Adobe needs to fix this. Image2icon is manual and i can't manually create an icon every time imsave a file. Adobe's performance here is just absolute garbage. ... View more

I just found an old thread I created about this. It's still broken, and I'm pretty sure Adobe is still blaming Apple. The time I waste hunting for files because I can't view icons is insane.    https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/mac-os-finder-icons-broken/td-p/10335904?page=1 ... View more

Note that the icons that do appear I have created them manually using image2icon. The icons persist when I shutdown and restart. They behave as expected, UNTIL I open a file and save it in PS, then it gets destroyed. I can even open a file and save it in GIMP and it works. So why can't Adobe perform better than a free open source app?  ... View more

Victoria, I do appreciate your thoughtful response and it's nice to know that I can still see my catalogs even if I unsubscribe to the cloud. However, as for my trusting LR, that trust is gone. I've lost photos, I've been burned badly, and I'm fed up. It's like any relationship, there is a point of no return, and Adobe pushed that point for me.  Adobe could have very easily made collections or directories cloud enabled without creating two separate versions. But Adobe chose to make LR CC the default and separate it from Adobe CC Classic. Their implementation confused many people in their attempt to push people to the cloud. It was a horrible horrible implementation. So much was wrong with it I don't even know where to start, and I got burned badly. I lost data, irrecoverable data. I lost time, and I lost trust in Adobe. Period.  Currently, in my opinion, LR is a complete mess. It's still great for editing raw photos, there is no doubt about that, but it's overall a mess. The entire LR CC and LC Classic CC thing and all the confusion around it was self serving for Adobe. It was a push to the cloud which benefits Adobe far more than its users. The last time I was burned like this by a SW company it was Microsoft, when I moved from Windows to MAC, and realized that you can't import a windows PST file to outlook for MAC. It was intentional. It was premeditated and an intentional burn to users who tried to migrate off of Windows to MAC. Data loss, years of emails and filed data, gone.  This is how I feel with LR CC and Classic CC. The push to CC was confusing at best, with no regard at all for users. It was a push that would benefit Adobe that hurt and confused users in the process. The primary value proposition was not for the user, it was for Adobe.  If Adobe wants to buy me a ticket to Europe to retake photos from Prague and Germany and Spain, I'll reconsider my anger at this whole mess they created. Otherwise it's all cheap talk.  ... View more

That's a great question. To be very honest, it's perception. First, I know that Adobe is pushing to make LR CC the new default application. As such all Adobe's energy will go there. a]And having lived through a number of applications that have been discontinued, my experience is to ween myself off of something that I see being End of lifed before it's too late to try different solutions to replace it. I have a lot invested in LR. Years of catalogs, indexed images etc. I see it coming, and I'm not going to stay invested in application in which Adobe is clearly divesting. And the cloud is the wrong solution for photographers working with raw images. I'm fine with the cloud once images are published and done, but for the editing phase it's just too much file transfer. A year and a half ago i tried using my ipad and LR CC during a trip to Europe, and I forever regret it. For various reasons I lost images. And I found out the hard way that you can't load the images directly into LR. You have to first copy them to the ipad, then to LR, then delete the copy so you don't have duplicates. Adobe's poor implementation of LR and my perception that it was cloud ready with the ipad cost me many photos i'll never get back and left such a sour taste in my mouth that I'll never rely on LR cc again. I'm beyond angry about that, and if i ever hear another Adobe employee tell me it's Apple's fault rather than take responsibility as a company for a very poorly planned attempt to push a cloud solution that wasn't ready, i'll lose my sh*t. I feel like after a decade or more of being an Adobe LR advocate and years of buying SW and subscriptions that i was used as a guinea pig and Adobe took a huge dump on its users. And frankly Ive not seen a change of course since then. So I'm done. If i wake up one day and can't access my own photos anymore because of changes Adobe makes, at this point I'll only have myself to blame. I'm also angry about the cloud subscription. I don't mind so much with PS and other apps, but now to access my own collection of photos in a catalog i need a monthly subscription forever. I feel like my own photos are being held hostage by Adobe, and I don't like it one bit, especially bow that Adobe has lost my trust. ... View more

