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| Photoshop 7 | 11/6/2009 |
Q: I run Windows XP, and due to a virus had to recently reinstall. I already had Photoshop 5.5 on my ... A: When you reinstall Photoshop your images won't be affected but it will reinstall your brushes, ...
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| photoshop | 11/4/2009 |
Q: When I try to open a tool in photoshop CS3 Iget the message"could not use the clone stamp because of ... A: You may have to re-install Photoshop. First I would try just deleting the preference file and ...
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| Naming Photos | 11/4/2009 |
Q: I am using PhotoShop 3. I have a group of photos I need to rename (just want to add a unique name to ... A: In newer version, that option would be available in the automate menu. I'm not sure Photoshop 3 had ...
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| HOW CAN I SEE THE HIDDEN IMAGE? | 11/3/2009 |
Q: I AM ESUBALEW FROM MALTA, I HOPEFULLY YOU'LL ANSWER MY QUESTIONS I NEED TO SEE THE ... A: In the layers palette, you can make layers seen or unseen by clicking on the eye icon on the left ...
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| can't open Photoshop CS | 10/31/2009 |
Q: I'm on Mac running OX 10.4.11 and can no longer open Photoshop CS or any other Adobe programs. It ... A: Once Onyx has checked your hard disk, go to automation and click on Execute. That will perform all ...
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| can't open Photoshop CS | 10/30/2009 |
Q: I'm on Mac running OX 10.4.11 and can no longer open Photoshop CS or any other Adobe programs. It ... A: I would try removing the programs and before re-installing them try running Disk Utility, Repair ...
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| Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 | 10/27/2009 |
Q: My sister has "Adobe Photo shop Elements 4.0" and uses this exclusively for taking care of her kids ... A: Elements 7 & 8 will work with Vista 64bit. I would definitely keep the Vista 64 bit system in place, ...
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| Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 | 10/27/2009 |
Q: My sister has "Adobe Photo shop Elements 4.0" and uses this exclusively for taking care of her kids ... A: The earliest version of Photoshop elements that will work on Vista 64 bit is 5, but even then there ...
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| text in photoshop | 10/26/2009 |
Q: I have a number of .psd files that are drawings and I wish to enter text. This works well for all ... A: I would try going to Layers>Flatten Image. Then go to File>Save As.. and save it as a Tif file with ...
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| text in photoshop | 10/26/2009 |
Q: I have a number of .psd files that are drawings and I wish to enter text. This works well for all ... A: It sounds like you're in quick-mask mode when you go to enter text. Make sure you are selecting the ...
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| Print | 10/21/2009 |
Q: I have a Picture that I want to print, when I do, it cuts off the upper part. picture of cake I ... A: The problem may be with your printer, see this previous answer: ...
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| Print | 10/21/2009 |
Q: I have a Picture that I want to print, when I do, it cuts off the upper part. picture of cake I ... A: If you are printing out of Photoshop, in the print dialog box check "Scale to fit Media" and make ...
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| Photshop formating | 10/15/2009 |
Q: heres myI have an image on photshop CS3 that is ultimately going to be placed on a business card,can ... A: Make sure you save your original as a tiff file, jpeg are a lossy format and the image will degrade ...
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| PSE 7 | 10/8/2009 |
Q: I am new to PSE 7. I am taking an online scrapbooking class and using templates provided by the ... A: My guess is that the black lines are on your PSE image but are not visible at the magnification you ...
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| changing the color of a scanned signature | 10/6/2009 |
Q: I have a signature that was scanned in a tiff format. Right now it is a cobalt blue, but I need to ... A: To make the signature a specific Pantone color, go to Image>Mode>Grayscale and convert it to ...
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| 2 color PDF | 10/5/2009 |
Q: I am working on a 2 color program (PMS 1795 and black). The problem I am having is with PDFs that I ... A: I would follow the same basic steps, but once you have one color channel made, you can ...
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| Program Error in Photoshop | 9/29/2009 |
Q: Every time I start using Photoshop CS3, I always get the Program Error message and not able to ... A: If you are on a Mac you have to have Administrator privileges to install Photoshop, you can install ...
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| Program Error in Photoshop | 9/29/2009 |
Q: Every time I start using Photoshop CS3, I always get the Program Error message and not able to ... A: You'll probably have to re-install Photoshop. Make sure you turn off any anti-virus software and ...
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| cmyk/rgb to spot | 9/24/2009 |
Q: Is it possible to change the channel colours from cmyk or rgb to any other (spot) colours? I want to ... A: Go to Image>Mode>Multichannel. This will switch you into multi channel mode, you can go to the ...
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| Color of Logo | 9/22/2009 |
Q: "I should begin by saying I have little to no experience with Adobe Illustrator, and some experience ... A: Go to your Layers palette and just to the right of the eye icon it should be blank. If there is a ...
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| image sizing | 9/16/2009 |
Q: I produced a 20"x30" image in photoshop elements. I flattened the image and saved it as a jpeg and ... A: Your 20 x 30 inch image would not proportionally fit on 8.5 x 11. They probably need a higher ...
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| How to Transparent an image file | 9/15/2009 |
Q: Sir, Hello I would like to ask one question. I scanned an image through scanner and saved that file ... A: Open the image in Photoshop and double click on the background layer in the layers palette. This ...
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| remove margin | 9/9/2009 |
Q: it is much appreciated. I would like to remove to the thin black margin or frame from images like ... A: Usually you can crop a photo once it has been placed in your page layout document. The way to remove ...
