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Differences (for a photographer) between Photoshop CS 5 and Photoshop Elements 8?

What are the differences in features for a photographer between Photoshop CS 5 and Photoshop Elements 8? I know that Photoshop CS 5 contains some features that are more for graphic designers or web ...
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RAW to TIF conversion creating GINORMOUS TIF Files

My wife is a photographer (Nikon D700, edits in Win7 Adobe CS5 suite) and mentioned yesterday that she's out of hard drive space. When I inspected, I found GIGANTIC .TIF files on her drive, ranging ...
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Why does Adobe Photoshop discard certain EXIF fields?

I'm shooting on a Canon EOS 5D. The images that come off the camera have some EXIF data (viewable in Irfanview), such as Camera Serial Number, ...
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How can I create a seamless blue sky fill with PS CS5?

I have a panorama created from three separate images. As a result of perspective, there's an area that I need to fill seamlessly to match existing deep blue sky: I've tried content-aware fill but it ...
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Will I miss any features of Lightroom 3 if I already have Adobe Photoshop Extended CS 5.5?

I am planning to upgrade my CS4 to CS5.5 (Design Premium) - I heard Lightroom 3 has new cool features such as new and improved noise-reduction in photos. Do you get pretty much all the features of ...
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How to fix the dramatic increase in contrast when using Colormunki profile?

I am using Colormunki to create color profiles, and while the results are good in terms of color, I have this issue where I have a dramatic increase in contrast; the dark areas are just way too dark. ...
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HDR Beginners Help : Photoshop CS5

I am just leaning HDR in Photoshop CS5, can anyone recommend some good tutorials?
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Why can't my Adobe Photoshop CS5 read RAW photos saved in .NEF from my new camera?

My Nikon D3100 photos are not coming up on photoshop why I try to edit them. What should I do?
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Why does Lightroom 4 CR2 "Edit in Photoshop" make a TIF file?

when I right-click an image (CR2) and select "Edit in Photoshop" Lightroom first creates a TIF. Can I turn this off? Or what is the point? Is this actually useful? I normally optimize the Raw-File in ...
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What is a simple and effective method to sharpen for web output in Photoshop?

In Photoshop, I've got a master PSD image file with all mask and adjustment layer treatments, but no sharpening at all. I save for web and create a JPG at 1200px. Now, I bring that file back into ...
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What's the professional approach to removing noise from a cell phone pic?

I have a cell phone photo that's a bit grainy and slightly blurry. It's not the out-of-focus type of blur, but the blur brought on when edges run together due to lack of sharpness. I have Adobe ...
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In photoshop cs5 the color of my image changes when I enter full screen mode, how do I fix it?

I am working in PScs5 on a EIZO color edge monitor. When I open my image photoshop displays all of the colors fine. When I change to full frame viewing, the image color becomes very muted and washed ...
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How do I center an image on a sheet while printing in Photoshop?

How do I center an image on a sheet of paper while printing in Photoshop?
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Which color settings to chose in Photoshop and Aperture with an Epson SPR2880 printer

My workflow consists of importing photos into Apple Aperture, where I do most of my editing. Sometimes, I edit the photo in Photoshop. Aperture can automatically create a .psd file based on my edited ...
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How can I open photos from Canon 550D in Photoshop CS5?

I view my RAW photos from my Canon 550D on my home PC using Canon Zoom Browser. If I transfer them to a USB stick I cannot read them on another PC when I am at my Photoshop CS5 class.
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Just upgraded to a newer version of Photoshop, how do I get Lightroom to recognize it?

I had PS5.1 when I installed LR4 and now I have CS6, but LR4 still opens everything in CS5.1. How do I make it open everything in CS6?
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Why are my NEF files damaged?

Can anyone help? After buying a Nikon D3100, I discovered that NEF files were not compatible with CS3, so at great expense, I bought CS5. Now... my raw NEF files are almost always corrupt when viewed ...
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Some .CR2 files open with Camera Raw but some do not - on my mac

I am able to open some but not all of my .CR2 files with Camera Raw 6.7 and Photoshop CS5. On my Canon Rebel XSi, if my Quality setting is set only to RAW, the .CR2 files open in Camera Raw 6.7 and ...
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Possible corrupted files won't open in PS or LR - need to fix them

I have a problem just like the post with the link below (I'm having trouble loading any of mine). The way they look in LR is how it looks on the post below. They look perfect in Preview mode and ...
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How do I link selections on two different layer masks in Photoshop?

I've created my own action in Photoshop CS5 and in my example I am recolouring grass. The action stops for the user to paint a selection on a layer mask and continues with a colour balance ...
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How do you store raw and jpg files separately

I shoot in raw and jpg but when I'm done I just want to give the customer all the jpg files and keep the raw files so I can do some touch up on the ones they want. I want to store it in different ...
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How to isolate white subject from a white background?

I am quite new to photoshop, but I have always been having problems creating products on a pure white background. I need it for online selling, but it is a daunting task for me--especially since I do ...
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How can I see exactly what has changed between two images with a difference in brightness?

I have two images that are the same, except that one has an adjustment in its brightness. Is there a way to compute the difference of these images in Photoshop somehow to see what has changed from ...
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How to compute luminous intensity in a photograph?

I have a photograph in raw format taken by a Nikon D-90 camera of a white LED spotlight shining on a wall in an otherwise dark room. I need to compute the relative luminous intensity of the bright ...
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How do I copy or fill the image with color

How do I copy the colour from a to b. im using photoshop classic and i cant seem to get it right Thank you
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HDR Help - Photoshop Cs5

I have made, with auto-bracketing, a set of 3 pictures of the moon to merge it with the HDR auto-merge function of Photoshop. The problem is that PS Cs5 is not being able to compensate the movement of ...
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How to prevent this exposure/tonal shift when stitiching an HDR panorama in Photoshop?

I'm trying to create an HDR panorama. I have 8 photos with 3 exposures each (-1, 0, +1 EV). For each one, I used PS's merge to HDR functionality and chose 32 bit. I have 8 files A, B, ...H.psd that ...
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How can I create a double exposure image in Photoshop?

I have two photos I want to use to create a double exposure image. How can I do this with Photoshop CS5?
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