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<p>Thank you for your response Mike. This makes sense.<br>

But just to be on the safe side, can anyone validate this? I don't want to risk upsetting my beautiful new NEC monitor...</p>

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<p >After weeks of research and hesitation, I finally made the plunge and splurged on a new powerful notebook (PC - Windows 7) AND a NEC 2490Wuxi2 monitor. I also ordered the Spectra View II calibration system. I successfully managed to get everything hooked up and working.</p>

<p >When not doing photo editing work, I turn the NEC off and unplug it from the notebook.</p>

<p >Since installing the SpectraView software, the SpectraView II Gamma Loader kicks in at every system startup, which I find rather annoying. A big logo shows up on the screen for about 30 seconds (see capture_1) followed by a message stating that "no supported display NEC monitors were detected". This second message (see capture_2) disapears after about a minute.</p>

<p >The SpectraView II Gamma Loader shows up in my Startup menu.</p>

<p >My question: can I delete the SpectraView II Gamma Loader from the Startup menu? If I do, will my NEC monitor still be properly calibrated when I chose to hook it back up and turn it on?</p>

<p >Thanks in advance for your wisdom...</p>

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<p>Thanks for your input guys. I eat on that table every day, but it hadn't even occurred to me to create the spill directly ON the table. I liked the effect from the beach wave, may be I can blend the two together. More experimenting ahead, and many wet towels... Thanks again!</p>

<p>Dear PS users:<br>

I am working on the following photomontage, obviously still in the beginning stages here. My main problem at the moment: I don't know how to get the edge of the wave to look as though it is spilling off the table edge. I've tried fooling around with the fluidity filter, but am not getting anywhere. Any idea as to how I could solve my problem? Any tutorial you could recommend to teach me how to overcome a similar challenge?<br>

Many thanks in advance.<br>

BTW, I use CS3.<br>

 

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<p>Fort possible, en effet, qu'on se croise. Je vais souvent chez Lozeau. Bien que je suis actuellement en France pour encore quelques semaines... Au plaisir! And thanks again!</p>

<p>Cristal clear response Patrick. This gradient tool problem was driving me nuts - I'm <strong>so</strong> happy to now understand how to create multiple gradients on a mask. And thank you for the adjustement layer tip. Makes sense, I hadn't thought about it. In short, <strong>GRAND merci </strong>Patrick! C'est super gentil d'avoir pris le temps de me répondre, deux fois... Et oui, je suis aussi de Montréal! Le monde est p'tit. Bravo pour ton portfolio.</p>

<p>Thank you for taking the time to respond Patrick. However, I'm affraid I don't understand your explanation. Perhaps my question wasn't clear enough. Here's a hands-on situation: let's say I want to create slightly darker corners on an image. One method I have used before is to duplicate the image layer, put the copied layer in Multiply mode, add a black mask, and then use the gradient tool reveal some white in each four corners. I would then adjust opacity. The thing is, I can't figure out how to get the gradient tool to create four distinct gradients on the same mask. Yet I know I have done this before. There are other situations in which I would like to be able to create multiple gradients on a single mask. Any clues?</p>

<p>I am having trouble controlling how the gradient tool behaves in Photoshop CS3. In some instances, it automatically overrides the last created gradient. At other times, it overlaps gradients, enabling me to create masks with several gradient passes. But I can't for the life of me figure out how to switch from "override mode" to "overlap mode". This is driving me bonkers ! Please help.</p>

<p>Sound advice. Thank you for your input Michiel.</p>

<p>I have been searching around for advice on how to get a photo website up and running. Ideally, I’d like to learn how to do it myself, have my own domain name, etc.. I’ve read very contrasting reviews regarding the program “<strong>Sitegrinder</strong>”. It’s supposed to make web design easy for Photoshop users. Anyone familiar with it? Would you recommend it? Thanks in advance for your insight.</p>

 

<p>Thank you both for your input!<br>

Sorry I didn't respond more quickly, I've been away...</p>

<p>I'll check out Frys.com today.<br>

I'm glad to see others are able to work effectively on laptops. Very reassuring.<br>

Thanks again guys!</p>

<p>Catherine</p>

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<p >I am currently in need of a laptop (PC) capable of running Photoshop CS3. It really must be a laptop, which I plan on eventually hooking up to large monitor. But for the next few months, I will be on the move and plan on using the laptop without an additional monitor. I will, however, be bringing my graphic tablet along with me, as well as at least two external hard drives (for archiving and additional available RAM). I suspect the laptop screen won’t be as efficient in terms of detail and colour profiling, but I figure I can always adjust the colour rendition of my work later on, right? </p>

