Glenn 8675309
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Glenn 8675309
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Feb 02, 2025
06:42 AM
The ACR version that you first install (When prompted) when you go to use it in PSE 2025 was ACR 17.0. That's why. It's always worked. It just may not work if you get a new camera, a brand new camera, which is not currently supported.
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Feb 01, 2025
05:51 PM
Please provide a screenshot of the performace tab in your preference file.
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Feb 01, 2025
04:01 PM
1 Upvote
WINDOWS ONLY Argus Preset Viewer (google it) $10. Download, extract, click on the full install link in the popup menu. It allows you to view brush thumbnails, any thumbnails actually in your preset folder- brushes and shapes in particular- in your file explorer. Adobe says there is no software to view brush thumbnails, BUT THIS IS IT! I generally don't mess with add ons / actions /presets type stuff for PSE, but this product "Argus Preset Viewer" does exactely what I needed / wanted, which is something Adobe says does not exist "Software to view brush thumbnails." I have hundreds of brush sets, many are garbage, not worth the download- but with this program I can see all the brush thumbnails without having to start any Adobe program. It's built into your file explorer, after you click on the exe file. I have a bunch of custom swatches installed in other versions of PSE. I will search for them, and put them all in one folder I can find. Then I copy and paste that folders' contents into all my versions of PSE I have installed.
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Feb 01, 2025
03:48 PM
Argus preset viewer- BEST $10 EVER SPENT! I now have previews of anything graphic in my preset folders. Install the full version- all you do is click on the exe and that's it.
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Feb 01, 2025
10:34 AM
Two programs- ABR Mate and Brushbox can view brushes. ABR mate is old and clunky, burshbox, ties into photoshop. I think I may purchase it, $19 and see if I can get it to work in PSE.
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Feb 01, 2025
10:20 AM
From what I can tell you have to download a brush viewer to see the thumbnails. I will look into today. The shapes preview is still working on my computer- windows 10 latest version, with all udpates. I didn install some silly utilities last week- it's probably due to one of those programs, i'll look those up as well in my downloads. Seeing the shape thumbnails is going to save me time- lots of the shape libraries I've downloaded are garbage.
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Jan 31, 2025
04:41 PM
Layers? I don't care bout no stinkin layers.... I'll have to check the monoply game board I've been working on for 3 years-- pretty low key project--- 316 layers, and 45 groups.i had to load in photoshop to quickly count the layers.
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Jan 31, 2025
04:04 PM
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this program is free, nothing to install, so much eaiser that doing it in photoshop elements. https://beno.uk/metromapcreator/
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Jan 31, 2025
03:58 PM
I took a slightly different approach think how I would do it If I were creating it.
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Jan 31, 2025
03:47 PM
For your project: Open a new canvas, draw your circle the size you need, duplcate the layer containing the circle a bunch (CTRL J). That way your circles will be the same size. tile your two canvases: the one with all the circles, the other the canvas being where you are putting your map together. Tile the two canvases: WINDOW>IMAGES>TILE Drag a circle from your stack of copies onto the map you are making, repeat as needed. The canvas on the left you see below has a bunch of the circles stacked on top of each other. Just CLICK HOLD AND DRAG A CIRCLE from the left to the right- repeated as needed. TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE: MATCH THE SIZE AND RESOLUTION OF THE CANVASES.
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Jan 31, 2025
02:59 AM
"for display on my computer."-- anything above 120 PPI is overkill then- and simply is a "feel good inside" number. For a computer display, most experts recommend a maximum PPI (pixels per inch) of around 110-140, as going significantly higher may not provide noticeable improvement while potentially increasing the cost of the monitor and not being necessary for typical viewing distances; a good range for most users is considered to be between 90 and 110 PPI. I always tell users to do what makes them happy.
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Jan 30, 2025
04:59 PM
Nope, 600 ppi is it when resizing. I even resized the resized ones, didn't matter. About resizing: If your base images are garbage, all you are going to do in make garbage pictures, but larger. 72ppi image original resized to 1200 ppi will produce garbage, for example. Equate image resizing to streatching out a ball of dough- like what they do to make pizza crusts. The original ball can only be stretched so big before something starts to give, in this case, the original image. HOW IMAGES ARE RESIZED: It all boils down to math. When you increase the size of an image alogrythms are applied to image- IN SIMPLE TERMS: The math looks at a pixel, then creates near matches, or perfect matches of that original pixel. IN MORE GEEKY TERMS: A common mathematical algorithm used to enlarge an image is called "bilinear interpolation," which calculates the value of a new pixel by taking a weighted average of the four nearest neighboring pixels in the original image, effectively creating a smoother transition between pixels when scaling up the image size. IN EXTREMELY GEEKY TERMS: Belows is a sample of the math that is done to enlarge a pixel based image. import math
def bilinear_resize(image, height, width😞
"""
`image` is a 2-D numpy array
`height` and `width` are the desired spatial dimension of the new 2-D array.
