Re: Printing from Lightroom 5.2 to Canon Pixma Pro...

Bill Sprague · ‎Nov 23, 2013

JapanMike wrote: Oh yes, I am totally amazed with the Pro-1. The B&W output compared to the Pro-10 and Pro-100 (which are brilliant printers) is staggering. Over the moon with my purchase. How did you arrrive at that staggering conclusion? Did you buy all three and send two back? Everything I could find to read said that side-by-side comparisons of prints were nearly insignificant. It is true that the 1 and 10 use pigment so should last 50 years longer than I have a hope of living. Also true that the 1 uses much bigger ink tanks to satisfy those that print a lot every day. One reviewer said if he laid prints from all three side-by-side he could see differences, but he couldn't judge one being better than the other if viewed separately. Another article suggested the 1 was a bad choice if you didn't keep it very busy. I don't recall if he said why.

Bill Sprague · ‎Nov 22, 2013

JimHess wrote: .... today I printed a 13 x 19 that just amazes me. As long as I remember to make all the appropriate settings the printer does exactly what it's supposed to. The "amazes" word seems to show up whenever anyone tries this printer out for the first time. FWIW, I found the easy way to get ink is Amazon -- especially if you use the "Prime" program. When it starts to look like a tank is low, I immediately buy that color and it is delivered in two days. So far, I've not had to avoid a print due to lack of ink and I'm not buying any more than I need. I've not found the secret for getting the printer to remember settings, like paper choice so, like you, check the settings for each print.

Bill Sprague · ‎Nov 22, 2013

JimHess wrote: It's a good thing that there isn't one right way, Just my observation .... and not challenging what you have found. Jim, No challenge to me at all. My point in posting in this thread was to point out for anyone absolutely new to this line of printers that there are choices. And, there is a fourth choice I discovered. I had both the printer and LR controlling the color at the same time. That does not work very well! Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎Nov 22, 2013

I've been using the Pro-100 for a few months. It is a great printer that I'm very happy with. There is currently a very aggressive rebate program if anyone wants a new printer. FWIW, I've been unable to find anyone, anywhere not happy with the Canon Pro printers. Basically, you can get $170 worth of paper and ink for $99 with a "free" printer until the end of the year. Back to the subject! There are potentially three completely different workflows between Lightroom and the Canon Pro- 1, 10, 100 series that involve selecting papers, ICC profiles and color management. 1. Print with Lightroom controlling the colors. You have to open the printer driver and disable the printer's color management. Selecting the paper in the driver seems to set the profile. 2. Print with the printer managing the colors. In LR you have to select Color Management > Managed by Printer. Then turn the color management in the printer back on through the driver. 3. Print with the Canon supplied plug in. After installing the plug in from the supplied disk, in LR go to File > Plug-in Extras > Canon Print Studio Pro. As a Lightroom fan, addict and believer in everything J Kost says, I was using #1 and loving it for landscapes. I had to work a little to figure out how to disable the printer's control as J Kost's examples were for Epson. Then I tried to print a portrait of my granddaughter and her cheeks kept getting a little bit purple. When I checked the Print Preview button in the printer driver, I could see the color shift from the LR preview. I switched to #2 where the printer makes the decisions. The previews matched and the cheeks stopped blushing. Then I watched a one hour video lecture done by a Canon product specialist on the B&H Photo website. He demoed the Canon Plug-In. I'm strongly considering using that from now on. I hope J Kost won't be upset with me! It appears that the Canon plug-in really does have better quality control over the printing process. One especially interesting feature in the plug-in is a test sheet that looks like a proof sheet. There are a bunch of thumbnails printed on a single sheet with different color casts and adjustment numbers under them. Once you pick the one that's "right" you can save the setting as a preset for that paper. Note that in the long video, the Canon rep emphasized the support of 3rd party papers in the plug-in. The too long video was worth the time investment. I understand my printer and printer more from having watched it. The link: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/indepth/photography/tips-solutions/canon-pixma-professional-inkjet-printers-exactly-you-envisioned Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎Nov 01, 2013

brian11375 wrote: .... it just doens't seem like it pays go to version 12 (especially at $79). I may start treating PSE like I do Microsoft Office and Quicken....only upgrade 'every other' release. I'll skip more than 'every other' if they don't put in something that makes a useful difference! IMO Adobe added NOTHING useful this year.

