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breaking threaded text boxes

nanhey — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:39:44 -0800

IndesignCS3Filter: Is there a way to break threaded text boxes but keep the text that is currently in the frames where it is? is there anyway to do this? i've tried searching for a script but I don't think i'm using the right search terms. thanks!

New slices from guides

four panels — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:32:51 -0800

Photoshop CS3 for Mac: Is there a way to create new slices from guides, without destroying existing slices?

How do I Live Trace the images in a PDF in Illus CS3?

cobra_high_tigers — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:47:25 -0800

How do I Live Trace the images in a PDF in Illustrator CS3? So, a friend has mocked up a program for a conference that he's arranging on a shoestring budget in Microsoft Word. The printer was ready to charge like $200/hr for converting this document to a printable format, which is out of the budget range my friend is working with. Basically, he said that it needed to be in a vector format in CMYK color space.

Since I have a mac, the first thing I did was to print the document to a pdf, to convert all the text to glyphs. Next, I opened a page in Illustrator, and it was easy enough to convert the color space to CMYK from RGB. Finally, I went to convert the raster images inserted in the document (.jpgs and .gifs) to vectors. The tutorials I had seen for Live Trace made it look pretty simple, but I can't figure out how to make it happen on my document.

It isn't that I'm displease with the results, it's that I can't make it happen at all. With the image selected, the Object->Live Trace->Make menu option is grayed out.

What do I need to do to the images in this imported pdf to make it so that Illustrator allows me to Live Trace them?

Thanks for the help!

How can I recover my key to Adobe CS3 from the machine it's installed on if I can't find the case?

justkevin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:56:47 -0800

How can I recover my key to Adobe CS3 from the machine it's installed on if I can't find the case? I can't find the case to my copy of Adobe CS3 Web Premium Suite (Windows XP). I've combed the office and it seems increasingly unlikely that it's going to turn up. It's still installed on my PC, but if I have to reinstall or want to move it to a new computer, I'm in trouble.

I've tried Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder and Keyfinder Thing, neither of which could find the key in the registry.

Does anyone know how to recover an Adobe CS3 Suite key from a computer?

Need Illustrator reference recommendations

karmaville — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:51:44 -0800

I can competently use Illustrator CS3 and do so daily for my job but want to increase my knowledge base and skills. I currently would call myself a mid-range user but typically use illustrator for simple designs--usually integrated with photos from Photoshop--and signs, cards, posters, etc. I'd like to expand my knowledge into custom shapes, vectors, and some other upper level stuff as I am mainly self-taught on an as needed basis.

Any recommendations on tutorials, web sites, people to follow, essential books, etc.? I use the Visual Quickstart Guide for CS3 as my basic reference but want more. Step by step tutorials either web or video are my preferred option but anything else would be great too.

Tutorial or template for embedding Quicktime VR pano file in a website?

tnygard — Sat, 09 May 2009 07:35:59 -0800

Tutorial or template for embedding Quicktime VR pano file in a website? Hi all, 7 years ago I was part of an archaeological project, and we made one of those stitched together panorama movie files that allow one to explore an environment. I created it with Quicktime VR and it has the pano extension. I would now like to embed this file in my personal website, but I am having trouble finding a good tutorial for that.

The support on the quicktime website says to use the html code that the stitcher produces, but that is no help for me because I do not own the stitching program and do not have the html code it may have produced 7 years ago.

What I do have access to is the full Master Collection of Adobe CS3. Perhaps there is a way that this suite can interact with pano files, but I have not been able to figure it out thus far. I have been using the CS3 version of Dreamweaver and Photoshop to assemble the site, and I am also doing some hand coding. Any suggestions for getting this embedded would be most appreciated

Buy CS3 Cheap in the UK

Jeanmi — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:09:40 -0800

where can i buy legit Adobe CS3 cheap in UK?

InDesign CS3: Wonky Printing

siclik — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:09:41 -0800

Is there a fool-proof way to consistently print high-quality drafts out of InDesign CS3? (my prints rarely look like the on-screen version) I am by no means an expert, but I'm occasionally asked to make flyers and brochures for our company. I use InDesign CS3, however, when I go to print out of InDesign, sometimes certain layers don't print or the whole document just looks. . . .off. I've tried exporting to PDF and then printing, and that usually makes it a little better, but it's by no means high quality.

