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Post by michelb on Sept 8, 2015 12:55:16 GMT
I just received a mail about Adobe Revel: " Dear Michel, Because you're a valued Elements customer, we want to let you know that Adobe Revel will not be part of the Elements Organizer in the next version of Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements. You can continue to use Revel in Elements versions 12 and 13. If you upgrade to the next version of Elements when it's released, please note that the Organizer won't offer Mobile Albums or enable you to sync and store your media to your Revel account. Refer to the FAQ for instructions on how to download your Revel photos and videos so you can manage them in the next version of Elements, and for answers to your other important questions. Rest assured that your original photos and videos are safe and can be easily downloaded to your computer or external hard drive. The Elements Team"
Here is the link: www.adoberevel.com/elements-mobile-albums-faq?trackingid=KTXIOI have only used Revel for trial purpose, so that's not a real problem for me.
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Post by michelb on Sept 7, 2015 16:37:03 GMT
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Post by michelb on Sept 7, 2015 14:37:59 GMT
Bruce, I think that's the way I'm heading....but am doing some serious housekeeping before I start with LR so as to organise all the photos to the same place on my computer - at the moment they are a nightmare, all over the place! I have put off doing this before because of not wanting to move anything outside of the Organiser, but if that is out of the equation then there's really nothing to stop me. Bayla A few thoughts about preparing the file organization to the same place on your computer. The good idea is to have all your picture files under the same master folder. That can be on an internal or external drive; that's true for the organizer or Lightroom. The logical organization of the folder tree is not as important. You don't need a clean and tidy folder tree look, provided you have the right keywords, categories etc. Make sure you can find your way for your pictures easily. You know that Lightroom is able to convert PSE catalogs. I would advise working first in the organizer (you are already acquainted with it). Of course, don't move files or folders outside of the organizer. The organizer has a few advantages in the pre-migration phase. It recognizes more file formats than Lightroom (there are LR plugins to use later); maybe important for scrapbookers. Then, your best safety before the migration is an organizer full backup, which saves both your picture files and your catalog. The backup can also restore a library split over many disks to a single master folder. Another nice thing is that if your backup runs successfully, that's a good confirmation that everything is well. Lightroom can convert your catalog (well, nearly everything) and you can run the conversion again if you have updated your organizer catalog. The general consensus is to forget the organizer after the migration to LR. I am not sure it's true for scrapbookers; it could make sense to store scrapbooking assets in a dedicated organizer catalog. Make sure you have a good backup system for the picture files in Lightroom. It only cares for the backup of catalogs.
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Post by michelb on Sept 5, 2015 7:28:26 GMT
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Post by michelb on Sept 1, 2015 16:25:14 GMT
Hi Major Major Thank you for your very quick response. I didn't explain myself very well and used the wrong terminology! I meant that in PSE 11, when I click on View>Print Size the actual size of the photo is shown. Thus, if I'm creating a card, 6x8 inches say, and hold the actual card on which I am going to print up to the computer screen, I can see how the final print will look. I did some alteration to achieve this in the Program but cannot remember how. I wanted to be able to do the same in PSE 13. I'm in the UK so there is generally a delay before I see any reply. Regards Gill The 'actual' print size depends on your display size and resolution. You can set it in your preferences, in the menu Edit/preferences, section Units and rulers. By default the screen resolution is set to 72 pixels/inch. Just take a measurement on your screen and change that resolution so that the size on your screen matches the size of your output.
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Post by michelb on Aug 30, 2015 19:24:32 GMT
Thanks everyone for your advice. I am going with an SSD + HD combination, but I am not doing it myself, despite Andy's assertion that it is 'really quite simple' - I haven't forgotten my attempts to install extra RAM in a computer a few years ago....hot day+ large hands working in small area + sweaty fingers which slipped & broke the essential bit for retaining the RAM. Swore never again to mess with the innards of the CPU! The only thing I'm worried about is whether I'm going to have problems reconnecting files..... Bayla In any case, run a full organizer backup. (It's necessary if you install on a brand new computer without using the old drives). As mentioned earlier, the best step BEFORE the change of drives is to have your library in another drive that the system C: drive. - your library: if it is under the 'My Pictures' folder in the C: drive, you can use the organizer to drag and drop that master folder on another internal or external drive. - your catalogs: you can find the catalog folders from the menu Help/System Info. You can copy or move them on another drive if you want. Common situation: the old C: drive is re-installed in your computer under a new letter (let's say F:) together with the SSD drive. You can find the old catalog on the F: drive. If you have not moved your library, all links in the catalog will point to the F: drive, which is false... but to the same drive serial number as before. That may help the organizer keep the files connected... but I would not trust the catalog to run fine with this inconsistencies for future backups. If the library has been moved to another drive than C: you'll simply have to take care that the drive letter is not changed by the inclusion of the SSD. You can change the drive letter in Windows if needed. Even if you miss those steps, you'll be able to restore your backup to 'custom' location. One other question is the choice of the location of the catalogs: on the SSD (if it's big enough) or in a standard drive. I have no personal experience, but it has been reported that for Lightroom catalogs, storing catalogs on the SSD does not help much.
