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Mwarren
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Mwarren
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‎Nov 17, 2023
08:24 AM
Bump. I can't believe I'm the only person having a problem like this...
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‎Nov 13, 2023
03:22 PM
Still hoping to find a solution for this. I'm past the point where I can get this done in time, but I'm sure going to need my years worth of organized photos..
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‎Nov 11, 2023
08:33 PM
No. I don't know how that got marked. My apologies. It is not solved. I still have not figured this out.
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‎Nov 11, 2023
12:07 PM
1 Upvote
Thank you for the follow-up. Sadly, I am still in the exactly same situation. Answers to AxelMatt's questions: PC: Windows 10 Pro (Version 22H2), 64GB Ram, RTX 3080 Per my original post, my version of lightroom is 13.0.1 If you want me to check for a specific error in the Event Viewer, I'm all ears. While I've used it in the past, I'm not an OS-guru. I can't open the thing, look at a bunch of errors, and learn from it. These Errors are incredibly cryptic. Answer to GoldingD's recommendation: Holding down the ALT key and double-clicking on the shortcut or the executable does not prompt me to select a Select Catalog screen. Rather, I get stuck in the same .lock loop as described in my initial post. Here are the additional things I have done: Since downgrading to prior versions (see original post) don't appear to solve anything, I have returned to version 13.0.1 Confirmed that my video drivers are up to date (driver published 11/01/2023) Made the manual alteration to my preferences (as described in Solution 2 of recommended page) since I cannot actually load Lightroom Classic in order to do anything within the app. I'm happy to collect further information - or post a report of some kind. I just need to know what. I let Lightroom just run for 40 minutes (hoping that maybe it was just taking *forever* but was still booting). It continued to cycle that bunch of files it cycles alongside the .lrcat file. No idea how to proceed. I've even been exploring non-lightroom methods. CaptureOne is another garbo-software-as-a-service platform and its authentication server is hosed so hard I cannot log in. Even to send them a tech support email about how I can't use it. And Darktable requires that I have individual sidecar photos for each photo. And since I can't open Lightroom to opt for that option, I'm basically at an impasse. If anyone knows of another editor besides those two that I can use to open my LRCAT file, I'd love to hear it. I'm about to hit the 'can't possibly get this done anymore' point. Quite lovely.
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‎Nov 10, 2023
09:26 PM
11 Upvotes
I cannot open lightroom classic (which is updated as of whatever last update there was). I have tried killing the preferences file. No luck. I have investigated every thread I can in these forums. I am completely lost and freaking out as I am up against a really extreme time-frame. I would really appreciate some help. I started with version 13.0.1. It failed. Then I uninstalled and tried 13.0. It failed. So I uninstalled and tried 12.5. It has also failed. I am completely out of ideas. I have killed the preferences. I have attempted to reload my original (crucially needed) library to check for errors. Nothing actually works. The window goes away after I click through my options, and Lightroom Classic does not open. Other confirmed things: Windows is completely up-to-date. Drivers are completely up-to-date. If it's a normal system-level-thing, it's up-to-date. I simply cannot make Lightroom Classic appear on-screen in any way. Final note: When I just double click on the catalog, Lightroom runs (according to Task Manager), but when I look in the folder, it looks like it's just creating and destroying the .lock file that it creates. Repeatedly. Forever. It just doesn't stop. I let it run for 20 minutes.
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‎Apr 15, 2022
12:33 PM
I have been diagnosing this problem for so many months now. At this point, I can safely say that I've ruled out all other software. Here's the issue: After a bit of painting, SP lags (obviously). After any really rough lag, there is a chance that my CTRL-key will suddenly lock and I lose all control over my computer. To the point where I need to shut down/restart in order to gain back the use of my keyboard. This is the only program where this problem occurs. I have waded through nine-million useless MS-posts telling me to look at keyboard drivers and other ancillary nonsense that I tried many months ago. Has anyone else encountered this? I keep my video drivers up to date, but this problem continues to rear its head on the reg. I've rebooted four times today thanks to this. Thanks in advance.
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‎Nov 03, 2021
07:33 AM
1 Upvote
It's an MS Word thing and I've been bouncing around a bunch of different (and old) source docs. I am positive that I have hallucinated that functionality. Ugh. What a year. Thank you so much for following up, but you can disregard this.
