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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:24:47 +0000

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Comment on Thumbnail image contact sheet creation in Photoshop by admin

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:29:46 +0000

Yup - simply tick off the option for ‘Auto Spacing’ and put in your own figures into the ‘horizontal’ and ‘vertical’ text fields to control the spacing manually between the images.

Comment on Image resolution and DPI explained by admin

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:28:40 +0000

Keep the pixel dimensions of the image the same by not ticking the ‘resample image’ option in Image size - by changing the DPI you are simply embedding the information in the image for output devices.

If you resize the image (probably larger) you will NOT improve output quality - in-fact you will DECREASE image quality!

Comment on Adobe CS3 interface - what have they done to our tool palettes?! by admin

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:26:43 +0000

@JD - couldn’t have put it better myself!! I’m STILL wrangling with these palettes in CS3 - bring back the old ones or at-least give us the preference to go back to old style palettes!!

A good lesson could be learned form the InDesign CS2 palette layout in my opinion - genius, and very sadly missed.

Comment on Moving selections whilst drawing them by admin

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:25:18 +0000

Nice JD - good tip!

Comment on Photoshop troubleshooting - Avoiding shift in colours when saving for web by admin

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:24:57 +0000

Screen to printer colour accuracy is pretty-much controlled by colour profile settings and calibrating your monitor. I find it’s best to calibrate the screen then caibrate output device if required, rather than the other way around.

Comment on Making the most of your Photoshop scratch disk by Clark Cooper

Clark Cooper — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:06:51 +0000

It’s been a few years since I striped (RAID0) any drives together. I used to do this in Windows NT 4.0 and, I believe, Windows 2000. Unless something has changed, you should be able to stripe or RAID your drives in Windows XP (Pro only, perhaps) without the need for additional software. Simply hit up the Control Panel >> Administrative Tools >> Computer Management >> Storage >> Disk Management. If you have two or more drives on your system (and maybe they have to be the same physical size) you should be presented with options for striping them.

Thanks for the review and setting straight of some common misconceptions.

Comment on Photoshop troubleshooting - Avoiding shift in colours when saving for web by J D Young

J D Young — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:03:56 +0000

Thank you for this tip. After trying it out, I plan to make it a topic for class discussion. Adjusting color seems always to be a major issue both with the Web and Printing. Any hints you have on getting the output to look as good as the screen will be most welcome.

Comment on Moving selections whilst drawing them by J D Young

J D Young — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:46:22 +0000

This trick works great, especially when you are selecting ovals and circles. When you drag diagonally across an oval or circle and keep the mouse button depressed while you press the spacebar, the selection border will move while you continue to drag. You can reposition the marquee edge to match the edge that you are trying to select release the spacebar carefully while still holding down the mouse button. Now you can enlarge your oval or circle until it perfectly selects the object. If the selection is still not perfect, simply keep holding down the mouse button and press the spacebar to reposition again. You can continue going back and forth until your selection is perfection itself. Once you are satisfied with the selection, first release the spacebar (if it is depressed) and then release the mouse button. I learned this neat trick in Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book. Both versions CS2 and CS3 include this tip. For the basics you cant beat Classroom in a Book.

Comment on Adobe CS3 interface - what have they done to our tool palettes?! by J D Young

J D Young — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:29:28 +0000

As an instructor, I love teaching Photoshop. But I wondered if I was the only one who felt the new Photoshop interface was a few steps down from the old one. I am sure there were other more pressing needs to which Adobe could have centered their attention with applause from all. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” couldn’t be more sound advice. I am hoping that this is only a temporary set-back and that sooner than later Adobe will either send us all a patch that puts things right or will address the issue with the next version of Photoshop. My worst fear is that they will mess up Photoshop (and the rest of the suite) the way they have Photo Elements. I didn’t put all these years of learning all the ins and outs of Photoshop because I wanted to start all over again with each upgrade. Upgrade to me means, something that fixes old problems and eases processes, not a face-lift that was totally unnecessary.