Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Although I dislike HDR for photography, as I find myself doing more and more graphic design work I often find it useful for design/illustration purposes. And now it's stopped working properly in Photoshop CS6. Every time I try it I get a useless, bright, washed-out look (the same images and

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Stanley Halpin
Random thoughts, provided in the total absence of actual knowledge go the Photoshop HDR process: a) could the problem be with the source images rather than with the process? E.g., are you giving it three overexposed images rather than three bracketed exposures? Do you get the same results from

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Stanley Halpin wrote: Random thoughts, provided in the total absence of actual knowledge go the Photoshop HDR process: a) could the problem be with the source images rather than with the process? E.g., are you giving it three overexposed images rather than three bracketed exposures? Do you

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Bruce Walker
If you'll forgive the Throw Money At It suggestion: if you have access to Nik's suite, I have found their HDR Efex Pro to be a really good alternative to Ps's built in stuff. You get more controls and the ability to dial the effect way back to subtle levels. (I'm pretty hooked on the entire suite

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: If you'll forgive the Throw Money At It suggestion: if you have access to Nik's suite, I have found their HDR Efex Pro to be a really good alternative to Ps's built in stuff. You get more controls and the ability to dial the effect way back to subtle levels. (I'm pretty

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread John
If it works on the laptop not on the desktop, the only thing I can think of is to bring the laptop home long enough to set it down next to the desktop and go through the parameters, settings preferences side by side to see what the difference is. On 1/21/2014 10:10 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: If it works on the laptop not on the desktop, the only thing I can think of is to bring the laptop home long enough to set it down next to the desktop and go through the parameters, settings preferences side by side to see what the difference is. Been there, done that. -- Mark

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread John
On 1/21/2014 11:49 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: John wrote: If it works on the laptop not on the desktop, the only thing I can think of is to bring the laptop home long enough to set it down next to the desktop and go through the parameters, settings preferences side by side to see what the

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread steve harley
on 2014-01-21 8:10 Mark Roberts wrote Nope. The same images and settings process perfectly on my laptop. have you actually transferred the settings, or just compared them on the screen? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You re-installed photoshop, but did you clean out any and all user preferences? They're usually separate from the application's support files and are not automatically removed or updated with a re-install. I've helped out with several cases of ps and LR problems that were corrupted user

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: You re-installed photoshop, but did you clean out any and all user preferences? They're usually separate from the application's support files and are not automatically removed or updated with a re-install. I've helped out with several cases of ps and LR problems that

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On OS X, they are stored somewhere in ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe I believe. I do a search for them when I need to cleanup a problem. I think, but am not certain, that the Windows installation is structured similarly. Godfrey On Jan 21, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Mark Roberts

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Rick Womer
There's something about having you stumped by a computer problem, Mark, that makes me feel insecure. Earthquakes? Meteorites? Locusts? What's next??? On Jan 21, 2014, at 9:28 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Although I dislike HDR for photography, as I find myself doing more and more graphic design

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Bruce Walker
Two inches of snow? On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: There's something about having you stumped by a computer problem, Mark, that makes me feel insecure. Earthquakes? Meteorites? Locusts? What's next??? On Jan 21, 2014, at 9:28 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Well, if I can't succeed in getting Photoshop's HDR feature fixed I'll buy a copy of Photomatix, which seems to work very well indeed. In general it's faster and more versatile than Photoshop. With one image I haven't been able to get the tonality I want the way I did with Photoshop (when it

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com: On OS X, they are stored somewhere in ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe I believe. I do a search for them when I need to cleanup a problem. I think, but am not certain, that the Windows installation is structured similarly. Holding down Alt, Ctrl, and

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com: On OS X, they are stored somewhere in ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe I believe. I do a search for them when I need to cleanup a problem. I think, but am not certain, that the Windows installation is structured similarly.

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Bill
On 21/01/2014 7:10 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Well, if I can't succeed in getting Photoshop's HDR feature fixed I'll buy a copy of Photomatix, which seems to work very well indeed. In general it's faster and more versatile than Photoshop. With one image I haven't been able to get the tonality I

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Bill wrote: On 21/01/2014 7:10 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Well, if I can't succeed in getting Photoshop's HDR feature fixed I'll buy a copy of Photomatix, which seems to work very well indeed. In general it's faster and more versatile than Photoshop. With one image I haven't been able to get

Re: Weird Photoshop problem

2014-01-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 21, 2014, at 5:51 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com: On OS X, they are stored somewhere in ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe I believe. I do a search for them when I need to cleanup a problem. I think,

Re: Photoshop problem?

