Susan Ewart

Side Note: I'm in the middle of reorganizing my supplies folder (scrapbooking) and doing it by Designer this time around (like you do, is that correct). I'm giving it a try, putting elements and papers into a ton of catagories is a ton of work. I will try using thumbnails of the kits with the designers kits in one folder. I am thinking this will make me at least "feel" more organized. I'm going to be reinstalling 2023 (I always spring for Ultimate) fresh on the newly built computer. I wanted it to be months away, my husband wants it to be "now" away. ?. I like some of the fonts but I also have a ton of them so I'm not broken up about not having them...still, I paid for them, I should find a way to get them. Do you both not have the set files either? I looked all over for them and have them for 2021, 2022 (both Ult) so I know I installed those ones correctly. Surprised to hear people having the same issue, I just presumed it was something i did wrong. PSP said everything was installed so I beleived them. silly me.

I dont have a bunch of these. I have often thought my original 2023 download didnt go properly, there was some issues, had to uninstall and reinstall, and never thought it was quite right. I will have to install from fresh onto the in-progress build on the new (to me)computer and hope I have better success. 2023 has some things I like so i'd like to stick with it. If I had any problems with 2022 I dont remember so it's still good to have that to fall back on. Thanks for showing me what I'm missing, I do love fonts.

Weird, I have set up files with the same path for 2022 and 2021 but not for 2023. Why did I think this was going to be easy.

This is a good question. I knew about the fonts. But I have so many I thought I'd never know one from the other.

Mine stopped working when I was doing the photo grid from lab 7-1 Twice). I was moving some of the photos from one spot on the grid to the other and PSP didnt like it. It greyed out (like a 20 opacity) the offending layer it didnt like. So i tried turning off the layer, didnt turn off the greyed image. then I tried deleting both the photos layers, they deleted but the greyed image remained...when it's layer was deleted and on it's way to layer heaven. I should have taken a screen print. I will next time. Otherwise, everything is working okay. It could very well be something I did (twice ??) when clicking or moving or something. Might even be my system. It's being acting weird lately...a new one is being built but it's months away from completion. Everything being loaded from scratch again. I told my hubby to give me a few months to clean up all the junk, who wants to move all that baggage?

When I went to the default workspace it was weird because it was just like my workspace without the two bound ones I have. I only had to close the Learning Centre and the script output was floating so i docked it and then I went to bind the two scripts they were already bound, just had to move them to their places. My png and jpg optimizers were already ontop of the tool bar. I think it's weird how it wasnt like the original default workspace but a 1/2 and 1/2 version. I'm not going to question it, just work with it as long as it's working.

Yes, you are quite right. I opened the "complete" workspace and it had those missing items. I think I'll re-save the workspace again from the complete one. Good excuse to clean up the workspaces I had saved and never use anymore.

I also had to do the View>customize etc for the SNAP TO OBJECT and the properties for them all too. Is there any other tools I should have that I dont know about, that I need to put into the proper locations?

Me too! (in my saved workspace)

I just tried it before I saw your post, it worked for me. Going to try it in my saved workspace . thank you

When i go View>Customize<Commands tab and find adjust in the dropdown I can find Haze Removal in the commands section. From there I click and hold on the HAZE Removal and dragged it up tothe Adjust word on the top of the screen and it dropped down and I put in in place. I didnt do this on my saved workspace incase it all went south.

I dont have it either and have done the patch and did restart on the computer (last night). I just reloaded the workspace and still dont have it. I have ultimate 2023. I also have version 25.2.0.58 x64

I'm guessing, but could it be in the Aftershot Pro plug in? It's something I've seen in several RAW editing programs.

What a great video and a very useful tool (once I put you on normal speed). I had wanted to do a radial palette with hexagons and wanted to make it a template or mask, but couldnt work out in my head how to get all the hexagons lined up. I had the solution all the time in 2023. I am so happy that Corel took notice of it's customers issues and fixed them for us. It's a good feeling to be supported. ? Thanks Carole (because I'm sure you had a lot to do with lighting a fire under to Corel on these issues) and thanks Corel!

That is great news. It's one the of the reasons I had stopped using it. I really missed the Blend Mode previews, you get used to that really fast and miss it when you dont have it.