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‎Nov 02, 2021
09:36 AM
Follow-up: I am still unable to figure this out. I have attempted Hyperlinks -> Type & Cross-Referencing but that window does not allow me to select an existing footnote and have that footnote's number appear in-text just like a regular footnote. Update: Has this feature been removed? Because if so, I have to do my designs in MS Word and that's a horrifying prospect. I need to revert to whichever version of INDD dropped this functionality. It's the key to my entire process-flow. Update Update: Did I hallucinate this functionality? I'm lost and can't find an allusion to it..
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‎Nov 02, 2021
09:13 AM
For literally years I have been developing very complex tables in InDesign. These tables are giant, ugly and contain tons of footnotes. On top of which, I frequently need to add follow-up 'footnotes' that are, themselves, just cross-reference pointers to existing footnotes. It is entirely possible that I am missing something basic, but I'd really like to know how to do this. Especially as how I've been accomplishing this for many years. And now, for whatever reason, I cannot do it anymore. I thought this was a basic cross-reference (where I select from the appropriate footnote) and then the dynamic number shows up (so that if I were to re-number, all is well). I hope this makes sense. I'm just confounded to be stopped like this. Any ideas?
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‎Oct 21, 2021
10:37 AM
1 Upvote
THANK YOU SO MUCH! That did it. Disabling the audio waveform. So appreciated.
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‎Oct 21, 2021
09:12 AM
I tried this. After doing it, the inverse problem happened: I could edit the problematic sequence, but the second I scrubbed to the left (to the preceding clips), it froze.
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‎Oct 21, 2021
08:45 AM
I have no idea what that sentence means. Can you elaborate?
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‎Oct 21, 2021
08:38 AM
Yeah, there's a problem with that. The millisecond that that nested sequence appears in my timeline, the program freezes. I'm not able to even get that far.
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‎Oct 21, 2021
08:18 AM
Addi entional detail: I managed to open the sequence in question. But the moment I moved toward a later nested sequence, the thing froze. How the heck do I deal with this?
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‎Oct 21, 2021
08:10 AM
Really fun times. Literally nothing in my system configuration changed. But now, when I open a particular sequence that I have been working on, Premiere flatly freezes until I kill it in Task Manager. I have: Done a clean boot Updated my video drivers Turned on and off hardware acceleration A few other things I can't remember I'm at the end of my rope. I do not know how to coax this file into behaving and I've gone from excited about my project to completely nauseous over my last hour of fighting with this. I would love to know either: Other things to try Some way to contact Adobe support because holy hell is that impossible for me to figure out
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‎Oct 13, 2021
01:16 PM
Okay, for real, it's PATH. Keyframing that works. Thank god.
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‎Oct 13, 2021
01:13 PM
Buuuut, then you are limited by how wide it can be. Not even close enough. This is SO INFURIATING.
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‎Oct 13, 2021
01:11 PM
AHA: Horizontal and Vertical Scale are unlocked after I select Uniform Scale, which only appears under the Shape Option.
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‎Oct 13, 2021
01:08 PM
I cannot understand either of those recommendations. Can you elaborate?
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‎Oct 13, 2021
01:08 PM
I am trying everything but no luck. I have created keyframes on the Vector Motion option for the graphic. I have tried to Keyframe the Transform/Position & Scale values but its as though keyframes don't exist. I only modify the graphic as a whole. Timeline is irrelevant.
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‎Oct 13, 2021
12:42 PM
Half-figured something out. If the shape is too small, then I lose the ability to resize it with the handles.
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‎Oct 13, 2021
12:40 PM
There is an extremely basic thing I need to accomplish: Take a shape and scale it horizontally over-time (to align with a given section), such as in the following example: Now, I have done this at least five times. But for some reason, I'm flatly unable to accomplish this. So I have either popped a rivet (not impossible) or something subtle has changed. Normally, I would draw out my shape, then set my keyframes and then drag out the two rightmost shape handles to 'fill' the whole line. But now I find that I can't select individual points on the shape. And I can't scale it horizontally. I have no idea how to do this very basic thing and would love some guidance. This is driving me absolutely insane and costing me too much time.
