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SurferAl
SurferAl
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April 2, 2021
Question

Have These Bugs Been Fixed (V2015 to V2021)?

  • April 2, 2021
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Looks like I may have to upgrade from PSE 2015 to 2021. I'm curious as to whether these annoyances have been fixed:

 

1. Open Recently Edited File stops working when more that 100 files occupy the list.

2. When choosing to save a file (for example, For Web), you must enter the filename extension (different from MAC standard).

3. Rotate and straighten often fails to Autofill.

4. Saving for web changes filename spaces to hyphens (Yes, I understand why).

 

Thanks!

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Phil Pickering
Phil Pickering
Legend
April 3, 2021

You'll be glad to know that the bug in point number 1 re. the Open Recently Edited File list was fixed in Photoshop Elements 2018.

 

Addressing point number 4:

 

If you use the Save for Web... option, then Elements naturally assumes you are saving an image for use on the Web. In which case (as you appear to already know), you can't have spaces in your filenames - unless you like seeing %20's in the browser address bar 🙂

 

This is definitely not a bug.

 

If you want to save your images as JPEGs with spaces all intact, just use the normal Save As... option and then choose JPEG from the Save as type drop-down list.

    SurferAl
    SurferAlAuthor
    Known Participant
    April 9, 2021

    Thanks for the help. I've upgraded.

     

    You are quite right, Phil, regarding #4. OTOH, I find "Save for Web" to be a quick way to save a JPG and also resize it. Note that the file I attached, for posting here on the web, has a filename with spaces in it.

     

    I've found that the rotate-and-straighten problem (3) has been fixed, but the non-standard way of handling extensions (2) is still the same.

      Phil Pickering
      Phil Pickering
      Legend
      April 9, 2021

      After a bit more digging, I've found out that your issues with filename extensions and the replacement of spaces with hyphens are related.

       

      In Photoshop CC, the Save for Web interface has a few more options than the one in Elements - there is an additional menu option called Edit Output Settings. Inside the dialog window that then opens is a checkbox under Filename Compatibility for Unix. This is checked by default as most of the Web is powered by Unix. It is this Unix filename compatibility option which is enforcing the use of a filename extension and removing the spaces in the filename. If you transfer a JPEG image to a Unix-powered web server, the "hidden" file extension information (the metadata) from the Mac might not be transferred successfully. Elements does not have the option to turn off Unix filename compatibility. 

       

      Also your example of a filename with spaces on the Web is not accurate. If you look in the address bar you will see that the forum software has taken your attachment and run some server-side code to produce the image preview. If you open the image up directly in a browser you will see how the spaces have been replaced:

       

       

        Greg_S.
        Community Expert
        Greg_S.Community Expert
        Community Expert
        April 3, 2021

        I suggest you download the 30 day free trial of Elements.  I don't think anything has changed with respect to the areas you mention.  But I don't experience the same problems you are seeing (on my Windows machine) either.

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