Adobe Magazine Q&A Archive - Photoshop & ImageStyler

Do you have questions about Adobe® Photoshop® or ImageStyler™? Click a Photoshop or ImageStyler Q&A column from a past issue of Adobe Magazine to get answers.

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(PDF: 291 KB / 3 pages)

Questions in this issue:


•	When I place a drop-shadowed object with a clipping path onto a colored background in InDesign, I get a hard outline around the image. How can I make the drop shadow fade more naturally into the InDesign background?

•	I want to use a picture from my company Web site in a printed brochure. Can I just open it in Photoshop and start editing?

•	When I open a Photoshop 5.0.2 file in Photoshop 5.5 to edit its type layers, a font-substitution message appears even though the font is installed on my system. Does that mean that my file is corrupt?

•	When I scan an image and then run an action that ends with the Save As command, the action saves over the original file. Is there a way to rename a file as the action saves it, so I don't lose the original?

•	Micro Tip: Expand your brush options by choosing Load Brushes from the Brushes palette menu and finding some new ones in the Goodies\Brushes folder.

•	Micro Tip: To play back an action quickly, assign a shortcut to it.

•	(ImageReady 2.0): When I selected all of the slices in my ImageReady file and optimized them as GIF files with 16 colors, the image turned into a hodgepodge of colored slices that didn't match up. How can I optimize seamlessly across my whole image?

•	(ImageStyler 1.0): I exported an ImageStyler file using the Entire Composition option on the Export palette. But when I opened the file in GoLive, my rollovers no longer worked! What's going on?

(PDF: 392 KB / 3 pages)

Questions in this issue:


•	Windows (Photoshop 5.5): Can I install my new version into the old folder so I don't have to reinstall all my third-party plug-ins?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop): What's the best way to invert a negative image for (postitive) use in Photoshop?

•	Mac (Photoshop): What happened to my thumbnail previews in the Open dialog box? They've all disappeared.

•	Micro tip (Photoshop): Use keyboard shortcuts to see a list of all layers containing pixels at a particular location, and choose any layer from the list to make it active.

•	Win/Mac (ImageReady 2.0): What's the "lossy" option for GIF? I thought GIF was always lossless.

•	Win/Mac (ImageReady 2.0): How do I create a secondary rollover?

•	Win/Mac (ImageStyler): Why does my browser tell me I've got broken rollovers when the preview worked fine in ImageStyler?

(PDF: 192 KB / 3 pages)

Questions in this issue:


•	Windows (Photoshop 5.0.x): Does Photoshop have any updates for the Pentium III?

•	Windows (Photoshop 5.0.x): Can I display images in my contact sheets by name?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 4.0x and later): Can I assign shortcut keys to Photoshop's color-management dialog boxes?

•	MICRO TIP: 'Undo' shortcut for the History palette.

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 4.x and later): What format should I use if I want a transparent graphic for a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation?

•	Win/Mac (ImageStyler) TIP: Creating matte effects.

•	Win/Mac (ImageReady 2.0): What's a 'No Image' slice?

•	Win/Mac (ImageStyler and ImageReady): Why doesn't my HTML composition meet seamlessly with the upper-left corner of my browser?

(PDF: 160 KB / 3 pages)

Questions in this issue:


•	Windows (Photoshop 5.0): Why do my images have a yellow cast, even though I calibrated my monitor?

•	Windows (Photoshop 4.x and 5.x): Why does Photoshop launch instead of my HTML editor when I double-click .asp files?

•	Win/Mac (ImageReady 1.0) TIP: A quick way to add image maps to multiple files.

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0/ImageReady 1.0/ImageStyler 1.0): Why are some fonts that worked fine in older applications missing from Photoshop 5.0?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0): Why did my layer effects disappear after I flattened?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0/ImageReady 1.0): Why did my colors shift after I opened a Photoshop JPEG in ImageReady?

•	Macintosh (Photoshop 4.x and 5.0): How can I create a neutral gray background for my desktop?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0): How do I create a tint of my Pantone color with the new spot-color channels?

•	Macintosh (Photoshop 4.x and 5.0): How do I fix odd Photoshop behavior on my new blue-and-white G3?

•	Win/Mac (ImageReady 1.0): How can I create an Action that converts files to JPEGs using the Optimization palette?

•	Win/Mac (ImageStyler 1.0): Why do my pages' background colors disappear when I use Batch Replace HTML?

(PDF: 192 KB / 3 pages)

Questions in this issue:


•	Windows (Photoshop 5.0): Can I convert images in HSB mode with editable channels?

•	Windows (Photoshop 5.0): Why do I seem to run out of RAM when I scroll down my long font list?

•	UPDATE: Fixes included in Photoshop 5.0.2.

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0): How can I prevent grays from shifting when I convert from RGB to Indexed Color?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0): What's the differences among Save, Save As, and Save A Copy?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.x): The CMYK values of my Pantone colors seem to shift after I select the colors from the picker. What's wrong?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.x): Why do I get an error message about unsupported colors when I try to open certain files?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0): Why does Photoshop fail to launch, giving out when it says it's "initializing type engine"?

