Glenn 8675309
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Glenn 8675309
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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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Jan 23, 2025
09:46 AM
It's greyed because you do not have any plugins installed that use it. You just save your images, or psd files. and upload those whereever you need to. This question was first mentioned about 8 years ago: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-elements-discussions/export-grayed-out-photoshop-elements-15/m-p/8962975#M11523
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Jan 23, 2025
06:54 AM
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If your Photoshop Elements installation is stopping at 2%, it usually indicates an issue with your system not meeting the minimum requirements, potential conflicts with antivirus software, or a corrupted download; try checking your system specs, temporarily disabling your antivirus, and downloading a fresh copy of the installer from Adobe. https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements/tech-specs.html Key troubleshooting steps: Verify system requirements: Ensure your computer meets the minimum system requirements for Photoshop Elements. Disable antivirus software: Temporarily disable your antivirus program as it might interfere with the installation process. Check for updates: Make sure your operating system and other software are updated to the latest versions. Re-download the installer: Download a fresh copy of the Photoshop Elements installer from the Adobe website. Run as administrator: Try running the installer as administrator. Clear temporary files: Clean up temporary files on your computer. Check for disk space: Ensure you have enough free disk space for the installation. Restart your computer: Sometimes a simple restart can resolve installation issues.
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Jan 22, 2025
05:45 PM
If a duck walked up to a lemonade and asked a question, what would the question be???
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Jan 22, 2025
04:08 PM
I use scanspeeder pro to do all my scanning- a very simple interface, plus, scan three things, like old postcards all at once, and you choose what format you want the scans done in and you can also have a TIFF (it's uncompressed) made as well, and the images get automatically separated. I had to scan in over 400 post cards so I didn't hesitiate to get the pro version for something like $39- best scanner software I've ever had. It's replaced by beloved paperport 14- which used to be the top dog in the scanner game.
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Jan 22, 2025
03:58 PM
I played with the photo AI- and gotta admit: It's pretty nice. If I was using PSE to create things for sale, again, I would not hesitate to purchase it ,and wouldn't even bat an eye at the price.
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Jan 22, 2025
04:33 AM
Sounds like a CAPS LOCK issue. press it and see what happens. That's what AI tells me it may be.
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Jan 22, 2025
04:14 AM
Things get greyed out on macs, and windows, when you do not have access to open / edit the things in that location. Instead og going to that location via the PSE preference file, can't you just navigate to the same location outside of the program? I insatalled 2.3.6 on my windows computer-- bottom line: I cant get it to work in pse- which makes me think it's a compatibility issue- even though the software is less than 3 years old. Dewnoise has been rolled into the new photo AI tool- which alsop makes me think topaz labs killed of the denosie app- which they stopped supporting back around NOV of 2023. Even though I'm not a mac guy all that stuff I just mentioned indicates to me that you denoise 2.3.6 is dead in the water. I've played around with the denoise built into the photo AI stuff and it's pretty sweet, but currently is $169.
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Jan 21, 2025
03:30 AM
1 Upvote
Changes to the plan were first announced Dec 15th, 2024. Adobe Express is removed for new subscribers to the photgraphy plan, or for those choosing the pay month to month plan. I subscribe to the $9.99 plan, Annual, have been doing that for about 3 years, yearly, but pay monthly- and I still have Adobe Express. I "signed" a contract saying I will pay for a year, but will be charged once each month. Othe say "I will subscribe, but will only pay $9.99 (plus tax) a month"- the price increased for those folks, AND AE was removed from their accounts unless the also pay for AE Adobe Express is removed for new subscribers to the photgraphy plan, or for those choosing the pay month to month plan. I believe not receiving notification could be due to the type of plan you have. I never delete an Email- I archive them. I never received any notification from adobe about the plan change (I checked all emails from adobe) - It did not affect me due to the type of subscription I have- didn't effect me, no need to send me any email. Just to remove access to AE with any notification doesn't seem Kosher to me, however, the general public has known about the change since DEC 15th, 2024- a full month before the change.
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Jan 20, 2025
10:55 AM
I had something simliar happen with some videos I was try to work with, videos that I took with my drone. Turns out that the metadata associated with the videos was missing / garbled. I bought some image repair tool, and you do two things when using it. It was probably due to something silly I did with formating of thechip used in the drone, or the drone software on my phone I think simliar issues are actually related to the metadata associated with the file in question: metadata is missing, or garbled- making no sense to the software trying to read the file. You could always take a look at the video metadata and see if it's there, and if it all makes sense- is corrrect. To use the data repair utility, this is what I did: 1. You upload a simliar video, that has a correct metadata file. The program uses the information to commpare the broken file to. 2. Load the "broken" video file. The program didn't even take 30 seconds to repair the file. The metadata it fixed was the correct info too, not justcloned from the sample file. This is what I purchased- they have a 1 month or a lifetime option, which is what I chose. I paid $39 for it, but my drone video problem quickly disappeared. https://www.aiseesoft.com/video-repair/
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Jan 20, 2025
10:43 AM
Adobe bridge is free, and in many ways better than organizer. https://www.adobe.com/products/bridge.html
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