.......I have to do it one EVERY photo, because it always defaults to the wrong orientation. That is definitely different behaviour to mine. You could try resetting the tool Click at the top left of the options bar and then on the cog symbol. Choose reset tool from the menu Dave ... View more

You're welcome Dave ... View more

When you set the source for the history brush, in the history panel,  have you made sure it is after you added the layer & mask as below Dave ... View more

Just tried the config LUA file on Windows 10 and can't get it to work. I have tried : EditExternally.OverridePhotoshopPath = "C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CC 2017/Photoshop.exe" and EditExternally.OverridePhotoshopPath = "/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CC 2017/Photoshop.exe" Neither worked. Does it work on Windows? Dave ... View more

CJWilkes makes a very good point. Creating a duplicate layer before doing any "destructive" pixel editing is a very good practice. The file size increases but with todays drives that is not normally an issue for your "master" copy.  The temporary layer you see on the tutorials does not serve that purpose - it is closed when the crop is finished. Dave ... View more

nicoleg90727994 wrote: I have the Cloud... Which version do you have installed - go to Help - About Photoshop CC it will tell you.  Current is 2017.0.0 Release (20161012 r53) Dave ... View more

Thanks for the link John - done. Dave ... View more

What version of Photoshop are you using? Content aware crop came in with CC2015.5 If you have delete cropped pixels selected the temporary preview layer appears Dave ... View more

It is working here. How are you selecting the multiple images in Camera Raw ? I can make this work by clicking Select All in the drop down menu at the top of the ACR filmstrip and also by Clicking the first image and shift clicking the last (or Ctrl click on individuals)  Any adjustments I make from then on are then applied to all those selected. Also which Camera Raw ? - latest is 9.7 Dave ... View more

Yes I have the same here I can Edit in Photoshop for a single image and Photoshop opens Open in layers does not open Photoshop - eventually I get the error message As a workaround if you open Photoshop first, then Open in Layers does work I have started a thread on the Lightroom forum Dave ... View more

There are various ways to do this with masks but a quick way is to put your image above the text layer and Alt-Click on the border to make it clip to the text below. Dave ... View more

A few things you could look at - depending on the image. 1. Is there one of the channels with better contrast that you could use for selection (flick through them in the channels panel) 2. Are you able to draw round the statues with the pen tool? On smooth edges (as opposed to hair) this is often easier than brushing pixel by pixel. 3. Can you build up your mask in parts using different selection tools on each area where they work best - saving each selection as an alpha channel then combining them into one? Dave ... View more

You can adjust the size in the dialogue when you make the frame. If you want to adjust after it is rendered then, before you use the filter, add an empty layer above your image, select the empty layer and use Filter Render - Picture Frame on that empty layer. You can then use all transformation tools that are available on other layers. Dave ... View more

To enable us to help you need to supply more information including: What exactly has stopped and what messages do you get and what are you doing when it stops What operating system (and version) are you using Dave ... View more

Do you mean the crop tool ? - mine defaults to whatever I used it as last. or Do you mean File -New , where you can save whatever presets you want? Dave ... View more

I don't think anyone was forced to install the latest version - you can choose. The White layout is an option in preferences Whether you use tabs for images or windows is up to you - again set in preferences Your brush cursor again is an option Dave ... View more

Played with this further this afternoon. Tried changing the font, building the texture at a higher resolution, putting in a flat normal map and in the end I built a new copy of the model in a brand new file. All showed the same blurring, although the higher resolution textures did show it to a lesser degree. Finally I rebuilt the model using a cube mesh (rather than an extrusion). That showed no blurring at all. I haven't got to the bottom of why the extrusion model blurs the text in Photoshop render but does not in a Blender render. But I think for vernon-cg ( original poster)  - the short term answer is to build the model using a 3D cube mesh - adjusting the faces to the required size, and adding the textures to each. Dave ... View more

Still struggling to see what is wrong with the blurred text here. I exported the model to Blender where it rendered without an issue (see below) So , as Stefan stated , we are obviously missing something in Photoshop Dave ... View more

Hi Stefan - thanks for chipping in - would take any help we can get on this. I found the issue with the markings on the pink texture it was resolved by changing the setting of the Diffuse Colour where the intensity was up to max. Setting the extrusion diffuse color  the same as front surface (reduce intensity and set color to white) cured that issue. I still haven't resolved the text blurring - but will keep looking. Dave ... View more

Also CS6 , CC2015.5.1 and CS 2017 all show the same render Dave ... View more

Hi , Thanks for PM with file. Sorry it has taken a while to get back to you, you file arrived just as I was going out for the evening. I let it render whilst I was out. The result is below. The good news is - it is not your system, I am seeing the same issues. The render showed a softening on the text (see below) albeit to a lesser extent than you saw, and also the a same impact as you posted on  background texture. Turning off the text layer showed the same impact on the background However at this stage I cannot see what is causing the text distortion or the pink background issues. I will have a further look in the morning Dave ... View more

If you are able to post a link to your test PSD (in drop box or similar) I would be happy to try it here and see if it renders OK. At least that would narrow it to a system or an image issue. Dave ... View more

Sorry if I posted a bit of the obvious, you can't always tell whether you are answering an experienced user or a relative newcomer to Photoshop. Hope you get sorted . Dave ... View more

If you really want to balance by the numbers though, the better way is to photograph a Color Checker in the same light and use that to adjust and apply it to your image Dave ... View more

After I wrote this I got to thinking did you mean a single value for the whole image. So I tried this> Use image - Image size to temporarily resize the image to 50x50 pixels ( I started with a square image). Then set the eyedropper to average 100 x 100. No matter where I put the it on the image I now get the same Hue value Not sure how accurate it is - but it may help with your thinking Dave Edit to add - after measuring just click in history panel to go back ... View more

You can use the eyedropper tool and the info panel to display values. If you click on the eyedropper in the info panel a menu appears where you can select what you want to show (in your case HSB) Dave ... View more

Hi I tried to replicate this (similar 3D preference settings to you but on a Windows 10 PC) I could not get that distortion. I tried on the front inflation and the extrusion (extrusion shown facing camera) Dave ... View more

Hi Christian Just for clarity this is what I see (it would be good to show what you see for the same menus) As opened: Scroll down: After clicking on All Apps Then : Then Dave ... View more

Answer to your initial question is - a lot. I have 64GB of RAM of which I allow Photoshop to use 42GB ( I also use blender at the same time so do not give Photoshop the lot). I upscaled a photograph image to the size you mention (single layer - 8 bit - 200000 x 100000 pixels  55.9GB document size) and saved it as a PSB file (10.6GB file size on disk)  to a normal (non SSD) spinning disk. On a freshly started Photoshop, it took 4 mins and 58 secs to load and be ready to use and the efficiency when open is 45% i.e. it is still going to be back and forth to the scratch disk. If you add layers it will get worse. Dave ... View more