I'm one that has reasonable results with CA. I can tell you this: It is no replacement or upgrade for the clone tool. If it works, fine. If not then go on with what you know. There may be bugs of which I am not aware and if so, may get fixed. I would expect that a change, a refinement in that tool in in the next version or two. So far as using CA, once I make a selection, I examine it at 100% and make any corrections using the Quick Mask. Then I expand the selection about 5px and feather it 3 to 5 px. I let the CA do it's job then clean it up with either clone or healing brush. There are folks here who make very refined selections like hair strands for whom refinements exist in CS5 (I think!). Perhaps posting a thread on what you do instead of here might help. Good luck! ... View more

Yeah, life's a b*tch, then you die! One element I would interject here is a check of system files in the event troubles are perplexing. In addition to using something like CC Cleaner, MS provides a System File Check utility, available from Millennium on. You activate it by going to Search and entering "sfc /scannow" (without the quotes). Your system will be scanned and you may be asked for the installation disk as not all the files may be in the location to which sfc compares. It is also recommended to Google SFC.exe for more info. Most refer to XP, but I just invoked it here on win7 64 and it ran. Any port in a storm! ... View more

Well, when I first ran Content Aware, I also had  an out of ram message, which puzzled me. I ran it again, same message. Finally, I rebooted and the problem seems to have disappeared since. I dual boot, so I am constantly rebooting and maybe that helps. Just before writing this, I ran it again, using a 4 panel stitch, then filled in the left over spaces. No problems (except the selection, but that's my thing, not CS5). I did it several times, minimizing a couple of files and each time, no stitch problems, no fill problems. I am running on only 4G ram ddr3 on an AMD Athlon II 630 at 3+G. Ram at 1200 MHz 7,7,7,20,27 timings( from CPU-Z data). Video is an nVidia 9500 GT. ... View more

Very nice! Another star in the update column (at least for those of us who did not upgrade to CS4). ... View more

Yeah. That's why I don't like to plan! ... View more

When you did the re-install of Win7, did you select the format disk option before re-install? Windows 7 "help fully" will save stuff before running the re-install. That can be counterprod uctive to curing a problem between Win7 and a program STOOPID CARRIAGE RETURN!!! ... View more

Hey! Lots of Metzgers in my extended family, in the Chicago area. I use the nVidia 9500 series for about $70 bucks. Runs like a cheeta! (well almost!) I replaced a 7300 with it and it is worth the upgrade, but the 7300 ran CS4 in tests quite well. ... View more

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To tell the difference: In the Splash screen, it says Photoshop v12 32 if it's 32 bit and V12 64 if it's the 64 bit. To get to 32 bit, go to Programs (x86) Adobe> Adobe Photoshop C5 and scroll down to the PS application button, about 3/4 the way down the list. Click on that and when the splash appears, be sure it says v12 32 bit. ... View more

May take a while. Lots of testing, and even then, when you think you got all the new bugs sorted out and fixed, you send it out and someone in another group, sometimes halfway around the world will come back and say: "WTF are you doing!" But hopefully not! ... View more

That video reminds me of a carnival pitchman selling a vegetable juicer when I was growing up in Chicago in the '40's. He had a fake juice glass that appeared to have been filled with juice from grating one carrot in his magic grater. We bought one, took it home and... instant insanity! I never forgot that lesson. When I have that problem (content aware, no program can fix the juicer!), I save the file, exit PS, reopen PS and run it. The worst example was trying to fill around a stitched panorama, as was done in that video. The file size was 250M and the app went nuts! Locked up the system so bad that I could not invoke Task Manager to get out of it! But what's even more curious is that, after getting out, opening PS and trying a more modest use, it ran fine (except what it actually did to the image, which was hilarious!) and returning to the stitch, that ran fine also (with caveats as to what it did to fill in the blanks.) ... View more

It's common to see that unchecking an option like read only gets rechecked on it's own. I don't know why. Some of the problem would seem to lie with the OS, then. Or at least with a lack of either understanding or implementation or the inability to implement a complete solution to interface between OS and app. I noticed that I never got asked by UAC permission to mess with the changes first. There is something seriously amiss when one group of computers requires these changes, and another does not, when both have the same OS and program.So we need to look at what differences exist between those that need these changes and those that don't. It's a job for Adobe at least,and if this problem shows on all three OS's, then it would seem to be peculiar to Adobe. However, at this point, I would rule nothing out, from HW to BIOS configuration to board config, likre overclocking. For the record, I am overclocked on an Asus M4A77TD board running an Athlon II 630. RAM is Crucial-CT2KIT25664BA1339-PC3-10600 2x2G DDR3 running on 533MHz timing. XP HD is WDT Win7 is Seagate. Video is NVidia 9500. ... View more