"""
img_height, img_width = image.shape[:2]
resized = np.empty([height, width])
x_ratio = float(img_width - 1) / (width - 1) if width > 1 else 0
y_ratio = float(img_height - 1) / (height - 1) if height > 1 else 0
for i in range(height😞
for j in range(width😞
x_l, y_l = math.floor(x_ratio * j), math.floor(y_ratio * i)
x_h, y_h = math.ceil(x_ratio * j), math.ceil(y_ratio * i)
x_weight = (x_ratio * j) - x_l
y_weight = (y_ratio * i) - y_l
a = image[y_l, x_l]
b = image[y_l, x_h]
c = image[y_h, x_l]
d = image[y_h, x_h]
pixel = a * (1 - x_weight) * (1 - y_weight) \
+ b * x_weight * (1 - y_weight) + \
c * y_weight * (1 - x_weight) + \
d * x_weight * y_weight
resized[i][j] = pixel
return resized In order to get nice resizes you really need to have the biggest possible images possible. I have one camera that takes a standard image of around 3400 x 5200- which is fine. I can double the size, with no noticable difference. You take the height times the width. the width-- in this case a little over 17MB- that's 17MB of data I have to work with, that I can enlarge.
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Jan 29, 2025
04:32 PM
Are you pulling the images off a thumbdrive, then pulling the thumbdrive out?
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Jan 29, 2025
04:22 PM
Messing around I searched my entire computer for shape files (CSH)- found 322 of them- some are quite big with hundreds of files. Prior to today I don't recall being able to see the actual thumbnails of the shapes in my file explorer. With some of the huge shpae folders, the ones that have hundreds of shapes the thumbnails are microscopic, quite useless. I'm thinking this might be one of those things I've just never really paid attention to. Most of them are the size of what you see below. Can everyone else see their shape thumbnails in their file explorer like what you see below?
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Jan 29, 2025
04:01 PM
Just upload the font after you unzip it. make sure to check the box that you all the rights n other stuff. I did it without any problems. I did notice, aftr I restarted AE that it took about 5 mintues for it to show up in my font list. It is an older font, but well used, really shouldn't be any problems.
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Jan 29, 2025
03:54 AM
Yes, both Photoshop Elements 2024 and Photoshop Elements 2025 are compatible with Snapdragon Plus and Snapdragon Elite processors. Adobe has been actively working to expand the availability of their apps on devices with Snapdragon X Series processors. However, it's worth noting that while some Adobe apps run natively on these processors, others may still require emulation, which can affect performance. Snapdragon Processors reprrsent an extremely small percentage (less than 1%) of computers. Some Adobe programs work with that cpu, some don't. I recommend that you try a trial version of pse 2025- 7 days, free and see how it works. https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements/free-trial.html Bottom line: I would say "try at your own risk," but don't expect it to be perfect.
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Jan 29, 2025
03:48 AM
The thread belongs in the PS forum. The question is about PS, not PSE. I assume that's what you mean- that it belongs in PS.
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Jan 28, 2025
03:54 AM
That's a mac error, has nothing to do with PSE. Your copy of pse is about 14 years old- you are bound to have issues with it.
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Jan 27, 2025
04:20 PM
I often see this at school. Access can be limited for any number of reasons. All it took was a simple online IT request to the IT guys. Connecting thru a work or state level of network could produce the same results.
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Jan 27, 2025
04:18 PM
All my screenshots like what you see below I use "FastStone" capture-- best money I ever spent.
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Jan 26, 2025
03:41 PM
The series of dots is due to the brush spacing setting. If you purchased a drawing tablet it would have individual brush settings as well. I had a nice tablet, and gave it away after 6 months- I lack what I like to call "true artistic ability" and thought it would speed things up, it did not. The pressure stuff while using brushes was cool, but I'm a stick man sorta drawer. Did you use the HP software to confugre your laptop for use with a stylus? https://support.hp.com/ph-en/document/ish_7791449-7791493-16
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Jan 26, 2025
02:56 PM
1 Upvote
Layers are found on your workspace on the right. You mention pages, that makes me think you opened a template that has multiple pages to it. DO THIS: Click on the big plus sign in the upper leftcorner of your screen and begin with a blank canvas. Add stuff to the canvas. Everytime you add stuff to the canvas it gets put onto it's own layer. You will see that on the right side of your screen. You can easily reorder the layers by clicking on one of the layers and dragging it up or down in the layer stack.
