I've tested your workflow and see the same behavior... very strange. I'll let the engineering team know. By the way, out of curiosity, what are you trying to accomplish with this workflow? ... View more

Basically, what I'm suggesting is to recreate your action, but use a JPEG as the the file that you perform the steps with (open, et al) when creating the action. Then Batch the Action against your AI and PDF files. Additionally, have you ever worked with the Image Processor (File > Scripts)? It might do what you are looking for. ... View more

Looks like the problem isn't in the Save part of the action or options in the Batch, but in the Open step of this action. You notice that each file actually opens as "Red" (not as Blue, Green, or whatever the file name may be). So when the files get saved, they are saving as the file name used when opened. This is because you created the action by importing AI files that had to be converted. This import/convert doesn't get treated the same way as a simple Open. If you create your action with a more generic open action (such as by opening a JPEG file, or using the Insert Menu Item command), you should be able to get the action to perform as expected. If you like, I could create a video with the correct steps to create this action to make it work properly. ... View more

To choose the type of resampling applied when resizing an image, go to Preferences > General > Image Interpolation. ... View more

InDesign is much more likely to merge with Illustrator than either of the two with Photoshop. They have a lot more fundamentals in common. The way they handle type, for example. ... View more

Who would you want fixing your plumbing? A plumber or someone who pretends to plumb? While the difference don't mean much to you, there are people out there that use Illustrator and never touch Photoshop, because Photoshop doesn't do the types of things they require. And this isn't about adding some more features to Photoshop. This is about the fundamental, bedrock differences in the types of technology we are dealing with. Maybe, one day in the future when computer technology has moved away from digital, pixel based art, the lines will blur enough that we can finally merge the two (or maybe three) applications together. Then there could be just one place to go for all creative, artistic endeavors. Lets try another analogy. You are asking that all artists that may use one of three media, lets say Photography, oil paints, and a typewriter, to just use one that has extra features that make it seem like it can do the work of all three. Maybe a camera that has a way of blurring the capture to make it more painterly and an option to add text to the image as well. While this might cover some workflows, there would be those who use oils and produce things that no camera ever could, and especially no typewriter. But the way you've been describing things so far, it sounds like Photoshop already does everything you could ask for. Why do you go into Illustrator and InDesign sometimes? ... View more

A good graphic artist can use Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign (you are confusing the elements of the analogy). No matter how good the cook is he/she cannot make a single item that is simultaneously a cake, pie, and bread. As to consistency of language, you have to remember that each of these products come from different artistic disciplines that had language unique to each. We didn't create this language, we continued to use what was already there. For example, Photoshop uses photography and darkroom terms for naming things. However, that doesn't prevent some of the same words from appearing in each with different meanings. ... View more

Photoshop only pretends to work with vector. It actually uses vector information as a mask to fill with pixels. This is quite different than Illustrator which uses true vector. No matter how closely you zoom in on graphic art in Illustrator, you still have smooth lines. If you ever see pixels in Illustrator, this is a limitation of your monitor, not the application or the information. Illustrator doesn't truly work with pixels. It can display them in the same you can use a gradient as a fill for a vector object. But you cannot modify those pixels. They are there like a texture map on a 3d polygon in a video game or movie special effect. ... View more

If you don't see a difference between these applications, I can only guess that you haven't been using them long or for more than surface functions. Illustrator and Photoshop may share something called "Layers" but they are not the same thing functionally, nor philosophically. To use another analogy, it's like comparing cake, pie, and bread. Sure they have some similarities, and even share some of the same ingredients. But they have very different workflows, work with different kinds of information, and have different expected output. ... View more

The serve very different functions: Photoshop: Pixel image editing Illustrator: Vector graphic editing InDesign: Page layout They work together, but they do very different jobs. It's like asking the Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker to be one guy. ... View more

I see what you are talking about. Happens on Mac too. I'll let the engineers know. ... View more

Could go into a little more detail here? I created a document with 6 layers plus the background layer. I turned off the visibility of the middle layers (3 and 4). Close the file, switched to the Mixer Brush and reopened. Nothing happened. Would like to be able to recreate the behavior if possible. Give us the exact step by step process please. ... View more