The only way I've found to maintain the on-screen version while printing is to export an EPS and then open that in Photoshop and print out of Photoshop. This is not very convenient when I'm printing multiple drafts for multiple projects throughout the day.

There has to be an easier way, right?

Corrupt Photoshop CS3/CS4 files

ascetic — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:41:35 -0800

I tried installing Photoshop CS4 several times on my Macbook Pro and each time, the icon showed up as a circle with a line through it (see this screenshot). I gave up and am trying to reinstall Photoshop CS3 and it is telling me it's already installed (even though I already uninstalled it). Help! Something is corrupt and is preventing me from installing CS4 or CS3. How can I completely wipe my computer of everything Adobe and start over?

Help me scale an image in Photoshop

featherboa — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:18:23 -0800

Help me scale an image so that part of it is a specific size using Photoshop CS3. I've got an image, and I know that I need one part of that image to be a specific size in pixels, is there a way to scale the image so that that part is the correct size and the rest of the image scales appropriately?

I'm using Photoshop CS3 on a Mac.

I can do it by eye using free transform, but that's ridiculously time consuming, and not as accurate as I'd like. Is there another way to do this?

Dreamweaver noob CSS/template/float/whitespace question

momzilla — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:55:00 -0800

Dreamweaver CS3 newbie CSS/template/float/whitespace question I have created a few pages in Dreamweaver CS3 based on the "Two column hybrid, left sidebar, header and footer" template. The pages render perfectly on my computer; I tested them at every available resolution -- no problems.

When the pages were viewed by someone who really matters, they rendered funky, naturally. I wasn't present when he viewed them but what was described to me is that the main content was pushed down below the sidebar, thereby creating a ton of whitespace to the right of the sidebar. I have tried to recreate the problem on my PC but have not been able to.

I'm new to Dreamweaver/HTML/CSS, but from what I've read this sounds like a "float" issue, no? Am I barking up the right tree? I need to fix this ASAP, so any suggestions or expertise that is shared is greatly appreciated. Also, how can I make sure the issue is truly fixed when I cannot recreate the problem? Thanks in advance!

Divide my photos into separate files

mjcon — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:58:24 -0800

Is there a faster way to split a photo into pieces and save it as individual files? (possible photoshop batch question) I have about 300 photos that were scanned using a flatbed scanner. To save time, they were scanned 8 at a time, leaving me with about 35 jpegs that each have 8 photos on a page. I want to split these into individual files for a slideshow, so using photoshop CS3 I have been selecting each individual photo out of the page of 8 photos, opening a new document, pasting the photo, and saving it into a folder. This is obviously taking forever. Is there a faster way?

Eye-candy graphics directly in Email

designbyme — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:33:52 -0800

Eye-candy filled e-mail without having to open an attachment - how do you create this? You know the e-mails you get from advertisers that are loaded with graphics, images and lots of color.... how do you create something like that?

Upgrading to Adobe CS3

niles — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:16:51 -0800

I currently own the educational version (no real difference beyond the price) of Adobe CS2 Premium Web Bundle which includes Macromedia Studio 8. I need to upgrade to CS3 for school, but I can't find the "bundle" that has the programs I need. So the bundle I have comes with the CS2 versions Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, and Acrobat Professional, along with Dreamweaver 8, Flash Professional 8, Fireworks 8, Contribute 8, and FlashPaper 8. I'll be needing the CS3 versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Flash, and Dreamweaver, though I wouldn't mind upgrading the other programs as well.
My problem is that the CS3 web bundle doesn't have InDesign and I don't need all of the video and audio programs sold in the Premium and Master bundles. Is there some bundle similar to mine that's sold by Adobe? I paid a little over $500 for the educational version, but all of the non-educational upgrades seem to cost at least that much, and it looks like you can't upgrade to the educational version - am I missing something?

Bonus: I'll need Illustrator for the spring semester, but won't need the rest of the programs until next school year. I can maybe hold of on Illustrator as well. Is it worth holding out for CS4? I've heard the developer beta is out, but haven't heard a solid release date.

Thanks!

Give me that old time Photoshop key command

ardgedee — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:23:03 -0800

How do I switch windows in Photoshop CS3/Mac? Photoshop does not switch between windows by hitting cmd-`, the standard Apple keystroke for 'switch between windows'.