Ever since Adobe created Lightroom CC, and Lightroom CC Classic, I have slowly abandoned Lightroom. I can't use it as a catalog anymore because it's just hopelessly flawed, confusing, and poorly thought out. I hate to say that, because for years I was a huge Lightoom fan and convinced a number of photographer friends to use it.  Now I use it for editing after a photoshoot, and keep a catalog for that shoot, in the same directory as my raw files in case I ever need to go back to it. But as a way to manage a catalog of my photos, it's just impossible. The editing tools in LR are still fantastic, but Lightroom CC, for me, is an absolute bust, including for the reasons you mention. I really hope Adobe hears this and acts on it, but given the length of time that this has been an issue, I don't think so.  ... View more

I think the best way to automate this as much as possible is to creat a printing preset. To do this, open a file that you want to print, then go into the print dialogue settings and set it up the way you want. Make sure your changes stuck and have taken place. Now create a print preset. Next time you want to print, use this preset.    ... View more

Thanks Chuck. That's what I thought. I may try camera raw sometime. Fortunately we almost always have a match. The camera is laser aligned to the wall/artwork, so PS usually has a very easy time putting things together. Sometimes when we have a super soft painting, we'll put little colored dots on it for PS to find, then use the healing brush to take them out when we're done. For things that require three or four images to be stitched, we usually do it in stages now, and it's not much trouble. But occasionally we have to do it manually. The more detailed the image, the easier it is. Maps are almost perfect.    Thanks for the reply.  ... View more

I don't just drag them into position because PS does a better job of seamless stitching and matching the lighting so you don't notice where it was stitched.  ... View more

Paintings. I scan paintings in sections and stitch them. Usually there's no problem but sometimes you need to help photoshop find the matching parts ... View more

This happens with all photos. It's been like this for years. At some point in the CC Cloud I noticed that photomerge lost all ability to work, unless automatic stitching works. I can't remember when. ... View more

Interesting. So I guess now it's checked by default and I never noticed that it was always unchecked by default. Thanks for the reply. Here's a screen shot.    ... View more

You can set an action to stop at a certain point and ask for user input so you can select a different color if need be. I have a number of actions that stop for user input like this.  ... View more

You can always call your credit card company and deny the charges. I had to do this once years ago with Adobe after four weeks of no response. Just ask the CC company to reverse the charges and deny further payment.  ... View more

this appears to be an issue with one of the theme and icon customization programs you're using and not photoshop  ... View more

thanks. that was helpful ... View more

Good analysis. Thanks ... View more

Yeah, that shadow. I do this for a living, so I run into this a lot. If you can't take it out of the frame, then Turn the painting and shoot it again. Take a few shots if you have to, but turn the painting, not the lights. Make sure your light is even and unmoved. Once you have your shots you can rotate them , so they're all the same position on screen. Now crop out the shadow areas and use the panorama stitching function to stitch it back together. (file -> Automate -> Photomerge). Another thing you can do is to crop the image so there's no frame, and then you can put a rectangular marque around the shadow, and then hit the delete key and select content aware. There isn't anything too important in the shadow of this particular piece, so you'll get a natural looking fix. The most obvious thing is to use the gradient tool to lighten that shadow, but I can assure you it will never work well. Ever. Try the first two things, and one of them should work for you. ... View more

Thanks again. And yeah that one machine may be too old for 20.0.x. Three new ones in the last year, one to go! I should by stock in Apple. ... View more

thanks. Awesome. ... View more

Thanks Kurt. That's helpful. Adobe's answer that they only support a local file system is pretty stupid. There are good reasons to have that thumbnail option on. Adobe is quickly loosing points with me over issues like this, and a complete lack of support, despite paying them $1200 a year. ... View more