I haven't tried cryptos yet...don't need them for my current workflow  ... View more

Yeah its frustrating that they had it in the Beta preceding v26 but then never actually included it when they released v26. It's like saying 'Hey here's a concept car and we're gonna add this newfangled Steering Wheel thingy' and then they release the car without one. ... View more

@seans94943058 I am sure you're not the only person encountering such issues. It can be very frustrating. I can see that you have put in some thought, because you're asking the right questions.    Unfortunately, for accurate image assessment, viewers must use a calibrated/profiled display system and view that display in "reasonable" lighting circumstances. Either that or perhaps look at accurate printed proofs - again in 'reasonable' lighting - daylight is fine. One might opine that viewers of TV screens look at them in all sorts of lighting on all sorts of differing TV's, some even with the colour or brightness turned up way high, and that they get used to it - so think their TV looks OK! Sadly, this does not apply to approval of product if colour is critical.     A photographer client told me he was repeatedly asked for differing alterations to a single critical image being approved, it turned out the client was looking at a Blackberry in varying conditions. It's not going to work I'm afraid.    Furthermore, I'd be calibrating and profiling. the benQ as well, no screen is properly "factory calibrated" you'll need something like Calibrite's i1Display Pro to deal with that job. Photoshop needs an accurate display profile to work with.    Please note also that it's somewhat unlikely that your rendering app IS colour managed in the graphic arts sense - SO many are not, I hope a 4D user will chip in here and help on that. You're avoiding that issue, of course, by viewing in Photoshop, you'll also need to ensure that the images are saved with an ICC profile embedded. For the best chance of accuracy out there sRGB is perhaps the best colour space to work in.    I hope this helps neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right' google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management Help others by clicking "Correct Answer" if the question is answered. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here. "Upvote" is for useful posts.   ... View more

ContactSheetX:   https://sourceforge.net/projects/ps-scripts/files/ContactSheetX/v2.2/   Otherwise, you could use Bridge to batch preserve the current filenames in metadata, then batch rename to include the pixel dimensions, run the contact sheet and finally restore the preserved filenames in another batch rename. ... View more

@seans94943058 "I clearly need to understand Assign vs Convert and am trying to but frankly 'colot' just messes with my small brain."   Assign profile - means replace the file's profile label (the profile "tag"), this is required very rarely and almost always alters appearance, due to a change in interpretation of the image data by the colour engine. The image pixel data is unchanged, but now incorrectly tagged   Convert to profile - means translate the file's colour information to a new colourspace retaining image appearance* (*within the limits of the destination gamut).  The image pixel data is changed, to retain the appearance   A files profile tag provides information to the profile tag for any conversion, even sending data to the screen involves a conversion in the background, from file.icc to display.icc you can see that is file.icc is changed the interpretation changes - since assigning replaces the right ICC profile with the wrong one that means the colour is messed up. As you have seen   I hope this helps neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right' google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management ... View more

Got nothing to do with tracking time or evaluating effectiveness ... View more

Outside of LrC, using your File Browser, navigate to the folder your catalog is in, Look at the "Date Modified" column, Dates for the previes should be same date, and close in termas of time (perhaps a bit older)   and within the previews file/folder, a few that should also be current. (looks like I have some old junk, hmm)   ... View more

If the names of each layer and each group are unique and do not repeat within the same file, then this will not be a problem. Just start recording the action and perform all the necessary operations (don't forget that the starting point is important for actions, i.e. it's better to select a certain layer with the first command).   You can illustrate your task with screenshots of the expanded layers palette, this will allow you to give more accurate advice. ... View more