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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.

      SurferAl
      SurferAlAuthor
      Known Participant
      April 9, 2021

      Are you using macOS Big Sur?

       

      If that's the case, Adobe are aware of this issue and working on a fix:

       

      Could not write the file. An unknown error has occurred. Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 on MacOS Big Sur 11.2.3 | Adobe Photoshop Family


      Yes, I am. Thanks. You've saved me some fruitless debugging.

       

      I would prefer if PSE wouldn't change my filenames. You've demonstrated that filenames with spaces can be loaded to the web (with, for example, the forum software fixing the name). If someone not smart enough to eliminate spaces on his/her own, he/she will be educated about it quickly.

       

      One solution (which I don't recommend):

         Filenames with spaces may be problematic blah blah. 

         ◻︎Do not show this warning in the future.

       

      Also, Save for Web is inadvertently a great tool for creating different-sized images in JPG format. For example, I usually save book covers in about five different sizes, and Save for Web is a great tool for that.

       

       

      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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