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Post by michelb on Aug 24, 2015 13:31:10 GMT
As no-one else has come up with a solution I've popped in to say that although I can't really help - I've never used the Places Tags. I've just made my own place names in the Keywords Tags - one for UK, another for Abroad, and another for Dorset (which is where I live). In each Keyword Tag I've made sub-categories as I've needed them. No irritating map getting in the way then. Similarly I've never used automatic face identification - I decided that if I didn't know who I'd taken a photograph of then may be I should stop using a camera. Personally I feel that recent updates of Elements try to force us into its way of working rather than allowing us to design a system which suits our own situation - and I fight that the best way I can. I feel just the same, and I could not tell it better than you did. I understand how the availability of geotagging may be interesting for many users, but I much prefer the power and flexibility of assigning my own keywords and categories. Face recognition is definitely a 'gadget' for me. Identification of persons is crucial for me, I would not let any automatic process do it for me. It's as important for me to leave the 90% of faces I don't care for untagged. What is sad in my view is that most users don't understand that you don't need the new 'features' to work with Places, People and Events. As a matter of fact, you have more power and efficiency without them, and you make your catalogs cleaner and safer to work with.
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Post by michelb on Aug 24, 2015 13:11:48 GMT
My dd #3 decided to do the Windows 10 upgrade on her newish (<3 months) laptop, but it seems to be taking forever to download (hasn't even reached the installation window yet). Has been downloading for getting on for 24 hours now - is this normal? Bayla Did she receive the notification by Microsoft that her computer was ready for the update? She can check that from the Windows Update window. To give you an idea about how that should work, here is how that worked for me. Receiving no notification in the first days (I did not want to update so soon) I had a look at various faqs on the Windows site. This led me to check in the Windows Update log that the update had failed for a given error number. I had to leave my desktop for two weeks. When I was back, same situation. Same error message everyday. The message got an answer in the faqs: the download was fine, contrary to what was often said on the web, and all I had to do is that I had to wait for my computer to be ready, which could mean several days or weeks... Since there is a check of the computer after each attempt, I suppose there is an adaptation of the update process to my own case. It's an update to a French version of Windows 8.1 (just recently upgraded). I have many programs and utilities installed. I was warned before the update was ready that my Spyder3 calibration device was not compatible, so I had just installed a Spyder 5 one. No other device drivers were stated as incompatible. Finally, a few days afterwards, starting the process from the Windows Update menu (and installing a lot of Win 8.1 updates), I was able to reach the notification that the process was ready. I had an Acronis backup and starting media just in case, so I went ahead. When I came back after a few hours (I don't know if the process required more than one hour) everything seemed ok. Of course, the change of interface required some getting used to (less so than migrating from W7 to 8.1). Result: PSE13.1.1, Lightroom 5.7 and Photoshop CC run ok. Same for the OnOne suite and several photo editing tools. The only 'glitch' I encoutered at one point is that the ACR converter would not work in PSE or CC... After a new reboot, that was solved. I have not run comprehensive tests, but I have been able to process hundreds of files from my holidays. Just a note about a problem I had with the Spyder5: with W8.1, I had to load the profile manually everyday. Same behaviour after the W10 update. I had to search on Datacolor site to find the workaround, and that works now. So, my feedback is globally positive, even if I still don't see the point in the 'new' features
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Post by michelb on Aug 23, 2015 16:08:49 GMT
The only thing I'm worried about is whether I'm going to have problems reconnecting files..... As long as the files all stay in the same folders, then PSE should be able to reconnect them pretty easily. Yes, in theory... psekb.blogspot.in/2013/03/how-do-i-reconnect-missing-files-in.htmlThat said, I only recommend the reconnect procedure for individual folders or relatively simple folder trees. For moving a whole library, the safest and simplest method is the backup/restore. helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/backup-restore-move-catalog-photoshop.htmlYou restore to a custom location on a different drive from your system one, which means your library and your catalog will be accessible to any computer with the same PSE version. It's a common way to share your libraries and catalogs.
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Post by michelb on Aug 22, 2015 19:48:57 GMT
About my external backup drives: I have several ones (WD and Iomega). My general backup software is ACRONIS, which offers drive cloning. That has been useful several times in the past. Among other things, it can clone your drive if you want to change for a bgger drive. Needless to say, I took care to make a full backup of my system drive before upgrading from Windows 8.1 to 10. There is an automatic (weekly for me) backup for that system drive.
Since my main computer activity is Elements, I have always regularly made full Organizer backups. Since a couple of years, I use Windows SyncToy for my library and catalogs. I run it after each important batch job. Its much quicker to update only the changed or new files. It can also be used to update another computer I have in another location.
A word of caution about a common practice with SSDs and organizer catalogs. Many users keep their catalogs and library on the system drive (not the best choice, as already stated). They install the new OS on the SSD and keep the original drive, which now gets a new drive letter. As a result, the files are disconnected and its difficult to solve the problem. The best solution, before installing the SSD is to move your library and catalogs to another (internal or external) drive or partition via the backup/restore process (move to 'custom' location). You'll have nothing special to do when you start the Organizer from the SSD, only find the moved catalog.
