[Jeff Hinkle]

I guess the first question would be: why not just add color and shading right in Illustrator? Especially for a logo design, where you’re going to want maximum flexibility in scaling, and consistency in colors. Gradients, gradient meshes, blends– you can do a lot of shading right there, all vector-based.

If you really want to do it in Photoshop, don’t use the Paint Bucket. Clunky tool. Make a new color layer below your black outline layer and fill selections with your colors of choice. That way there’s no gaps between color and outline and you can do any amount of shading to the colors without worrying about bleeding into your outlines.

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[Jeff Hinkle]

That one’s hit us too. It’s a known bug and Adobe says they’re working on a fix. The problem seems to be if you first transform the text, then try to adjust the values numerically. It does something weird to Photoshop’s internal math. Duplicating and editing a text layer that you’ve transformed also brings the behavior to the duplicated layer. If you adjust size only with the text palette–no object>transform operations, no dragging corner handles–it seems to bypass the issue.

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[Jeff Hinkle]

You can try trashing your preferences file. Go to
/Users/[Username]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CS6 Settings and delete the file Adobe Photoshop CS6 Prefs.psp

You might also want to trash /Users/[Username]/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.Photoshop.plist

You can also try holding down Command-Option-Shift when starting Photoshop to do the same thing, but since I didn’t know how far in the startup you were getting before it died, I figured the manual route was better.

Hope this helps!

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[Jeff Hinkle]

First, do you mean rendering (final output) or RAM Previewing (testing within After Effects)? If you’re testing within After Effects, you can set your composition view to half size/half res (or lower!) to reduce the memory requirements. You can also RAM Preview every other frame instead of every frame (shift-0 on the numeric keypad) to get yourself more frames. Also, set your work area to just the part you’re working on/testing rather than trying to watch the entire project every single time.

How much RAM do you have installed in your computer?

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[Jeff Hinkle]

Select your layer in the Layers palette.

Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal

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[Jeff Hinkle]

How big are your JPEGs, and what dimensions does AE show for your imported sequence? How big is your composition? Are you dropping the sequence directly into your composition or are you nesting one composition into another?

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It is easier to destroy than to create.
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[Jeff Hinkle]

1.) If you set the scroll speed to the slowest setting in the Wacom control panel for After Effects, it should work closer to what you’re expecting. You still can’t spin around the ring too quickly, but you’ll get a lot less “inertia” on the CTI.

2.) I’ve been using a Wacom large on a two-monitor setup for years and am able to do most of my work with wrist movements. Yes, I need to move my arm some, but it’s pretty minor. Basically I just slide my arm slightly to a new position on the tablet and then it’s all wrist again. It’s very comfortable and natural. I’d say if you can wait before you have to decide about returning the tablet, to give it some time. I’ve always found the small size tablet to be too confining.

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[Jeff Hinkle]

Doesn’t Enter on the numeric keypad work? That does the trick on a Mac, not 100% sure on the PC.

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It is easier to destroy than to create.
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[Jeff Hinkle]

Onion skinning is a common feature request (that seems to go ignored). A little searching turned up this script. I haven’t used it personally but folks seem to have had success with it. Might be just what you need.

https://www.aenhancers.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=871

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[Jeff Hinkle]

Can you post a shot of the final result you did want? I’m curious if I was even picturing the right thing.

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It is easier to destroy than to create.
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