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Jun 11, 2024
09:55 AM
Update the day after WWDC and speculations on when the M4 macs will start coming out. (apparently, many models will be skipping the M3 chip and going straight to M4.) According to Max Tech on YouTube, the prediction is that this fall we will see the M4 MacBook Pro come out, but the Mac Stduio probably won't come out until next year. I can't wait that long! I'm wondering now if I should wait the 3 months and get the M4 MacBook Pro instead and dock it with the Apple Studio Display? This would also give me the flexibility to travel with my laptop and do onsite workshops / classes which I've been wanting to do.
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Jun 10, 2024
03:37 PM
Well, as the title says, my 2019 27 " iMac died. After weeks of research and a post here, I've determined the Mac Studio is what I need as a graphics professional. (Photography, video, design.) The thing is, a lot of reviews are saying wait for the next version (M3) to come out because it could be soon. Fall '24 or sometime '25. Well, what do I do for a computer until they come out? I need something to work on. I've been wracking my brain trying to decide what I could do to hold out. Buy a bare minimum used Mac Mini to get by? Rent a Mac? Either of these options will be adding $500 - $1000 to my eventual overall purchase price. (I suppose I could resell the used equipment.) So, make ends meet and hold out? - although there is no guarantee when those might come out or just go ahead and buy the Mac Studio now and it will still be a good machine. There will always be FOMO over buying. I think I would be fairly safe buying the Apple Studio Display now. Thanks for your input.
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Jun 01, 2024
07:31 AM
2 Upvotes
Thanks so much for this detailed answer @Conrad_C . Very helpful. By the way, I found a great YouTube video comparing the Mac Mini Pro to the Mac Studio Base model and the one up. It determined that the Mac Mini Pro is very good for Photoshop and Lightroom, but I think the 32 Mac Studio sounds like the best bet all around. I'm going to wait until after the Apple conference to see if they come out with anything new, but I'm aiming for the Mac Studio.
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Jun 01, 2024
07:19 AM
@Lumigraphics I agree with everything you say. I'm going to at least wait until the Apple conference to see what they come out with. I'm trying to figure out how I can get by without buying until it's a better time to get the most computing power for the money.
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May 29, 2024
12:00 PM
My 2019 iMac seems to have bitten the dust. I’ve been reading / watching tons of reviews of what to buy next. Of course, if budget were no concern, I would get the Mac Studio set up as first choice no brainer, but alas, at the moment budget is a big consideration. However there are also considerations of “wasted” money if I buy something that doesn’t suit my needs, longevity, and resale value. Nearly every review I’ve found concentrates on video rendering and export. While I do create videos, I don’t really care if my machine takes 3 minutes or 10 minutes to render, so those reviews have limited value to me. What I care about is Photoshop (and Lightroom). More and more, my layered composites are 1 - 3 TB. My iMac 2019 had 48 GB RAM, a 512 internal SSD, and several Thunderbolt external drives. My setup was starting to struggle with those larger PSD files. Especially when using the pattern preview filter. It was really struggling with the pattern preview on large files. I’m not sure what specs I need to concentrate on in evaluating if I should get the iMac M3, Mac Mini, or Mac Studio. Ive read that maybe you don’t need as much RAM with the new M3 chip? I went down to the Apple Store and they were no help. Of course they just said to buy the Mac Studio with the new Display. I'm rather confused by the wildly conflicting reviews of what I need to get for Photoshop today. iMac M3 is great for creatives, no it's not. Get a Mac Mini instead of Mac Studio. Plus conflicting advice on how much RAM and SSD to get. I would really appreciate your thoughts on what configuration I can get by with and what specs are important to Photoshop. Also, with a limited budget, would it make sense to buy an iMac M3 until I can afford a Mac Studio set up down the road? I’ve read some reviews that say by the time you get the specs you need with the iMac M3 (more RAM, SSD, etc.) that you may as well get a Mac Studio. What specs are the most important for Photoshop usage? The chip? The RAM? The Core? The internal SSD? (with externals for file storage.) and anything else I need to know like graphics card. Thank you!
