Unique textures vanishing?

[ampersand]

not sure if this is actually a bug or if this is something i may be doing incorrect.
but it worked on sketchup 7 for me just fine.
but basically on sketchup 8

i apply a texture to a face.
right click to make this a unique texture.
right click to edit texture (which then pops up in windows image viewer)
right click again and open with photoshop and edit texture
go back to sketch up and the edited texture shows for about 2 seconds then reverts back to the un-edited version.

now i am on windows 7 and previously when using sketchup 7 i was set up on windows xp.
so not sure if that is the issue.
or if i am simply doing something wrong.
this did work for me previously.
is it a bug or is it something im doing wrong?

sorry if this in in the wrong forum

thanks in advance

[Dave R]

You should set up in Preferences so when you choose to edit the material image, your editor (PhotoShop)opens instead of the viewer.

Please also edit your profile to include your SketchUp version, operating system etc.

[ampersand]

thank you very muchly

but what you suggest still doesnt seem to be working.

i edit the image and save and as soon as i jump back to sketchup i see it for about 1 or 2 seconds then it reverts back to the original??? im totally stumped on this one

[thomthom]

Do you have any plugins installed?
Render engines? V-Ray?

[ampersand]

yes i have vray installed. but the texture is vanishing in the sketchup viewport.
is there any refresh instance i may be missing out on here?

[thomthom]

Try with when V-Ray is not loaded.

[ampersand]

still vanishes with vray not loaded in...im totally baffled by this. never had this issue before!