It was at one time a standard behavior in Photoshop, and later nonstandard but could be enabled through the "Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus" item. And now it doesn't appear to be an available option. Is there a way to impose this behavior back on Photoshop?

Photoshop is such a baby.

milarepa — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:10:35 -0800

CS3: I am having trouble getting Photoshop to select the semi-transparent pixels when I cmd-click the thumbnail. Can you help me? In CS2, if I cmd-clicked a thumbnail of a layer in the layer tablet, it would create a selection of the whole layer, including semi-transparent pixels. In CS3, when I try to do the same thing, I seem to only get pixels with 100% opacity. For example, in this pic, I feathered a selection of the original text, and deleted the selection, leaving me with a feathered outline of Metafilter. However, as you can see, when I cmd-clicked the thumbnail, Photoshop only made a selection of a very small part of the layer. How can I fix this? I would like when I cmd-click the thumbnail, or choose "select pixels" when right clicking, for ALL pixels of that layer to be selected. Is this a change in CS3, or is there something funky going on with my version of PS?

Uninstalling A Bootleg Copy of Photoshop CS3 (Mac)

briank — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:44:49 -0800

I am trying to help a friend remove a bootleg copy of Photoshop CS3 from her iMac (Mac OSX 10.4.something) so she can install a legit version she purchased. The legit copy thinks that Photoshop is already installed and won't install itself. She deleted every file with the term "CS3" in it (including quite a few she didn't need to delete) prior to asking me for help. I tried using the Adobe Remover utility, but it wouldn't work because she had removed some of the necessary files.

Obviously, there is some file or setting that remains that tells the installer what is or isn't on the machine already, even though she did get rid of the application. How do I find and delete/modify this so that we can proceed with installing the legit copy?

Cannot find "Creative Suite Color Settings" under edit in Bridge.

willy_dilly — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:44:50 -0800

Cannot find "Creative Suite Color Settings" under edit in Bridge. I'm trying to set my color setting across all my CS3 software and been following directions from a tutorial but I can't find the "Creative Suite Color Settings" under edit in Bridge. Anyone know another way around it?

How can I get Indesign CS3 to search multiple subdirectories for missing links?

dosterm — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:27:37 -0800

My goodness! All the linked files in these InDesign CS3 layouts are scattered all over creation. How can my users relink them quickly? First AskMefi question. I'm a little nervous. Please don't point at my jittery hands.

So the graphic design workflow software I administer at work has a rather unfortunate way of archiving layouts.

When files go to the backup disks, they lose all their links. The graphics are reorganized into numbered folders... no less than 99 different said folders, for cryin' out loud. I can't do anything about this system. There's a sensible reason for it to work this way. Usually.

Now, this problem is easy enough to work around for a certain amount of graphics. You just find the links manually. However, for larger layouts of multiple page publications - what a pain!

The question: I was wondering if anyone had run across a way to tell InDesign CS3 to start at a directory and search subdirectories for missing links. The files would be located like this: /Links/01/Picture.psd, or /Links/47/picture.psd. So if I can just get the software to start at /Links/ and dig, it would fix me right up.

I've found a few plugins (Picture Wrangler and PictureXTracker) that propose to do this type of thing, but they're expensive and my company wouldn't really consider this to be worth spending money to fix. The designers are kind of low on the totem pole. I try to help them out with these annoyances where I can by coming up with workarounds.

Anyway, my google-fu is not up to the task, so I'm hoping the hive mind can help where I have failed. In advance... much love.

What's the best way to organize and edit Raw files on OSX?

bronxteacher — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:03:26 -0800

CS3 vs. Aperture? More inside... I've been using Aperture for the past 6 months to organize my photos, plus do basic exposure/saturation correction. I've just upgraded to CS3, however, and really dig the RAW plug-in for it...I think it does a better job with my shots, however, there's no simple way to open files from Aperture directly into the Raw editing in PS3, because Raw is now a plug-in.

So, should I just ditch Aperture, use bridge to handle the organization, and use PS3/Raw to handle the image adjustments? Will I be sacrificing anything?

Also, will Lightroom somehow be a better "bridge" than Bridge, between organizing my shots and editing them?

I'm on a Macbook Pro with 2gb's of Ram and plenty of storage space (thanks to an external).

