Bit mapped PNG files as MC's?

Hello List.
I posted this in the ActionScript 3 forum accidently.
I have a simple question I'm hoping someone can help with.
Can imported graphics be used as move clips? Running through
some tutorials, they all use libraries with vector graphics. I have
some small PNG's I imported but as they are bit maps, they don't
allow me to select them as movie clips. They just show up as bit
maps.
Am I forced to use Trace Bitmap to convert to a vector...I
would prefer to use the bit mapped PNG if I can.
Thanks in advance.

if you need to work with a movie clip, you can simply put the
png inside a movie clip. (select the PNG graphic, and click F8 -
Convert to symbol)

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Adobe Photoshop Version: 2014.0.0 20140508.r.58 2014/05/08:23:59:59 x64
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:13, Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, HyperThreading
Physical processor count: 12
Logical processor count: 24
Processor speed: 1995 MHz
Built-in memory: 40886 MB
Free memory: 32498 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 37132 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 70 %
3D Multitone Printing: Disabled.
Touch Gestures: Disabled.
Windows 2x UI: Disabled.
Image tile size: 1024K
Image cache levels: 4
Font Preview: Huge
TextComposer: Latin
Display: 1
Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1080, right=1920
Display: 2
Display Bounds: top=0, left=-1360, bottom=768, right=0
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OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
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License Type: Subscription
Serial number: 96040035116912554961
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2014\
Temporary file path: C:\Users\JOHNJM~1\AppData\Local\Temp\
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
F:\, 465.2G, 171.9G free
C:\, 224.2G, 103.8G free
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   dvametadataapi.dll   photoshopdva   8.0.0
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   Accented Edges 15.0
   Adaptive Wide Angle 15.0
   Angled Strokes 15.0
   Average 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
   Bas Relief 15.0
   BMP 15.0
   Camera Raw 8.5
   Camera Raw Filter 8.5
   Chalk & Charcoal 15.0
   Charcoal 15.0
   Chrome 15.0
   Cineon 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
   Clouds 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
   Collada 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
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   Colored Pencil 15.0
   CompuServe GIF 15.0
   Conté Crayon 15.0
   Craquelure 15.0
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   FastCore Routines 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
   Fibers 15.0
   Film Grain 15.0
   Filter Gallery 15.0
   Flash 3D 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
   Fresco 15.0
   Glass 15.0
   Glowing Edges 15.0
   Google Earth 4 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
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   Graphic Pen 15.0
   Halftone Pattern 15.0
   HDRMergeUI 15.0
   IFF Format 15.0
   Ink Outlines 15.0
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   Kurtosis 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
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   Lens Correction 15.0
   Lens Flare 15.0
   Liquify 15.0
   Matlab Operation 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
   Maximum 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
   Mean 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
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   Median 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
   Mezzotint 15.0
   Minimum 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
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   Paths to Illustrator 15.0
   PCX 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
   Photocopy 15.0
   Photoshop 3D Engine 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
   Photoshop Touch 14.0
   Picture Package Filter 15.0 (2014.0.0 x001)
   Pinch 15.0
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   Pointillize 15.0
   Polar Coordinates 15.0
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   Radial Blur 15.0
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   GREYCstoration NO VERSION
   ICO (Windows Icon) NO VERSION
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   ScriptListener 13.0
   StarFilter Pro 3 3.0.3.0
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Flash:
   Adobe Kuler
Installed TWAIN devices: NONE
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Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:13, Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, HyperThreading
Physical processor count: 12
Logical processor count: 24
Processor speed: 1995 MHz
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Free memory: 34153 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 37150 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 90 %
Image tile size: 1028K
Image cache levels: 4
Font Preview: Extra Large
TextComposer: Latin
Display: 1
Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1080, right=1920
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Display Bounds: top=0, left=-1360, bottom=768, right=0
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OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
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OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: True.
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License Type: Subscription
Serial number: 96040035116912554961
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\
Temporary file path: C:\Users\JOHNJM~1\AppData\Local\Temp\
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
E:\, 3.64T, 3.22T free
F:\, 465.2G, 171.9G free
C:\, 224.2G, 104.4G free
Required Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\Required\Plug-Ins\
Primary Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\
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Why is it that Photoshop Elements takes a very long time to open a png file?

Even though I wait for a very long time (minutes) for Photoshop Elements 11 to open a PNG file, the computer's process monitor shows nothing discernible going on while I am waiting.
This is on a Windows 7 machine with an Intel I7 4 core processor.

I killed Firefox and Thunderbird and tried it again. Using a stopwatch, it took 5 minutes 54 seconds to open the file. In the interim the application windows were frozen. The process monitor showed Photoshop not responding. The thread analysis showed a thread waiting on splwow64.exe.
splwow64.exe allows 32-bit applications to connect with the 64-bit printer spooler service on x64 Windows builds.
I should also point out that when I exit Photoshop, it does not seem to die. I cannot restart it in the normal way. The starter software just goes away when I click on PE 11. I finally fo into the task monitor and kull the PhotoshopElements process. Then I can restart Photoshop Elements. Although after a long time since I exited PE while I was writing this post, I then just tried opening PE the normal way and it worked. Many of these items I mention are probably red herrings.

