While I don't agree with ADOBE implementing this without notice. Nor do I like the idea of the inclusion of this "feature" in the software, it's not my place to figure out easy ways around it..
Nor is it the place of the Secret Service to encourage people to do so.. The RIAA isn't telling people how to record CDs either..
However, others have posted very simple ways to get around the software and I think that's appropriate for them to do.. I'm providing what I consider a public service by posting the sample image and copies of the error message.
However, in the REAL world, where we ALL do have to live, I don't think it makes sense for one person to BOTH post the examples AND to tempt the Feds by providing workarounds..
Well, I doubt that ADOBE came up with this on their own.. Otherwise, I doubt it would have found its way into BOTH Photoshop CS and PaintShop Pro 8 in the same time frame..
Sounds to me like it may have been a condition of getting government contracts..
However, I wonder if US Federal Government versions of the software show the same error when attempting to open the images..
The problem does NOT only crop up when you go to print, the error messages are generated when you TRY to even OPEN the images.. It might be a good idea to read the thread BEFORE you post..
Sometimes having worked in Govenrment and staying in the political loop has its benefits for me..
After a short discussion with the Secret Service
Public Affairs office in Washington, DC, today I believe that I am safe in providing the following information.
To quote from the US Secret Service website at
:
"The Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, permits color illustrations of U.S. currency provided:
1. the illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated;
2. the illustration is one-sided; and
3. all negatives, plates, positives, digitized storage medium,graphic files, magnetic medium, optical storage devices, and any other thing used in the making of the illustration that contain an image of the illustration or any part thereof are destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use."
For those in other nations you may find links to your applicable regulations at: Which is also where the PhotoShop CS error and PaintShop Pro error take you automatically to.
If you want to test this out yourself.
I am posting a copy of a US Government currency exemplar published SPECIMEN version of the new 2004 series $20 note, as well as JPEG images of BOTH the PhotoShop CS and PaintShop Pro 8 error messages, for TECHNOLOGY and media information purposes ONLY..
ALL and ANY INDIVIDUALS who download this image are responsible for their own actions and agree that they shall use this image ONLY for the technology demonstration purposes intended AND that they will destroy the file after it is used to demonstrate said technology. Downloading the file is at your own risk, and I accept no responsibility for your actions, use, or possession of said file or its contents.
The file is at:
http://www.krebs2003.com/adobe%20test%20image.zip
Beyond that, I can only say that when I did bring up the issue of how PhotoShop CS was dealing with the image, no-one at the Secret Service
seemed surprised.. They seemed, not surprisingly, more interested in some workaround I had discovered, which I have promised NOT to discuss.;-)
Keith
Actually, the law explicitly ALLOWS you to use the image.. Just within certain restrictions.. It seems that ADOBE simply chose to go with more restrictive measures so it would accord with the law in other countries..
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While I don't agree with ADOBE implementing this without notice. Nor do I like the idea of the inclusion of this "feature" in the software, it's not my place to figure out easy ways around it..
Nor is it the place of the Secret Service to encourage people to do so.. The RIAA isn't telling people how to record CDs either..
However, others have posted very simple ways to get around the software and I think that's appropriate for them to do.. I'm providing what I consider a public service by posting the sample image and copies of the error message.
However, in the REAL world, where we ALL do have to live, I don't think it makes sense for one person to BOTH post the examples AND to tempt the Feds by providing workarounds..
Keith
Well, I doubt that ADOBE came up with this on their own.. Otherwise, I doubt it would have found its way into BOTH Photoshop CS and PaintShop Pro 8 in the same time frame.. Sounds to me like it may have been a condition of getting government contracts.. However, I wonder if US Federal Government versions of the software show the same error when attempting to open the images..
The problem does NOT only crop up when you go to print, the error messages are generated when you TRY to even OPEN the images.. It might be a good idea to read the thread BEFORE you post..
Sometimes having worked in Govenrment and staying in the political loop has its benefits for me.. After a short discussion with the Secret Service Public Affairs office in Washington, DC, today I believe that I am safe in providing the following information. To quote from the US Secret Service website at : "The Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, permits color illustrations of U.S. currency provided: 1. the illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated; 2. the illustration is one-sided; and 3. all negatives, plates, positives, digitized storage medium,graphic files, magnetic medium, optical storage devices, and any other thing used in the making of the illustration that contain an image of the illustration or any part thereof are destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use." For those in other nations you may find links to your applicable regulations at: Which is also where the PhotoShop CS error and PaintShop Pro error take you automatically to. If you want to test this out yourself. I am posting a copy of a US Government currency exemplar published SPECIMEN version of the new 2004 series $20 note, as well as JPEG images of BOTH the PhotoShop CS and PaintShop Pro 8 error messages, for TECHNOLOGY and media information purposes ONLY.. ALL and ANY INDIVIDUALS who download this image are responsible for their own actions and agree that they shall use this image ONLY for the technology demonstration purposes intended AND that they will destroy the file after it is used to demonstrate said technology. Downloading the file is at your own risk, and I accept no responsibility for your actions, use, or possession of said file or its contents. The file is at: http://www.krebs2003.com/adobe%20test%20image.zip Beyond that, I can only say that when I did bring up the issue of how PhotoShop CS was dealing with the image, no-one at the Secret Service seemed surprised.. They seemed, not surprisingly, more interested in some workaround I had discovered, which I have promised NOT to discuss. ;-)
Keith
Actually, the law explicitly ALLOWS you to use the image.. Just within certain restrictions.. It seems that ADOBE simply chose to go with more restrictive measures so it would accord with the law in other countries..