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Enayla · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 3:25 pm

I'm in tears here.

Been working on a stupid picture. For a long while. Almost finished.

Almost done.

Just the last, pretty, neat, touch-ups, and then, I was going to send it off to the person I had made it for.

And what happens? Yeah...

...well...

...the stupid, damn, ugly, bloody computer decides to crash.

I'm shaking. Damn, damn, damn. The file vanished. Just gone. Like that. Latest version: two days ago. It was almost finished! I'll never be able to make it that pretty again!

Sorry, I don't wanna whine, but damn, this sucks. I'm...agh...oh hell... *unhappy, unhappy, unhappy whimper*

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[This message has been edited by Enayla (edited January 30, 2001).]

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Guy · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 3:42 pm

aww damn that really sucks. sorry to hear that. you sure its completely gone? i dont really see how it could disapear completely

Enayla · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 3:47 pm

It's gone all right.

I was in the process of saving it (Ctrl+s) for the umpteenth time (I'm always terrified of losing pictures) when a window suddenly popped up and told me my hard disk was full and it couldn't finish the save.

I got pretty confused because it SHOULDN'T be, and went to delete some files. Then the computer crashed.

File was gone.

It's name still existed in the "recently used files" folder as a shortcut, but the stupid picture was gone.

*sniffle*

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��You can't leave footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt��
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Guy · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 3:54 pm

doh

.. you have previous saved versions though i hope, right? if so, then i guess you'll just have to go back and repaint all the stuff you did just before. its happend to me before. sometimes it seems like it turns out better the second time

Enayla · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 3:56 pm

Picture has to be finished the day after tomorrow.

I do have a previously saved version...

...minus all the nifty stuff like hair, features, shadows... yeah, you know, the things that make a picture worthwhile...

thanks anyway though *weak smile*

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��You can't leave footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt��
(And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?)

SlightlyTwisted · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 4:55 pm

Eeeek!

It wasn't THE picture, was it? I have the scary feeling it was...

Enayla · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 5:03 pm

It was very much "the" picture.

I'm working on it at a ridiculously rushed speed now.

Thus, no ICQ.

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��You can't leave footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt��
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[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

:p
thank bill gaytes for that. Him and his lame monopoly!

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Ctrl+Z · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 5:23 pm

back up, back up, back up.
save, save, save.

i wish Adobe would make a timer on their porg where you could set it to save every so many minutes. =D

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SlightlyTwisted · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 5:31 pm

ARG! THE picture. It was so beautiful, too... so frustrating.

That said, despair not. I have every bit of faith in your ability to work your magic. Don't worry if it doesn't come out exactly as it was before. All that matters is that it's a picture you're happy with, not that it's exactly the same picture. I know it's not easy to think pleasant thoughts, under the circumstances, but as long as you don't think about the task at hand once again too much, it'll be okay. I recommend destracting your mind with that oh so soothing Sleepy Hollow soundtrack.

Just take a deeeep breath, and relax. You've done it before, and I know you can do it again.

*in light of the lack of ICQ, dons his cuddley teddy bear outfit, and cheers her on silently.*

Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

Bummer cher. If you need help with something let me know. I know how hard you have been working on it and that really sucks.

Freddio · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 6:06 pm

Enayla · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 6:39 pm

Seems I work best under stress. Or something.

Thanks for the support everyone...

...I think I'll manage to get the pic done in time (since I worked on it nonstop since the newest version finished). She's now got hair, and he has lashes again. You might get to see the picture sometime.

I actually used the 800 pixels high jpeg image I had sent to a friend to get it right... Too tired to get into the details right now.

*yawns and crawls off to bed*

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��You can't leave footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt��
(And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?)

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Giant Hamster · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 1782

it would be neat if you could mix programs...

then you could mix PS with Painter 6. because painter 6 sucks, BUT it has an auto-save(only works in movie mode).

every time the picture updates its automatically save so that the only thing ever missing when your comp crashes is the very last line you drew...hopefully your not drawing the entire picture in one line.

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faustgfx · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 8:39 am

back up, cvs system, non-local drives, nt4, all these little things that seem quite ridiculous can save lives.

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-- Transcendent -- · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 8:51 am

And pehaps, someday in the distant future, you might find yourself thanking God for this.

Don't get too dissapointed, yet. (btw, I've been through worse ... if it were any consolation, once, just a couple of weeks ago, I lost a website I had been working for 6 months. Yes. 6 months ! Fancy that.)

SuPeR_DrAwEr · member Member # Joined: 11 Oct 2000 Posts: 80

errr why would i thank god for something that i should thank myself for setting up?

god does not set up my hardware and software. i do.

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faustgfx · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 1:15 pm

or have a program back up your whole file server without you having to even think about it.

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the law of lead now reigns!@#!/earth crisis

[email protected]
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Periadam · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 1:53 pm

oh, poor Enayla... it is so supremely sad when a thing like that happens. and even though it could seem like you couldn't do it again as well, there's a good chance that you can. that's what I always find anyway. It's often better the second time around.

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[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

ye, go download win2k off warez and have no more problems with crashes WEEEEEEEE!
And dont forget to send me a link too hehe,.

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jcterminal · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 12:58 am

quote:
Originally posted by faustgfx:
back up, cvs system, non-local drives, nt4, all these little things that seem quite ridiculous can save lives.

save early, save often, do nightly back-ups.

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Justin Kramer · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 1:34 pm

Ouch. Sorry

Have you checked the Windows temp directory (\windows\temp\), and done scandisks after the crash?

Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

She has already redone the pic.

Enayla · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 1:59 pm

I tried everything I could think of...

but as Chapel just said, the picture is already redone - you can find it in the Gallery forum

Thanks for the help though

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��You can't leave footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt��
(And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?)

Frozen Consciousness · member Member # Joined: 24 Jan 2001 Posts: 91

Enayla, gods I sympathis with you and say only this...

DOWN WITH BILL GATES!

One question to anyone in particular, if it's just a random crash, where does Photoshop store the file until the save? I lost a picture yesterday which I spent hours over... I want it back.

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[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

In scratch file wherever you specified it to be. But you aing getting your picture out of there! Even if it somehow stayed undeleted, there are no programs that can filter out imagery as complex as photoshop produces (it's not like regular BMPs you kniow.. we have layers, effects)

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