dfuser wrote: I have PSE 14 on a Dell XPS. The program fonts are okay, but the plugins' fonts are illegible. I have tried everything on the Photoshop forum to fix this - changing system fonts, resolution and even adding a "manifest" file. Nothing works. I use the Windows 10 magnifier to see the plug ins, but that is a cumbersome work around. The magnifier displays only a tiny part of the screen at a time. Anyone else have this problem. Which plugins? There may still be something to try. You have probably noticed that the organizer does not use the same method as the editor. Instead of using a magnification to 200%, it uses the settings in the Windows preferences. You can choose 125, 150% for instance, and that applies to most other softwares. ... View more

gailb64892002 wrote: Hi I have PSE 11 on a laptop that has been replaced, can I move the files over and continue to use. I have had PSE for about 3 years and have no idea of my licence ref. Can anyone help? Thank you Gail Also use the backup / restore process to move the media files and catalog at the same time to the new computer. https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/backup-restore-move-catalog-photoshop.html (assuming you already have a full backup or can do it on the old laptop.) ... View more

Steve Grisetti a écrit: Have any of you tried this possible fix? https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2021148?q=fix%20el%20capita Steve, Unfortunately, among several bugs appearing after the release of El Capitan, this one is particularly mysterious. It only affects one Elements version, the Elements 11 sold by the Apple Store. Present state: Elements 11 (app store): Can't save file after installing MacOS 10.11 El Capitan (known OS bug) Chris Cox (Sr. Computer Scientist) 18 minutes ago How can Adobe go back in time and make changes in an older version of Elements to work around a known bug in a new OS release? Apple's new OS release broke your application purchased from Apple's app store. Apple has a bug in their OS that is preventing you from saving files -- please let Apple know how this bug in their OS is affecting you. Other post from Chris Cox: Chris Cox (Sr. Computer Scientist) 1 day ago Apple doesn't give progress reports on their OS bugs. Pete is attempting to contact people affected by this OS bug and offer workarounds until Apple can fix the issue in the OS. < < < Officially Adobe is working with Apple to find the source of the OS bug and try to find workarounds. It appears that there has not been any official comment by Apple about it, only what their sales people can say in such a case. Since there has been no change in the code of the Elements 11 App store version, there is no doubt that the change in the OS has caused the incompatibility. If the reason of the bug was known today, there would be some information from Adobe. So, there is still no hope today for a technical solution (PSE patch or OS update). What is left is what Pete Green can offer to individuals reporting in the above thread. If I dare add a comment as a Windows user, it would be that Mac users should ignore the App Store. That was very clear in Barbara Brundage's posts and blog. Special versions for the App store mean different features, they don't get updates for point versions unless I am wrong, they don't offer the trial versions and when there is no technical solution, that makes sales arrangements difficult... ... View more

josh_griffon a écrit: Hi, can we merge pictures to do HDR picture with PS Elements 14 or with Lightroom ver 5.7.1? Thanks! In Elements, what you can do is to use images with different exposures and merge them to get a realistic effect with details both in shadows and highlights. Use the 'Guided' edit mode. Select 'Photomerge' in the menu bar on top (rightmost choice) In Photomerge, select the photomerge 'Exposure'. Photoshop Elements Help | Guided mode - Photomerge edits ... View more

Chris Cox a écrit: That topic is about a MacOS 10.11 bug that cause the OS save dialog to not finish/exit on Elements 11 bought from the app store only. It does not involve crashes, and appears unrelated to this topic. Adobe is working with Apple to determine what went wrong with the MacOS 10.11 code to cause the OS Save dialog issue. Also, if you are crashing, please post a crash report (the long, detailed text that shows the crash details). Chris, I mentioned the discussion in the feedback forum about the inability to save in the Apple store version of V11 with El Capitan. That is one of the questions asked in the present Elements discussion. "When I try to save my file it does not respond." Yes, there are different issues with Elements 11 and El Capitan, and I am glad I am not a Mac user . That said, I admire your patience... ... View more

Elements 11 (app store): Can't save file after installing MacOS 10.11 El Capitan No comment. ... View more

