Auto smart fix, auto levels, auto contrast Where on cs4

I have photoshop cs4 and I cannot find the Auto smart fix, auto levels, and auto contrast nor the adjustment for each that I had with photoshop elements.

It's not a matter of version numbers. Photoshop has never had anything called "Auto Smart Fix".
Photoshop Elements usually contains various watered-down "preset" options for beginner users as opposed to more advanced users using the Full PS. Options such as the Red-eye Reduction Tool and if you go far enough back Page Curl in Photoshop LE are examples.
If you are refering to versions as the difference between PS Elements and PS or PS Extended then you are correct they do not have "Auto Smart Fix".
Auto Levels and Auto Contrast are available under the IMAGE Menu. However it looks as though Auto Levels has been renamed as "Auto Tone" in CS4. Prior to this it was in fact "Auto Levels" through most version numbers of Photoshop.

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Barbara,
I was just looking around if there is a setting in prefs to change the file
size. There are two Auto Smart Fix routines, one in Editor and one in
Organizer. After using the one in Editor, you need to go through the usual
Save procedure, in Organizer the user does not seem to have any control. It
produces a file named *_edited-1.jpg. That file, in my trial, turned out
substantially larger than the original. I had previously run the same file
through the Editor Auto Smart Fix and had saved the output at 10 quality,
which resulted in a smaller than the original file.
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Is it possible to do an Auto Smart Fix in an adjustment layer? If yes, how is it best done?
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What are you trying to accomplish? You always have the option of duplicating the background layer and using Auto Smart Fix on the copy. This isn't exactly the same as an Adjustment Layer, but there is no way to make further adjustments to the Auto Smart Fix anyway, like you could with one of the other Adjustment Layer options.

Elements 10 Auto Smart Fix Disabled

Just installed Elements 10 and Auto Smart Fix seems to be disabled. Had a look through the preferences and nothing in there to adjust.
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Bother, sorry it was really as simple as that.
Many thanks from a slightly stupid user <grin

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I use PSE 9.0.3.
When I click on Auto Smart Fix, the results I get show way too much saturation. I have to reduce the saturation of every picture by a factor of 30 on the saturation sliding scale of Adjust Hue/Saturation.
Is there a way to correct this?
What is the use of Adjust Smart Fix? The Help files do not contain anything about this button.
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Unable to reset Smart Fix options

I have upgraded to Elements 12. During the upgrade, the options for Smart Fix has become stuck at .PNG files on my Windows 8.1 machine. When I do the Alt-Ctrl-Shft option on opening the Organizer or Editor from the Welcome Screen, the auto options are not reset. I have tried to reboot, and shutdown the computer without success.
During the process, I do get the message to delete the organizer, or editor config. files, but when I click on Auto Smart Fix in the Organizer, it does not give me a list of options, it still defaults to the .PNG files! This is quite frustrating. I had the same problem with Elements 11, but the fix mentioned above did work.
Where do I go next? Is this a bug that needs to be reported? Is it a quirk with Windows 8.1?

Don't know exactly you are doing this but are you opening the file in the editor first before going to:
Quick Tab and Smart Fix tab on the right side of the pane? See this picture:
Are you saying that the small arrow is stuck and you can't open it? Please explain.

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I have a couple of questions about using PSE 10. First, I have an Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS monitor and it has a setting to put it into sRGB mode which I have read is better for viewing/editing photos. I use my computer for lots of different things such as browsing the net and gaming and so I wondered if I should leave it in the sRGB profile all the time or if I should switch to different profiles depending on what I am doing? It has different modes/profiles such as Internet, Game, Text, Movie etc but I wanted to know if it makes any difference if I put it into one of the other modes while editing photos?
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sRGB is fine. It’s the universal color space for the web, email and home printing. Mst photo labs and shops also use sRGB. If you also set your camera to sRGB you will get total consistency.
Use either Auto Smart fix or the other fix options individually. If you don’t like a look when you’ve applied a fix press Ctrl+Z or the undo button to go back one step.

PSE8/Vista: Can I do a mass smart-fix on all/selected files in a folder?

I'm running PSE8 under Vista Home Premium.
I would like to transmit many files to a print shop (Walgreens, Ritz, etc.) but they do not offer the ability to automatically enhance (smart-fix) each file, so I have to do it at home before transmission.
Is there a [simple] procedure that would smart-fix a bunch of photos in one fell swoop rather than individually?

Barb,
In another thread, PS.com Mark says,
"You can apply Auto Smart Fix to multiple photos from the Organizer; control-click the photos to multi select, and choose the Edit > Auto Smart Fix (control Alt M) menu command; the program will rip through them, one at a time, until they are all done."
Comment?

When I am in Edit, why are Smart Fix and Balance unavailable to me?

