Señor Claudio, Back to the "... posters do not bother looking to see who is helping... " [Strong paraphrase there], I was helping out in the PS forum, with a rather elementary problem, and had restated the answer about four ways, but the poster wanted to be in conversation with someone else. With about ten replies along, I asked, "Did you try the suggestions in Replies 1, 3 4 and 6?" The poster came back with "Who are you, and what do you know about Photoshop?" Well, I got the third copy of PS 2.5 released for the PC, and have used it for decades commercially. I also had about 50,000 posts (Adobe, Comp.Photoshop and Alt.Design.Photoshop) to the old NNTP forums, long before the days of the Internet. When the HTTP version came out, I had probably 20,000 posts, that were lost with the first forum changeover. My 2002 "start date" is actually the third wave of Adobe forums. My real "start date" was when the first Adobe HTTP forums began. That is "who I am," and "I have been using Photoshop, from probably before the you [the poster] were born." With a full rack of salamis, the posts, the points, everything, the poster was immediately discounting my answers, and heading in other directions. Why they were not at least trying the suggestions, was a mystery, but I see a lot of that. A poster will make up their mind that the issue is X, and will totally ignore Y and Z, as possibilities. It just happens, and, while I feel Amy's pain, and support her desire to help, there is not much we can do about it. That is just the way it is, sung to the tune of Bruce Hornsby's The Way It Is. Hunt ... View more

Rick, if you begin pleading with folks to come back and mark threads as answered, it begins sounding like you are begging them to do this for the wrong reasons. We had a bit of this in the PrPro forums, but it was really a running joke on the "points system," and usually did not surface, until we'd solved the problem. Then the pleas came out, with "ring kissing," grovelling, and all sorts of activities. I know that a few first-time posters probably got scared, and promptly left. At least, after the "work" was done, we all had a few laughs, at our own expense. Probably should have gone to The Video Lounge, but we could not resist, and after a long, hard day of problem solving, or wringing the necessary details from a poster, we needed a "break." I still do urge posters to mark the posts as Answered, but only to help others, in the future. I have fixed many problems, that did not result in even a "thank you," but have also gotten the "big-10," when I asked for more info. Who knows what a poster will do? So long as we help, that is what it's all about. Just my thoughts, Hunt ... View more

Claudio, You make a great point. The majority of posts with issues are from first-timers, or short-timers, and they are only begging for something that is helpful to them, and usually urgently. I doubt that the majority know what the "salamis" mean, and would not know to hover their cursor over someone's Profile to see what they have done in the past. They want a fix, and hope that it comes quickly - evidenced by many first posts, at 10:00AM, and then a second post, along the lines of "what, no on has an answer for me? I have a deadline!" and this is posted at 10:10AM on the same day. If that poster does get the answer, I will bet that they are also the type, who will never return to award points, return to mark their post as Answered, or even let anyone know, if the suggestion solved the problem. They are off doing whatever they were doing, when they hit the snag. Personally, I like to get feedback, as it either verifies that my answer was good, or correct, or it teaches me something, and I can apply that later on. I do like the Answered marking, but that is to help others, who might find the thread in a Search (if those ever worked again, in these forums... , but I digress). All too often, I see people finding threads, and asking, "so, did anything above fix your problem?" but Elvis has left the building, and has not returned. I try to see these forums on several levels: They can be very useful for solving one's problems They can teach many, in that process They can be a great resource to folk just discovering them, and realizing that their current problem was addressed in 2009 They can be fun to read... OK, that's probably way down the list Hunt ... View more

Amy, I understand your frustration. I think that many of us feel the same way. Good luck, Hunt ... View more

Amy, I know of no way of predetermining a poster's proclivity to award points, or to even return to a thread to mark it as "Answered." Some do, but many do not. In most of the forums, that I frequent, we urge posters to drop back with an update, and if they found success, to mark the post as Answered, so that others, coming to that thread, will know that the replies helped the OP. We are far less concerned with any points, and only care about helping others. I have seen, exactly what you describe, and a few instances have taken things to absurd level. In a post some years back, there were three "correct," or at least very helpful answers. Someone dropped by that thread and posted something to the effect of "You're too stupid to use a program like ______, so just give up and use something easier for someone like you... " The OP marked that as the "Correct Answer." Oh well, there is no explaining, or anticipating how a poster will respond, or at least not a method, that I know of. I frequent several travel, food and wine forums, and if looking for useful reviews, will sometimes research a poster, if say they have a scathing review of a fairly popular restaurant, or if they have a glowing review, when most forum folk have been ho-hum. In one particular instance of the former, I tracked down about a dozen posts by that person. All but one were for more expensive, fine-dining restaurants, and were horribly negative. The one good review was for some chain fast-food place. In the cases of the latter, I have found several reviewers, who actually worked for, or owned those restaurants, so their post flew in the face of "general" responses, from people with no vested interests. With the Adobe forums, I do not know a way to pre-judge a poster's propensity, especially as many are first-time posters. My feeling is to just offer the best that I can, and hope that it helps. If there is a "thank you" at the end - so much the better. Good luck, Hunt ... View more