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| Printing Photoshop Art in InDesign | 9/8/2009 |
Q: I have a file that was sent to me that I converted to 2 color. It has solids and screens. I save ... A: In order to print a Photoshop file in 2 colors you have to use multichannel mode and save it as an ...
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| Photoshop | 9/4/2009 |
Q: I am converting PDFs to Grayscale. I have Photoshop CS2. The weird thing is when I pull them into ... A: It can set it on convert to destination if you want to convert it to one of the color profiles in ...
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| Pixelated jpeg text | 9/3/2009 |
Q: I'm having a problem with a Text saved as an Image. The image attached is too small (couldn't find a ... A: Once type has been rasterized, you can't increase it's size without increasing pixelization. Any ...
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| Photoshop | 8/31/2009 |
Q: I am converting PDFs to Grayscale. I have Photoshop CS2. The weird thing is when I pull them into ... A: If you are saving them out of Photoshop as pdf files the problem is in the pdf settings. In the pdf ...
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| photoshop elements 7 | 8/30/2009 |
Q: I am thinking about purchasing Elements 7 and am wondering if I can download the software on my ... A: You can download a trial of Photoshop Elements and if you like it purchase a serial number. Your ...
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| Technical problem when offloading pics from a camera into Photoshop. | 8/28/2009 |
Q: I asked this question of another expert here, that person could not answer - no explanation as to ... A: Apparently the PC doesn't like to go from Camera to server and even thought the image is stored in ...
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| Technical problem when offloading pics from a camera into Photoshop. | 8/28/2009 |
Q: I asked this question of another expert here, that person could not answer - no explanation as to ... A: First of all, I work on a Mac since I work in the print industry and this is the platform of choice ...
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| problem adding new fonts | 8/27/2009 |
Q: I am using PS7 on XP, Lenovo Thinkpad. I have some TTF Chinese fonts from this site at Heidelberg ... A: I'm sorry, but I'm out of ideas. I work primarily in a Mac environment and have not had that much ...
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| problem adding new fonts | 8/26/2009 |
Q: I am using PS7 on XP, Lenovo Thinkpad. I have some TTF Chinese fonts from this site at Heidelberg ... A: Try using the Fonts control panel to copy the fonts too your font folder. If you have too many ...
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| 2 color PDF | 8/22/2009 |
Q: I am working on a 2 color program (PMS 1795 and black). The problem I am having is with PDFs that I ... A: Pitstop is essential for fixing pdf's supplied to us that are wrong, but at about $600 it is not for ...
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| 2 color PDF | 8/22/2009 |
Q: I am working on a 2 color program (PMS 1795 and black). The problem I am having is with PDFs that I ... A: I'm assuming you are opening them in Photoshop, the only other alternative would be to open them in ...
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| Adobe PhotoDelux Home edition | 8/15/2009 |
Q: When importing an image to improve, I get the the following message.Scratchbook is full. We suggest ... A: The scratch disk is where PhotoDeluxe store image information when it runs out of RAM. Go to ...
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| recovery psd | 8/12/2009 |
Q: im a matte painter and im facing a problem concerning photoshop . i was working on a psd. file and ... A: This is why I'm a big advocate of working on a copy of your file. You may have a temp file on your ...
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| Digital Skin Grafting in PSP | 8/12/2009 |
Q: This is a repost as the first volunteer declined to answer. So I am asking this question to many to ... A: Yes, this affect is possible to produce in Photoshop but the key phrase is time-consuming. You'll ...
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| photoshop cs2 | 8/4/2009 |
Q: can i installed CS2 on my mac book that is running os x 10.5.7 or is it not going to work. I also ... A: Although Adobe officially supports OSX 10.3.4 - 10.3.8, I've had it running on 10.4.11 and have ...
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| Photoshop | 8/3/2009 |
Q: I have several digital photos of a Scottie dog who is jet black. However, the photos of him are very ... A: The quick and easy way would be to Image>Adjustments>Curves and select the middle eyedropper, the ...
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| fixing pics | 7/29/2009 |
Q: I did recover my formatted photographs by data recovery s/w but many of them you can only view for a ... A: The bad news is that if you can only recover the thumbnails of you pictures, then there is no ...
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| changing ppi | 7/28/2009 |
Q: When taking my photos to Costco to print off a CD should I change the ppi for differnt sizes or does ... A: There is no need to reduce the size for smaller prints, there is no harm in having a greater ...
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| Setting Image size for printing | 7/28/2009 |
Q: When I open my photo in PSE 7 it is huge 44x66 (72 ppi) When I have finished editing it, what size ... A: In image size make sure that resample image is unchecked. Then when you change from 72 to 300 dpi ...
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| making layers or color separation from a JPG | 7/27/2009 |
Q: I have a JPG file with a logo consisting of four spot (flat?) colors (if white counts as a color). ... A: You'll have to make 4 copies of your jpg file and I would suggest naming them jpg-C, jpg-M etc. Open ...
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| making layers or color separation from a JPG | 7/27/2009 |
Q: I have a JPG file with a logo consisting of four spot (flat?) colors (if white counts as a color). ... A: Photoshop automatically separates the image into it's native color space. in this case CMYK. It may ...
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| making layers or color separation from a JPG | 7/27/2009 |
Q: I have a JPG file with a logo consisting of four spot (flat?) colors (if white counts as a color). ... A: Open the a copy of your image and go to Image>Mode>Multichannel. This will allow you to work with ...