Which is your OS ? The Organizer supports setting a bigger font size from Windows (I have set mine to 125%). Right click in an empty space of your desktop and select the customize options. Of course, choosing bigger fonts will also apply to other softwares, which is generally a good thing. ... View more

anella3 a écrit: How hard can it be to fix this problem??? Extremely hard. You would not believe the amount of code to re-write and the number of programmers involved in the change, both at Microsoft and Adobe and other software editors. Those are dependent on Microsoft APIs, so that means lots of delays; it's likely that everyone will have to jump to a  Win 10 version to see a suitably 'scalable' interface. I can barely see the Menus and Tools... and I have 20/20 vision. Yes... That's your problem. You have 20/20 vision (like me with my glasses ) and you can't read letters. And like all other users who jumped to hdpi display, you believe you can see more details in the pictures than with standard displays. How many pixels are needed to shape a small font? You'll even find people who tell they can distinguish individual pixels when seeing small fonts in their normal viewing conditions. Just compare normal and hdpi displays side by side in normal working situations (either on laptops or desktops). While you can perceive some difference in quality, can you really see more details in your picture displayed full screen? The truth is in the font size. The needed resolution in pixels to draw the smallest character on normal viewing conditions is what is needed. Higher resolutions are illusions for viewing the image. They can't help with text because even if the very small character is correctly drawn, you need a magnifying glass to see it. People who have chosen hpdi displays for photo editing have been misled. Even when the interface scaling problem has been solved, you get only drawbacks for editing. - more expensive displays and computers - slower softwares - still more zooming in when 'pixel peeping' (working at the pixel level) - akward interface to enable viewing both on small displays (tablets or phones) and large screens. Just see how much text and icons you can display in one line on a 27" editing display and on your Surface pro? If you are able to 'zoom in' that line, you'll see only a part, same for the bottom lines of the screen. It's much more important to spend money on quality displays with calibrating software than using hdpi. There are two reasons for hdpi displays use: - use on small devices like phones or tablets - manufacturers are able to do it now at a reasonable price. It's easy for marketing people to sell 'more is better'. ... View more

Smpiders a écrit: I just tried opening the Photoshop Elements 13 Organizer, and if my Surface Pro 3 is in landscape mode, it opens with the UI properly scaled.  If I rotate it to portrait before launching the organizer, it has the micro UI where I can't read the icons.  With the Photo Editor, it opens up with the micro UI regardless of the orientation when opening. That rotation problem seems to be specific to the Surface Pro 3; it would be worth submitting it in the feedback forum as suggested by ssprengel. From this, I am certain that this is a software bug in Auto detecting on the Photo Editor side. Anyway, the editor and the organizer  are basically different in the way they use fonts and icons (I think the re-writing of the organizer code since PSE11 has enabled more flexibility). If you don't consider hidpi displays, but simply large displays (24 to 27" with 1920 x 1200 resolution), the result with PSE13 is that: - editor : you get slightly smaller fonts as before. Good for me, but a lot of viewers will have problems). Changing the font to 125% in the Windows settings has no effect. - organizer : same small fonts if you set Windows to 100% font size. Much bigger fonts if you set the fonts to 125%. Too big for my taste, but acceptable. The present Adobe/Microsoft compromise is a step forward, but more flexibility will be needed. Note that I don't care for hidpi displays for serious editing in ergonomic conditions. If you can't see the fonts, do you really believe you can better see the image? That said, with the same screen size and resolution I'd largely appreciate to scale the fonts and icons. ... View more

Same for me with Firefox 29. Not a frequent occurence. ... View more

Show the 'information' panel F8). In the middle horizontal section, select 'pixels' on the left drop-down menu. Use the rectangular marquee tool to select your area: the dimensions in pixels of the rectangle is shown under 'dimensions' on the right. I think there are other ways to measure a line segment, but you could use the above measure by adjusting the rectangular marquee tools to both extremities of the segment, - use the move tool to rotate the rectangle so that the diagonal measuring the segment is horizontal, - move the rectangle to the left, and check validate, which creates another rectangle including the first one - read the pixel dimension (L:) in the info panel like above. ... View more

PaulFBarrett a écrit: Well from a personal point of view the dollares issue is a npon issue.  I would have had to pay for the PSE upgrade.  Instead I paid for LR (at a discount).  *** broad as it's long.  And I am never going cloud. So, from your personal point of view, you have now a superior deal for the same price from Adobe. That does not seem to make you happy ? And from Adobe point of view ? As a PSE user, what is your weight compared to CS users ? Anyhow, you are still in their hands. The question is still : will regular CS users downgrade to Elements ? Avoiding one CS user to downgrade maybe worth losing a few PSE users ? ... View more