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Jan 26, 2025
02:48 PM
No you are not missing anything. Please remember that AE is template and shape driven first, with only basic editing of actual shapes. I did it, created the rounded corners, and matched the color using Photoshop Elements. Total time: maybe two minutes. I created the shape in PSE, matched the color, saved it, then uploaded to AE. In AE I resized, and positioned the shape. It's a clunky methed but it works. Any number of free tools online can create rounded corners on text boxes.
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Jan 25, 2025
04:53 PM
1 Upvote
Start typing 1 letter, hit SPACE, type another letter, HIT SPACE, repeat. Quick, simple, and provides away to do what you want. The word "casual" in the template was originally horizontal.
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Jan 25, 2025
11:00 AM
you really only need to worry about updating camera raw if your cmaera requires it. If you haven't been able to update the Camera Raw plug-in for Elements, follow these steps, Primarily because your new camera needs a newer version of ACR to support RAW files: Download and install the latest Camera Raw version from https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-in-installer.html Quit all Adobe applications. On macOS, double-click the .dmg file to mount it. On Windows double-click the downloaded .zip file to unzip it. (Windows might unzip the file for you.) On macOS, double-click the .pkg file to start the installer. On Windows, double-click the resulting .exe file to start the installer. Follow the on-screen instructions. Once installed successfully, close the installer window. Navigate to the following folder: On macOS: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-ins/CC/File Formats On Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\File Formats Copy the Camera Raw plug-in (just the .8bi file) from the CC > File Formats folder that is mentioned in the above step. Navigate to the following folder: On macOS: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-ins/Elements<Version Number>/File Formats On Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\Elements<Version Number>\File Formats Replace the existing Camera Raw plugin in Elements<Version Number> folder with the plug-in that you copied earlier. Prior to PSE 2024 PSE used a version numbering system that made the actual version number “2 OFF” from the Product name. FOR EXAMPLE: pse 2021 was version 19: pse 2022 was version 20, and pse 2023 was version 21. THERE IS NO VERSION 22 OR 23. Adobe Photoshop Elements Version: 24.0 (20240531.Git.master.e2ec2d0) x64 your version number: 0531 is the month and date the update was completed- and they typically become available 2 weeks after that date. If you haven't been able to update the Camera Raw plug-in for Elements, follow these steps, Primarily because your new camera needs a newer version of ACR to support RAW files: Download and install the latest Camera Raw version from https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-in-installer.html Quit all Adobe applications. On macOS, double-click the .dmg file to mount it. On Windows double-click the downloaded .zip file to unzip it. (Windows might unzip the file for you.) On macOS, double-click the .pkg file to start the installer. On Windows, double-click the resulting .exe file to start the installer. Follow the on-screen instructions. Once installed successfully, close the installer window. Navigate to the following folder: On macOS: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-ins/CC/File Formats On Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\File Formats Copy the Camera Raw plug-in (just the .8bi file) from the CC > File Formats folder that is mentioned in the above step. Navigate to the following folder: On macOS: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-ins/Elements<Version Number>/File Formats On Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\Elements<Version Number>\File Formats Replace the existing Camera Raw plugin in Elements<Version Number> folder with the plug-in that you copied earlier. Prior to PSE 2024 PSE used a version numbering system that made the actual version number “2 OFF” from the Product name. FOR EXAMPLE: pse 2021 was version 19: pse 2022 was version 20, and pse 2023 was version 21. THERE IS NO VERSION 22 OR 23.
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Jan 25, 2025
04:54 AM
My idea to solve: get pse 2025. It's time to put that 15 year old software to sleep. https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements/free-trial.html
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Jan 25, 2025
04:07 AM
"We no longer support the Adobe Express"---- The language alone is pretty indicative of a scammer. It's also 100% B.S. Adobe not supporting Adob express? It's literally in the name of the application. " As discussed on the chat we no longer support the Adobe Express. That is the reason we offered the Creative Cloud Photography plan with 1TB....... and Adobe Express at USD 9.99"- they no longer support Adobe express, but then go to offer adobe express? In what world does that make sense? "As discussed on the chat"- Who talks like that? Scammers talk like that. Scammers can easilly spoof email addresses- they change the email header information- you get an instant "Adobe.com" I am 100% certain what you posted is from a scammer. Do not give them any of your Adobe information, in particular you Adobe ID and login password. Do not giver them any credit card info (That is what scammers are after).
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Jan 24, 2025
03:41 PM
My solution: just take it to a big store that has wide poster printers. I find that poster printing in PSE leaves a bit to be desired.
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