How can I open this .psd file?

Question

I have Adobe Photoshop 6.0. This file was originally a .rar file that I extracted from WinRar. Once extracted I used Adobe Photoshop to open but it says "it is not the right kind of document." What is wrong? The icon of the file even shows adobe photo and I am positive that it is an adobe photoshop file. Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

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A free software download from Google.
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Answer 2

Yes *.psd files are photoshop files. The icon is displayed for every such file.
First extract the original file again. You may have had an extraction error. If the extraction goes well the second time, and you still can't open the file then there are 2 possibilities: either you file is corrupted (by a virus or something), and there is no way to open it, or you could try installing a newer version of photoshop, or at least a trial version. Ver 9.0 is on the market for almost 2 years now (CS), so your version is pretty old, and i dont know if the *.psd files are compatible in the 2 versions..

Answer 3

maybe it was made in adobe photoshop cs2 (which is 9 i think) and ur version 6 is not compatable, if u baught it then adobe should let u upgrade 4 free i think

Answer 4

I would suggest you try irfanview image viewer. If the file is misformatted or simply the wrong file format identifier it should tell you, http://www.irfanview.com/.