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| picture sizing | 7/23/2009 |
Q: I would like to make a simple photo collage with five pictures. I want all the pictures to be sized ... A: The easiest way I've found to create collages is to start with one large document. You can increase ...
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| Changing colors in CS3 | 7/22/2009 |
Q: Can I change the color of a chandeier in a stock manufacurers photo from smoky clear to opaque ... A: You can try selecting the chandelier and use selective color set on neutrals to try darkening the ...
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| J-PEG File | 7/20/2009 |
Q: I love photoshop, and I have Photoshop CS3. I was just asking because when I finish a drawing, I ... A: You should save your original drawings as tiff or .psd files. They will be bigger but you won't get ...
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| shrinking/expanding images? | 7/13/2009 |
Q: I will try to keep this as short and concise as possible. I am the lab manager of a science ... A: Although it would be easier to do this in a page layout program, such as InDesign, Quark or ...
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| Images Not Transferring | 7/1/2009 |
Q: When I copy and paste images from one e-mail to another and send them to my friends the images do ... A: Whenever you copy something your computer holds it on it's internal clipboard until it gets pasted, ...
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| blending photo with background | 6/29/2009 |
Q: I am creating a dj flyer and have made my background a linear gradient. I want to add photos of the ... A: There are a couple of ways to accomplish this. Once you have the dj's pictures on their own layer ...
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| background color | 6/25/2009 |
Q: I am using PS Element 7, and I am very novice at PS. I am taking pictures of flowers on a white ... A: There are several techniques I use for selecting objects. I'll do a quick selection of the ...
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| background | 6/18/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if you can tell me how to mak a background black in a picture. I have photoshop ... A: Using the lasso tool, make a selection around your picture and under the selection menu invert the ...
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| Combine two or more photos in PhotoShop | 6/17/2009 |
Q: I really miss my old PhotoDeluxe program, apparently it is not compatible with my Vista 64 bit OS. ... A: The easiest way I've found to create collages is to start with one large document. You can increase ...
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| adding an image to a photo | 5/26/2009 |
Q: i have photoshop 7.0 and i'm new at this.i have two photos.one person in each. i am trying to add ... A: You can outline one person with the lariat tool (L) then copy and paste them onto the second image, ...
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| spot channels | 5/19/2009 |
Q: I am (rustily) recreating a 2 spot colour logo in Pshop - going thru' the process of selecting the ... A: To make a two spot color photoshop document you have to be in multi-channel mode and select each ...
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| Photoshop 7.0 Freezes when saving .JPG | 5/15/2009 |
Q: Was just wondering if you ever resolved this problem with no valid options when trying to save as ... A: You may have a dialog box that has been moved offscreen. After you click on Save you should get ...
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| Line Weight Equivalents in Photoshop 7 | 5/13/2009 |
Q: is there a way to know the line weight equivalent of the pencil tool at 300 dpi? For instance, if I ... A: The point scale is 72 pts per inch or 4.166 pixels per pt at 300 dpi This would make .5 pts 2 pixels ...
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| Compatability | 5/7/2009 |
Q: I Just purchased Elements 7 and before I buy premier elements I need to know if Premier elements is ... A: Just as Photoshop Elements is the home version of Photoshop I'm assuming Premier Elements is the ...
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| Can't open adobephotoshop | 4/27/2009 |
Q: previously, my program are run smoothly, but now i can not open Adobe Photoshop from the programs ... A: It could be that the preferences file has been corrupted. Hold down Ctrl-Alt-Shift while starting ...
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| Text words with a 't' next to an 'a' | 4/22/2009 |
Q: Whenever I type a word that has a 't' next to an 'a' photoshop automatically tabs it over a couple ... A: Sounds like a font issue. Try changing the typeface and see if that fixes it. Hope this helps, ...
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| Printing touched up photographs | 4/22/2009 |
Q: I'm hoping you will be able to help me with this. I recently got married, and have purchased all ... A: When you open your photos and go to resize them under image size, make sure "resample image" is ...
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| 2 Tone colour | 4/21/2009 |
Q: I am donig an Annual Report for a company who wants only two colours in their design green and ... A: I would urge you to do the typesetting and layout in an application designed for that, such as ...
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| Foreground color | 4/20/2009 |
Q: I use Elements 6. Under the toolbar there is a foreground color and background color. I then open ... A: Make sure you are in a color space such as RGB and that your layer is the background layer or a ...
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| Foreground color | 4/20/2009 |
Q: I use Elements 6. Under the toolbar there is a foreground color and background color. I then open ... A: The background and foreground colors are shown on the left side of your workspace at the bottom of ...
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| Recovering old Picture: A semitransperent coating came over it. Bluring the entire image. | 4/16/2009 |
Q: I have a more than 20 years old color photograph (my own as a child). It has got a semitransparent ... A: My first step would be to change to Lab mode. In this mode you can adjust the a and b channels with ...
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| Watermarking | 3/31/2009 |
Q: I am developing a portfolio of photographs that I will be publishing online. Can I watermark these ... A: I think you can create a watermark in Elements using just layers. Paste your logo or whatever you ...
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| file transfer to a cd | 3/30/2009 |
Q: Glen, when I try to burn a cd from an album I have arranged, the cd shows them in order of file ... A: The order that files are burned to a CD is determined by the burning software. You could try adding ...
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| photo printing | 3/28/2009 |
Q: On my old computer (Compaq) the photo printing wizard allowed a great variety of printing options, ... A: Photoshop has a couple of ways to group pictures. Go to File>Automate>Contact Sheet II. This is a ...
