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TOPIC: FOUND A BUG and WHY your cursor selection is off 10 pixels.
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/cf0fb24bed0cad49?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 11:42 am
From: Thomas_Fletcher@adobeforums.com

Problem: I sometimes have the selection from my cursor off 10 pixels.

I found out why this is happening and anyone can recreate this in the latest installment of Photoshop CS4 (I'm using extended)(mac)

Step 1: Make a new document. (any size)
Step 2: Turn ruler ON (CMD or CTRL + R)
Step 3: View document in full screen mode with menu bar (F once to fill the screen)
Step 4: Create a new document from that view (CMD or CTRL + N)
Step 5: Using the marquee tool, drag on the stage to see your selection off pixels.
Step 6: Look at the top of the document. You'll notice a white buffer the size of the ruler. It's because of the rulers, in fullscreen, creates a ghost of itself when creating a new document.

Please Adobe... FIX this!! =)

Also Flash CS4 bug. The Action panel on a mac cannot be re-sized from the TOP....... Adobe... seriously. HIRE ME to find these bugs out.

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 12:24 pm
From: Ann_Shelbourne@adobeforums.com

This is a known problem with certain Video cards which are not fully compatible with CS4's OpenGL.

Your choices are either to buy a new Video Card which is on Adobe's list of compatible cards; or to disable OpenGL.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 12:32 pm
From: Buko

Or you could not be in Full screen mode when you make a new document.

In all the years I've used Photoshop I've never made a new doc in full screen mode, until today.

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TOPIC: Selecting Layer within Group? (Similar to double clicking to select
layer not in group?)
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/a5358a4624d217c3?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 11:50 am
From: jezzthisisfull@adobeforums.com

Hi, in the same way one can double-click on an object to select its ungrouped layer in the Layers Palette, is there a way to select the individual layer of an object which is on a layer that is grouped with other layers in the Layers Palette?

Whenever I double-click on an object which is on a layer that is grouped with other layers in the Layers Palette, the entire group is selected. I would like to select an individual layer within the group.

Thanks

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 12:41 pm
From: peggyyy@adobeforums.com

I'm guessing this is what you are looking for. If i right click on a layer, an option box pops up with that layer name on top. I select that and now that layer is active.

hope this helps

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:34 pm
From: jezzthisisfull@adobeforums.com

no, no, sorry... in a document with no groups if a circle on a layer is double-clicked upon, the layer with the circle is selected....

ok, now suppose there is a document with a group of three layers...one of the grouped layers has a circle on it, another of the grouped layers has a square on it, and another layer in the group has a triangle. If the circle in this document is double clicked the entire group of three layers is selected; if the square in this document is double clicked the entire group of three layers is similarly selected, etc. How can one select just the layer with the circle, not the group of three layers?

How can a person select just a layer in a group, not the group in which the layer exists?

Sorry this question is so convoluted...its been a lonnnnnng day.....

thanks again

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TOPIC: Change in EXR open from CS2 to CS3 can this be fixed?
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/8948fc2c826ed062?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 12:27 pm
From: Chris_Cox@adobeforums.com

No, many file formats are not premultiplied, and some file formats support an alpha channel that has nothing to do with transparency/opacity.

TGA is not premultiplied (some people think it supports opacity, and some don't).
PNG is not premultiplied, and only supports opacity.
TIFF is premultiplied if you use opacity (associated alpha), and not if you only use unassociated alpha channels (because they aren't opacity, the color data cannot be premultiplied).

Just because the format has a place for some extra data - that does not mean that the format supports your interpretation of the data. Most file formats are pretty specific about how the data should be interpreted, but some are not, and some (TGA) have grown a following of users who just ignore the specification entirely.

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TOPIC: PS CS3: How to load all ______ (Styles, Brushes, Custom Shapes, etc.)
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/2d7a90391f76ba9c?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 12:28 pm
From: Chris_Cox@adobeforums.com

CS2, CS3, and CS4 all work exactly the same in that regard.

Most likely, you're looking at the wrong directory.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:15 pm
From: Kevin_Brock@adobeforums.com

Yep, that was it. When you drive it to the proper directory, in the PS folder, then you can select them all and load them in one fell swoop.

Thanks so much for your time!

All the best, Kevin

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TOPIC: New 1.5 Tb startup drive gives "program error"
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/57606080f298872a?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 12:29 pm
From: Chris_Cox@adobeforums.com

The drive probably isn't the issue.

An OS install with a bad default printer might be at fault.

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:17 pm
From: Neil_Keller@adobeforums.com

Chris,

could not create new document because of a program error

Is there some way that some of these generic "program error" messages can be replaced by meaningful messages?

Neil

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TOPIC: iMac runs slowly in Photoshop
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/78f84c21f1212ce5?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 12:38 pm
From: Ann_Shelbourne@adobeforums.com

Font corruption seems to be much more prevalent among the old Type 1 PostScript fonts where the Outline and Screen fonts seem to be able to lose their links to each other.

There is software which can often repair damaged fonts — I used to use Fontographer to do that.

There are still a bunch of very old Fonts out there which were written with a resource fork and which are now unusable. These include early versions (Pre 1992 if I remember correctly) of Optima and Eras — among others.

