I'm not going to bother challenging the endless ego of so labeled experts here except to say that that price is way off. Furthermore prints don't have pixels, and you are referring to interpolated display at odd magnifications. For adjusting sharpness critically for prints you view at "print size" after dividing the pixel dimension by the real monitor width in inches and entering that number in the correct box in the preferences, as sharpness in a print is apparent. Good luck with the inbred Adobe corp ego problem. ... View more

Wrong about "native color space is all you need." And, we work backward, first stating what the end product will be. If it's printed media you DO NEED the capacity to display a high % of Adobe RBG color space as a printer will need that information. "Adobe RBG monitor" without a % isn't even a thing as you note, but what is pertinent is the percentage of that color space that is displayable. You get a monitor that is CAPABLE of displaying a high % of Adobe RGB, you then shoot, edit, and display on the monitor in Adobe RGB and you have a workflow. ... View more

I see you have your answer, good. I'll offer some added clarification that might sound tedious but is useful. You posted, "Adobe temp files" but notice; they are folders not files. The difference matters. Whenever a computer needs a space to hold a file in progress, for instance a large file that is being converted to another format and needs a few seconds to finish, it creates a temp file, sometimes in a folder made for that purpose and sometimes in a fresh temp folder like the ones you see.   You shouldn't mess with the temp files and usually can't as they are locked until the process is finished. Nor can you mess with the temp folder holding them if the process is not finished, you will get an error message saying so.   When the process is finished, the temp file goes away and the folder is empty.   So, if a temp folder is empty, it can be deleted. A fresh one is created to replace it when needed, often under a sequence of number-names like yours. ... View more

Editing is done to a mutually understood end goal, which has not been clearly discussed here.    Of particular importance is to know how the image pupose; billboard or thumbnail, paper pamphlet or cover of Vogue.   That's the first issue with any editing project, find out the end goal. Then relate that to the resources available (do we have a photographer, is the subject available?) make clear the difficulty and time involved and the options, then pick out a path to get to the goal. Or change the goal.    Communication is key to editing. And it seems what is wanted is some guidance for a do-it-yourself fix, but this can actually be longer than other methods. So the devil is in the details, which have to be discussed.   P.S. It may be all about the apron. 🙂 ... View more

Thanks for the friendly affirmation.   The process I mentioned is not "right-click/open," (nor is it right-click/edit). Those two behave just like click/open. The process I mentioned is "right-click/open with."   I use this software all day every day, and I have the investigative persistence of a drug dog. I can assure everyone reading my work-around that any of the methods I've detailed do what I've written about them without fail. If there is an apparent issue otherwise, it's apparent, and due to some variation not written of by me. The devil is in the details, but as with all things computational it's a perfectly consistent devil.   That said, what would be dispositive is a repeatable example, as you would agree a simple step in the use of a PC is repeatable and does not suffer from even a miniscule percentage chance of changing. ~~~~   Back to Bridge, another important use for it is speedy full-screen professional presentation to either a client or a boss, getting the work of getting approvals among many variations of an image a very productive process that the decider sees as very slick. You do have to learn the software to do this I recommend a Lynda type training video set.   You can for instance before a meeting tag ("unfinished" "reject" "keep") & rate (1-5 stars) then sort by those criteria, then when the decision maker arrives you present a limited set via full screen display. You can reject or rate higher/lower directly during the process of viewing via the keyboard.   The same process works for a first look at images taken off a camera. It is super handy when a photographer delivers multiple like images as with a sports event, because you can L/R arrow back/forth so that tiny differences become readily apparent. It lowers mistakes, maximizes use of time and gets the best out of what you have. You do have to learn the software, I recommend a Lynda Linkdin type training video set.     ... View more

Thanks for the appreciation. Right-click/open with Photoshop works all the time, I assure you (why would it not?). I use this all day long for years.   You cannot delete gude*.log if the file that generated it is open, or if the file is closed but that session of Photoshop is still open. To rid a drive of every instance of the file, close Photoshop and use Windows search for gude*.log (I can sense you know this), and every instance will show, and they can all be deleted at once.   PS Bridge is endlessly useful, which you only discover when you use it for normal course of operations instead of Windows Explorer. However because it is so feature packed, it does have a learning curve that's steeper than seems at first. My experience with it includes professional training in it specifically, and I assure you there is a lot more going on with it than meets the eye, it takes use to discover all the cases where it does something to either save time, or control image files so that they stay organized. For instance if you are working on a set of 50 commerical photos and you need to back up versions in different formats as you go, resize and rename along the way, constantly compare verisions, and most of all understand what you have for assets, Bridge is a game changer. Windows btw does not show thumbnails of many useful formats, not just high end types but including ubiquitous png files. I do not mean to be pushy, I just feel obligated to pass the word on good things for users. PPS I'm not working on a network. ... View more

I respect your position, your comfort with your working methods is very important, perhaps most important. This is the case especially when users are not editing specialists who want to learn all about the software, but admin staff with limited by important repeating tasks.   In your case to avoid creating the log files (which are harmless btw and can be ignored) use "right-click open with Photoshop." That should be easy to implement.   Keep in mind for the future, should your people ever have the need, Bridge will add a lot of utility to what you do with your images: any batch process done in Photosho, mass renaming, mass selection etc. You say you can view your files in Windows, but if files are different in small details you will not see that in Windows but you will in Bridge.   You mention needing to find old files; with Bridge you can assign keywords as files are archived, so that old files can be found by what they are images of, and you can create collections that cross folders saving a lot of time. On the downside Bridge can be confusing for new users, and recent changes have added some quirks. ... View more

It's astounding so many people are [abuse removed — please follow guidelines to be kind and respectful]. How does anyone manage image files, without using an image file viewer? ... View more

Delete them all at once with search, then create no more by using either Bridge, or right click/open with ... View more

Agreed. It's a non issue but for the alarm people are creating.   1. You use Windows search for "gude*.log" in the appropriate top level folder, and remove every instance of the pesky file on a drive in < a minute. 2. You then create no more by changing your habit to opening files with either Bridge (which is what it is made for) or "right-click open with." 3. Or as I do; use righ click "open with Bridge" which immediately allows me to see all the images in a folder full size etc. ... View more

1. You use Windows search for "gude*.log" in the appropriate top level folder, and remove every instance of the pesky file on a drive in < a minute. 2. You then create no more by changing your habit to opening files with either Bridge (which is what it is made for) or "right-click open with." 3. Or as I do; use righ click "open with Bridge" which immediately allows me to see all the images in a folder full size etc. ... View more

See my post titled, "Solved! - Unwanted "gude.log" file creation issue in Photoshop - Solved!" ... View more