http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/ User forum for Adobe Photoshop Elements, sponsored by Photoshop Elements Techniques en Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:45:31 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/ http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60187&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:47:38 GMT Hi all, just wanted to say thank you for this forum. It's great to have some help and chat about what we all love to do. Create and dezin. I have been using psp for a few years, but I just love elements 8.:) ]]> Introduce Yourself BrattyHA http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60187 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60185&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:17:49 GMT Hi, I took a really sharp photo today of a Great Egret - sharp as can be with the eyes in perfect focus - everything else good but, of course, a... Hi, I took a really sharp photo today of a Great Egret - sharp as can be with the eyes in perfect focus - everything else good but, of course, a portion of the feathers are blown out and this is a problem I struggle with. I have tried a number of methods previously in PSE to reduce the highlights in egret or swan feathers but nothing is successful.

Can anyone recomment the "best" way? I'll start again if somebody can just point me in the right direction. Many thanks! ]]> Advanced Elements Kpaw http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60185 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60184&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:01:19 GMT is it necessary to up date the firmware for your camera I have a Nikon D 40 that I have had for about a year, so how do you know if you need to do... is it necessary to up date the firmware for your camera
I have a Nikon D 40 that I have had for about a year, so how do you know if you need to do this.
Tina B ]]> Tina_B http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60184 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60183&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:21:45 GMT How do I determine the size of a photo being imported into LR3? I'm having a problem in that when the photo some are thumbnail size. These are my partner's photos and there is no info along with them. I know LR3 has rulers in the Print Mode but are there any in the Library or Develop Modes? ]]> Advanced Elements mljrbg http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60183 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60182&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:21:35 GMT Apologies as this is a restatement of a problem previously posted on Adobe forums without response; just found this forum. Thanks. Summary: how... Apologies as this is a restatement of a problem previously posted on Adobe forums without response; just found this forum. Thanks.

Summary: how to get catalog to see pictures when letter of of target drive has been changed.

C Drive irreparably crashed. The PSE8 catalog folder was in C:\Documents and Settings\All users\Adobe, etc. and was backed up on a different drive (Yay Me!). The Pictures were in E:\ Elements Pictures\ (117 GB). When Windows was reinstalled, the Drive Letters were changed by the reinstall program, such that the Windows boot drive is now the E drive and the Pictures are on the D: drive, but still in their original folder. (Ultimately, the plan to get a new Drive, rename it C, and reinstall Windows on it.)

It appears that I cannot use "Backup and Restore" as is the common response to "How do I move Elements and Pictures to a new Computer?"

I can reinstall PSE8 on my E (boot) drive, then replace the new catalog folder with the old one which has my data. How do I then get that catalog to look to the Pictures on the drive which has a new letter (D)? I cannot reinstate the old drive letter, as that letter is now in use as the boot drive letter.

Am I better off just waiting for the new C drive, reinstalling Windows there, replacing the catalog folder, and relettering the Pictures drive to its old Letter? It may be awhile before I get the new C drive as I am waiting for Seagate to replace under warranty the dead drive, and would like to if at all possible continue to use PSE8 in the interim.

Many Thanks in advance for your advice. ]]> Photoshop Elements 6/7/8 Questions and Answers BAF http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60182 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60181&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:59:17 GMT I accidentally clicked on "Fit Slides to Audio" when putting the finishing touches on a slide show in Elements 8. This badly torpedoes what I'm doing in the project; in fact, it's disastrous. I can't find anything, anywhere, that would even suggest the software provides the capability of undoing it. Is there a way to undo it?

mswaim ]]> Photoshop Elements 6/7/8 Questions and Answers mswaim http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60181 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60180&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:49:40 GMT Just watched Corey Barker's video on creating a photo collage (easy to find, thanks to Pete!). I would like to try something similar. At the end of the video Corey mentions sending the finished collage to someone.....I'm assuming by email. My question is if I would be able to print the collage at Costco's?
Collage was made using artistic presets within Elements.
TIA! ]]> General Elements Discussion HMCA http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60180 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60179&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:35:20 GMT Hi there, hope you can help... I record footage in SD on my Canon EOS 7d, this exports a .mov file using H264 I think that has pixel dimensions of... Hi there, hope you can help...

I record footage in SD on my Canon EOS 7d, this exports a .mov file using H264 I think that has pixel dimensions of 640x480 at 50fps.

In Premiere Elements 8 (PE8) I use a one of the SD presets but don't seem to be able to choose a particular pixel ratio.

It also doesn't let me choose 640x480 as a pixel size but defaults to 720x576, this means that PE8 upscales my video to fit the screen, which I presume will have a slight effect on the quality of the video.

When I import the video into my PE8 project the video has slight black bars on the left and right just about 5 pixels each side I would guess. I presume this is to do with pixel shape or size. it is nearly OK, but then when I export the video as a Flash file (in order to show on an Intranet site over LAN) the black bars show within the flash player.

If I use the crop effect and get it to fit in the screen OK. I just crop the top and botton very slightly and choose zoom. (Having unclicked the auto scale option in the timeline). This works OK except that I often need to put a static title bar in the bottom third of the page and when I use the crop option to resize my video then although PE8 shows the title coming to the bottom of the screen, when it is encoded as flash the title bar is lifted up about 5 pixels from the bottom of the screen!