Bill Sprague · ‎Oct 02, 2013

Victoria Bampton wrote: Hi Bill. I hope you find it useful! Where did you register - in the Members Area or for the mailing list? I'll track it down! Scratch that, I've tracked you down in the Members Area. You are registered, but there's a bug in the software that didn't send the email. Thanks for letting me know. Thanks. I was trying for the email list! Yes, I like junk mail about things that interest me. Being a "Member" sounds better than just getting email. Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎Oct 02, 2013

Thank you very much! I put your new guide on my Kindle Fire HD and I know I will enjoy it. (It displays brilliantly in the horizonal mode of the Kindle.) I did register at your website, but an hour has gone by and I've not had the confirmation email to complete the process. Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎Sep 28, 2013

ukgaurav wrote: Hi Bill, Thanks. Kindly review below links for more detailed info on release and review please. Adobe Elements 12 is now available. Find out more: http://www.adobe.com/products/elements-family.html?promoid=JOLIV Visit the Help Hub page for documentation, tutorials, and more on using Photoshop Elements 12: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements.html Visit Adobe TV for tutorials for information on using the new features. http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-photoshop-elements-12/ Thanks, Garry Gary, Last Tuesday (release day for 12), I more than "reviewed" those links. I studied them all day looking for tools that would enhance my photo and video production experience. I wanted to find at least one single compelling reason to send Adobe $120 to upgrade from version 11. (Note that I did find compelling reasons from 9 to 10 and 10 to 11.) I found none in either Photoshop or Premier Elements 12. Please don't misunderstand. If a friend or relative asked me how to improve the photos and videos that come from a new camera. camcorder or smartphone, I would tell them to buy the latest versions of Photoshop Elements, Premier Elements and Lightroom. Then I would tell them to give up TV, reading and any other hobbies for a couple months and study the courses at Lynda.com and Adobe TV. Please do understand that if a friend or relative asked if they should upgrade from 11 to 12, I would tell them not to waste their money and time. There are no compelling reasons to even bother with the upgrade process. The single exception might be ACR. If I (or a friend) buys a new enough camera model to require ACR 8.x, I would include the $120 for Adobe in the cost analysis of that new camera. I remain an Adobe fanboy. I love the synergistic combination of Lightroom and (both) Elements. They provide all that I need without shoveling money into the CC. Maybe next year's version 13 will add a few cool tools. (Think Windows 64 bit, "smart" or "lossless" video editing or better video stabilization.) For now, I will probably use the $120 I had budgeted for Adobe and spend it at Topaz, Nik or NewBlueFX. Those three companies rock! Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎Sep 27, 2013

ukgaurav wrote: Here is the list which includes features of both Elements Organizer and Editor: Access your media anywhere using Adobe Revel Tagging features Sorting of media alphabetically by name Search Improvements Support for sharing photos using Twitter 64-bit support on Mac OS Content-aware Move Auto Smart Tone Enhanced Quick edit mode (frames, textures, and effects) Greeting card printing | USA, Canada, & Japan New Guided Edits Content-aware fill for edges of straightened photos Pet eye effect removal Printing and sharing photos from Editor Revel Albums in Editor Open in Camera Raw For more info review here. Thanks, Garry Gary, I write this as an Elements "fanboy". Last November I wrote a review for Version 11 on Amazon. Almost a year later, it still pops up first with 221 of 232 finding it "Helpful". I suspect my review helped lead to some pretty successful Amazon sales numbers for Adobe. Reference: http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Photoshop-Elements-Premiere-VERSION/dp/B0093FRO7A/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1380298420&sr=1-2&keywords=photoshop+elements+11 The release of Version 12 is disappointing. If I owned an iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro Retna and wanted to buy my first photo editing program, you have provided some nice features. I could snap a photo in my iPhone, sync it to Revel, open it on my laptop and print a greeting card. That's pretty cool. For most of the rest of us, Adobe marketing has provided nothing to compel me to upgrade. Adobe, while appealing to the smartphone/tablet set, has left a lot of money on the table by not also focusing on their existing PE users that have stayed current by upgrading each year. The weak feature list provides no incentive to invest the time to install a new version, let alone spending any money on it. Are greeting cards more important than Windows 64 bit support? Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎Sep 27, 2013

You can open files, including .jpg in "camera raw" in PE 11. It is not an entirely new feature. Perhaps a shortcut is considered new. File > Open As.. > Select "Camera Raw" at the bottom of the screen > pick a photo

Bill Sprague · ‎Aug 11, 2013

Barbara B. wrote: Elliptical marquee tool, hold shift to constrain to to a circle, then Edit>Stroke (Outline) Selection. There is a reason I bought your book!

