Hi, Not done that before so will try it. I have to mask a section of the chair, unlink it , then my fav tool transform>distort to get it to the shape of the recipient leather chair, do I then trim off excess or do I do this using a pre made selection of the area receiving the fabric and how do I get this into the selection ? Merlin ... View more

Hi, here are the two images as requested, images in my last post, so is it possible ? Cheers Merlin ... View more

Hi, here are portions. Merlin ... View more

Hi, Looking at the Graffiti tutorial link I see I need to copy the texture to the clipboard, turn off the source of the texture, activate a layer to receive the perspective texture, filter>vanishing point, click 4 times to denote the perspective shape, then edit paste. I do all that but at edit paste my pasted in test sheet of black dots just fills the original rectangular picture shape and doesn't appear within the perspective shape as did the graffiti. Try again and ditto. Failed. Followed the tutorial exactly. Also it would seem I have to firstly create the texture as far into distance as need to go wider than the shape I am painting, then apply filter to the texture, then I would edit out all the parts not needing the carpet.. So is there a way of rubber stamping and it lays down scaled texture ? Merlin ... View more

For what would be some simple coding to view bmp files by Adobe..., Lightroom would have been the new replacement to what was an excellent DAM software, Extensis Portfolio, (discontinued and Portfolio users not happy !!!!)  but Lr doesnt support a native raster file type hat has existed since the inception of windows, that of bmp. All others do. I am gutted. Thats Lightroom of no use, I have thousands of bmp files, and no  I am not converting them, as I am making them daily with the progs that by default make them, simulators, and also I have to make them for Msoft Access database displays as it only works on bmp. As such Lightroom falls at first hurdle. Merlin ... View more

Hi, thanks......Blast !! It could do bmp if Adobe wanted that,. easy enough to make it see a very native format, no point though even contacting them., too big to listen to ideas, lost one customer through lack of foresight. All DAM software does bmp except Adobe's, ...wonderful ! Back to trying to find a DAM software that handles raster images and has an intuitive and easy to use Keywords system with custom fields. Thought I had landed one here for a moment., real shame is that. To have a prog that just does just part of the raster images I have is of no use. To have one that does all files I have, as well as makes a good job of the raster ones, is the holy grail. So far iMatch is the only contender but no custom fields, everything dumped into one massive list, . Developers clearly dont use their progs in a time matters real world way. Merlin ... View more

I want to create 'custom fields' (to use the Extensis Portfolio term rather than whatever Lightroom might call it) from which to select keywords, these custom fields are named :- Emotions, Names, Aircraft Type, car type, TownsVillages,' Birds, mammals, they have no hierarchy but are more typical of what keyword sets real world people would want to make, rather than set out to create hierarchical keyword sets as Lightroom would have us do. When I have a photo of a majestic looking Hurricane aircraft with someone I keep forgetting the name of sitting in a vintage car next to it, I open the 'custom field' called aircraft , from the keyword list inside, I select the aircraft type, Hurricane, and assign it to the photo, I then need to find the name of the person, so rather than scroll through 1000's of keywords in just a standard keywords list trying to see a name that reminds me of who it is, taking 10 minutes or more,  I open my 'custom field' called names and see their name in a list of 100, taking seconds., I select it and assign it to the photo. I then open my 'custom field' called emotions and select the word majestic and assign that ! I then open my custom field called car type and easily spot the car type I had otherwise forgotten the name of, saving me 10 mins or more and much scrolling through 1000's of keywords to try and spot it, and assign that. My way 10 secs to keyword a photo, without custom fields, 20 mins spent. To create these 'custom fields' I am told Lightroom can add these but as hierarchy sets, so I first need to have a keyword ( I have chosen to use 'Photos') which I then right click on and choose Create new keyword inside , I type Emotions, then I can add emotion keywords into that 'emotions' custom field  , and so I need a keyword from which to generate these 'custom fields', I elected to use the word 'photo' and then right click on it, choose Create New Keyword Inside and type aircraft type, do this again and type names., and again type emotions. I now have:- Photos...and within this keyword I have...      names      emotions      aircraft types and each of these 'custom fields' has a load of keywords inside. ( see previous post for these expanded) Not sure how else I can describe this. I am doing what the link to hierarchy method has us do. Merlin ... View more