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 12:52 pm
From: Neil_Keller@adobeforums.com

Ann,

These include early versions (Pre 1992 if I remember correctly) of Optima
and Eras — among others.

Optima and Eras were the two Type 1 fonts written so that they output two distinct ways—one for low-res output devices (such as 300 dpi laser printers of the late 1980s-early 1990s); and one for hi-res output (such as for 2540 dpi imagesetters). As a result of higher resolution output devices plus user complaints about the different appearances, the fonts were eventually recoded so they printed identically to all output devices.

Neil

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:07 pm
From: Welles_Goodrich@adobeforums.com

An excellent utility of extreme simplicity is TransType by FontLab. I've over 12,000 fonts and when FAP reports a bad font, I load it up in TransType and resave it. Cures the problem which FontAgent 'thought' it found every time. It might seem a little expensive but with a large font library it is modestly priced I think. I have to 'repair' about 4 or 5 fonts a year. You can also load them up and save them again in TypeTool, a modestly priced and limited tool set font creator. That's FontLabs cheapo font creation tool and very good too! That's what Ann was doing in Fotographer a much more professional tool.

<http://www.fontlab.com/font-converter/transtype/>

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TOPIC: What #color Looks in Gamma 2.2, the Way This #color Looks in Gamma 1.8?
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/f488cbb967c3a241?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 12:56 pm
From: Neil_Keller@adobeforums.com

Vik,

i've run the Mac OSX color calibrator to set it to gamma 2.2 and white
point D65

The only way to be sure, as said above, is with hardware calibration. If you were to do the same visual calibration three times in a row, I'd put money on the results not exactly matching each other.

Neil

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TOPIC: New Video Card to use CS4!
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/c94850f26f781481?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:05 pm
From: peggyyy@adobeforums.com

I have the mac Pro Nvidia Gforce 7300. Reading the forums tells me i need a new video card to upgrade to CS4.

There isn't any use in even installing the trial with my video card, is there? CS3 is working well. I can live with the Bridge bugs, especially since Ramón noted that the CS4 cache mangement was still weak (in November - has that changed, Ramón?)

Ramón, you mentioned "mutant, 'flashed' for Mac cards originally built for the PC" Any alternative? In case I ever find it essential to upgrade.

I guess my honeymoon with the Mac is about over. Still love the stability, but not heaven on earth, is it!

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:20 pm
From: Allen_Wicks@adobeforums.com

Please tell us what Mac, RAM, etc. you are using.

Reading the forums tells me i need a new video card to upgrade to CS4.

Not necessarily. CS4 may run ok, just not Open GL functionality.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:23 pm
From: Neil_Keller@adobeforums.com

peggyyy,

Reading the forums tells me i need a new video card to upgrade to CS4

You don't need a new video card. You can run most Photoshop functions without it. But certain features, such as 3-D and rotation require advanced video or graphics cards. There are links in the gray panel on the front page of this forum for more specific information.

Within those limitations, I use Photoshop CS4 every day on my older G5 tower and without any flashed or upgrade card.

Neil

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TOPIC: Duplicating a layer/folder adds the word "Copy" at the end - How to
disable this?
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/6aa788de2be6c6f4?hl=en
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:24 pm
From: Vincent_G.@adobeforums.com

Hello World,

Every time you duplicate a folder or a layer, it adds the word "Copy" at the end. Is there a way to get rid of this?

I've been looking for a solution to this for the past 2 years. I spend 8 hours a day in Photoshop creating Comps. I'm crazy about having my layers clean, therefore I use a lot of folders, etc.

I probably waste an hour a day removing the $%)?#* Copy word at the end of layers/folders. This is driving me CRAZY while losing a lot of precious time.

Any clues?

I'm still hoping Adobe will get rid of this with every new release and it never happens. Am I actualy the only one to think this "feature" is insane?

Thank you.

== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:38 pm
From: "Ed Hannigan"

Seems quite sane to me. Why does it bother you?

To each his own.

Maybe it could be Scripted.

== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:42 pm
From: Paul_R@adobeforums.com

Yup allready done one here to edit/remove copy etc....
<http://photoshoptechniques.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28336>

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TOPIC: CS4 will not install
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/3c288781b7adfdd8?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:27 pm
From: Jim_Burton@adobeforums.com

I have an almost new imac and cs4 will not install. When checking system profile it hangs at about 85%. This is an upgrade disk with cs3 already installed on the imac. Anybody else run into this?

Jim Burton

== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:33 pm
From: Neil_Keller@adobeforums.com

Jim,

Please give us some specific details about your new iMac and OS and include free hard drive space.

Neil

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TOPIC: Pulling Green Screen.
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/212d9966474baefd?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:31 pm
From: Neil_Keller@adobeforums.com

Phos,

you have to worry about objects taking on and reflecting the color of
the backdrop they're shot against.

That's a good point. Often times, reflected color (whether from green screen or bright objects that have been masked out) becomes very apparent once the art is silhouetted.

Neil

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TOPIC: CS3 How to find out the color in a duotone
http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.photoshop.macintosh/t/d86c4c48570754f7?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 10 2009 1:41 pm
From: Neil_Keller@adobeforums.com

Some of the Pantone books offer CMYK color equivalents for each Pantone value. This might help here.

Neil

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