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| Adobe Photoshop7.0 Reads and Then Closed | 3/27/2009 |
Q: 0 the problem is when ever i open photoshop it reads and then close suggestion me . A: Try holding down the Ctrl, Alt and Shift keys when launching to delete the settings file. Hope this ...
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| adobe photoshop software | 3/25/2009 |
Q: i am very much interested in having this software- i think its the cs4 version. i am involved as an ... A: Photoshop is licensed by Adobe and is quite expensive. You can get it bundled with other ...
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| Photoshop layers and resolution | 3/23/2009 |
Q: my question is sorta of complex i hope there is an easy solution. I am constructing trrees in ... A: If you are using save for web to create the .png files click on the mask icon next to the option and ...
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| Logo needs improvement | 3/19/2009 |
Q: I want it to look alot better than it does now. Any suggestions on where to start in the program.? ... A: For a logo to be effective it has to be able to be used on a variety of media and always be ...
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| Color mangaged or not | 3/18/2009 |
Q: Mr Demers, I'm a web based designer breaking new ground by designing a photoshop illustration for ... A: My first bit of advice is to not use .jpg, save as a .tif file. Depending on how it's made, a .jpg ...
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| PHOTOSHOP 7 | 3/17/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to make these words (Celebrating 30 Years) in Photoshop 7.0. I would like each word to ... A: There are many ways to do this and it depends a lot on your typeface selection. Basically you should ...
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| Masking out background of image with a shadow | 3/6/2009 |
Q: I need to eliminate the white background from an image of a '59 Chevy which has a shadow underneath ... A: A clipping path gives you a hard edge, so I would recommend you outline just the car, dropping out ...
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| pdf to jpg | 3/6/2009 |
Q: I have a 3 page document I would like to convert to jpg. I have purchased CS4 and am in the process ... A: In Photoshop you can open the pdf, select which page to open and Photoshop will rasterize it - turn ...
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| resolution | 3/3/2009 |
Q: I am a beginner in adobe photoshop and i'm using it in designing of flyers and business cards. My ... A: For billboards you need a resolution of about 36 dpi for good crisp graphics, this is about 14 ...
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| How do find drop shadows and embossing inPSE 7 | 2/23/2009 |
Q: I have been using several early Adobe Photoshop Elements programs, the last one version 3. Recently ... A: Drop Shadows and Embossing are layer styles in Photoshop Elements 7. Move what you want the effect ...
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| RESOLUTION... | 2/22/2009 |
Q: I have Photoshop CS 8.0 & am having problems with the cartoons I color. I would like my cartoons to ... A: If you uncheck the 'constrain proportions' option that will allow you to input both the height and ...
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| How to manage TAC in CMYK rasters | 2/19/2009 |
Q: I am a Graphic Designer working in a pre-press environment. We are launching a new production area ... A: First, forget UCR/GCR - Adobe recommends using their profiles and not messing with custom settings. ...
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| How to manage TAC in CMYK rasters | 2/18/2009 |
Q: I am a Graphic Designer working in a pre-press environment. We are launching a new production area ... A: The easiest way to manage TAC is through Photoshop. It is set in the color settings. You may wish to ...
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| Distorting an image to a 2-D geometrical shape | 2/17/2009 |
Q: I need learn how to distort a 4"x 3.6" composite image to wrap/bend/conform to an arc shape (5.2"x ... A: I know you aren't going to want to hear this but, you may need to upgrade to CS2. Photoshop CS2 has ...
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| Elements 4.0---to Vista | 2/17/2009 |
Q: I bought Adobe Photo Elements 4.0 a few years ago and have used it on my 3 yr old Gateway "XP". ... A: There are compatibility issues with Elements 4 and Vista, Adobe has issued a patch for Elements 5 ...
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| Tiling and Gradient Mapping | 2/11/2009 |
Q: I am using photoshop to edit an image collected through microscopy, the image that i am working on ... A: When stitching images together it best to have a consistent background. Once the images are taken ...
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| Images | 2/10/2009 |
Q: I have 500 or so images in folder A. I want to transfer these images to folder B and carry three ... A: First record an action on an open image, change the resolution, change the mode and type in the name ...
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| Image Adjustments | 2/8/2009 |
Q: I have a number of photographs I would like to reproduce-however the negatives, I no longer have. ... A: I'm not familiar with the scanner you have or the software that came with it. If there is a prescan ...
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| Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 | 2/5/2009 |
Q: Just purchased Elements 7 because it claims it can view and edit .tif pictures. I just took 56 high ... A: Make sure the pictures have the correct extension on them, if .tif didn't work try .jpg Hope this ...
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| Photoshop text tool. | 2/4/2009 |
Q: So I'm pretty good at photoshop and I usually don't encounter problems, but this one has me ... A: The first thing to try is to go to the character and paragraph palettes and in the flyout menu from ...
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| photoshop | 2/2/2009 |
Q: Respected Sir I am a collector of coins. Many times a coin is minted with different Die ... A: Photoshop measurements are in pixels and the higher the resolution of the image, the better ...
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| Activation code problems | 1/31/2009 |
Q: I registered my Adobe Photoshop program and received an email with an activation code. When I try to ... A: Since you are an administrator on the computer, on one of the dialog boxes there should be an ...
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| Using new Pantone colors in Photoshop | 1/27/2009 |
Q: I have the software Pantone color chooser 3.0 and I want to use those colors in Photoshop7. I'm ... A: First, make sure you are using the latest version of Photoshop 7. The update is available here: ...