Hi, That’s very promising , though the custom fields are not hierarchical, so peoples names are not family based, However a hierarchy of WW2/RAF/Spitfire might be of use for Alamy though we also would have World War 2 and Royal Air Force as alternate spellings also needing to be applied which would see two parents at WW2 level and two at RAF level, getting tricky ! So, as it applies not just the keyword Sir George Cobham OBE but also the hierarchy that gets to that name, I would need to set it up with some thought. As it needs a main heading from which the ‘custom fields’ are children and I wouldn’t need this to be allocated to the image's IPTC tags when uploaded to Alamy or Getty, I need to give it something meaningful, unless I think of anything better.... Type into field Keyword the word  Photo Right click that and choose Create New Keyword inside “Photo” Type the word  Names, Then create my names within this,. Harry Fred Sir George Cobham OBE Ltn Fritz Eros Malcolm Tanner Then right click “photo” choose Create New Keyword inside “photo” Type the word   Emotion Then create my emotion terms within this happy Tranquil Majestic Romantic Nostalgic This leaves me with a ‘tag’ called Photo that is a waste of a tag for e.g. Alamy, where there is a finite limit to tags, so I will have to delete “photo” from every  uploaded image.   If only Lightroom had thought about the need to compartmentalise keywords such as place names, or emotions, or peoples names, however this is a small price to pay for the ability to have the equivalent of Extensis custom fields, aide memoire etc . Merlin ... View more

Hi, here is an example, to see this visually would be good if one can post a screenshot as a picture speaks a thousand words. Keywords  (our general main list) Airshow 2016 2017 Wheel Road Window Custom Field_emotion happy Tranquil Majestic Romantic Nostalgic Custom Field_names Harry Fred Sir George Cobham OBE Ltn Fritz Eros Malcolm Tanner Custom Field_CityTownVillage Canterbury Shoreham_Sussex Shoreham_Kent Elham Guildford Obviously there would be thousands in the general main list and far more in the custom fields or whatever Lightroom calls them. Please show how this would be created. Cheers Merlin ... View more

Hi, Thanks, sounds promising. Am I right in thinking though that it has no ability to split the keywords up into 'custom fields' ? If I am wishing to give 'emotion' keywords for example, seeing the different 'emotion' keywords listed together reminds me of what I have used and can use, ensuring also I spell them a certain way and stick to the existing used keywords. Such acts as an 'aide memoire', else I am very likely to forget some I have used which would be most appropriate. Whilst the typing of the first few characters will show the keyword used, and that's good, to have all keywords of a certain category visible together in a 'custom field' makes for a more efficient and comfortable feel to things. Msoft Access users will be familiar with such practices, Lightroom for this DAM purpose and Access share an approach here for finding files/records by entering existing values. Merlin ... View more

Hi, many thanks, money wise I will have to make do with the canned profiles for now. Cheers Merlin ... View more

Hi, thanks for reply, canned profiles, where would I get those ? Adobe or Canon ? Official or user made ? Interested,...as no doubt more accurate, how do you create your own ? Cheers Merlin ... View more

Hi, The trouble with that route is I dont have the picture in with the grain to visually match it to. I have to have the RAW window overlapping the target photo and both at same magnification, but then as you say low teens on size, the only slider lacking though is contrast, as the difference in tone between the darker and lighter grain I wanted to reduce, roughness one would think controls the amount of tooth, like fine and coarse emery paper, but didnt affect this shadows highlights effect. I guess further refinement in photoshop would do that, or maybe in raw controls basics. That said I then did another 12 25 50 ans then went to raw basics but found contrast slider simple made everything go lighter, not lessen the tone between the lighter and darker grain, tried black and highlight sliders, no joy. Which settings to lessen the tones and bring the grain differences nearer each other ? I seem to recall a way of selecting part of a photo then using its grain to make a solid colour the same as the grain selected ? Merlin ... View more

What make you think that BreezeBrowserPro is getting that information from the Images EXIF data. because as already said they say Pshop isnt copying the data to exif in jpg. They wouldnt say that if they didnt expect their program to find that data in the exif. If their prog expected to find that data in the G*&%$ then they would have said Pshop isnt copying it to the G*&%$ of the jpg. I open a Canon RAW file and see the focus points, I save image as jpg and BBpro doesnt show focus points on the jpg. What is the solution, some independent software company's plugin or what ? ...or is 'this mess' something everybody has to accept and live with ? Do other progs show the focus points for jpg saves from Canon RAW files in Pshop ? Anyone ? Merlin ... View more

Hi, What make you think that Canon Cameras recorded Focus Point are recorded in EXIF data?  I do not believe focus points are in any EXIF standard. ...because the program BreezeBrowserPro I use to view my photos and show focus points, they said looks like CS6 isn't copying the full EXIF data to jpg. I am never using save for web, only File Save as and choosing jpg or tiff. Is it that Adobe Photoshop has no ability to save the focus points data to jpg ? Is there any way around this ? Merlin ... View more

Cheers, Alt key is the secret ! Now is it possible to select e.g. 4  points on the upper layer then 4 destination points on the lower layer and have pshop to marry the upper to the lower ? Saves all the rotating and scaling to get best fit. especially where image fills the file and the transform corner boxes are inaccessible. Merlin ... View more