

It's not your fault that you installed something that was not compatible>

It's Corels fault because they don't want to give away the file format they own!

Ok Phil can I have your house?

This thread reminds me of why I'm so tired of Microsoft and Windows. In OS X, pretty much every file type can be viewed beautifully as a thumb and blown up to the size of your screen, INSTANTLY. I messed around with crappy Mystic Thumbs. It worked sometimes and sometimes did not. I tried other solutions with the same crappy result. Sometimes I had to wait and wonder if a thumb would become visible in Explorer. Why in the world is Windows not like OS X where you can see everything, everywhere, instantly. On the desktop, in the email client, etc. OS X is amazing, visual, and caters to people dealing with image files. Windows? Microsoft is only interested in making sure that you will become a Bing customer, a OneDrive customer, and use it's stupid apps on your desktop PC. And making sure that you are logged into a Live account at all times.

KuttyJoe said:

Microsoft is only interested in making sure that you will become a Bing customer, a OneDrive customer, and use it's stupid apps on your desktop PC. And making sure that you are logged into a Live account at all times.

Agreed but don't forget the apps on your phone, which by the way I love my Windows phone.

KuttyJoe said:

Why in the world is Windows not like OS X where you can see everything, everywhere, instantly

According to my MAC guy that's not quite true and as far as I know he's shown me things where the view was incorrect or not there.  I gave up on the MAC as next to useless years ago.

ALL COMPUTERS are here to torture us.

In general, I agree that the Mac OS is nice from a user's perspective.

KuttyJoe said:

...In OS X, pretty much every file type can be viewed beautifully as a thumb and blown up to the size of your screen, INSTANTLY...

The Preview App really doesn't like to faithfully represent most any print-ready PDF I make if there are spot colors, transparency, etc. But that's the only exception I have seen.

Apple does a lot of things right. Want to sell an application for the Mac OS? Conform to a set of absolute specs/requirements. That's a good thing. I look at Macs as having "refined sensibilities." Whereas Windows has always reflected the Wild Wild West sort of thing. It's been changing ever so slowly, but there really hasn't been a determination on MS' part to get there anytime soon.

I'm not sure it's as cut and dry as you say. My son would disagree, according to him many of his apps for his Apple devices just do not perform as expected.

On my Windows 7 systems every application I ever installed works, every piece of new hardware installs automatically, my Windows phone is just wonderful, it's not perfect but I can run 95% of my business on it while on the road.

Now for those free apps from the stores, I like to think I'm smart enough not to install them.

Microsoft has become desperate. They can't afford to not drag along it's legion of desktop users so they are basically not giving them a choice. Just look at the foul way they are advertising Windows 10. In your notification area. And if you choose to hide it like other notifications, it comes right back when you reboot. You have to get clever to get rid of it. You have to figure out which "update" installed this malware and uninstall that update. Then you have to not allow automatic updates anymore. This is Microsoft's approach to everything since Windows 8. Bing. Logging in when you start your pc. OneDrive, etc. If you stay with Windows then this is what you will have to deal with. Microsoft's behavior is sinister.

Not meaning to sound fatalistic, but most corporations I deal with act in a sinister way. From the banks that (most) aren't really local anymore, to the grocery store, to the "Do No Harm" boys, to the idiots sitting on boards, those toying with Wall Street, and our (and about everyone else's) governments. It's a long list and it is only getting worse.

Personally, I also put Apple on the same list as MS, Adobe, etc.

You don't need to use a MS Live account to log in, either. One of my computers do, the other two don't. In a way, that's beside the point. The software we use and the platform we use it on--regardless of the platform--collects metadata on everything we do with it irrespective of the log-in. I don't personally care. Don't wanna share the info, never, ever, connect to a signal.