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Jul 28, 2023
11:41 AM
1 Upvote
This is driving me insane. The drag and drop rearrangment feature of the content tabs is way too sensitive. I try to be super careful, but several times a work session, I end up accidentally rearranging my layout then I can't drag the content tab back to where I want it and have to close the tab and recreate it where I want it. I'm ready to pull my hair out over this! Anyone have suggestions - maybe how to turn this feature off? Not sure it matters what platform I'm on, but here's my info: Mac Ventura 13.4.1 Bridge - 13.03.693
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Jun 26, 2023
02:10 AM
2 Upvotes
What makes me want to rip my hair out over the new tabs is that it is hair trigger sensitive. I am constantly rearranging the tabs by accident by the barest of touches in the wrong place. It happens over and over no matter how careful I try to be. I want to scream I'm so frustrated by it!! In general, I like the new tabs, but this one thing is horrid!! I just accidentally closed the Folders tab and I don't know how to get it back!
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Jan 18, 2023
08:19 AM
1 Upvote
I loved the New Window feature as well, but the multiple tabs option now also does the trick and perhaps even easier. My problem with Bridge is at the slightest touch, suddenly a new panel is open, my panels are all messed up and I can't get it back the way I want. I need to read up on how to do the panels in this version - but PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT SO SENSITIVE! I don't even know how I'm closing and opening panels. It just seems to happen.
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Sep 20, 2022
09:47 AM
Same thing was happening to me. PS is up to date. The Deactivate native canvas and restarting Photoshop worked. Thanks!
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Jul 26, 2022
08:21 AM
Thank you for your time looking into this @jane-e . Thanks for clarifying the Save / Save As. I actually don't remember now what the sequence for saving was. I had been editing the photo and everything was fine. Left it overnight and the next morning found it like that. It could be that as I was editing zoomed in at 200%, I didn't even notice that one square until I zoomed out and noticed. I know it's a good practice to work on a copy of a file and leave the master, but as I scan tons of very high resolution files and then edit them, it's just impractical to do this. Even with storage being relatively inexpensive, a library of over a decade of scans just gets too big to have everything duplicated. (For my photography, I do have the .dng files to get back to.) I very rarely need to rescan something and rarely have need of the unretouched version. With that said, on this job where it needs a LOT of retouching - I'm doing multiple copies so I can get back to a good copy if something goes wrong! I'll update my MacOS tonight. Thanks for pointing out the iOS - in the back of my mind as I was writing, it tickled that it was the wrong usage. 😉
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Jul 25, 2022
09:05 AM
Oops meant that to be an answer to Dave, but I guess it is an answer to both. 🙂
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Jul 25, 2022
09:04 AM
I tried doing a Save As and it was still there. I finally gave up and rescanned that area, placed and redid the retouching in that area. Every once in a great while, a file gets a glitch. I can often save it by saving a copy, but didn't work this time. Thanks for the input.
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Jul 25, 2022
09:01 AM
Yes. 🙂 There is no layer with a white square on it. It's a 1 layer file.
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Jul 25, 2022
09:00 AM
Just that one file.
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Jul 25, 2022
03:21 AM
A white square has appeared on my file and I can't get rid of it. Stays when I zoom in or out. Still there when I open and close. I tried to saving a copy in a different format (Tiff) and it's still there. I spent many hours retouching this scan. I can rescan that area and align and match the color - but it's a hassle. Wondering if there is an explaination for why this happened or how to fix it? I'm on an iMac, IOS 12.4, Photoshop 23.4.2 (just updated. Was using the release just before this one when the problem occurred.)
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Mar 16, 2022
07:42 AM
1 Upvote
I've been using Adobe Fonts for years with no problem and then today fonts I had activated weren't activating. Trouble-shooting, I realized that my Creative Cloud app (Mac OS) was not open and usually is. I opened that up. The font I needed was indicated as activated, but was not loading. I deactivated it and reactivated it and then it popped right up and was available.
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Nov 04, 2021
10:06 AM
It's working now! I turned off Use OpenCL and restarted Photoshop. I swear I did try this before, but now it's working.