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<p >Can anyone please give me the specs I need on a laptop to run Photoshop smoothly and efficiently?</p>

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<p >I do a lot of compositing work (photomontage), handle many layers and apply filters on high resolution images first captured in RAW format. I suspect I need a fairly powerful machine, but am unsure as to want, exactly, I need to be looking for.</p>

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<p >Thanks in advance for your advice!</p>

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Hello to all. I have been using a Wacom intuos 3 graphic pen & tablet for a little while. I love it. Yet I’m sure

I’m not getting the most out of it.

 

For instance, I still haven’t figured out how to change the brush size without having to first access a new

window and then adjust using a slider. Isn’t there an easier, faster way to control brush size with the pen?

 

So I’m looking for general advice on how to customise my tablet in order to work more efficiently in Photoshop.

 

Any advise?

 

BTW, I'm running CS3 on a PC.

 

Thank you in advance for taking the time to respond.

 

Catherine

I always work with PS alone. And I will be adding max RAM my system can handle (currently wainting for my computer to have the time to install the plates...). So my question remains, is CS3 really better at managing available RAM on a PC? Would the upgrade make things better or worse? Thanks again.

I have a PC running XP.

Hello. I am currently using PS CS2 and must increase my RAM to better handle my

high resolution 16 bit files. But with my system, I can't install more than 3G.

My question is, would CS3 perform better? I mean, is CS3 less or more RAM

greedy than CS2?

 

Thanks in advance for you advice!

Thank you Samuel. Your response is crystal clear. I have just found out that with my Windows XP can't handle more than 3 GB of RAM. But that will be better than the 1 GB I have now. Once installed, I'll allocate, say, 65% to Photoshop and see how things go. Thanks again for the info, it's VERY much appreciated!

Thank you all again. Special thanks to Alan for taking the time to write so many details. BTW, I run the defragmenting regularly. I will take care of the Windows Page File issue, thanks for that info, and will add max Ram ASAP.

 

Two questions remain:

 

Once I have the extra RAM, say 4GB in total if I can, can/should I then allocate 80% RAM to Photoshop?

 

And what about the scratch disk issue: do I select only the D hard drive, my file storage hard drive, as the only scratch disk? This disk will be progressively filling up. How much free space should there be on the drive for the scratch work to operate properly?

 

Thanks again for your input!

Okay, you've all been very clear about my need for more RAM. I'll go see the guy who set-up my system and ask him to add maximum RAM. That's settled. So far so good. Thank you!

 

Now, about the scratch disk issue. My C and D hard drives are two seperate drives. Ellis said I shouldn't use my program disk © as a scratch disk. Does that mean I can get away with using only my D hard drive as scratch disk, the one on which I store all my files? Or do I need another hard drive for the scratch disk work? I still have plenty of space on my D hard drive (2oo Go), but it's bound to progressively fill-up.

 

I also have an external hard drive which I use only to back-up my files.

 

And BTW, I'm using Photoshop CS2.

 

Thanks again for your help!

Hello,

 

I am progressively been learning how to edit my photos in Photoshop. But the

more I am able to do, the slower my system gets. As I combine different images,

create many layers and adjustments layers, Photoshop gets slower and slower.

What should I do?

 

My PC (Pentium 4 ? 3.00 GHz & Windows XP) runs on 1GB RAM. Should I buy more?

How can I check if my system can accommodate more RAM?

 

And what about the scratch disk issue? I have too hard drives, one © for my

programs, the other (D) for my files (250 Go ? presently 206 Go free space). In

Photoshop preferences, I chose D as my primary scratch disk, C as the second.

Is that okay?

 

When I open up an image from a RAW the document status box indicates:

187,8M/726,0M. But as I add layers, the amount of available scratch disk space

quickly goes down, and Photoshop slows down.

 

I read it is possible to buy a RAID hard drive exclusively for scratch disk

use? Is that right? Is this recommended?

 

When I go in the Photoshop Preferences, under Memory and Image Cache, I see

that I have 907MB of available RAM. I entered an amount of 80% for Photoshop

(726MB).

 

Thanks in advance for your insight, but please try to make your answer simple,

I?m feeling rather overwhelmed by all this techno-chip jargon?

 

Cheers.