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| printing | 1/25/2009 |
Q: I print on an Epson 9800 from my Mac OS X 10.4.(Adobe elements 2) My prints were bang on using the ... A: We have Epson 7800 and usually when this happens, holding down the menu/cleaning button for three ...
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| photoshop 7 freezes when trying to save to JPEG | 1/22/2009 |
Q: I am getting a freeze today - I have used this before and saved photos to jpeg but today - it tels ... A: Sorry, thought I'd try the easy fixes first. From the symptoms described, you may have a dialog box ...
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| photoshop 7 freezes when trying to save to JPEG | 1/22/2009 |
Q: I am getting a freeze today - I have used this before and saved photos to jpeg but today - it tels ... A: Apparently something in the original image is not allowing you to save it as a jpeg, layers, alpha ...
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| Text Box - Not wrapping to the next line | 1/18/2009 |
Q: I'm using PhotoShop Elements 7 and I can create a text box, but all the text just keeps overwriting ... A: This sounds like the leading is too small, try making it the same as the type size and adjust from ...
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| Photoshop CS pen tool | 1/17/2009 |
Q: ..I am a beginner with Photoshop and trying to learn the path tool. I seem to have a problem with ... A: Set your brush wider, try about 30 pixels and make sure the foreground is white then go to the ...
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| Photoshop CS pen tool | 1/17/2009 |
Q: ..I am a beginner with Photoshop and trying to learn the path tool. I seem to have a problem with ... A: Once you have your path drawn, go to the path palette and select 'Fill Path' from the flyout menu, ...
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| Photoshop CS pen tool | 1/16/2009 |
Q: ..I am a beginner with Photoshop and trying to learn the path tool. I seem to have a problem with ... A: There are actually 2 tools you need to use when making and editing paths. The pen tool that looks ...
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| Problem with printing | 1/16/2009 |
Q: Once I'm done editing all of my images I go back through and re-crop every image to make sure it ... A: I would make a 4 x 6 template in the color space and resolution you prefer and keep it handy. When ...
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| Problem opening saved jpg images | 1/14/2009 |
Q: I have a problem reopening jpg or tif files in CS3. After editing and saving, then trying to reopen ... A: I've heard of this problem in CS2 where it was a meta-data problem. The solution was to select all, ...
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| PhotoShop and Background Changes | 1/12/2009 |
Q: I have been using PhotoDeluxe 3 and loved it. Now I can not use it because it is not compatible with ... A: Photoshop 7 has a "Magic Wand" for selecting like colors or an Extract filter for pulling images out ...
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| Fuzzy Text when Printing | 1/12/2009 |
Q: I am trying to make text graphics to insert into the footer of a word document. After I have ... A: Whenever you create text in Photoshop it is rasterized when saved as a tiff or jpeg file. This means ...
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| Elements Printing | 1/11/2009 |
Q: I created a project in Elements (2.125" X 5.50" at 300ppi). My problem is when I transfer it over to ... A: You cannot copy and paste an image into Publisher, you have to link to an image for all the image ...
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| Photoshop 7.0 | 1/9/2009 |
Q: When I open EPS's in newly installed 7.0, it does not give me the option of selecting size or colour ... A: This option is only for when it rasterizes eps files, it does not need to ask when opening a bitmap ...
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| positioning work | 1/9/2009 |
Q: I'm wanting to take my work in to be professionally printed. I want to make sure that my images are ... A: When you open your template you should have a white box in the center(your mask area) and your ...
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| Photoshop Elements | 1/8/2009 |
Q: I have been using Photoshop elements 4.0 and now 6.0, so I have some experience. I would like to ... A: For digital art try Bert Monroy - his work is awesome. His books are about creating art in Photoshop ...
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| positioning work | 1/8/2009 |
Q: I'm wanting to take my work in to be professionally printed. I want to make sure that my images are ... A: The template needs to be saved as a layered tif or a psd doc, I usually save as a Photoshop doc so I ...
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| photo problems | 1/8/2009 |
Q: I just installed photoshop from the adobe creative suite 4 design premium software and everytime i ... A: I know Adobe made some improvements to their scaling redraws of images and there may be some ...
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| photo problems | 1/8/2009 |
Q: I just installed photoshop from the adobe creative suite 4 design premium software and everytime i ... A: I'm sorry but I can't replicate your problem and I'm not familiar enough with Photoshop CS4 to make ...
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| Collage and background changes | 1/7/2009 |
Q: I used to use PhotoDeluxe and loved it, it did everything I needed. I can no longer use Photodeluxe ... A: Photoshop is very flexible for making collages. Put every image on it's own layer and give it a ...
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| positioning work | 1/7/2009 |
Q: I'm wanting to take my work in to be professionally printed. I want to make sure that my images are ... A: The fastest way to accomplish this would be to make a template with a layer mask. Start with a blank ...
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| adding a margin to an image | 1/6/2009 |
Q: Glen. As an AllExperts volunteer myself, I appreciate your time. I'm using PhotoShop elements 2.0. I ... A: 1. If you need the extra 1/8th inch for bleed you have to increase the canvas size by 1/4 inch - ...
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| Text Not Working | 1/3/2009 |
Q: Before I am asking you this question, I already tried search all other previous questions available ... A: If the font is set too large for the text box, it will disappear and still show up in the title of ...
