Adobe Systems' commercial software for editing and manipulating digital photographic images
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What's the touch resolution (LPI) of the Magic Trackpad?
I'd like to know how the Magic Trackpad compares with Wacom tablets as far as resolution goes. The Wacom Intuos5 line has 5080 LPI, while the Bamboo line has 2540.
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Photoshop elements 11
I am comparing prices of Photoshop Elements 11 for our new iMac. Some of the ads say 4 gb space needed for download. Others are less money but only need 1.5 gb. Are there different versions of ...
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How to trim many files using adobe photoshop
I have 300 png files. I want to trim each of them. But for this I need open each file and make changes (even if I make script for trimming and save it will be long to open each file and do trimming). ...
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Start PhotoShop with remote connections enabled
I'd like to be able to start PhotoShop from the command line with remote connections enabled. I'd like the script to take 2 arguments, "service" and "password".
The way I do this now:
1. Double ...
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I run out of RAM on a 8GB MacBook Pro 15"
I'm a designer using Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro 15" (i7) with 8GB Ram, 500GB (180GB free) (2010 model).
I usually use Chrome (4/5 tabs), Firefox (1/2 tabs), Skype, VM Ware Fusion (with Win XP, ...
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Are there viable and cheaper alternatives to Photoshop?
Is there any software like Photoshop that can also open .PSD files? I don't need an enterprise / extremely feature laden editor, but I do wish to have the following required features at a price point ...
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Available RAM less than what my Macbook is supposed to have
When I go into Photoshop and then I look at performance in the preferences, it says that I have "3240 MB Available", whereas I have a 4gb RAM MacBook Pro.
Also, it often crashes, and I frequently have ...
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Xserve save not syncronized
OK here is the setup 5 mac,router, network, xserver, all 10.6.8
If i open a PSD document, the background is red.... I change it to green, then i save... when i reopen this psd doc, the background is ...
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Getting rid of the annoying Photoshop CS6 timeline
Every time I open Photoshop, here it is, the annoying and obtuse timeline box. I hide it. I create my own workspace and save it. But every time I run Photoshop CS6 the timeline window is there. I ...
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On my MacBook Pro, how can I open a picture in Photoshop that is in my iPhoto library?
I have imported a bunch of photos from my iPhone into iPhoto. I notice that it saves my full photo library as a single file (12 GB in my case) and when I open iPhoto it works fine.
I now want to open ...
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Possible to send an image from Preview app to Adobe Photoshop?
I would like to have a button or configurable keyboard shortcut to send the image in active Preview app to Adobe Photoshop.
It will also be useful if I can specify which version of Photoshop to open ...
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What advantages do Macs offer designers? [closed]
I'll try to make this not be an opinion or a preference question. I am previously a PC owner and I am looking for a new computer. A school of thought around Macs being better for designers than ...
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Drop shadow lingering on screen from CS6 splash screen
When I opened photoshop cs6 just now, the fancy new splash screen popped up and went away as normal, only the drop shadow around the outline of the splash screen has stayed on my desktop...
At first ...
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How to fix Photoshop CS3 startup error “One or more files in the Adobe Application Support folder” after upgrading to 10.6?
After upgrading to 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Adobe Photoshop gives an error message on every start of the application:
"One or more files in the Adobe Application Support folder, necessary
for running ...
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iMac 2012 so slow and brake in photoshop [closed]
I'm using Lion on my iMac, and when I work with big Photoshop files (web design, not photos), I see sometimes slideshow when I move group objects. I think that this is a bug with the video drivers.
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Is “The disk copy of 'filename.psd' was changed since…” dialog a sign of harddrive issues?
I saw this message and I'm not sure if it is a sign of harddrive issues (corruption, etc) or anything I should be concerned about. It popped up in Photoshop when saving. Might also be worth noting ...
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How to make Photoshop use multiple windows?
I'm starting to use Photoshop CS 6, coming from CS 3. The older version has an option to use multiple windows (one per document) with floating palettes. Is this arrangement available in Photoshop CS ...
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Browse iPhoto library in photoshop or bridge
For whatever reason you cannot browse your iPhoto library from Photoshop.
I had hoped CS6 would have added something but no. I have been looking for years and can't believe no one has written a plug ...
