Sounds much like the original problem. ... View more

So,  a Canon 5Ds / 5Dsr ? And no not really. The raw files are merely shooting smaller (pixel dimensions) but still full quality. What you have described is a loss of quality to the point that the jpg is the culprit and the compression amount of that jpg. To help us better: Verify the pixel dimensions of the raw file (whichever raw size) Verify the pixel dimensions of the jpg file Verify the jpg settings used to save the file. Screenshots and actual files would be great too. ... View more

Does your camera have 3 RAW modes - Full Medium and Small. Which are you using? I doubt this is the case as you state they are 32mb out of the camera. ... View more

Well, yes. A jpg will be compressed and smaller in weight. What are your settings for jpg. Either a scale of 1-12 if using save as... or a quality setting of 0-100 if using save for web... What is your method and your settings. If the "quality is awful" as you say, you are probably compressing too much. ... View more

To crop left or right from an image (page) using only the keyboard: M (marquee tool) Command + A (select All) Left arrow (to crop right side) add shift key for speed Shift + Command + i (inverse selection) Shift + Command + i (inverse selection)  - yes repeat. not a typo C (crop tool) Enter. Enter. To crop tops and bottoms repeat steps with up or down arrows. No mouse. Or if you prefer to use  actions. 1. M (marquee tool) record the following in an action - F1 2. Command + A (select All) 3. Left arrow (to crop right side) add shift key for speed - ​Manual record the following in an action - F2 4. Image > Crop Now its two keyboard commands plus the arrow keys. ... View more

In your Camera Raw dialog take a look at the bottom of the screen in the middle. Those are the settings used to resize any image before it is open in Photoshop. Perhaps it got changed at some point and you forgot. To reset or change the settings click the line and a dialog will open. Change settings there and if you like save them as a preset. Something easier to remember ... View more

It would depend on the resolution. So 300,000 / ppi at 600ppi - 500 inches at 300ppi - 1000 inches at 200ppi - 1500 inches at 100ppi - 3000 inches and so on. In Designs max page size is 216 inches. ... View more

Your lines are too close. Try moving the cursor to the left to right sections where there is no competing type. Or move the circle away temporarily then move back after placing text. ... View more

Making the assumption your animation is a gif. Build your animation in a separate file. If a circle then a square file will be easiest to work with. Save the master version as a psd file with layers. Place the PSD file into your file in which the animation will be warped. Use the transform tools to adjust placement on the walkway. Duplicate the Smart Object layer (via copy) as many times as necessary for the animation steps. Open each of the smart objects and advance the animation as needed. Essentially you are building another animation so use the same techniques in the timeline. Now export as a gif. I have only included a few steps here at a slower rate. ... View more

A feature close to what you describe would be Fade in the Brush Settings. Set the Size Jitter to 0% and the Fade to a specific number. This number will vary depending on the size of your image and may well mean a lot of trial and error. Not entirely dynamic but more controllable and predictable than a Wacom Pen. ... View more

According to your screenshots the transparent area is not in the smart object but in the file itself. With the smart object layer selected tap the left arrow key a couple times and the gap will go away. If it appears on the other side of the document it means the ratio of the image is different from that of the smart object. Choose Image > Trim ( based on transparent pixels) ... View more

Its possible you use the Pattern Stamp tool and have accidentally switched to the clone stamp tool. The keyboard shortcut is similar. "s" or "shift + s" Be sure you have the correct "stamp" tool selected. Or verify that it is in fact the Stamp tool you are using to place your watermarks. ... View more

If you have enough internal space on the laptop I would consider smart previews of your current assets. Id take an external drive for your new assets and again use smart previews so it doesn't need to be connected beyond import. ... View more

Thankyou guys. I attended to the calculation order once I understood it better - and added two more pages! George_Johnson​ that java script nugget worked and was marginally faster to implement over many fields. Im not sure how it differs from the auto generated javascript created by the Pick option with respect to functionality. I am becoming more comfortable with the setup of the form now and realizing that Acrobat does not like to play with copy and paste of fields when updating content. Its as if it remembers the previous field but doesn't show them on the form - only in the Pick list. Currently, if you're still watching, I have an issue with a submit button on mobile devices -iPhone. That is to say it does nothing. The behavior is set to "Mouse Up / FDF / One email address" It works on desktop and I even saved as Reader Extended. ... View more