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| printing is too light | 1/2/2009 |
Q: I am having a problem with printing. I have a Canon photo printer but when I print pictures that I ... A: It sounds to me like you need to make some color profile adjustments in Photoshop. Kodak has some ...
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| text not working | 12/30/2008 |
Q: my text isnt working. whether I use a selection box on the canvas or merely click on it, the ... A: The only thing I can suggest is to go to the character and paragraph palettes and in the flyout menu ...
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| text not working | 12/30/2008 |
Q: my text isnt working. whether I use a selection box on the canvas or merely click on it, the ... A: Make sure you have the text tool selected and then drag a large text box over your canvas. After you ...
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| Adobe Photoshop | 12/22/2008 |
Q: I would like to trace and remove faces from photographs that people send me. I then cast them into ... A: Sorry for the long time, but I thought I had already answered this! Hopefully I did and this is ...
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| Adobe Photoshop | 12/22/2008 |
Q: I would like to trace and remove faces from photographs that people send me. I then cast them into ... A: With Photoshop there are many tools to quickly isolate a face and then remove it, you can use paths ...
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| Random Question about saving with different qualities | 12/17/2008 |
Q: I have a very random question regarding a way to save file in photoshop. I am an intern and my boss ... A: I am not aware of any way to achieve this, even in a multi-layered file all the layers are saved in ...
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| Random Question about saving with different qualities | 12/16/2008 |
Q: I have a very random question regarding a way to save file in photoshop. I am an intern and my boss ... A: When you save as a jpeg you have several quality options available from low to high quality - the ...
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| Error opening tif file | 12/16/2008 |
Q: I using PhotoshopCS2 to open a tiff file but it's said "could not complete your request because it's ... A: If you know that the file is a .tif, then I'm afraid it has been corrupted. You could try changing ...
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| wide gamut laptops | 12/14/2008 |
Q: I'm looking for a new laptop and could very much use your help. I'm a photographer and I use ... A: I work in the print industry so I use a desktop computer, I only need a CMYK gamut, I don't play ...
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| Pantone color conversion | 12/10/2008 |
Q: :) I am the Art Director for a small book packager in TX. I'm used to working with Pantone colors, ... A: I did a quick search for the colors on Pantone.com to see what book they are from and the bad news ...
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| Installing Fonts on a Mac | 12/7/2008 |
Q: I am new to the Mac and would like to install some new fonts in Photoshop CS3 but I can't find my ... A: Copy the fonts to the fonts folder in (your user name)>Library>Fonts or in Library>Fonts. You can ...
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| PSD to JPEG | 12/6/2008 |
Q: .. im a newbie illustrator and one problem ive been facing is whenever i save my digital paintings ... A: To answer the second part of your question, I would work in RGB mode, you have a wider color gamut ...
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| creating a free floating image | 12/4/2008 |
Q: I have photoshop 7.0. I have been trying EVERY suggestion as to how to remove the background ... A: The only way to do this is to create a clipping path. You do this by drawing an outline around the ...
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| psd file conversion | 11/30/2008 |
Q: I need to convert a psd into Jpeg. I am using abode photoshop, and there is no jpeg in save as. What ... A: To save as a JPEG make sure the picture is flattened and has no alpha layers and is RGB, CMYK or ...
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| Photoshop CS2 - copy and paste | 11/28/2008 |
Q: Demers, I've been using Photoshop CS2 for a while and have painted lots of artwork in it. But, for ... A: Copy and paste is more a function of your system than Photoshop, perhaps you are running low on ...
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| Learing Photoshop Elements 7 | 11/26/2008 |
Q: Bet you didn't expect to find me here. What I am looking for is an organized method of learning ... A: The first step is to go through any Adobe tutorials provided with the software or online at: ...
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| Printing Rectangles in Adobe Pro 6.0 | 11/26/2008 |
Q: I am trying to highlight areas of scanned newspaper articles by using the rectangle option. The ... A: I have Photoshop 7 here and cannot replicate your problem, but here are some suggestions. In ...
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| Printing document info | 11/25/2008 |
Q: I'm wondering if there is an option inside Photoshop CS3 for automatically printing out a ... A: I don't know of a way to do this in Photoshop, but if you drop a folder of images on Bridge you can ...
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| Convert .pdd files to .jpg | 11/20/2008 |
Q: I have Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0. Does this program have the capability to convert ... A: I don't know! From what I understand, PS Album Starter is a freeware program designed to entice ...
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| Improving Newspaper Reproduction | 11/20/2008 |
Q: When printed, the black and white newspaper ads I prepare look muddy, unsharp and lack contrast. ... A: With newspaper reproduction you have to compensate for the large dot gain in newsprint. Convert your ...
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| Photoshop 7.0 | 11/13/2008 |
Q: I installed photoshop 7 on my windows xp system. When I did there was a window that asked what file ... A: Go to a pdf file and right click on it, click on "open with" and then select Acrobat Reader from the ...
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| rollover button | 11/12/2008 |
Q: i hv made a rollover button in adobe photoshop cs. in IMAGEREADY that have 3 stats normal , over , ... A: You need to save your image as 3 separate images and in the HTML code specify which image to call ...
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| How to add a new Pantone color to PS CS | 11/7/2008 |
Q: I have Photochop CS, and would like to add a new Pantone color which came out on 2008. it is called ... A: Pantone offers their color libraries for download. Go to: http://www.pantone.com/goefree Select the ...