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Nov 04, 2021
09:52 AM
Yesterday, I updated to Monterey and I updated all my CC apps. Just discovered that I can no longer use Rotate Canvas in Photoshop. I use this all the time, so would really like to figure this out. I’m getting the message: Could not complete your request because it only works with OpenGL enabled document windows. I have an iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017 with an AMD Radeon Pro 580 (AMD) Running Monterey 12.01 Photoshop 23.0.0 I looked in preferences under performance and I only see an option for OpenCL (not GL). Turning it on or off doesn't seem to make a difference. Turning the graphics processor on and off doesn't seem to make a difference. (I did quit and restart Photoshop.) I've tried doing searches on this, but the cases I found didn't seem directly related. I did see something about older graphics processors not being compatible? I'm trying to see if there is an update on AMD, but they all seem to be for Windows. I'll have to contact them. Wondering if it's time to upgrade my iMac.
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Aug 10, 2020
07:31 AM
1 Upvote
Even though this answer is correct, there is another consideration. As someone who creates digital graphics for sale, customers will not understand that pixel dimensions are pixel dimensions no matter what the ppi. As you say, Export is for web/screen/mobile. It sounds like the orignal poster does need 300 ppi though. Note - even if technically, the 72ppi file would have the same pixel dimensions, trust me - most people dont understad that. Save yourself the headache of lots of questions and comments from customers / services by saving as 300ppi. Use Save As instead of Export if you want 300 ppi. the only downsize to Save As rather than Export is that you don't get an option to strip out extraneous metadata which I like to do. For me, I export from Lightroom stripping out any metadata except copyright and contact. You could also Export then run an action to save to 300 ppi (without resampling.)
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Aug 10, 2020
07:10 AM
1 Upvote
This is an old thread, but as I've stumbled upon it, I'll add my experience and 2 cents. I have to save 300 ppi transparent pngs all the time as I'm a digital graphics creator. Let me address a couple of things from this thread: Even if you don't need 300 ppi (Dpi) for most printing, most print services ask that you provide 300 ppi. Also, the average customer doesn't understand that pixel dimensions are pixel dimensions no matter what the ppi is. Just give them 300 ppi and save yourself a lot of customer support questions! (A print shop would be savvy about this, but just giving a perspective for say scrapbook designers. Doing an Export to PNG will give you a 72 ppi file - even if the pixel dimensions are the same as the original. You could do as suggested and open it back up and resave to 300 ppi (making sure Resample is unchecked.) This does work, but it will still say 72ppi in the Bridge preview. I didn't notice any upsizing as one person suggested. I usually do a SAVE AS png instead of Export As. Then, I can save to 300ppi. The benefits of Export As though is that it will strip out extraneous metadata which is good if you are giving files to customers who won't understand the pixel dimension / ppi relationship. My way is to export a Photoshop file from Lightroom stripping out the metadata. Then I run actions I've created to make the file transparent and then I run an action to Save As a .png. You could conversely also do an action to save as 300 ppi and batch run that on any files you Export As. Hope that makes sense!
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Aug 09, 2020
02:01 PM
A Lightroom forum pointed me in the direction of Jeffrey Friedl's “Metadata Wrangler” Lightroom Plugin This did the trick! I can export originals with the metadata stripped. Easy Peasy!
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Aug 09, 2020
01:16 PM
Thank you. I'm not very comfortable running scripts, but I see there is also a link on how to install so I'll give it a go when I have time. I'm a little reluctant to try it out for the first time on a collection that needs to be published this week, but I really appreciate the script and link and I will check it out.
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Aug 09, 2020
03:09 AM
I usually export graphics I create as JPG from Lightroom where I can check to include only Copyright and Contact info, but what about when I need to publish (to share) photoshop or tiff layered files? How can I strip those of things like "Preserved File Name", Camera info, etc.? Thanks!