Les_Cornwell a écrit: Hi Michel, Is that not just for the editor? Is it possible to have the organiser open on one screen & to press F11 for a fullscreen preview on the other monitor? Good question. For lack of working space I have disconnected the (temporary) second display ... I am pretty sure it does not work in the Organizer with its very rigid layout. The editor has inherited moveable windows. I think there is no difference in PSE11 and PSE12. The full screen view by F11 could be seriously improved by offering a customization of the caption (font size and location). Otherwise, I am satisfied with the way the command panels automatically hide themselves. As you know, I don't consider that reverting to a 'bicubic sharper' downsizing is critical. I have never used the 'F11' view in my editing workflow, only for improvised display on my 1920x1200 calibrated monitor. If I want to prepare a kind of slideshow for family audience, I export specifically cropped, resized and sharpened pictures on a USB stick or a card in a small card reader : that works great on today's big TV sets, even if they can't compete for exact colors. ... View more

PaulFBarrett a écrit: Well only partly a success.  LR is arguably a better organiser and PSE 11 has all the basic editing I need.  I have taken my stitching needs to another vendor.  In fact I am going to be good to go for a long while now so that's hardly a great marketimg success is it? Think dollars. From what I seen, CS and cloud users as well as Lightroom ones update regularly. Less so with PSE users. How much does as Cloud user or Lightroom user bring to Adobe every year ? How much for a PSE user ? As I said, the main risk with the migration to the Cloud is to see CS users simply go to Elements, especially in the present period where the Cloud acceptance is not clear. On the other hand, if Adobe can get more PSE users to jump to Lightroom, that's all profit. ... View more

Les_Cornwell a écrit: What about dual monitor support though? It's working : I was puzzled by your question, so I did ask : http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79587&highlight=dual+monitor Well, I just tried it and it did work (PSE12) when I added a second monitor (a common tv set). You can drag your different panels to the secondary monitor and keep the main one for the image. ... View more

Barbara B. wrote: I don't know, but I would expect it was just more compicated to do the windows version as 64 bit and so they did the easy one first. I wonder. On the contrary, I would have thought that maintaining the 32 bits version would create more problems. The Premiere version was already 64 bits, I think the Organizer part is already ready. But I was pretty sure they would not do it now on marketing grounds. 1 - Adobe is in a strategical change phase : migration from CS to CC, changing PSE for a more amateur market together with the starting of Adobe Revel. They don't want PSE to be a competitor to CC or LR. That should be stabilized next year. 2 - Windows XP and Vista : There is still a significant share of the market with those old OS. Microsoft is dropping the support for XP : next year the move to 64 bits will be easier. ... View more

Thanks, Brian. I had tried it on the wrong type of folder... with all subfolders already visible. That works perfectly. ... View more

You are right about the 'Folders'. I am working on a French version, so I quoted by memory... The new folder view does show only folders which have pictures, or which have subfolders having pictures in them. It skips folders without any catalogued pictures in any of its subfolders. That's the ideal view for people wanting to manage folders from within the organizer. Remember that you don't need to bother with folder organization if you rely on the organizer tags, categories and albums. However, if you want to organize the folder trees, the PSE11 'Folders' view is ideal, it does not add complexity to already complex trees. If you are using the 'Folders' view to check for non already catalogued pictures, that means your  importing procedure into your catalogs is not perfect. - You can use the default folder tree structure in the downloader - You can use the 'watched folder' feature in Windows - In 'Folders' view, you can right click an empty folder and import all missing media in its subfolders - or if you right click as above, you can show the contents of the folder in the Windows explorer. Which earlier version did you use ? ... View more

brian11375 wrote: A few thoughts related to the Organizer portion: Folder hierarchy view.  In version 11, the folder-tree pane on the left side of the Organizer only shows folders that have been imported into PSE.  In previous versions, the folder-tree showed 'all' folders - and those that had not been imported to PSE were greyed out.  I found the view in pervious versions to be very helpful, as it served to let me know which directories I had not yet imported.  With the interface in version 11, I either 1) have to make more of a manual effort (comparing my actual folder-tree with that I see in PSE), or 2) rely on memory to realize that PSE is not showing me pictures that I have. Brian, For the last item,don't wait for the new version. You can switch from the internal folder view you are mentionning to the complete drive folder tree by clicking on the the small yellow icon (2 rectangles) on the right of the title 'My Pictures'. The new view is called 'Pictures', and it's not buggy like in the former versions. ... View more