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| cropping pictures for printing in photoshop 7 | 11/6/2008 |
Q: My camera takes pictures that are 6x10 at 300. I use photoshop 7.0 to crop them 8x10 but keep the ... A: In Photoshop 7, open a 10 by 6 image and go to the Image menu to Image size.... In the dialog box ...
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| cropping pictures for printing in photoshop 7 | 11/5/2008 |
Q: My camera takes pictures that are 6x10 at 300. I use photoshop 7.0 to crop them 8x10 but keep the ... A: First, If your originals are 6 by 10 at 300dpi you cannot crop them to 8 by 10 you have to be ...
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| Problems saving to PDF in Photoshop CS2 | 10/31/2008 |
Q: i have recently upgraded to CS2 from V7 and am having problems when trying to save as to pdf to ... A: Unless you are scaling the image, PDF's are made at the same size as the original document since ...
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| Problems saving to PDF in Photoshop CS2 | 10/31/2008 |
Q: i have recently upgraded to CS2 from V7 and am having problems when trying to save as to pdf to ... A: This is a setting in your printer's software. Somewhere in the page layout or paper size menu look ...
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| spot color seperate faded color | 10/22/2008 |
Q: I am new to photoshop and need to seperate this picture for screen printing and the colors are faded ... A: You can try the magic wand to select that area, use a tolerance of 12 or higher at first and also ...
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| Odd artifacts in image | 10/19/2008 |
Q: My question is this. I use CS3 Photoshop and have a hard time determining the proper color space ... A: I'm not that familiar with the color space used by Canon cameras or the raw filter in Photoshop but ...
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| cursor in CS | 10/16/2008 |
Q: For some reason yet unknown to me, the cursor has changed from an arrow to a pair of hands when ... A: In Photoshop Preferences>Displays & Cursors, try changing to Precise or Brush-size cursor to see if ...
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| Moving layers | 10/15/2008 |
Q: i have linked all the layers and i am trying to move the linked layers, but i get the message could ... A: In the flyout menu from the layers palette go to lock all layers and make sure that is unchecked. ...
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| Removing white box around a logo | 10/10/2008 |
Q: Glen, I am trying to place our logo in a powerpoint presentation. The imported logo has a white box ... A: Select the white area around your logo with the magic wand tool, invert the selection and make it a ...
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| Making online pdf brochures | 10/9/2008 |
Q: I've been using Photoshop to make brochures for both web use and print. I usually create them in the ... A: The key is to compress the bitmap independently of the vectors, in Photoshop CS3 this is automatic ...
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| Cropping and printing | 10/6/2008 |
Q: Please help as this question itself is even going to confuse me. I am about to do my first wedding. ... A: When you crop an image with the cropping tool you don't change the resolution but the size is ...
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| Cropping and printing | 10/6/2008 |
Q: Please help as this question itself is even going to confuse me. I am about to do my first wedding. ... A: Typically, you'd want to save your originals and work on copies for the wedding album. You'll want ...
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| Adding a person to a group picture | 10/5/2008 |
Q: I have a picture taken at work of our group and I need to add another person to it. The one at work ... A: With your eyedropper set to 5x5 pixel sample, take a few color sample readings from faces on your ...
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| Photoshop TIF | 9/20/2008 |
Q: My illustration stock agency now requires images to be Photoshop TIFs. I've always worked in Paint ... A: Photoshop Elements will save files in TIF format. As a less expensive alternative you might try ...
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| linking text boxes | 9/18/2008 |
Q: Sometimes, I will not be able to fit all my text in a single text box. If there is extra text that I ... A: While Photoshop has continued to enhance it type handling capabilities it is still not a layout ...
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| Uploading Quality Photoshop images on web | 9/17/2008 |
Q: Hey Glenn, I'm tryn to upload a quality flier to the web that I designed through photoshop, but ... A: Make sure your image is 72 dpi, RGB at the size you want it to appear on the web page. A larger ...
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| Hoping for a temporary color conversion | 9/13/2008 |
Q: I've worked in Photoshop for a number of years. I just lost it completely on a ruined hard drive. ... A: If you are making you pdf's with Acrobat Distiller you can change the settings in the joboptions ...
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| PHOTOSHOP UPGRADE | 9/12/2008 |
Q: 1. I have photoshop cs, is there a way to upgrade to the newer version without necessarily having to ... A: The upgrade path is all up to Adobe, you can generally download small patches for minor upgrades, ...
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| PSD saved with JPEG preview | 9/11/2008 |
Q: Glen, I am a prepress manager and we are trying to save server space. Currently we save our .psd ... A: I suspect you are actually saving your files as DCS 2.0 files. Photoshop will add a .eps extension ...
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| adobe photoshop | 9/7/2008 |
Q: I have been using Adobe Photoshop Album Starter edition 3. I really like it,but I would like to ... A: Elements 6 or even 5 would work for you, earlier than that may not mesh properly with your system. ...
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| adobe photoshop | 9/6/2008 |
Q: I have been using Adobe Photoshop Album Starter edition 3. I really like it,but I would like to ... A: Photoshop Elements is the program I will recommend. It is a stripped down version of Photoshop ...
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| Question about light correction? | 9/4/2008 |
Q: The reason I'm writing is because I don't know what to search for in help. I'm rather a basic user ... A: The quickest way would be to sample a bit of color from the dark side of the face with the ...
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| Photoshop file will not open | 9/3/2008 |
Q: I have a Photoshop CS3 I have been working on yesterday and when I try to open it back up today it ... A: After restarting your computer eject all removable disks, CD's and DVD's and then try opening the ...