I'm glad you said to wait. I thought nothing was happening and a minute or two later it popped up. It completed fairly quickly too. It did not prompt me to restart the computer, but I did anyways...just in case. It opens and and it's like greeting an old friend. Now it's time for bed, but I'm off tomorrow so I can play with it. I need some PSP time since I started learning the new Raw editing program. Slow going. Thanks again Carole. Your guidance is always appreciated. I couldnt do it without you.

Thank you Carole. here goes!

It's a killer deal right now though. I saw it for $39.99 CAD. That's like $3 American isnt it? hahahah, kidding, but it's really cheap.

Thank you for the great news. I have downloaded it, but have never used a patch before. What do I do with it now. Do I need to put it somewhere first then click on it to execute?

I love this. My first creative love was photography (and later a job as a mini lab supervisor/printer) and I had put it down for years (due to the cost of film/slides and processing and not working in the industry anymore) then picked it up again. I had used SLR's since I was 17 yrs old but got a PNS (point 'n' shoot) which was expensive. I hated it. The lag between pressing the shutter and it taking a picture left me with many shots of animals 1/2 way out of the shot. My first dSLR was the Canon Xti in 2007 which I shot with up till 2017 when I was gifted with the Canon 7D (I would have never being able to afford to buy it new!). It's almost twice the size, but it's a workhorse and I still use it. That's why I chose to stay with Canon with the upgrade to the R7 (not as weatherproof or as robust as the 7D - according to John G.). Canon does irk me a bit. No lens hoods unless you buy a red ring lens (F2.8/f4 lenses with the really good glass). Good thing there is amazon to fill in the gaps. I was using the D7 and couldnt remember where the settings were. Sometimes I wish for the simple style of the 70-80's film cameras. My first owned camera: Ricoh KR10 - no it didnt double as a photocopier, but it sure could have been handy if it did. The camera I learned on in highschool: Pentax K-1000 - even more primative than the Ricoh. I love hearing about peoples journey through photography gear they have owned. I always wanted to try medium format, but that was and still is WAY out of my financial means.

Wow! thank you. I have a lot of John G. tutorials from Creative Live. they used to have really deep cut sales and I got them at a great price. John has moved on from them and the tuts are more $ now, but still worth it. John is from Seattle, WA USA, I grew up just across the border in Canada (Vancouver Area) so he is quite familiar to me and I love his style of teaching. Another good one is Ben Willmore, but he's a PS/Lightroom master/educator. I've learned a lot about photography from them both and some editing concepts (from Ben) that I think can translate to PSP. Watching Ben W is why I chose ON1, because they have similar sliders and editing capabilities that I want to learn. I found ON1's tutorials at their site(and they sent me all the links too). they are cool, quite a number I have downloaded give you the video files and practice photos to follow along. The subscription to PS/Lightroom is insane, it's like buying a full photoshop every year. And I have a lot of Creative Live vids from Fashion/Portrait photogs, not because I want to do that but because they are the masters of lighting control and I like to shoot in the studio (such as that is). You are right about practice. Finding the time to learn it all is daunting. I'm trying to figure out when to devote time to editing, PSP, color practice, photography and most importantly...being most attentive to the two fur-bosses (cats).

It's quite the beast to tame. The mirrorless is so different, I think I was scared of it and didnt touch it for two months after I bought it. Then i just started using it and fumbling (still fumbling) through using it. The worst is no longer does Canon give you an indepth manual in physical form. I dont have data on my phone so cant download the e-manual onto it. Nor would I want to try reading pages of instruction on a tiny screen. Here was me, running outside to shoot the moon, ugh, I hate this setting, running back into the house to the computer and then looking up/changing the setting and going back outside. Good thing I was only in my back yard. And thankfully John Greego (a photographer/educator) does in depth instructions on certain cameras so without him I'd still be staring at the camera inside the box. And I've been shooting since highschool! I dont know why I had such a block with the mirrorless. it's much smaller thant he robust 7D so buttons and dials arent in the same places or non-existent, found only through the menu system and 13 ways to to get to each one...yeesh, all we need is two ways, the long one and shortcut. Sadly, neither cameras will fit in my purse. Would love to have it with me at all times. Good luck taming your beast.

I thought it might be that, but also thought there could be hidden tools I didnt know about depending on which materials palette you use.

Okay, I'm not getting this. Where is this "fill bucket" and what is the "paint bucket" . I just know about the "flood fill" tool, I cant find any buckets. Is there a "money bucket"? I could really use one of those.

Donna, this is impressive. Seeing the tea being poured is really cool. that background paper is pretty.