jericho_21 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Hi, guys, I recently acquired Photoshop CS3 Extended for my iBook G4. I wanted to own it outright, instead of working with it online in Creative Cloud. As you know, Photoshop CC only works with Intel computers. So, my question is this. Does anyone know where to find a palette file that I can work with to create Atari 8-bit graphics on the Photoshop CS3 Extended workspace in Mac OS X? After all, why pay an online fee to work on something like this when the opportunity to own the software is right in front of me? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Hi, guys, I recently acquired Photoshop CS3 Extended for my iBook G4. I wanted to own it outright, instead of working with it online in Creative Cloud. As you know, Photoshop CC only works with Intel computers. So, my question is this. Does anyone know where to find a palette file that I can work with to create Atari 8-bit graphics on the Photoshop CS3 Extended workspace in Mac OS X? After all, why pay an online fee to work on something like this when the opportunity to own the software is right in front of me? Thanks. If I'm not mistaken, any of the emulator palettes (.act files) work with Photoshop. At least that's how I did it on my really old version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho_21 Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 If I'm not mistaken, any of the emulator palettes (.act files) work with Photoshop. At least that's how I did it on my really old version. So, you mean like files .ACT files built in the emulators, like Altirra or Atari800, correct? I assume they are already in there with the emulators. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho_21 Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) Thanks, Stephen. I found the .act files I needed. I will try them in Photoshop and see what happens. You were a wonderful help and it is duly appreciated. I was certain the files would be in the emulator, but it sounded like a noob question. My apologies. But, thanks anyway, for your advice. Edited July 29, 2017 by jericho_21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Will this work in Photoshop CS5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Will this work in Photoshop CS5? Yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I recently acquired Photoshop CS3 Extended for my iBook G4. I wanted to own it outright, instead of working with it online in Creative Cloud. As you know, Photoshop CC only works with Intel computers. So, my question is this. Does anyone know where to find a palette file that I can work with to create Atari 8-bit graphics on the Photoshop CS3 Extended workspace in Mac OS X? After all, why pay an online fee to work on something like this when the opportunity to own the software is right in front of me? Thanks. Check out this thread: Atari 128 Color Palettes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho_21 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Check out this thread: Atari 128 Color Palettes Thanks for this post link. I am sure it will really help. Duly appreciated, as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho_21 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 I was wondering about those palette files that I just downloaded. They come up as UNIX executable files. Are these for Photoshop CS3 for Power Macs as well? That is the system I am working with. Are they compatible with my PowerPC G4-based system? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho_21 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Also, I put them in the Optimized Colors folder, where other .ACT files were. I do not have a Palettes Folder in my main Photoshop folder. That's just FYI, thanks. Another thing, they come up as Adobe files on my Intel iMac. So, that is a good thing. I don't want to pay for Photoshop CC, hence all these questions. Sorry for inundating everybody with them. I am just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) I was wondering about those palette files that I just downloaded. They come up as UNIX executable files. Are these for Photoshop CS3 for Power Macs as well? That is the system I am working with. Are they compatible with my PowerPC G4-based system? Thanks. It doesn't matter what system you're using; I'm using them with Photoshop for Mac and Windows. Under your "Window" menu in Photoshop, you open up "Swatches". From the Swatches floating window you can open its little fly-out menu and use "Load" or "Replace" and select any of these palette files. Edited July 30, 2017 by MrFish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho_21 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Oh, OK. Thanks for the instructions. I never knew that. Well, I guess I know now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho_21 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 The deed is done! Thanks for your help. I have the swatch files on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 No problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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