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| Extracting image | 9/2/2008 |
Q: what is best way to extract this object from background? ... A: In Photoshop 7 you can use the extract filter to accomplish the same thing. Just trace around the ...
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| 300 dpi image size on screen | 8/30/2008 |
Q: Why do images appear larger on screen in 300 dpi vs 72? if i make a certain file size eg. 1.75 X ... A: The dpi is a measure of pixel density or pixels per inch, generally a 300 dpi image will appear ...
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| How can I get freelance job work? | 8/24/2008 |
Q: I am loges from india. I have 7+ years experienced in photo retouching & clipping path work. I have ... A: Prepare a portfolio of your work, include a few examples of your best work with before and after ...
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| setting resolution for printing decal sheets | 8/16/2008 |
Q: I do not know if this question is something that you can help with , but thought I would give it a ... A: Teresa, You could try printing on standard white pressure sensitive decal paper - macbac or starlite ...
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| Question about CMYK colors in Photoshop for Print | 8/16/2008 |
Q: I work with a newspaper publication as a novice graphic designer. My question is relating to camera ... A: The best way to eliminate this problem is to educate your advertisers. Ask them to make their type ...
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| setting resolution for printing decal sheets | 8/16/2008 |
Q: I do not know if this question is something that you can help with , but thought I would give it a ... A: The transparency is in the inks. In a commercial print shop we can put down a base of opaque white ...
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| printing portions of an oversize image | 8/15/2008 |
Q: I have been printing pieces of oversized images for years but today, when I used the rectangular ... A: I believe this is a function of the windows printing software, when you have a marqueed selection, ...
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| printing portions of an oversize image | 8/15/2008 |
Q: I have been printing pieces of oversized images for years but today, when I used the rectangular ... A: When your print dialog comes up, look in the page range area and see if 'selection' is checked. On ...
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| printing portions of an oversize image | 8/15/2008 |
Q: I have been printing pieces of oversized images for years but today, when I used the rectangular ... A: I'm not sure what changed in your settings to cause this but here's a workaround. Once you have ...
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| Printing from Photoshop 2 to HP deskjet F380 All-in-one (PC) | 8/10/2008 |
Q: I am trying to print some b&w documents from photoshop but when I do, it is very light, only the ... A: If it prints color images properly then it may just be a problem with greyscale, try changing it to ...
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| Preparing Image for the Web | 8/5/2008 |
Q: I am hoping you can help me out. I have been given four different images that I need to post on a ... A: The best way is to use the save for web feature in Photoshop, this gives you great control over the ...
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| Resolution for press quality | 7/27/2008 |
Q: I place advert in A4 magazine sometimes, the press often request us to send them photo with 300dpi ... A: An ad at A4 size at 300 dpi CMYK will be 34.5 megabytes. This is 2539 pixels by 3567 pixels which ...
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| Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 | 7/23/2008 |
Q: So I've painstackingly been going over the outline with the pencil tool. Is there another tool in ... A: A big brush might do the trick, then you could reduce the size and enlarge the drawing to get the ...
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| Resizing image to fit canvas | 7/21/2008 |
Q: Hey there. I make promos for several customers, so I am constantly copying new images from one ... A: I know of no other way than to go to Edit>>Free Transform (cmd/ctrl T) and dragging the corners with ...
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| doubt | 7/19/2008 |
Q: how can i make the canvas rounded in photoshop? My need is to make a rounded symbol and make it into ... A: The canvas in Photoshop has to stay square, you can make a rounded corner vector mask and save it as ...
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| Printing with custom page sizes in Photoshop CS | 7/16/2008 |
Q: As the subject implies, I have a problem printing on Photoshop CS using custom page sizes. I have a ... A: I know of no size limitations in Photoshop so I'd have to guess that the problem is with the ...
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| healing tool | 7/9/2008 |
Q: i have a lot of fotos that were scanned in before with a scanner that was not so perfect. i know ... A: The easiest way to get rid of dust in old photos is to go to Filters/Noise/Dust & Scratches and ...
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| callibration | 6/30/2008 |
Q: I have an epson R3400 and when I print from photoshop the colours are all wrong. I have tried lots ... A: Your screen is RGB and lit from behind while what you print is CMYK and reflects light, also RGB has ...
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| Colors don't print as shown on screen | 6/27/2008 |
Q: The colors I see on the screen are not what is printing - especially deep reds which look like brown ... A: Your screen is RGB and lit from behind while what you print is CMYK and reflects light, also RGB has ...
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| Photoshop Elements 6: How to "sharpen" a picture | 6/13/2008 |
Q: Glen, I recently went to a wedding and have many pictures I would like to enhance. One picture I ... A: To blur the background - blur the entire image, check the left hand box in the history palette and ...
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| Enhancing photos for print | 6/12/2008 |
Q: I am a designer and I work on a 4-color publication for a non-profit. The photos we get are not ... A: I find it easier to color correct in RGB, I have all the Photoshop filters at my disposal, then ...
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| fusing images together | 5/26/2008 |
Q: I have just loaded Photoshop CS3 version for mac. And trying to figure out how to fuse images ... A: The easiest way to create the effect you want would be to place the images on separate layers. You ...
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| Resizing and cropping | 5/25/2008 |
Q: I am using Photoshop Elements 5 and a Canon EOS 30D. I am having trub cropping/resizing. I only (for ... A: I'm assuming PS Elements has the same image size features as the full version, please let me know if ...
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