Ahish18 wrote:
Hello Guys,
All of a sudden my system turned off due to power cut. And now when I open the .psd file it gives an error "Could not complete your request because it not a valid Photoshop document". I think the psd file got corrupted. Is there any way to fix this? I have almost tried every recovery software that is available online. None worked for me. Its a 242mb psd file. Help please.

that's a big file, bigger than some video files.
don't you have the orginal jpeg, or raw file?
have you tried the Pixillion file recovery program?

63fotos wrote:
that's a big file, bigger than some video files.
don't you have the orginal jpeg, or raw file?
have you tried the Pixillion file recovery program?

the original file won't have the hours of work done. the selection process, dodge & burn can consume days.

if the header is trashed, you may be able to save it with a hex editing program, if the data is corrupt  and the file used image compression, it's a lost cause. most "recovery" programs are usually undelete functions and very few repair damaged files. of course, if you have a backup version - that's the best option. for extensive work, save to multiple versions. that's the best workflow; but not many people think about that nor do it.

ups (uninterruptible power supply); my computers and network are on a high capacity power backup system. nothing worse than a power outage when rendering, uploading or transcoding a 4k video file.

Michael DBA Expressions wrote:
Wish we could have saved you the effort, but sometimes it can't be helped. Save early and often, and remember, there's no such thing as too many backup copies.

Thank you