BillAnderson1 wrote: Excellent sleuthing Michel. What do you make of the results? I don't know... It's not the thumbnail cache (two sizes : 320 x240 and 160 x120). There are no large previews like in LR. Previewing those raw files in the 'full screen mode' (sort of instant slideshows) is nearly immediate when you change to the next picture, less than 2 seconds when you move to random order in the filmstrip. To get 100% view by clicking on the image, less than 3 seconds and immediate when going back to full screen. Then according to an alleged answer by an Adobe engineer to a customer complaining about the quality of the image before and after the 100% view, the downsizing before is bicubic, while after it's bicubic sharper... Don't forget my raws are only 8Mb with my Canon 20D. Catalog with about 50 000 items in both PSE/LR. Nothing scientific there. I can confirm that the Organizer uses 4 sqlite databases : the catalog, thumbnail and faces caches plus waldo.cache. Adobe replaced the Access database with the sqlite one with version 6. Edit: Would it be the use of a jpeg preview embedded in the .CR2 raw file ? ... View more

BillAnderson1 wrote: Ok, here’s an example of blazing speed: I just ran this test less than 5 minutes ago. I fired up LR in Library mode; I selected 14 photos that I took this morning, all DNG averaging 30MB; I exported them to a folder on a separate disk. I exported them as JPG with a 1620X960 aspect ratio with no sharpening. It took 1 minute 38 seconds. I shut down LR and deleted the JPGs from the folder. I than fired up Photoshop Elements 11, I had earlier imported the same 14 photos to PSE 11s catalogue, so I selected them for export. I set the export size to the same 1620X960 pixel ratios. The PSE 11 export took 9.4 seconds. The JPGs were pretty much the same in quality and size. Bill Further tests on a series of 24 raw .CR2 files (about 8Mb each). Exporting from raw to jpeg full size, high quality : about 50 seconds in LR and PSE. With 1620x960, no change in LR, 14 seconds in PSE. With 640x480, medium quality : 9 seconds in PSE... Default conversion without heavy edits in LR/ACR. Basic computer, 8Gb, Intel i5 (PSE is a 32 bits application) ... View more

BillAnderson1 wrote: ... Ok, here’s an example of blazing speed: I just ran this test less than 5 minutes ago. I fired up LR in Library mode; I selected 14 photos that I took this morning, all DNG averaging 30MB; I exported them to a folder on a separate disk. I exported them as JPG with a 1620X960 aspect ratio with no sharpening. It took 1 minute 38 seconds. I shut down LR and deleted the JPGs from the folder. I than fired up Photoshop Elements 11, I had earlier imported the same 14 photos to PSE 11s catalogue, so I selected them for export. I set the export size to the same 1620X960 pixel ratios. The PSE 11 export took 9.4 seconds. The JPGs were pretty much the same in quality and size. ... Bill Just curious : Did you try exporting the original DNG to the final jpeg format from PSE11 and ACR to get a similar workflow ? By the way, PSE11 does not require a poweful computer and is happy with Windows XP. Incidentaly, I was doing tests yesterday and found that PSE11 uses two more sqlite databases beside the catalog file and cache (previews) files... Much simpler structure though. ... View more

Andrew Rodney wrote: MichelBParis wrote: Reading your previous post, I think it's good to mention for those not acquainted with the Organizer, that you can open jpegs in ACR in the editor, one by one. After that, if you choose to open the file from the Organizer, it will open automatically in ACR. But you can't tell from the browsing space if it has been edited in ACR. Well it seems that copy of ACR is 'crippled' as one can open multiple image in ACR from Photoshop. So you can't open multiple JPEG's but you can open multiple DNG's in ACR/Organizer? Odd. You can open several 'raws' or 'DNGs' at the same time in ACR, both from the organizer or the editor. With jpegs, it's only one at a time, only in the editor. What has been deliberately 'crippled' in Elements is that ACR gets only the basic, detail and camera calibration tabs. You can't use local corrections and you have to open in the editor if you want to save in another format. You can choose to save edits in xmp or in database. Since you have all the tools to compensate for those lacking features in the editor, that seems rather logical for an entry level software. Using the organizer plus ACR with raw files offers an efficient workflow. It's a pity jpegs have been 'forgotten' since that software is targetted at amateurs who often deal with both raws and jpegs. ... View more

