[vdubber]

I'm teaching a class about photoshop CS3, most if not all the students when saving their work can not open them back up in photoshop, it tells them it is not a psd file because it saved as a .bmp file?

any suggestions.....

Saving for me isnt a problem.. so maby some settings, but I dont see any options for settings...

[JustinPS]

That's strange, because Photoshop CS3 can definitely open, edit, and create bitmap (.bmp) files.

How exactly are you having them create files? If you are having them open a file, especially if you saved it from the web or from another document (like Word, Publisher, etc), it might automatically be opening it as a .bmp, in which case it will save it that way.

If you add any layers to a new document, Photoshop should automatically try and save it as a .psd file if you do a "Save As..." instead of just "Save". The only thing I could suggest is to do a "Save As..." every time (Shift + Ctrl + S is the keyboard shortcut, to save time) and make sure the File Type is .PSD

[antimoth]

We're not talking demo CS3? Maybe the demo version is constrained from saving files.

[vdubber]

no its not a demo.. they are creating work with layers... and i thought at first they just didnt know how to save it, but I got some do a save as .psd and some as .jpeg and some as a pdf file... and all of them they cant open back up in photoshop because they turn out to be .bmp files.... its strange..

[JustinPS]

What file format is the original file that they are working from?

[vdubber]

fixed it by accident.. some how it work if you manually type .psd behind it instead of selecting the .psd from the menu... random, but it works.