Thankyou George for you reply. For the second page - after spending an entire day with page one - I did use Acrobat as the means of creating the text fields. Aside from one hiccup it went well, though I believe the program could use some tweaking with regard to performance. The hiccup seemed to be related to a field that would show in the pick list but not actually in the Fields list. So I couldn't delete it. For that issue I cut all the fields and then pasted them back. It worked. I use the Pick option as I am not familiar with Javascript and the two things that are tedious about that are the long list of fields to scroll through and the fact that the box always opens in the bottom left of the screen. Whats up with that? The long list wasn't so bad as I took care to name the fields consistently. A 3  column array of qty / tot / price. with successive numbers. So entering the formula was quite easy (by that I mean selecting the correct fields from the long list) Bonus: I discovered that I did not have to close the Properties box after each entry but merely needed to select the next text field down. A Time saver there. And I already knew about the duplication of fields with Create Multiple Copies - I assume that is the correct method. It helped with the subtotal. Building forms is not a task I require often so Javascript is not an area I gravitate to first. I searched for some potential answers but lack the understanding of the solution as " price.0*qty.0 " is apparently not a correct format. It couldn't be that simple. Here is the form I am referring to should you care to glance. If there are glaring errors, perhaps let me know. I realize that it probably could be leaner with some javascript but learning to say "my name is..." in a foreign language is not the same as understanding how to say "the name of this random person is..." I looked into field calculation order but in my case I determined that it was either, a: unnecessary to be that precise or b: my document just isn't that complicated. Thankyou again for your time. ... View more

If cropping is not working for you then you may want to try creating a base image in PS which is 800x533 and use actions to copy paste or place images into it, then export a jpg file. Once written your only interaction would be where to arrange the image for the best crop. You could export after each image or have it copy/paste or place dozens of images to the file then generate jpg files from the layer stack. ... View more

Cool Project. I tried using the Gradient Tool, One painted layers and smart Object to maintain edibility or scale. Result: Heres the PSD File should you wish to use it as a base. ... View more

Is it possible that the brush you are using to erase with was made at a setting below 100% opacity. This would cause such behavior even if the Eraser settings were one hundred percent. So for extreme examples sake, a brush that was only 50% opaque when it was made will only erase (or brush) at 50% opacity. To test, use the same brush as a brush and paint white on a black area then again a few pixels to one side. Example. ... View more

Stephen_A_Marsh  wrote When I target a single layer your action works correctly. Cool. ... View more

Stephen_A_Marsh  wrote Thanks D.A.R  – did you upload the correct action? The separate layers that are turned into a smart object are treated as a single object in the fit image resize, so the total bounding area is sized to 600px, not each individual element in each separate layer. I am curious to see both of your actions as mentioned… Yes, I have uploaded the actions shown in the video. As far as "each individual element in each separate layer". I was treating the image in the layer as the object to resize. If there are multiple images per layer, that is not clear from the OP. ... View more

Fit image will work and the use of an action will save several steps. As to doing "all at once". Sort of. If you were always working with a set number of layer then the action could contain the steps to select each layer in turn. As it is I have created 2 actions. One for any number of layers which may or may not be in order and one for layers in order, as you show. Start at the bottom of the layer stack.   The action is here: download dar-600px.atn​     A silent video demonstrating the use of the action. Note. You dont need to do the canvas resize part. That was just to show all layers at same height.   600px on Vimeo   Through some trial and error. I tested to see what would happen if the values in the fit image dialog were both 600px. The result is the long edge would be 600 and the short edge fall where it may. IE. It FITS it  into a 600x600 box. The arbitrary value of 9000px I used was just that - arbitrary. But I discovered that the "discarded" or unnecessary value must be at least twice that of the value desired for it to be essentially ignored. In this case if you entered 1150 x 600. two of your layers would get to 1150 wide before they were 600 tall. Go wild - the largest dimension you can enter is 300000 pixels. Fit image is not the same as Image Size. ... View more