Andrew Rodney wrote: So IF I understand the need to embed a JPEG into the DNG converter, it's because another Adobe app doesn’t allow JPEG's to be edited in ACR? IF that's the case, Adobe should provide either the ability to edit the JPEG's in ACR like Photoshop or provide a means to convert to DNG. I think the former makes a bit more sense then the later. Absolutely,  I am tired of asking that feature in the organizer... which had a solution from John R Ellis up to version 8 of PSE with his 'EditInAcr'. I don't think my observation will have any weight to make Adobe create an 'Open in ACR' option from the Organizer, but if the other reasons in this discussion convince Adobe to convert jpegs to DNG via the dngconverter, I would have a reasonable solution. For those who use the Organizer instead of LR and take advantage of the power of ACR for jpegs as well as raws, the conversion to DNG would have other advantages : - enabling opening several DNG-ex-jpegs at the same time in ACR for common edits (sort of 'syncing') - browsing the Organizer, you can't see which jpegs have been edited in ACR. That is hidden in the metadata section. You don't see if a jpeg is an unedited one, or a an original with the parametric edits saved in the header. Not easy to use a search for selection for further tagging. - using the new 'lossy' compression of ACR 7 may be useful. Edit: Reading your previous post, I think it's good to mention for those not acquainted with the Organizer, that you can open jpegs in ACR in the editor, one by one. After that, if you choose to open the file from the Organizer, it will open automatically in ACR. But you can't tell from the browsing space if it has been edited in ACR. ... View more

Rob Cole wrote: Excellent point - I hadn't thought of that one . Also, I am not sure Adobe are eager to give Elements the same power as LR ... View more

Rob Cole wrote: . That said, only way to do it is in Lightroom as you've now done. I've been trying to lobby for (jpg wrapping) support in DNG converter, but so far to no avail... Come on Adobe! - let us wrap our jpegs!! (via command-line and as import option). Rob I would support that idea for another reason. Besides using Lightroom, I also keep catalogs for other users in the Elements Organizer. I'm using the (excellent) ACR 7 version basic and detail tabs both for raws and jpegs. And the biggest problem to get a LR-like workflow with the Organizer is that it wont give you the ability to open jpegs in ACR (unless they have been already opened 'as' raws in the editor, one by one). Having a batch conversion to DNG with the dngconverter just like for non supported raw formats would be a smart solution. ... View more

whsprague wrote: cheer89fjh wrote: Hello, I am a new photographer. I am looking to buy one of these softwares. I am wanting to know what the difference is between photoshop elements 11 and lightroom 4? Which one is better? Which one is recommended more? If you could help me in choosing which one to purchase that would greatly appreciated. Thank you. I'm an old photographer, but new to Adobe stuff.  I bought both with Premier Elements for a new computer.  I'm devoting retirement to learning how to use all of it.  I have a group of photos where the camera was set for indoor light and I was shooting outdoors.  In LR I can fix them all at once.  In PSE I can fix them one at a time. I have a shot of a young eagle in a tree across the street with a power line in the way.  I will use PSE to get rid of the powerline. PSE comes with Organizer and it is very good but runs separately.  With LR it is built in.  (Integrated?)  You don't switch back and forth.  Good points, Note that in PSE you can open several raw pictures at the same time, and apply the same correction to all opened pictures. Or that if you have a particular setting you want to apply to several pictures individually, you can apply the 'last settings' to the next picture. That's something only the ACR module can offer in PSE. If you are not shooting raw but you want to use ACR to develop jpegs, you can do it in PSE, but without limitations : you can only open them in the editor, not from the organizer. In LR, there is no difference : big advantage. ... View more

Good! I have been searching for those links in my trial version. It would be a good idea to update the faq about 'where to find the guides...' with the link to the pdf versions. ... View more

I am not sure you'll get better results by converting yourself. Your suppliers probably do the conversion with Photoshop and they are the only ones to know the details of the profiles needed for their paper and inks types. Any conversion from RGB color space to CMYK will result in a small degree of color loss. ... View more