I see the behavior you are talking about. I've reported it to our engineers. ... View more

Merged, thanks! ... View more

Thank you for the screen shots. Now that I understand things better I see that the same happens on my side (previously I didn't have an image open when I tested). What is happening is that the Tool Bar is actually appearing behind the document window, while it is supposed to appear on top of it, just as the panels do. I see that the Tool bar correctly appears above the document window tab at the top and the status bar at the bottom. This has suggested to me that the issue is OpenGL related. I have now verified that is the case by going to Photoshop>Preferences>Performance and unchecking "Enable OpenGL Drawing" and reopening the document. Disabling this option allows the Tool Bar to correctly appear above the document window, but disabled a number of other features. I'll get this reported to our engineers for repair. ... View more

To add a screen shot, click the "Add Image" button (click the button that is an abstract icon of an image, not the words "Add Image" themselves) in the lower right of the comment box, just above the "Reply" button. ... View more

Could you provide some before and after screen shots? Before the panels are tabbed away and after you mouse over the side to make them pop out. Because for me it seems to be working. But it may have something to do with your current panel layout. ... View more

I see what you are talking about and the request makes sense. I'll let our engineers know. ... View more

Looks like that last worked in Photoshop CS3. I do notice that the interface has changed a bit since then: CS3: CS4: It looks like the issue is that the new dialog has code suppressing the ability to enter mathematical symbols. Not sure if this was done on purpose. I'll let the engineers know. ... View more

I see the behavior you describe, but it is not caused by tabbing. What is going on is after you start typing a value, it adds a Plus (+) to the beginning of your value. This moves the cursor to the left of the first digit you've typed in. All proceeding characters will follow this Plus. So if you click 123 you'll get +231. The easiest way to avoid this is to add the Plus upon tabbing into these two fields (Color Correction and Midtone Contrast). As this doesn't happen in PSCS4 (nor on Windows), I'm going to say this is a result of the Carbon to Cocoa switch. I'll let our engineers know. ... View more

Yes, I noticed the same. ... View more

I see this behavior and how it worked in previous versions of Photoshop. I'm sure this wasn't taken out on purpose, but is the result of the Cocoa port. I notice that this continues to work just fine on the Windows side of things. I also notice that the Layer Styles may be a special case, because this keyboard shortcut works just fine when I have a Curves (or the other Adjustments) dialog open (even some filters work, like Gaussian Blur). I notice there are other dialogs that don't allow this shortcut to work (whether this version or previous versions of Photoshop), such as Save As. Are there other dialog windows where this shortcut worked in previous versions but no longer does? I'll let our engineers know, but as far as I know, you are the first person to report this. ... View more

Hmmm... I just tested this in Photoshop Elements and it works.... ... View more

I see the behavior you are talking about. The same thing happens with the Polygonal Lasso tool as well. You can actually replicate the same behavior with any tool if you hold down the "mouse" button and then try to perform gestures. I'll report this to our engineers. As a workaround, the keyboard shortcuts still work for zoom, whether Command++ or Command+-. ... View more

I see what your are talking about. The choice to "Never" append the file extension is being enforced with CS5. Actively removing even manually added extensions is pretty serious, it doesn't even matter if the extension is the same as the file type you are saving as. In fact, it will remove any alphanumeric combination up to 4 digits long added after a period. The most disconcerting part is how it will just save over another file without prompt. I'll let our engineering folks know about this. Also, could you let us know the reason you want to manually add the extension instead of having it auto-added? ... View more

If you simply want to put some files from the Organizer on CD/DVD, after selecting the files go to File>Copy/Move to Removeable Drive. Choose your options for step 1, then in step 2 select your burner and other options for the disk. ... View more

The only keyboard shortcut to open Help in Photoshop is F1. You may want to check if this has been modified though. Go to Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts, then check under the Shortcuts For: Application Menus. Expand Help and check Photoshop Help. Or, you can just use the Photoshop Defaults Set. Image is not available If your keyboard shortcuts haven't been modified, you may have an application on your computer that does it for you. Try shutting down applications that run in the background. ... View more