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May 17, 2020
08:51 AM
I'm not sure what you can tell by this screenshot, but basically, the shortcut to merge all via copy works for: Curves, gradient map, solid color, invert, color look up, pattern, and gradient. All the other adjustment layers it's not working. I've been using Photoshop for nearly 30 years and this is new for me. My CC is up to date - maybe I need to update my system?
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May 15, 2020
08:20 AM
This is driving me crazy. In a recent update in Photoshop - I don't remember the exact update. I think was the Photoshop 2020 - the merge layers via copy is not working as it did. Just to clarify, what I mean is when you select the top layer and use Shift / Option / Command + E (mac) Shift / Alt / Control +E (PC) then it places a merged copy of all layers. Now, if there is a layer adjustment as the topmost layer, it doesnt work. Well, actually it works with some adjustments. It works with curves but it doesn't work with levels or hue/adjustment, vibrance.... This is driving me wild because I regularly do a levels or hue / Saturation final adjustment and then create a copy and apply a creative filter to that merged layer. For now, my workaround is to select all layers do command + J to duplicate then all and then do command + E to merge all those layers. Or I duplicate a flattened version and bring it back. Doable - but really annoying that the easier solution no longer works. Upgrades should be more convenient, not less! Is anyone else experiencing this? I'm on an iMac running 10.14.6. Creative Cloud is up to date
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Nov 09, 2019
04:08 AM
I'm having the same issue. If I try to apply a stroke either from the menu or via a layer effects, Photoshop totally freezes and I have to force quit. Hope they fix this soon. I have a new, top of the line, iMac with almost maxed RAM, and an SSD hard drive so processing shouldn't be a problem.
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May 26, 2019
11:15 AM
This is odd. I imported some recently scanned Photoshop files into Lightroom. If I edit them in Photoshop (Via the Edit/In command) the edits don't show up in Lightroom. I did a test and Tiff and Photoshop files from camera files DO show edits made in Photoshop files. Even when I don't have the RAW files in this catalog. More info: I do not have the "Stack with Original" checked in Lightroom. I do have "maximize compatibility" checked in Photoshop. I use scanned Photoshop files all the time for years now and have never had any problems with the edits showing up in Lightroom. I'm not sure what has changed. Oh, also the scanned files are in Adobe RGB and the PSD and TIFF files are in ProPhoto RGB. Also, I tried scanned files from years ago as well as those scanned just a week ago. Same thing. Here's an additional Test - I opened a different Lightroom catalog that is almost all scanned .psd files - did an edit and it shows up! I tried both Adobe RGB and sRGB files. Edits show up. Relaunch the other catalog. Try to edit a scanned .psd file. Edits not showing in Lightroom. What the? I read a lot of the other posts on Photoshop edits not showing, but none of them seemed to apply Right now, the only way I can see my edits is to "Edit a Copy" then they show up. This is not a very convenient solution for long term. I'm constantly editing scanned images. Thanks in advance for anything that might shed light on what's going on.
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Apr 18, 2019
02:16 AM
I'm having the same issue. The image in Develop is radically different. Way lighter, more contrast, more saturation. I unchecked the "Use Graphics Processor" and it's still happening. When I switch back to Library, the tones go back to how they were. OK, interesting. When I open the file in Photoshop, it looks the same as when in Develop, so I guess Develop view is more accurate. I didn't see this pre-LR 2019 - or - I got a new 5K iMac at the same time as upgrading LR, so not sure which changed!
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Feb 09, 2019
10:04 AM
Thanks for sharing your set up. For me, Except for my original RAW archive, I'm constantly scanning things and re-combining images so I need access to most of my files. Gives me something to think about though.
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Feb 09, 2019
06:33 AM
By holding the files I mean are you using your internal SSD for just System and Apps or do you also have your working files (Photoshop, etc.) on that drive as well? I'll only be putting the system and apps on the SSD. Right now, I seldom have files bigger than 1GB and I've never had one that goes up to 2TB. As a digital graphics store owner though, I do have need of lots of storage, so I need to also invest in an external 10 TB Thunderbolt and 10TB backup hard drive, so that has to figure into my budget. You have really good points, just trying to juggle all my considerations. Appreciate your time and perspective.
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