Herbert Van der wegen
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In Windows 7 you can find the psb files in the c:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Local\Temp
Unfortunately Photoshop deletes those files as soon as you close the application.
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I am surprised no-one mentioned Photoline yet – I switched from Photoshop to Photoline some time ago, and it offers a mostly non-destructive workflow: adjustment layers, layer effects, true vector layers (unlike Photoshop), non-destructive liquify and warp layers (which can be stacked), and much more.
The way layers work in Photoline is actually an improvement over Photoshop. Each layer can have its own custom image mode (no need to switch image mode), layer opacity can be set from -200 up to +200, layers can be instanced, and these instances update in real-time when changes are made to the original source layer or layer group. Externally referenced file layers are supported in the newer betas – which update in real time when changes are made to them externally. And adjustment layers can be grouped in a kind of “super” adjustment layer to keep the layer stack clean and nicely organized.
And each bitmap layer can have a custom size and resolution independent of the main document/image setting (and their own image mode).
The way layer masks are implemented completely blows Photoshop out of the water: you can have as many as you need/want per layer, group them, combine vector, text, bitmap layers in layer masks as you see fit! And best of all layer masks behave like regular layers, so they can be instanced as well – meaning one source layer can act as the main control mask for many other layers.
And layer adjustments/layer effects even work with layer masks!!!
RGB, CMYK, Lab, Greyscale and monochome layers are supported – with the first four supporting 8, 16, and 32 bit per channel. Multi-layered EXR files can be loaded and exported – something Photoshop lacks. Full non-destructive raw photo editing is supported.
Other things that are very useful to have: multi-page document support – loading pdf files with many pages and Photoline acts as a pdf editor. The ability to edit Lab curves for layers without the need to switch to Lab mode. The newest betas support spot colours and overprinting. Support for Mac and Windows (with a Wine option in Linux). The installation file is a mere 20~30mb(!). Photoline can be installed on a portable disk or usb stick. The GUI is completely adjustable in terms of brightness now. 32bit and 64bit versions. Classic Photoshop plugin compatible. Photoshop psd file import even keeps most common adjustment layers intact, as well as the layer effects. And it runs rock-solid.
Coincidentally, I also tried Acorn a while ago – it just cannot compare to Photoline. Neither can Pixelmator, PS Elements, Gimp. Photoline can compete with Photoshop in terms of image editing. Fair is fair, though: one thing missing compared to Acorn and Photoshop is the lack of a scripting interface.
The two main things missing in Photoline compared to Photoshop are the video editing and 3d options. The painting tools are up to a level of Photoshop’s older brush engine. I combine Photoline with Krita (free open source) for digital painting. Krita is arguably a real improvement over Photoshop’s painting features.
Also, Photoline has an interesting app link option: image editing tools and software can be hooked up through this app link to Photoline, making it possible to send a layer (or even a layered document) to an external application, edit, and send back to Photoline with the changes. Through this link I use Gimp as a kind of plugin.
I apologize for raving about PL, but it is a great Photoshop alternative – and very affordable too. The beta is open to any registered user.
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Have you tried Particle Illusion? Not a plugin, but it does work standalone.
https://www.wondertouch.com/index_2.asp
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Photoline is as powerful as Photoshop for image editing, and also comes with dvd/cd templates. It’s very affordable (full perpetual license for 59 euro).
A free alternative would be Inkscape together with Gimp. Both also have cd and dvd templates.
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In addition to jpg and gif you can export to png. No tiff or exr.
But you could extend generator with your own plugin. Perhaps this will work for tiff and exr files as well:
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You are aware you can export svg out of Photoshop now?
https://creativedroplets.com/generate-svg-with-photoshop-cc-beta/
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This one had me stumped a bit at first, until I saw this on line 4
added in your head tag. Because of this Internet Explorer 9,10 and 11 are emulating the features of IE7, which does not support text-shadow. You can check in IE, and press F12 – then inspect the h2, and notice how IE is convinced text-shadow is not available (wriggly red underline). That is caused by the IE7 emulation.
Turn it off by removing that line in the head, and it will work fine. I wonder why the developer left that in? Probably for testing purposes to check what the theme would look like in IE7, and he/she forgot to remove it afterwards.
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Unless 1) all the screens are quality monitors (not just the average tft sceen), and 2) all those screens have been colour calibrated with a hardware device like a Spyder or Huey, colours will ALWAYS shift and change when viewed on all those screens.
Without a fully calibrated and controlled colour management workflow colours will always look different – even with a controlled workflow colours may change, depending on the screen and print technology. That is why companies tend to use very specific spot colours to print their brand materials.
On my hardware colour calibrated screen your colour looks indeed like a subtly purplish coloured grey.
But then, I work on high quality screens with almost no colour shifts even from extreme angles.The average monitor used by the average user is quite horrifyingly bad at colour reproduction. Even with colour calibration it often cannot match the intended colours.
As long as you keep working on a non-calibrated monitor, it could very well be that you are working with the wrong colours – so at least correct your screen colours.
In short: it’s just something you have to learn to live with. The very least you should do when colour precision is important, is to purchase a colour calibration device, and correct the screen you work on. iMacs have pretty good screens, so it is worth it. That way you know for certain that the colours you chose are theoretically more or less correct.
Aside from these issues, when working with graphics for the web: remove/delete all colour profiles from those files.
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Make absolutely certain all your shapes are closed shapes.
Also export to true SVG, avoid Adobe CEF in the SVG export dialog.
I have had no issues importing Illustrator made svg shapes into Tinkercad.
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Irfanview has a really nice batch function that includes a simple “don’t enlarge smaller images” checkbox option. It’s fast, has high quality resampling, and options to control how images are scaled down or up depending on the aspect ratio. And many times faster in processing than Photoshop.
Best of all, it is completely free.
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