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    • E Offline
      ericschimel
      last edited by

      So I have this weird problem, whenever I "place" a geolocated model in Sketchup on my Mac, it opens the KMZ file in Photoshop.....

      I found a KMZ file on my hard drive, and realized that is was associated with Photoshop for some reason, I changed it to be associated with Google earth, and also selected "Change all" so that all KMZ files should be associated with Google Earth. Still though, whenever I place a model for some reason, it won't open Google Earth, it instead opens Photoshop. The KMZ files even have the Google Earth logo too....

      Has anyone run into this? I am doing a presentation at AIA tomorrow, and I'd really like for this to work properly.

      -Eric
      http://plugin.sketchthis.net
      Sketchup Kitchen Design Plugin
      Custom Models

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      • daleD Offline
        dale
        last edited by

        Under the menu SketchUp/Preferences/Applications is the application for editing image files set to Photoshop? If it is, this may be the problem.

        Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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          DavidBoulder
          last edited by

          Did this just start happening? was there a new install of Photoshop or any other change you can think of. I think the idea of changing the image editing app in SU is a good idea. If I remember correctly CS4 extended can open a number of 3d formats including KML/KMZ.

          You could try uninstalling Photoshop for your presentation, or maybe create a new user account that doesn't have access to Photoshop?

          --

          David Goldwasser
          OpenStudio Developer
          National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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            ericschimel
            last edited by

            This was a fresh install of Photoshop.

            To temporarily alleviate the problem, I just deleted Photoshop for the moment. I will be putting it back on soon and will let you know if I get the same results. I have had this happen with other programs and file formats before, and doing the standard Mac fill association switch worked fine....

            -Eric
            http://plugin.sketchthis.net
            Sketchup Kitchen Design Plugin
            Custom Models

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              DavidBoulder
              last edited by

              Was it the extended version of Photoshop?

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              David Goldwasser
              OpenStudio Developer
              National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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                ericschimel
                last edited by

                Yup!

                -Eric
                http://plugin.sketchthis.net
                Sketchup Kitchen Design Plugin
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                  dmorong
                  last edited by

                  This has happened in our computer lab as well. The new version of photoshop has hijacked kmz files and they open there instead of in google earth when you select the "sent to google earth" command.(or hit the orange arrow globe) We have not figured out a solution to this other than to save the kmz to the desktop and drop it on GE. Even using the get info menu to select "use this application to open all applications of this type" does not work. There may be something in PS preferences but I have not dug around there yet.
                  It is quite a pain.

                  David

                  Macbook Pro 16" (M1)
                  Mac 12.1
                  Sketchup 22.0.353

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                  • DavidBoulderD Offline
                    DavidBoulder
                    last edited by

                    Looks like instead of using a 3D Warehouse Photoshop Plugin, CS5 extended has built it into the app under a "3D Menu/Browse 3D Content"
                    http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Photoshop_CS3_Extended_Plug-In_for_Google_3D_Warehouse

                    I can't find much documentation about that feature, but maybe dig around and see if there is a way to disable their browser from the preferences, or change how it works.

                    Just out of interest, do you get this behavior both when Photoshop is running, and when it is not running? In other words, does it actually launch Photoshop on its own when this behavior happens. If it does then maybe Adobe has some other sneaky apps running that are keeping an eye on things? Like whatever their media browser is called these days (used to be Adobe Bridge)

                    --

                    David Goldwasser
                    OpenStudio Developer
                    National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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                      ericschimel
                      last edited by

                      This happened when Photoshop was not running. Clicking on the KMZ Launched Photoshop.

                      How would I check to see if Adobe did anything sneaky? There isn't really a task manager on Mac that I am aware of, other then "Force Quit"

                      -Eric
                      http://plugin.sketchthis.net
                      Sketchup Kitchen Design Plugin
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                      • DavidBoulderD Offline
                        DavidBoulder
                        last edited by

                        You could go to system preferences and your account, there should be startup items. Some items start up and then hide. I was wondering if Adobe has something under there. It is also possible that a preference under Photoshop could be meaningful. For example iPhoto has a preferences saying what app to launch when a camera is attached, and Apple's "Mail" app has the preference for what to use as the default mail app, or is that under Safari. Anyway, those are Apple made apps so I assume they have more access to the system than a third party app, in particular and Adobe app - the way Apple and Adobe are these days πŸ˜„

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                        David Goldwasser
                        OpenStudio Developer
                        National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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                          matthew.robert
                          last edited by

                          I have been battling this issue for over a year. It is frustrating as F.

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                          • GaieusG Offline
                            Gaieus
                            last edited by

                            Guys, I a not a Mac user so I do not know how (simple?) it is on the Mac but on my Windows I could fix it in about 7 seconds by changing the file type association. There MUST be something like this on the Mac, too!

                            Gai...

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