I have just switched to using Mac OS X ver. 10.54 on a 2.4 GHz Intel Macbook with 4 Gb of ram and am trying a trial version of CS3. I am having trouble pasting images copied (either command c or right clicking) from either Powerpoint or Corel Draw 11.

I can copy the images and paste them withing the respective programs but when I command tab to PS and make a new blank image (with custom dimensions) the dimensions do not correspond to the image I copied and it cannot be pasted either by shortcut or by using drop down menus (greyed out).

To make this more frustrating, I can take the offending powerpoint and/or corel draw files into windows xp (on an old dell) and freely copy and paste using adobe photoshop 7.0. However, when I installed PS 7.0 a using Parallels on my Macbook, the problem arises again.

My guess is that it has something to do with Leopard although a google search revealed that while a few people are having this problem, mostly when they try to printscreen and past into PS, the majority do not have this issue.

Any help or insight on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Matt,

I am having trouble pasting images copied (either command c or right clicking)
from either Powerpoint or Corel Draw 11.




What file format are these images? What reason/information is given for some folks having this problem beyond "something to do with Leopard?

File formats that can be read by Photoshop on one platform should be readable on the other, particularly if the same or later version is used.

Print screen would not be my first choice for copying the images.

Neil

Thanks for your reply Neil,

I was just using printscreen as the only example I could find of people having a similar problem, usually in Vista.

The file formats in question are either .jpeg and .tif that have been imported and in other instances dragged and dropped into either powerpoint or corel draw.

The only possible theory is that somehow the way Leopard has files on the clipboard/pasteboard and how PS sees that data. Clearing the clipboard/pasteboard in terminal did not fix the problem either.

Just curious if you have a similar set up that is working fine?