Author Topic: Money Images in Photoshop Not Working (Read 4444 times)

pixel8 · « **on:** October 04, 2015, 02:07 »

I was trying to import an image into photoshop tonight that had a portion of a hundred dollar bill in it and Photoshop said it could not open the image due to Currency issues and then wanted to direct me to some currency website.

Has anyone else had this problem of Photoshop recognizing money in the image and rejecting them?

It was flat on but it was only a third of the money. Anyone have a work around for this problem.

I ended up using Gimp instead but its not the same as using photoshop and was a pain to get the results I needed.

Kamran · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2015, 02:38 »

"Adobe's Photoshop has a built in counterfeit deterrence system designed to prevent users from accessing images of currency. When the Photoshop detects an attempt to access a currency image, it displays a warning message and directs the user to a website with information on international counterfeiting laws"

Reference: https://fstoppers.com/news/photoshop-wont-let-you-work-images-currency-7291

Error shown by photoshop
http://petapixel.com/2011/08/09/heres-what-happens-when-you-try-to-edit-photos-of-money-in-photoshop/

What happen when you try to photoshop Money?
http://hyperallergic.com/195922/what-happens-when-you-try-to-photoshop-money/

Pauws99 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 04, 2015, 02:50 »

Ridiculous isn't it hardly going to stop a master counterfeiter they have the same on Paintshop - sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.

estike · « **Reply #3 on:** October 04, 2015, 05:04 »

I had the same problem some months ago. What I know about this now:
It's to prevent counterfeiting, up from CS5. In springtime this wasn't an issue. I heard if only a part of the banknote is shown PS will open the image. But I don't know the size of this part (10%, 25%, 50% of the banknote??) It was possible to open a picture where a grandpa gives his grandson some money. The banknotes had been only a little part of the image but about 50 % of the banknotes were shown.

OM · « **Reply #4 on:** October 04, 2015, 06:50 »

With older versions of PS (dunno which versions) the workaround was to open the file in Image Ready.

Mrblues101 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 04, 2015, 11:20 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on October 04, 2015, 02:50

Ridiculous isn't it hardly going to stop a master counterfeiter they have the same on Paintshop - sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.

After home printers quality increase certain point and also home scanners resolution increase, Adobe implement this algrothm to prevent, not big scale counterfeiting; but some kind of homemade counterfeiting.

estike · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2015, 12:39 »

Quote from: OM on October 04, 2015, 06:50

With older versions of PS (dunno which versions) the workaround was to open the file in Image Ready.

What I know PS CS4 will open the images. It concerns only CS5 and newer.

estike · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2015, 12:46 »

Here some more informations. You can select other currencies.
http://www.rulesforuse.org/pub/index.php

Albert Martin · « **Reply #8 on:** October 19, 2015, 13:50 »

Try using GIMP... It is free download and it works OK.

jolen · « **Reply #9 on:** October 19, 2015, 16:59 »

Open file with GIMP, save as psd, then psd file open with Photoshop.

fotorob · « **Reply #10 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:07 »

I also list some other ways of opening money bills in Photoshop in my German blog article (you might need Google Translate):
http://www.alltageinesfotoproduzenten.de/2015/09/01/geldscheine-in-adobe-photoshop-oeffnen-und-bearbeiten/

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