Does anyone have any tips as to how to work around this. I don't really want to record at HD as it is overkill for the projects I am doing. Ideally I would like to work in PE8 at 640x480 and have my EOS7d .mov files fill the whole screen.
Thanks in advance...
Minskybabs ]]> Premiere Elements minskybabs http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60179 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60178&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:16:14 GMT Found them! Thanks, Debbie:D Found them!
Thanks,
Debbie:D ]]> Photoshop Elements 6/7/8 Questions and Answers Dawirsd http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60178 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60177&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:46:23 GMT I'm thinking of switching from Creative Memories scrapbooking software to PSE7. However I have tons of questions. I've been a PSE user for many years, but for some reason began my digi scrapping with CM. It's not a bad little program, but it's cumbersom editing my photos in PSE and then making my book in CM. Anyway, some of my questions are:
1. Can I view and work on a 2 page layout.
2. How do I print the book once it's finished.
3. Do I bring all my photos and elements in at once and then proceed with the book.

Hope someone can give me a little advice. ]]> Scrapbooking/Memory Management SCRAPPYGIRL http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60177 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60176&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:30:10 GMT OK, I will admit that, along with the histogram, I do use the screen to check my shots. I recently was in an Iowa corn field on a really bright sunny... OK, I will admit that, along with the histogram, I do use the screen to check my shots. I recently was in an Iowa corn field on a really bright sunny day (I also know this is not the best time to shoot, but it couldn't be helped) taking pictures of the spot where Buddy Holly's plane went down. I literally could not see anything on the screen, even when I was in the "shade" of the corn. I am going on a trip to London and Paris soon and, again, may find myself in bright daylight situations (OK, maybe not in London). I have done a little research on the internet and come up with two names -- Delkin and Hoodman which make little popup screen shades. Waste of money ?? -- do they work??? Anyone had any experience with these? Thanks. ]]> BeeKay http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60176 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60175&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:29:24 GMT I always like a good sketch effect so here's another easy one.

Create a Beautiful Illustrated Sketch

Needless to say it's written for Photoshop but is easily modified to work with Elements. I only took it to Step 3 - what you do after that, if anything, is up to you.

As always the actual settings for the filters will likely depend some on the pixel dimensions of the image you start with and the effect you want but the ones given work fine for the size of the image in the tutorial.

The only change I had to make for Elements was Step 1 as Elements doesn't have Fade. So here are the steps I used:

1. Duplicate your pic we have layer 1 . Press Ctrl+U to to bring up hue/saturation and move the saturation slider down to -80

2. Press Ctrl+J to duplicate layer 1 we get layer 1 copy. Ctrl+I to invert it, then set this layer to Color Dodge 100%. Choose Filter-Other-Minimum. Choose layer 1, lower opacity to around 50% depending on your pic.

3. With the top layer selected Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E to get a new layer (Stamp Visible). Apply Filter-Blur-Surface blur. Set this layer to Multipy 100%. Duplicate it and lower opacity to 50% .For darker images you can try other blend modes but multiply worked for me.

Here's a screen shot of the layers I finished up with and some details on what was done with each layer. Refer to the tutorial link above for the filter settings used or just play around with different ones.



And you don't need a pretty face to do it with either. Times Square works too!



As always have fun and experiment!

Tony ]]> TonyW http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60175 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60174&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:52:57 GMT Hi, hope someone can suggest a fix! Running a shop bought PE8 on a highly specced Windows 7 PC. Just updated to raw 6.2 which supports my new... Hi, hope someone can suggest a fix!

Running a shop bought PE8 on a highly specced Windows 7 PC. Just updated to raw 6.2 which supports my new camera (Sony NEX-5). I was careful to upload the PSE version and replaced the current raw file with the new one. I removed all other raw files in the adobe directories so that it is the only raw plug in there. I ignored the 64 bit version.

Editor opens the raw files with no problem. Organisor tells me that the raw file is an unsupported type.

So far I've tried pretty much everything I can think of to remedy. I've even uninstalled PE8 and removed all plugins and started fresh. Without opening PE8 I deleted the raw plugin and replaced it with the new - so PE8 hadn't even seen the earlier version. It still insists in organisor that the raw files are unsuported. I've tried opening in compatibility mode and still no joy.

I'd appreciate any ideas on what else I can try.

Thanks.

Jeff ]]> Photoshop Elements 6/7/8 Questions and Answers uk1 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60174 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60173&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:30:40 GMT Hello, I need basic help please. How do I, from my JPEG out of camera (D300S) crop or just resize whilst maintaining the highest quality for lab... Hello,
I need basic help please.
How do I, from my JPEG out of camera (D300S) crop or just resize whilst maintaining the highest quality for lab printing.
I want to print to 9x6 inches. Do I just use custom and input height and width and leave resolution blank. If I am not going to crop to I just resize and do the same by selecting 9x6 inches. I have done this but noticed that the resolution increases to 437,411 ???
Some simple help instructions please.
Many thanks - Nick ]]> Elements for Beginners NickB http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60173 http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60171&goto=newpost Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:28:16 GMT Lens information, and a way to sort by it. IE what lens you used, ect Lens information, and a way to sort by it. IE what lens you used, ect ]]> Wish List gdjoslin http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60171