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Is There A Free Photoshop Alternative for Mac OS X?
I've been doing quite a bit of searching, but I'm only turning up commercially licensed packages. I don't need something as fully-featured as Photoshop, but something in that genre is sufficient. ...
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How to disable save as in Photoshop/Illustrator?
We have basic security applied to a shared folder so only the authorized user can access the resource. The folder contain Illustrator and Photoshop files.
We would like to have a better authority ...
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Problem with move tool in Photoshop CS 5.5
I just switched from PC to Mac, and there's a problem with Photoshop on OS X: I can't move any layer with the Move tool. It doesn't display any error or dialog box but it simply won't do it. Whenever ...
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How to change photoshop JPEG output header format?
We are using Adobe Photoshop on a Mac to output JPEG image files. These image files need to be rendered on an embedded output device that we have no control over. It seems that the files output by ...
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Cannot install Adobe CS5 - install hangs at calculating time
I am not able to install any of the Adobe CS5 software. The installer hangs when calculating time.
Here's what I found in the installer log:
[ 0] Mon Oct 3 21:22:13 2011 INFO
::START ...
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Adobe Creative Suite CS5 - One License Multiple Macs
As freelance web designer I have a total of four macs. I have an office I use during the day with an iMac and MacBook for taking to client meetings. And I also have a iMac and MacBook at home for ...
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Photoshop to iPad color profile woes
This is driving me insane.
I always design in Photoshop with my monitor profile as the active profile. My PSD's are never color managed. This is the way I've designed since I can remember and I have ...
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How to diagnose why plugins don't show in Photoshop?
I have some Photoshop plugins in a folder PSPlugins in my home folder. When Photoshop runs, it doesn't see them. I did put the correct path into the preferences. Is there some way to determine why ...
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How can I best use an SSD?
I have a Mac Pro, and I've added an Intel 80GB SSD to improve performance in LightRoom and Photoshop. So far so good.
But after moving all of my current work, catalogs, etc. to the SSD, I still have ...
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All of my Adobe CS4 apps beachball in Lion and will not run at all
I upgraded my laptop to Lion last night. I decided to not upgrade my Mac Pro yet in case I ran into issues. Turned out to be a wise move, because while things went smoothly for the most part, I did ...
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Font properties of text layer in PSD file — possible to inspect without Photoshop?
I want inspect (and just that, without editing this layer) which font, size, color etc. were used in a given text layer in PSD file created with Photoshop. Is this doable without Photoshop.app? ...
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Will Photoshop CS version 8.0 work if I update from Tiger to Leopard?
I have just baught an Iphone and I have to upgrade my itunes, but it says my operating system is too old. I have an Ibook G4 10.4.11 with a 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 processor. The support team are sending ...
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OSX + Photoshop CS5 + Wacom - all menus grayed when app focus changed
Occasionally when I switch (via cmd+tab or Expose) from photoshop to another app then back - all of the Photoshop menu items are grayed (inactive state). You can still issue hotkey commands (e.g. ...
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Adobe Photoshop CS5 PC version running via boot camp
I just bought my first MacBook Pro as I will be doing more work on the road, but I just realized my Windows license of Photoshop CS5 won't work on my Mac. I guess it's OS-based? Someone suggested ...
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Photoshop CS3 won't install: Component Failed to Install
I got a new iMac and I'm trying to install Adobe Photoshop CS3. I'm using the original install disk, but when it gets to the end of the installation it says that the Shared Components were installed ...
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Photoshop shortcuts only work sporadically
Using CMD+J on a layer to duplicate it works... sometimes. But not always.
Using CMD+Ctrl+D (my own binding) to delete a layer works... sometimes. But not always.
I'm unable to grasp why it only ...
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Aperture vs Photoshop
I already have a lot of experience in Photoshop because I normally use it to edit my photos, but I've heard that Aperture is far better (or easier to use) than Photoshop. I started using the trial ...
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Is there a way to change font sizes system-wide while preserving UI resolution?
I have a 17" widescreen mac book pro (1920 x 1080) and find it hard to read the small fonts in the finder menu and in the Finder let hand panel even though my vision is good. Even the font's in most ...