Bill Sprague · ‎Aug 11, 2013

I made a layer (optional) and selected red on the color picker. Then I opened Graphics tab, picked shapes, selected a circle and dragged it to the photo.

Bill Sprague · ‎Aug 04, 2013

Thie39 wrote: Am I sunK? No! What is being discussed is adding "perfection", "lossless" codecs. The more normal people will do this with file types that match what they started with that came out of their cameras. They will use the "codecs" that came with Premeir Elements. You don't even need to know what a "codec" is.

Bill Sprague · ‎Jul 12, 2013

nealeh wrote: whsprague wrote: Sony provides PlayMemories Home with (most?) of their video capable cameras and camcorders. ......... It's quite a nifty media organizer as well (although I'll be sticking with Elements Organizer). It has a couple unique features PrE does not have. Besides lossless editing, it can export media back to your camera so that, with the right cord, the camera can be a media player for any TV. Pansonic's software is similar. Third, they both will generally run well on weaker PCs that struggle with PrE. My pattern is to use the camera specific software for the first transfer of all my photo and vidoe files to my computer. Then I put them in Lightroom from the computer HDD. (Yes, video too.) It adds a step, but I like having the benefit of the few unique features, especially the very fast lossless editing in the camera provided edtiors. Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎Jul 12, 2013

This thread is two days old, which makes it almost dead! On a camcorder forum where the regulars are intent on lossless editing, there seems to be only three common solutions. Sony provides PlayMemories Home with (most?) of their video capable cameras and camcorders. Panasonic provides HDWriter with their camcorders. A relative newbie in the NLE market is http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tmsr4.html that seems to be very rare in the NLE world for it's goal of "smart rendering". A recent example, and pleasant glimpse into China, can be watched here: https://vimeo.com/69798481 The camera used was a Pansonic ZS30 - a pocket sized point and shoot! "Smart Rendering" limits a lot of features I enjoy in Premier Elements 11. However, smart rendering may have a place in certain situations. Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎Jun 05, 2013

The suggestion about the "Crop Tool" is because you are in a forum about Photoshop Elements. So, it was assumed you were using Photoshop Elements with the crop tool on a .pdf The Snipping Tool is part of your Windows operating system. It will capture a .jpg from anything you can get to display on your screen. That is why I suggested it. The snipping tool is not part of Photoshop Elements or Adobe Reader. This training video may help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PUGbyXb8XQ Searching YouTube for "Snipping Tool" will get you more demo videos on how to use it. Good luck. Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎Jun 04, 2013

If you have windows, there is an "Accessory" called the "Snipping Tool". It allows you to make a cutout of anything on your screen and save it as a .jpg. I don't know how good the resolution is, but with a .pdf, it may not matter.

Bill Sprague · ‎May 14, 2013

Don, I have that book too. I am of the strong opinion that learning computer programs is far more efficient, and time saving, to see demos on you own computer. The common term is "video tutorial". You can read about how to write books but you have to see how to edit video! After watching Steve's free basic PrE11 training, go to Lynda.com and take Steve's far more thorough training program. You will see how all of it works on your computer screen. If you can't connect to the internet, like on long airline flights, similar courses are on DVDs from video2brain that can be purchased from Adobe: http://www.adobepress.com/store/introduction-to-adobe-premiere-elements-11-learn-by-9780321898357 Books for computer learning don't work because it takes too time to read static information and transfer that to the screen. I wasted months trying to learn PrE from books. Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎May 14, 2013

I'm on my third version of PrE, took the study of it seriously and had no idea that was there! Where do I send your hero award? Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎May 06, 2013

Cubicleslave2 wrote: ..... So this is where I sit today. I've now encountered a difficulty with using premiere elements, but I think I should post in a new thread. Will do that later. .... Seems to me the encountered difficulty is with Bandicam, not Premier Elements! The screen capture subject comes up fairly often. Camtasia Studio seems to be the gold standard for those that produce online training tutorials. The last time the subject came up Screencast-O-Matic was mentioned. I did a quick test and it seemed to work very well. There really should be an easy solution for you! Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎May 03, 2013

Try the Premier Pro forum. Good luck! Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎May 03, 2013

A simple search for "premier" at the Bandicam website and user forum brought out this: "Bandicam supports "MPEG-1, Motion JPEG, Xvid, YV12, RGB24" codec. You don't have to convert the recorded video to edit in Adobe Premier Pro. Click the 'Settings' button under the 'Video' tab of the Bandicam, and select 'Motion JPEG (MJPEG) video codec' and 'PCM audio codec'." Looks to me that trying some other recording formats might work. If not, posting to that forum might well find another PrE user that has it figured out. http://www.bandicam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=133&p=468&hilit=premier#p468 Bill

Bill Sprague · ‎Apr 26, 2013

Jim1sheba wrote: Hi cheer, Did you notice that cheer's 2nd and last post was on Nov 17?