•	UPDATE: Fixes included in ImageReady 1.0.1.

•	Win/Mac (ImageReady 1.0): Are layer effects from Photoshop compatible with ImageReady?

•	MICRO TIP: Flattening Photoshop images when opening them in ImageReady.

•	Win/Mac (ImageStyler 1.0): Why can't I ungroup certain grouped objects?

•	Win/Mac (ImageStyler 1.0): How to I give a specific name to an exported file?

•	Win/Mac (ImageStyler 1.0): How can I link rollover objects to a URL other than www.adobe.com?

•	Win/Mac (ImageStyler 1.0): Why are all of my JavaScript rollovers rolling over together?

•	Macintosh (Photoshop 5.0): Can I use AppleScript in Photoshop?

•	Macintosh (Photoshop 5.0): Why can't I save directly to a Zip disk?

•	Macintosh (Photoshop 5.0): What system extensions does Photoshop require?

•	Macintosh (ImageReady 1.0): I installed the retail version after using the tryout version of ImageReady, and now I'm getting a message that says my serial number has expired. What's wrong?

(PDF: 262 KB / 3 pages)

Questions in this issue:


•	Windows® (ImageReady® 1.0): Where can I find my ImageReady preferences file, so that I can reset my preferences to their default settings?

•	Windows (Photoshop 5.0): Can I run Photoshop 5.0 under Windows 98?

•	Windows NT® (Photoshop 5.0): Why do I get an error message when I try to print or use the color-settings commands?

•	Windows (Photoshop 5.0): How do I get rid of the annoying Adobe Gamma Loader.exe error message I keep getting upon startup?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0): What's different about the way the rubber-stamp tool works in Photoshop 5.0?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0): Now that I have my Photoshop 5.0 upgrade, what do I do with Photoshop 4.0?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0): How can I change the angle of my product-box mockup?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0): Where did the Opacity slider control that used to be in the Layers palette go?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0): Why is everything in the Filters menu grayed out when I try to apply a filter to a text layer?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop): How do I create the effect of looking at an image through translucent material, such as a silk veil or wire-mesh screen?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop 5.0): Is there a Quick Edit feature in Photoshop 5.0?

•	Win/Mac (Photoshop): What's the secret to getting the Defringe command to work?

•	Macintosh (Photoshop 5.0): Why doesn't the Color-Engine plug-in for my old Radius ThunderColor 30/1600 card work with Photoshop 5.0?

•	Macintosh (ImageReady 1.0): How do I get ImageReady to install properly on my G3 PowerBook?

•	MICRO TIP: Learn how to make Photoshop 5.0 select the appropriate layer when you click an area of your image with the move tool.

•	MICRO TIP: To restore the placement of your ImageReady palettes to their default locations, choose Reset Palettes from the Window menu.

(PDF: 273 KB / 3 pages)

Questions in this issue:


•	Windows (5.0): Where's that new Adobe Gamma thingamabob?

•	Windows (3.0x and 4.0x): Why doesn't Photoshop always remember what I last copied when I paste screen shots?

•	Win/Mac: Can I convert a grayscale image to a false-color image without having to paint every pixel?

•	Win/Mac (5.0): Will the new multiple-undo feature slow down my old computer?

•	Win/Mac (5.0): How can I stop Photoshop from automatically converting colors when I open a file?

•	Win/Mac (5.0): Why do I see a different preview in Photoshop 5.0 from what I used to see in Photoshop 4.0 when I select black ink for my grayscale setup?

•	Win/Mac (5.0): Where did the Prefs file go in Photoshop 5.0?

•	Win/Mac (5.0): How do I get the Crop tool to stop snapping to the edge of my image?

•	Win/Mac: Can Photoshop create animated GIFs?

•	Win/Mac: Why did some of my old plug-in filters disappear when I added new ones?

•	TIP: Learn how to maximize your amount of available scratch-disk space.

•	TIP: You'll need your old serial number handy to upgrade to Photoshop 5.0 and register it.

•	MICRO TIP: Here's a quick way to view filename extensions on your Windows files.

•	MICRO TIP: Toggle Preserve Transparency on or off for any nonbackground layer using the Forward Slash (/) key.

(PDF: 297 KB / 3 pages)

Questions in this issue:


•	Windows (3.0.5 and later): Every time I launch Photoshop I get a message saying the scratch disk is full and it doesn't start.

•	Win/Mac: Why can't I define a pattern in Photoshop?

•	Win/Mac: Does Photoshop embed unrequested information such as my name and registration number into all my images just like a watermark?

•	Windows: How come whenever I switch tools, the cursor displays the previous tool's icon?

•	Win/Mac: Is there an easy way to erase red-eye in photographs using Photoshop?

•	Win/Mac: Where can I find information on writing plug-ins for Photoshop?