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So there I was, all excited to be about to use a Smart FIlter for the first time but it seems my preferred method of sharpening (convert to Lab mode, sharpen on the Lightness channel, convert back to RGB) prohibits the use of Smart Filters. Bugger? Or is there a solution? I'm waiting for the various handy books on CS3 to come out as they're vastly preferable to the useless manuals that come with CS3. |
Photoshop CS3 Questions and Answers
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CrispyXUK wrote:
When you use a filter but it keeps it as an editable parameter much like an adjustment layer.
Erm, smart filter? Whats that then?
I'm having some major problems using my old CS2 actions - a whole bunch of little things seem to have been changed that has fucked up a lot of my actions. For example, I have a 'vignetting' action:
- create a 1 pixel border
- invert it
- contract it by about 25 pixels
- invert it again (so there's a selection 'frame' of 25 pixels around the inner edge of the image)
- Feather it by 100-250 pixels
- then fill it in with black on a new layer, set to overlay.
This has worked no problem whatsoever since CS1. However, CS3 won't let me do the Feather stage. It says that no pixels are more than 50% selected so the selection edges will not be visible.
WTF? -
Well the jury's out on the Smart Filters, but what's going on with that Feathering problem? I can't rebuild that action if feathering at 250 won't work like that in CS3 but it did in CS2. Really pissed off right now. -
Owen-B wrote:
Isn't that exactly what 'Smart Sharpen' does? I haven't bothered with your method since CS2.
So there I was, all excited to be about to use a Smart FIlter for the first time but it seems my preferred method of sharpening (convert to Lab mode, sharpen on the Lightness channel, convert back to RGB) prohibits the use of Smart Filters.
edit - oh, and I was able to import all my CS2 actions into CS3, I haven't detected any problems. Mind you I was using the beta - I've switched back to CS2 now..gif)
Edited by otto at 16:32:03 02-06-2007 -
otto wrote:
Is it?
Owen-B wrote:
Isn't that exactly what 'Smart Sharpen' does? I haven't bothered with your method since CS2.
So there I was, all excited to be about to use a Smart FIlter for the first time but it seems my preferred method of sharpening (convert to Lab mode, sharpen on the Lightness channel, convert back to RGB) prohibits the use of Smart Filters.
I never really understood what the benefits of Smart Sharpen were. I used it in conjunction with the Lab method. Thanks for the advice.
Answered my own question about feathering, too - use the new Refine Edges tool. Probably not what it's meant for, but works where Feather doesn't. -
otto wrote:
CS3 automatically finds your actions from CS2 and updates it's Actions Pallet to match.
Owen-B wrote:
Isn't that exactly what 'Smart Sharpen' does? I haven't bothered with your method since CS2.
So there I was, all excited to be about to use a Smart FIlter for the first time but it seems my preferred method of sharpening (convert to Lab mode, sharpen on the Lightness channel, convert back to RGB) prohibits the use of Smart Filters.
edit - oh, and I was able to import all my CS2 actions into CS3, I haven't detected any problems. Mind you I was using the beta - I've switched back to CS2 now.
No problems there but clearly some things under the bonnet are working differently and cause issues. -
Well double check about smart sharpen, I did read that somewhere once but it's probably worth double checking exactly how smart sharpen works before trusting me completely.
Oh, and with the beta I had to locate my actions manually and import them.
Edited by otto at 16:36:08 02-06-2007 -
otto wrote:
I hated the beta. Nasty piece of shit that fucked up a whole load of things on my computer. Guess that's why it was a beta!
Well double check about smart sharpen, I did read that somewhere once but it's probably worth double checking exactly how smart sharpen works before trusting me completely.
Oh, and with the beta I had to locate my actions manually and import them.
Edited by otto at 16:36:08 02-06-2007
The official product does it automatically. -
wopr-lower-case 2,198 posts
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Registered 15 years agoHeh, my free CS3 upgrade has arrived and it has PS Extended and Flash CS3 in it too, wasn't expecting that -
Owen-B wrote:
It says that no pixels are more than 50% selected so the selection edges will not be visible.
WTF?
