Importing Print Shop Pro .png files to Photoshop?

[Billy J.]

I am new at this and still in the transition stage between using Paint Shop Pro 7 to Photoshop 7; I have studied the Manual and Help and still cannot for the life of me figure out how to import my Paint Shop Pro files (.psp) into the Photoshop 7 program. I know it must be something simple that I am overlooking, but I am a dummy. Can someone help me please?

[hot_denim]

Maybe try saving as Photoshop's PSD from within Paint Shop Pro ?..

[YrbkMgr]

Your title says "PNG", but the body of your post says "PSP". Different animals.

Photoshop does not import PSP files at all, period.

You can save as a photoshop file in PSP, and in most cases it will preserve the layers, but some features within PaintShop Pro are not supported (like text on a path) in Photoshop so those layers will be rasterized upon conversion to Photoshop (PSD).

[Billy J.]

Thanks guys. Sorry to hear that Photoshop doesn't import PSP files, booo! I would have thought someone would have made a plugin (I think that is what they are called) to do that by now.

Most of the stuff I do is in .png format, and I was in a hurry so I got the description of everything kinda jumbled, even referring to Paint Shop Pro 7 as Print Shop Pro 7 (methadummy), so I was mixing oranges an apples...I should have proof-read my post, sorry.

Update: I tried your suggestions and saved a copy of one of my .psp files as a .psd file in Paint Shop Pro and it worked like a charm in Photoshop. That will save me a lot of work.

Thanks again guys/gals, I owe you a beer or two if you make it to Texas.

[YrbkMgr]

Billy,

This is a great place for a PaintShop Pro convert. I used to use PaintShop Pro exclusively and in a year and a half of visiting this forum (plus 12-18 hours a day using photoshop) I've learned so much.

Come back and ask away, it's a good, professional forum, and the folks here are tops.

Peace,
Tony