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‎Sep 25, 2021
06:02 PM
I know a lot of people have had success with this excellent program Texture Set Combiner. I have come close to figuring this out, but not quite... Common issues I have ruled out: I know that I need to select a PBR format that includes the alpha channel I know that each material has to have opacity information in it in order for that channel to be generated Within TSC, I have successfully merged the diffuse/base color material-layers into a single material, but that's because it enjoys the benefit of having an alpha channel, so it's easy to just combine those together and call it done. But for all other materials, I had assumed it would use the diffuse/color channel as its alpha-basis, but this has not been the case. All my exported other material elements are basically whatever the last in the stack was since its color information would fill the entire canvas area. I feel really close, but am stuck at this part. Thanks in advance for your help.
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‎Aug 31, 2021
04:29 PM
This video has been quite helpful. I have learned a couple of things: Maybe I probably install the CUDA Toolkit - which I did, though it did not correct my problem. Disable my VR Effects. I used those not mindful of the 'VR' part because they gave me what I wanted. Would have been nice if the UI had informed me of a long-standing incompatibility, but I'll take it.
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‎Aug 31, 2021
04:14 PM
And I have no idea why I can't actually use GPU acceleration because I have ensure that is set in my Project Settings as well as Media Encoder Pro. I'm working on a Windows 10 machine. My OS and all my drivers are up-to-date. Anyone have an idea of what else to check? I didn't get this error when my last video card and system was relative junk...
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‎Jan 27, 2021
12:23 PM
I have recently reinstalled Photoshop on a new work machine and cannot figure out what setting I had set that pertains to this... I am working in a 300x300 @ 72 DPI PSD. I need to import a 1000x1000 @ 300DPI image. Previously, when I would import, the picture would fit the artboard entirely. But now, instead of doing that, it's scaled down to be even smaller than the 300x300 form factor. Also, I can't make the image 'snap' to the edges even though all snapping is available. Anyone know how to deal with this? I'm on the latest version of PS 2021 CC.
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‎Mar 15, 2020
10:28 AM
Definitely do the things IT has prepared yourself all these years... uninstall driver. Download new driver. Reboot. Install New driver. Works now.
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‎Mar 14, 2020
08:17 PM
Hello there, Thanks for your fast response. Per your instructions, I have reactivated Windows Ink (it was disabled via group policy when I installed the tablet a year ago). Photoshop does, indeed, work with the Wacom tablet through Ink. I have my touch sensitivity. However, my main problem still remains. I cannot make the modification to the pen's button behavior as outlined in the PIXimperfect video above. I have peformed a restart, too, just to make sure that wasn't standing in the way of working. If you have any other thoughts, I'd love to hear them. Thanks again.
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‎Mar 14, 2020
06:47 PM
I have a Wacom Intuous Art Pen & Touch tablet that's been gathering dust and I've decided to use it with Photoshop CC 2020. I have no idea if this is a Wacom or a Photoshop issue so I'm hoping to post something in multiple locations in hopes of figuring it out. Since I'm working in Windows, I first have to disable Windows Ink because of course I do… And for that, I can visit this video by one Aaron Rutten from a year ago. I am pleased that this works and I'm able to use the pen and it'll behave properly with touch sensitivity. Next, I wanted to set up my Wacom for retouching as recommended by Unmesh at PIXImperfect (truth be told, he's who convinced me I need to get use this to improve my workflow). His video is teriffic… or, it was until I tried to execute his instructions found at around 4:30 of is How to Set Up a Wacom Tablet for Retouching video. I have altered my Wacom settings per his instructions (see screenshot below): However, I am not able to change the brush size or brush softness settings that he immediately demonstrates after that configuration. In fact, my on-screen brush freezes in places for the duration of my pen-press, not moving in any location or affecting any changes to the brush when I release. I'm hoping that one or two of you Wacom-pros might identify something crucial I'm missing and I thank you in advance for any guidance you can offer. Thanks, Matt Warren
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‎Jan 02, 2020
10:48 AM
1 Upvote
Darn. Wish I had read that comment before I ran the cleaner tool. Now, for some reason, I can no longer launch Premiere Pro. Crashes on startup. I really don't appreciate Adobe's consistent failure to communicate this stuff more widely. Now I took action that I didn't need to and have hosed my install.
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