Bill Sprague · ‎Mar 30, 2013

Barbara B. wrote: Yes, but you will need an extra step of converting to a layer doing it that way instead of using the flip image command above it, whsprague. It does that for you. Note the change in the layers panel.

Bill Sprague · ‎Mar 30, 2013

royaddisonhoff wrote: How do I create a mirror image of a photo in adobe photo elements 11

Bill Sprague · ‎Mar 17, 2013

mikecox39 wrote: I've been considering the 8600 http://www.adkvideoediting.com/laptop.asp I spent a few months trying to define and then find a laptop focused on video editing. I did not stumble across ADK. I did find a series of ASUS laptops aimed at game players. The specs matched what I wanted plus some extras I didn't expect. B&H stocks several versions of what I bought. You don't get to pick your specs like with ADK. Instead you pick a pre-determined package. The one I picked had a SSD and Blu-Ray burner. 6 months ago I paid about $1900. G75VW-DS72 2.3GHz Intel Core i7-3610QM Quad-Core 16GB of DDR3 RAM 256GB SSD 750GB 7200 RPM HDD nVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M Graphics (3GB) 17.3" HD Anti-Glare Led-Backlit Display 1920 x 1080 Native Resolution Blu-ray Burner 4 USB 3.0 Ports Card Reader Display (Monitor) Port, 15 Pin Mini Display Port, 20 Pin HDMI Port Headphone Jack 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 Integrated Webcam, Microphone & Speakers Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Bill Sprague · ‎Mar 17, 2013

Bill Hunt wrote: If one is editing H.264 (not just AVCHD H.264), I recommend a very fast Quad-core CPU as the absolute minimum, and even then, things will not likely be smooth, especially if one has Clips on more than one Video Track. I recommend a fast i7 as ideal (at this point in time), and for an i5, or i3 will state that editing can probably be done, but the smoothness of playback will just never be what it should be. OTOH, many can edit well, even without smooth playback. Personally, I want to see my work, as I go, just as it will appear in the output file - smoothness and all. From experience with a new laptop over the last couple months, I would add that to go with the i7, a SSD and 12GB of memory (or more) makes a lot of difference. I'm using the biggest of 1080p60 H.264 files and getting smooth previews and 1:1 output render times, even with two video tracks. If I get enough material on the video tracks, I do have to press the Enter button sometimes.

Bill Sprague · ‎Mar 17, 2013

I bought a brand new i7 "hot rod laptop" from ASUS for video editing. It came with a partioned SSD C:\ drive. I researched for weeks to find the right tool to remove it. It worked perfectly on the HDD, but when I tried to do it on the SSD I killed the computer. I learned that ASUS has very good customer support and service. It took a week to send it to California where they rebuilt the software from scratch. It came back with no partitions and good as new. My backups of data files were only a week old, so not too much was lost.

Bill Sprague · ‎Mar 16, 2013

I will try to make this plain English and not Greek! (Edited because Bill Hunt posted before I finished typing.) I looked up your computer at Dell where it said it was no longer available. You appear to have a quad core processor. I did read that it had all USB 2.0 ports, 4 in back and two in front. So, no matter how good your external drive is, it won't work very well as a place to park your video files. The USB 2.0 will "choke" the video data getting to the CPU. Your GoFlex will be a great place to store and backup your work, but not as an "operating" drive. Your best bet for improvement without spending money is to put everything for video on the C:\ drive because that's all you have. Don't split it across partitions. The second bet (with money) is to buy more more memory. Next would be an additional internal HDD, hopefully one that is 7200 RPM fast. Good luck! Message was edited by: whsprague because a lot of it was redundant after Bill Hunt posted.

Bill Sprague · ‎Jan 17, 2013

Perfect. This is facinating stuff to me! Thank you - yet again. Bill S

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