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Post by michelb on Aug 20, 2015 15:39:01 GMT
Just posted in the Elements users forum: forums.adobe.com/thread/1931852I had already tried to use the manual update without success. Since I have just upgraded to Windows 10, I was curious to see if I could use the manual install procedure. Well, this time, it worked . I have to say that when I had to copy the Camera Raw.8bi fle in the appropriate Elements 13 Plugins/file format folder, I had to do it as an administrator. Michel,
Thanks for the update! Good news finally.
BTW, I had mentioned the manual installation earlier in this thread . . .
photoshopelementsandmore.com/post/6803
but it didn't work for this member. Hopefully he will try again.
photoshopelementsandmore.com/post/6829
Yes, Sepiana. I did also follow your directions, but last time, it did not work...
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Post by michelb on Aug 20, 2015 14:53:08 GMT
Hi dynasport, welcome to PSE&M!
If Adobe has not released the ACR 9.1 update for Elements 13 by now, I doubt they will do it. If they stick to their release schedule, Elements 14 should be here in September and it will come with the latest ACR update installed.
Here is a possibility -- You can convert the Panasonic G7's Raw files to the non-proprietary DNG format using Adobe's free DNG Converter. Once your Raw files have been converted to DNG, they should open in the Raw Converter in Elements.
Windows Mac
And here is some more information.
Adobe DNG Converter Workflow
If you still want to pursue this issue with Adobe, you can post in their Feedback forum.
feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/products/photoshop_family_photoshop_elements
Just posted in the Elements users forum: forums.adobe.com/thread/1931852I had already tried to use the manual update without success. Since I have just upgraded to Windows 10, I was curious to see if I could use the manual install procedure. Well, this time, it worked . I have to say that when I had to copy the Camera Raw.8bi fle in the appropriate Elements 13 Plugins/file format folder, I had to do it as an administrator.
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Post by michelb on Aug 14, 2015 18:31:11 GMT
What you want to do is to rename a file by replacing a substring of the original file name. I very much doubt that there are many external softwares able to do that (I don't have Irfanview). Well, Irfanview certainly can, and I'm pretty sure there are quite a few other renaming utilities. I have most probaby misunderstood the renaming scheme. Lets say you have a file named DSCF1234.jpg to rename to XT101234.jpg that is, keeping the substring '1234'. I don't see a way in Irfanview nor in my Faststone. If you want simply to rename files with the starting string XT10 plus an order number, that's easy. There are three batch renaming features in Elements. - the simplest one is the 'export' function of the organizer which can rename to a starting string plus order number - The 'process multiple files' in the editor. Better option, especially for combining original filename, date template and order number. - The advanced downloader options, generally totally ignored, but the most powerful of all. You can even rename based on exif data. Unfortunately, the camera model is not an option among the 19 exif fields...
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Post by michelb on Aug 14, 2015 16:32:34 GMT
I want to rename about a thousand images, and would prefer to be able to do with within Elements Organiser as a batch process. Obviously there a a number of utilities that I could use outside Elements but that would cause complications. About a year ago I bought a new camera, intending to sell its predecessor, but now I intent to use both. They are Fujifilm cameras and all the image files start with "DSCF". I have now set each camera to output images with the originating camera name e.e." XT10xxxx.JPG. From now that works fine with new imports to Organiser but I have all the images taken from June last year to rename. Can I remove the "DSCF" and replace it with "XT10" within Elements? I've taken a look at "Process Multiple Files" but can't fathom how to get it to do what I need! What you want to do is to rename a file by replacing a substring of the original file name. I very much doubt that there are many external softwares able to do that (I don't have Irfanview). Let's suppose you have found a software that can do that: the necessary effect will be that all those renamed pictures will be 'disconnected' in your catalog(s). If your renamed files are in a single folder, that's not a big problem: it's easy to use the reconnect feature and browse to the location of that folder. You can always move selected files in a new empty folder for that purpose. It's important to know that you can always select files by the exif data: camera maker or model. You can assign different keywords it that is easier for you.
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Post by michelb on Aug 12, 2015 14:12:46 GMT
I have just reloaded all my programs, etc on a new laptop after my old one started crashing too often. Part of that setup included purchasing a 2TB Western Digital My Cloud Drive because I want to be able to access photos at other locations in my home. I quickly ran into problems and was not able to get the Organizer to see the networked drive. Then I found out when researching that it seems the Organizer cannot read networked drives (apparently). Is this true and if so are there any clever techies out there that may have figured out a work around for this?
Thanks,
Jim Lawrence See: www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Watching_Network_FoldersThe organizer was never meant to work on a network. Some users have apparently managed to do it, but they have not shared their recipes... The underlying database engine (sqlite) does not allow current access, and even Lightroom does not offer the sharing flexibility you are expecting. I have no personal experience with networks, but if it's only the 'watched folder' feature that bothers you, please consider forgetting that and perform an 'import' command for your whole library: only new files will be returned with reasonable speed. I would not expect any change in future versions, mainly because all efforts are now targetted at providing Web sharing options like Revel.
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