For a while, I thought that Murdoch's team had tapped into the mic and Webcam on my laptop. However, after a month, all they saw was the FoxNews broadcast, and they already had that on a large monitor in their offices, plus full transcripts, so they moved on... Hunt ... View more

I'll never order out for pizza again!!!! Hunt ... View more

Jim, I have heard similar.It is like the "Science Fact" group, to whom NASA comes, when they want to get "beyond." Think A C Clarke, and similar here. Seems that the "intrigue" set, do a better job at research, than many of our Inteligence community. Not sure how that plays with you, but it makes me worry greatly. Thor seems to do a great job of research. Hunt ... View more

Thanks for the update. No, I am not really a Spiderman fan. Was not into Batman, until the last few movies, and they did strike a chord with me. The dark, Ridley Scott-like atmosphere was appealing. I am gladdened that some of the "big names" are no longer allowed to "wing it." They need good material and production, to make it with audiences and the critics. Love Never Dies was a perfect example of that. Hunt ... View more

John T., My wife feels the same way, concerning "medical dramas," as she lives those, and does not need them on her "day off." Hunt ... View more

But fiction and movies are skewed to "fit" the mindset and box office.  That's why so many movies are " games " ( pirates of carribean, batman, superman, ironman, bourne supremacy, harry potter, etc ) . that should have no influence on culture re: real life trust and politics. Its just entertainment. ( comic books turned into movies ). Probably fodder for another thread "Games, Disney Rides and Comic Books," that made good films... but I do see the trend here. Now, Potter was a series of novels, so not sure that it would count. Not sure how many more comic book heros can be squeezed into the mix, but we might find out. BTW - Did Spiderman ever re-open on Broadway? Just curious, Hunt ... View more

Welcome to the forum. Along with Mylenium's suggestions, look at a few possibilities: The resolution of your Image is too low to see the Text The color of the Text is the same as the background The font size of the Text is too small to see The font chosen is not being displayed in PS I find the Character Palette very useful, when checking out why Text might not be showing up. Good luck, Hunt ... View more

Welcome to the forum. Have not heard of that, but then being a guy, perhaps my wife has kept it hidden from me, especially considering the sub-title? Hunt ... View more

Jim, Thank you for that tip. I have broken the order, but will start with the first next (starting to sound like "who's on first?" there - sorry), and the work up. That will likely fill in a few "blank spots" for me. Appreciated, Hunt ... View more

Bogus - Noel got the "big-10," and now he'd lord it over all of us! To the OP - just glad that you got it sorted. I couldn't live more than a day without my QuickMask Mode. Good luck, Hunt ... View more

I have not read it yet, but hear that Lions IS a must-read too. Thanks for reinforcing that. Hunt ... View more

Now, if we were talking Lone Star beer... Hunt ... View more

Good point Noel. Going back many years, Matrox had some great graphics cards, but they were aimed squarely at the business and graphics markets. As they were not generating revenues from the gaming community, their driver support suffered, and pretty badly. Good cards/chips w/ no good driver support = a bad situation. Hunt ... View more

Glenn Beck's The Overton Window. Hunt ... View more

Brad Thor's Full Black. Hunt ... View more

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To date, I have only encountered them, when posting. Existing posts, salty language and all, should be fine - at least that is MY understanding. Hunt ... View more

My question to you, is how did you get from black & white to gray & white. It seems that you are either NOT editing in the QuickMask Channel, or have made a change, that does not appear in this thread. Something is just not correct, and I suspect OE. In QuickMask Mode, with the Visibility of the RGB Channel OFF, and ONLY the QuickMask Channel, you should ONLY have black & white. What has been done, to keep that from happening? Good luck, Hunt ... View more

What issues do you have with the Crop Tool? With a bit of magnification, I find it to be 100% percise. Still, if you have issues, with your Images, maybe there is a setting to help that. Good luck, Hunt ... View more