Ok, I ran through all the steps, and eveything here is set to default, and I have no problem running CS5. Can anyone explain why one computer needs all those changes and onthers need none? I am running both XP and Win7 with CS5 on both, with no problems. I have 1/2 a notion to change them all anyway, just for kicks!  But then again, I am not wearing my validators hat1 Message was edited by: Hudechrome ... View more

Throwing a monkey wrench. I don't have an installation problem at all, but I like to at least step through the steps to see what they do. Now, when I went to search for the PCD folder, it's not there.Which begs the question: Why is there any Adobe folder if the installation hasn't happened? Curious minds want to know. All I have is Photoshop so maybe the suite is where PCD comes from. OK it's in the (x86) folder. Andy, you need to change that. And the answer to the second question is that this isn't an installation problem! I wish I could see the entire thread while posting. I had to open a new FF and open this thread in another tab. Message was edited by: Hudechrome ... View more

The processor is fairly old, as Intel hasn't used the Family/Stepping nomenclature for some time now. Maybe Chris Cox or nother person with greater familiarity may have something to say. ... View more

I would second that so long as the person really knows what they are doing. On the many platforms and OS's I have run validation exercises, re-install the OS was de rigueur. But then, we had few programs and apps to re-install so it wasn't a big deal. (But then, I was being paid to do it so it's "Yes boss, whatever you say boss! ) I am running CS5 on two OS's, XP and Win7 64 as dual boot and found no problems with installations. But for Win 7, I maintain a lean machine so I can re-install if necessary. XP, well, it's been on my machine since Columbus was a midshipman! Again, look to ram, hd and possibly the video card for problems as well. ... View more

FAPP, wiping the HD clean and starting with a new installation of Win7 seems advisable, although odious.I would also try to eliminate any HW issues. Check the HD for errors, and do a RAM test with Mem86 for starters. You might also want to go back to an earlier Restore point. ... View more

Shift delete works for me. I hit shift delete, then Enter. Message was edited by: Hudechrome ... View more

I have to throw my hat into this ring as well. When it does, I exit Photoshop, check to see that scratch has emptied, then go back and try again. Has always worked. Note I see this on both XP and Win7 64, where I have twice the RAM available. Maybe not enough. I also checked the scratch to see if it was filled up before exiting and it showed less than 20% filled. I am running AMD Athlon II 630 running at 3G. ... View more

When re-installing an OS wipe the drive by formatting first. I am always amazed that people don't want to do this. It is de rigueur where I come from. Edit: Look Ma! No carriage re turn probems! ... View more

It apparently happens on Vis ta as well. The first time I saw that message was when running SW validation tests on Win7 betas  and seems not to have been fixed. We used nVidia and since Adobe products were nowhere in sight, I would then suspect the hatred is directed from Redmond WA! I did not see it on Vista either, but others here have seen it. ... View more

If you all can find a supplier that is both local and gives a short return policy for any reason, by all means try several cards, even several of the same cards. Along with that, try cards with the same chipset from different vendors. Until CS5 is out, the jury is also out about cards suitable. FWIW, I found that nVidia 9500 chipset cards work quite well and they are available well under $100. ... View more

Yeah, I notice it says GPU BURNER!. ... View more

Interesting benchmark/stress utility, but it's for XP Vista 32 bit and he is on Win7 64. Am I missing something? Early beta Win7's had this peculiarity but I thought it was not a problem any more. I thought wrong! ... View more

Does it actually crash or do you only get the message? I googled it and there are tons of entries, but most for Vista. We found that a bad video card generally was to blame. You may need to exchange it. I assume you have the latest driver. Be sure you completely uninstall the current one on your computer and install the new one using Run as Administrator. ... View more

It's called "Taking a byte out of the Apple"! ... View more

Asus has good stuff, so enjoy! I would definitely install a second HD (if it doesn't already have one), partition it and use the smaller one as scratch. Your PS will thank you! If you can't do it, a competent (maybe even BB!) can do it for you. The scratch size should be at least 20G. Good luck! ... View more

What did you buy? ... View more