2007-09-10 Thread Christian
Pål Jensen wrote: I'm trying to upload a few pictures to my portfolio at Photo.net. However, when I save the files as JPEGs I loose some saturation; not so much to bother much about but I can't remember noticing it the last time I did this. More serious though is that when I upload the

Photoshop problem?

2007-09-10 Thread Pål Jensen
I'm trying to upload a few pictures to my portfolio at Photo.net. However, when I save the files as JPEGs I loose some saturation; not so much to bother much about but I can't remember noticing it the last time I did this. More serious though is that when I upload the images to my portfolio at

Re: Photoshop problem?

2007-09-10 Thread Pål Jensen
Color space is sRGB - Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 10:57 PM Subject: Re: Photoshop problem? Pål Jensen wrote: I'm trying to upload a few pictures to my portfolio at Photo.net

Re: Photoshop problem?

2007-09-10 Thread Adam Maas
Pål Jensen wrote: I'm trying to upload a few pictures to my portfolio at Photo.net. However, when I save the files as JPEGs I loose some saturation; not so much to bother much about but I can't remember noticing it the last time I did this. More serious though is that when I upload the

Re: Photoshop problem?

2007-09-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
When outputting full-resolution photos from Photoshop CS2 for web presentation, I have a script that - performs colorspace conversion to sRGB and flattens - performs sizing to the desired output size in pixels (590 tall for portrait orientation, 790 wide for landscape orientation) - runs a

Re: Photoshop problem?

2007-09-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
- Are you editing on a calibrated monitor? - What is your default working colorspace? - Are you converting from your working colorspace to sRGB? Godfrey On Sep 10, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Pål Jensen wrote: Color space is sRGB -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Photoshop problem?

2007-09-10 Thread Pål Jensen
Godfrey wrote: - Are you editing on a calibrated monitor? - What is your default working colorspace? - Are you converting from your working colorspace to sRGB? REPLY: No. The monitor is not calibrated. However, I have no real mismatch between monitor and prints. The default working space is

Re: Photoshop problem?

2007-09-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Well, you should calibrate your monitor first of all. Then set Adobe's Color Settings up to manage color properly. You're complaining about rendering qualities between different applications, not to the printer, and the only way there is a hope of getting color to work consistently in this

Re: OT: Photoshop problem (w. new video driver?)

2001-03-08 Thread Dan Scott
Tracking down my problem a *little*, I've found that if I select "View/Preview/Uncompensated RGB" I get proper display, but I didn't have to go through this annoyance before (and there doesn't seem to be any way to make this the default view...) Mark, Try adjusting your monitor. Since you had

Re: OT: Photoshop problem (w. new video driver?)

2001-03-08 Thread Mark Roberts
Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tracking down my problem a *little*, I've found that if I select "View/Preview/Uncompensated RGB" I get proper display, but I didn't have to go through this annoyance before (and there doesn't seem to be any way to make this the default view...) Try adjusting

Re: OT: Photoshop problem (w. new video driver?)

2001-03-08 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Mark Roberts wrote: Tracking down my problem a *little*, I've found that if I select "View/Preview/Uncompensated RGB" I get proper display, but I didn't have to go through this annoyance before (and there doesn't seem to be any way to make this the default view...) Did you recalibrate

Re: OT: Photoshop problem (w. new video driver?)

2001-03-08 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Mark Roberts wrote: (BTW: Even if this *had* been the problem, wouldn't it have affected all my image viewing software, rather than just Photoshop?) Dunno...I'm not well-versed in colour on the PC. Is it maybe a driver issue? -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.

Re: OT: Photoshop problem (w. new video driver?)

2001-03-08 Thread Dan Scott
Dan Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tracking down my problem a *little*, I've found that if I select "View/Preview/Uncompensated RGB" I get proper display, but I didn't have to go through this annoyance before (and there doesn't seem to be any way to make this the default view...) Try adjusting