Changing resolution in Premiere Pro CS3?

wubbie — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:23:03 -0800

Is there a way to change the resolution of an existing Premiere Pro CS3 project, or is that something that can only be set up before you begin work? I'm new to Premiere. I've spent several days editing a Project with a resolution of 1280x720, and have decided I want to change that resolution to 1024x768, since it will mostly be played back on computer monitors, not on HDTVs.

When I go into Project Settings, the General category (where I could change Editing Mode to Desktop and specify a custom resolution of 1024x768) is grayed out. I've Googled to no avail.

I'm hoping I don't have to start my entire editing process over again, which would be especially daunting since you can't seem to be able to have two Premiere Projects open at the same time to copy/paste between.

Motion Path in AE CS3

robbie01 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:17:22 -0800

After Effects CS3: Newbie question driving me nuts. Can't paste a path as a Motion path. I've found a video tutorial and have read through Adobe's Help files and I seem to be following the instructions to the letter.

I have an object I would like to follow a motion path.

According to the tutorial/instructions, I copy the path I want (the one I'm using comes from a Mask Layer) and making sure the object's Position path is set to animate (at least one keyframe), I select the object, select the Position, and Paste the path to create a motion path. According to the video tutorial, this creates a dotted motion path line and you're done.

However, when I paste my path to the object's Position, it simply pastes as another (seemingly nested) layer under the object called "Mask". I can even move my object and see that is has a gray/default motion path that ISN'T the path I created. Somehow my pasted path is "missing" the link to pasting as the object's motion path.

I'm new to AE, so I'm sure I'm missing something very basic here, or perhaps there is a new procedure for doing this in CS3 and my tutorial is out of date, but CS3's Help file explains doing it the same way.

Does anyone know of a book that covers Flash CS3 from the ground up?

jeffmueller — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:16:04 -0800

Does anyone know of a book that covers Flash CS3 from the ground up? I need it all, from beginner stuff to Flex. I'm hoping to find a book that has a general introduction to Flash, a language reference for Actionscript, and a thorough review of Flex. This is asking for a lot. Perhaps what I need is a series of books? I've already visited the O'Reilly site. Their books are responsible for my career as a web developer. But I found their offerings to be either too advanced (they assume you have knowledge of Flash and jump straight into the latest stuff in CS3) or out of date.

Also, if this stuff is covered in detail on a particular website, I would be happy to ditch the dead trees in favor of something digital. So far, all I've found are sites for the seasoned Flash developer, and they're somewhat intimidating (the sites, not the developers).

Thanks, MeFi!

Camera Raw gone lame?

DyRE — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:07:55 -0800

What did I do to my default Camera Raw settings and, more importantly, how can I undo it? Embarrassingly, I'm not exactly sure how this happened but whereas before whenever I opened a RAW file from my Canon EOS 300D (Digital Rebel) in Adobe Photoshop CS3 (with Camera Raw 4.1) the image's colour saturation, contrast settings, etc. were all as they were when I shot the image, now when open these files the settings seem stripped out of them. I get a file with very dull colours, not much contrast, etc. If I open a preview of the file using Microsoft RAW Image and Thumbnail viewer, I can see how the shot should look, but when I open it in PS I get this version with all the settings seemingly removed.

This is how images from my camera appeared in Adobe Photoshop CS(1) with... whatever the latest version of Camera Raw was for that (which didn't support the 300D, hence the lack of proper image data). I was messing around with Bridge CS3 before this happened and am guessing I might have reset the raw preferences but would that really "reset" them to something that looks like it doesn't know how to interpret files from my camera rather than go with what I thought were the default settings I was using before.

I've browsed around for help on this and haven't been able to find anything on this specific problem. It's incredibly frustrating and I appreciate any help anyone can provide.

AS2 Code Hints in Adobe Flash CS3?

drinkspiller — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:06:16 -0800

Is it possible to enable AS2 syntax code hints in Flash CS3 when editing .as files? When creating a .FLA in Flash CS3 you can choose to have the file use Actionscript2 or Actionscript3. Great. When you create a .AS external class there doesn't seem to be the ability to specify if the class is being written in AS2 or AS3. The code editor seems to assume AS3 for code hints, because, for example, if you type _root. no movieclip code hints popup as they would in previous versions of Flash which commonly used _root ( i.e. _root.createEmptyMovieClip() ). Is there a way to enable AS2 syntax code hints in Flash CS3 when editing .as files?