When I am in Edit, why are Smart Fix and Balance unavailable to me?

I don't know what you mean by balance, since there's nothing by that name in PSE. If you go to the Enhance Menu do you mean that Auto Smart Fix and Adjust Smart Fix are grayed out? If so, go to Image>Mode and be sure you have an RGB file and that it's 8 bits.

Premiere elements 12 auto smart tone -- no grid appears

I select a video clip in the timeline.
I click on "Adjust" & then "Auto Smart Tone" & then "apply" -- nothing happens & "reset" remains grayed out.
I click on "Custom" -- nothing happens & "reset" remains grayed out.
I click on the preview screen & a circle with crossed lines appears in the center of the screen.
Right click on that & I can set "safety margins" or move the entire preview screen around.
But I haven't been able to make "auto smart tone" work like any of the tutorials demonstrate.

Thank you. This was my first time posting ANY thing ANY where on the internet EVER …..
I did my best trying to find the answer via FAQs & searching the net (did find an answer to one question that way – re “keying”)
I have posted to the other location & bookmarked it so I can find it if ever needed again: http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements?view=discussions#/
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Auto Smart Tone Going Dark For Part of Clip

Hi,
I'm a new user of Adobe Premiere Elements. I have version 13 installed on a PC running Windows 7 32bit.
I have a problem that hopefully someone can help me with.
I have put a clip onto the timeline and then run the Auto Smart Tone and used its custom feature to brighten the clip. The problem I have is that certain parts of the clip stay dark. This happens when the video is played in the preview window and when the project is rendered and the final output played in an external player.
This clip has text overlayed in certain parts of it and further investigation has shown that the areas of the clip that are dark are some but not all of the areas with overlayed text. Furthermore when I click into the overlayed text to edit it the dark section of the clip that it is associated with the text being edited then brightens in the preview window the correct amount to match the rest of the clip on the timeline. As soon as I exit out of the text editing that section of the clip goes dark again.
If anyone can shed any light on what the problem is and how I can fix it it would be greatly appreciated. The problem may be a simple error I'm making as a result of my inexperience of using the programme.
Many Thanks
Gavin

Gavin
What version of Premiere Elements are you using on your Windows 7 32 bit computer?
A just in case question....have you reset the learning preference for the Auto Smart Tone feature?
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/using/autosmart.html
Please see Edit Menu/Preferences/General and the "Clean Auto Smart Tone Learning" there.
I still have not factored in your observation
when I click into the overlayed text to edit it the dark section of the clip that it is associated with the text being edited then brightens in the preview window the correct amount to match the rest of the clip on the timeline. As soon as I exit out of the text editing that section of the clip goes dark again.
ATR

Auto Smart Tone no longer changes the image (custom mode) when I click on the sample corner image

I open a new project in Adobe Premiere Elements 13 APE13 and add a raw data file (converted movie). I trim the frames I don’t want out and then click on Auto Smart Tone so that I can correct the problems with the film clip. I choose custom and Adobe opens the screen with the 4 small sample picture images in the corners of a frame. I notice that there are 2 messages in the upper left corner. “Your clip has been divided into visually similar Scenes.” And “Auto Smart Tone has already corrected all of your Scenes. You can fine tune the results if needed, and Auto Smart will learn from your adjustments.” When I click on any of the four corners the grid in the middle comes up and moves to the corner selected. The picture in the middle does not change. I couple of projects back I did the same thing and the frame/scene changed to look like the image in the selected corner. I like the results I saw in the corners and clicking on them and moving the like cursor in the grid allowed me to adjust the image slightly. Why, is this now not working? Is it because AST is automatically setting the new film to the old settings (why I get the message that it has already corrected the scene)? I don’t want the auto correction. How do I get rid of the corrections to allow this feature to work as it did in the past?

davidalankordik
Thanks for the reply with the interesting yet troublesome current situation.
If the old will not do what it was doing presently, let us try the following first, that is, deletion of the Adobe Premiere Elements Pref file, and, if that does not work, the whole 13.0 Folder in which the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file exists...in your Windows 7 64 bit
Local Disc C
Users
Owner
AppData
Roaming
Adobe
Premiere Elements
13.0
and in the 13.0 Folder is the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file that you delete. And, if that does not work, then delete the whole 13.0 Folder in which it exists.
Be sure to be working with Folder Option Show Hidden Files, Folders, and Drives disabled so that you can see the complete path cited.
Please let us know if the above impacted the Auto Smart Tone interaction with your files brought into it.
Another, sort of way out thought, make a copy of one of your files (one from good before but not now, and one from newer batch with just the bad) and rename the copy of each.
Import the newly named files in the feature and observe the results.
We will be watching for your results.
Thanks.
ATR

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