Y'know this isn't actually a problem per se, because the selection is still there ready to be filled, just Photoshop hasn't drawn a line of ants crawling around it. Can't you suppress error messages in your action or something? (Can't quite remember) -
wopr-lower-case 2,198 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI fucking hate Adobe's new installers. I'm trying to install CS3 at home (I can do this according to the license agreement) and I have the same previous versions installed at home, but CS3 won't install because it says I'm not eligible. Fucktards. -
wopr-lower-case 2,198 posts
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Registered 15 years agoGrrr, just noticed that several of the key features of ImageReady haven't been taken over into PS CS3. Idiots!
/unzips CS2 -
Lukus 24,640 posts
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Registered 17 years agoSo what's the intial verdict on CS3? It seems a bit mixed, but mostly a bit annoying? Do you think it'll come good after a bit of getting used to? -
pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoLukus wrote:
So what's the intial verdict on CS3? It seems a bit mixed, but mostly a bit annoying? Do you think it'll come good after a bit of getting used to?
I rather like it. It's utterly and completely frustrating for me when I'm drawing anything with vectors etc, as they still haven't brought over any of the neater stuff from the likes of Illustrator (you still can't fucking well join two node points together in PS, how stupid is that!)
All in all, it's good but could've been better.
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Spanky 15,037 posts
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Registered 18 years agowopr-lower-case wrote:
Yup it's dropped completely and i have no time at all to relearn fireworks since dumping it at V1...
Grrr, just noticed that several of the key features of ImageReady haven't been taken over into PS CS3. Idiots!
/unzips CS2
Simple gif animated banners were a fucking breeze in imageready... :C -
Fuck Fireworks 
I hate the ass out of that shit. -
MrWorf 64,193 posts
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Registered 20 years agoHow do I select inverse using the keyboard only? -
wopr-lower-case 2,198 posts
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Registered 15 years agoSpanky wrote:
I was try to make a droplet to convert some images to the same format, which you can no longer do without making an Action or some such shite. Can't animated gifs or rollovers any more either! RETARDS!
wopr-lower-case wrote:
Yup it's dropped completely and i have no time at all to relearn fireworks since dumping it at V1...
Grrr, just noticed that several of the key features of ImageReady haven't been taken over into PS CS3. Idiots!
/unzips CS2
Simple gif animated banners were a fucking breeze in imageready... :C -
billythekid 12,595 posts
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Registered 16 years agoCrispyXUK wrote:
Apple + I
Apple + Shift + I surely?
Apple + I is for inverting the colours, unless they've changed it. -
CrispyXUK wrote:
whatever.
oooooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooo!
Also, Razz, you can find out keyboard shortcuts by looking at the command in the menus - the shortcut is shown next to it. -
Neverness 1,186 posts
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Registered 19 years agoOverall I prefer CS3 to 2. It seems much faster, especially bridge which I now actually use. The ability to edit jpegs with Adobe RAW is great and removes any vauge interest in Lightroom I had before (this may have been in CS2 but I never used it).
Having said that is anyone else finding PS CS3 really unstable? I have had numerous crashes this morning, all of which reset any menu customisation. -
MrWorf 64,193 posts
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Registered 20 years agoCrispyXUK wrote:
Sorry I mean for a Windows PC.
Apple + I
I actually looked for the apple key for a second too
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Neverness 1,186 posts
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Registered 19 years agoRazz wrote:
CrispyXUK wrote:
Sorry I mean for a Windows PC.
Apple + I
I actually looked for the apple key for a second too
shift+ctrl+I -
MrWorf 64,193 posts
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Registered 20 years agoCheers! Just wanted to clarify. I thought it was that but for some reason it's not working. :/ Blah. I'll have to keep using the drop down menu.
Cheers mate. -
I love that Photoshop still can't remember where it was saving and loading files from on mounted SMB shares. Makes my working life a nightmare. Especially when I absent mindedly go to open a file and click the file location dropdown; insta-crash alert! Works every time -
I love that Photoshop still can't remember where it was saving and loading files from on mounted SMB shares. Makes my working life a nightmare. Especially when I absent mindedly go to open a file and click the file location dropdown; insta-crash alert! Works every time -
I never use any haxies or anything like that, it's asking for trouble. If you log in as a different user does the problem continue?
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I hate the ass out of that shit. 
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