SFTP sender to File receiver mapping of file names

My scenario is: sender channel = SFTP (Seeburger) transferring multiple PDF files to Receiver adapter File (NFS).
These PDF files need to have the same name as the original files from the sender (3rd party) system.
Because these files are being processed without an interface, I can't use UDF to help map the file names.
I've tried using Seeburger's localejbs/Seeburger/AttribMapper to map the names, as follows:
File (NFS) receiver channel config:
- ASMA boxes for 'Use Adapter-Specific Message Attributes' and 'File Name' are ticked
- Module localejbs/Seeburger/AttribMapper is on the first line in the module tab under processing sequence, with module key = AttributeMapper
- Under Module Configuration:
- Module Key = AttributeMapper
- Parameter Name = http://sap.com/xi/XI/System/File/FileName
- Parameter Value = @http://seeburger.com/xi/SFTP/dtSubject
(I haven't entered any attribute module config on the sender side)
This setup fails on the receiver side with the message 'Delivering the message to the application using connection File_http://sap.com/xi/XI/System failed, due to: com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.exception.RetryControlException: Channel stopped by administrative task.' (not very helpful!). All I can get from that is that it doesn't like my module configuration!
Can anyone help me understand the correct way to do the file name mapping for my specific scenario?
Regards,
Christine

We've got this working at last!
The main problem was indeed the missing .sca file from Seeburger: SeeModuleCollectionPI.sca
Our Basis team deployed this file this morning. After a bit of fiddling around with the attribute mapping, my test files were transferred successfully with their original names.
The config I ended up with is just as described in another forum post for SFTP to FTP, but I'll repeat it in more detail here:
Sender channel
Parameters tab:
Adapter Type = SFTP (Seeburger)
(sender, transport & message protocol = SFTP)
Scheduler = x in all appropriate days, with interval = 1 (minimum allowed)
(rest here is specific to your environment, but I set filename to *.pdf to get all .pdf files from the sender)
Module tab
Processing Sequence
Number Module Name                                          Type                                          Module Key
1            localejbs/Seeburger/AttribMapper          Local Enterprise Bean     AttribMapper
2            localejbs/Seeburger/solution/sftp           Local Enterprise Bean     solutionid
3            localejbs/CallSapAdapter                   Local Enterprise Bean     exit
Module Configuration
Module Key        Parameter Name                                               Parameter Value
AttribMapper          http://sap.com/xi/XI/System/File/FileName         @http://seeburger.com/xi/common/dtSubject
Receiver Channel
Parameters tab:
Adapter type = File
(receiver, with transport protocol File System (NFS), etc)
Target tab:
Target directory (set to your required PI server directory)
File Name Schema = * (can be anything, will be ignored)
Processing tab:
(your requirements-specific settings - mine were create, write directly, file type binary)
Advanced tab:
Under Adapter-Specific Message Attributes (ASMA):
tick the following:
Use Adapter-Specific Message Attributes
Fail If Adapter-Specific Message Attributes Missing
File Name
Modules tab:
Processing Sequence
Number Module Name                                          Type                                          Module Key
1            CallSapAdapter                                       Local Enterprise Bean     0
(nothing under Module Configuration)
Thanks to those who kindly took the time to try and help me, your suggestions pointed me at the real problem.
Christine

Unable to open PNG files "not the right kind of document"

I just noticed this error today when I tried to open several PNG files, some of which I created with Photoshop: "Could not complete your request because it is not the right kind of document".
I'm running Photoshop 9.0.2 on Windows XP Pro. Opening other file types (gif, jpg) works fine. I also noticed that in the save as dialog box that PNG is not a listed file type.

PNG certainly is listed as a file type. I have saved many of them using Save As, many quite recently, using PSCS3; and I just did a couple in PSCS2. Here's the Save As box in PSCS2 with an 8-bit flattened image being saved as PNG:
 
<a href="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1PSNAANh2tPbX1MMDLjmQLbHFqm91" /></a>
<img alt="Picture hosted by Pixentral" src="http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1PSNAANh2tPbX1MMDLjmQLbHFqm91_thumb.png" border="0" />
 And here's the Save As box in CS2 with a 16-bit layered image being saved as PNG:
 
<a href="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=145dp6qArIbj9k8JG23J1jGojM4imR1" /></a>
<img alt="Picture hosted by Pixentral" src="http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/145dp6qArIbj9k8JG23J1jGojM4imR1_thumb.png" border="0" />
 
 Both PNG images opened properly. The second one opened as 16-bit, flattened (layers aren't preserved in PNG).
 
 And both of the above images were Saved As PNG from PSCS2, also.

Best Practice for Many Complex Elements In One PNG File

I use Fireworks all the time, but I'm still embarrasingly ignorant on how to do some things property.
For instance, when I do mockups of a new customers homepage, there may be many small or medium sized complex objects on the page. By "objects" I mean like lots of modules advertising their different services, and each module has its own graphics, text, backgrounds, etc all with lots of different effects applied.
Should all of these things reside in one large png file, or does Fireworks offer some way for me to create some of these as separate png files and just drop an "instance" of them into the main file? I read something about adding files to the Common Library, but I will only need these files for one single customer so that may be overkill.
Or do I even need to worry about separating them at all and should just continue having everything for a single customer in one big single png file?
Please let me know if my question is not clear.

In reading a bit further, it looks like a good option for me might be to just select everything that makes up a specific module and just "group" it. That way I can move it around and turn it off and on easier.
So I'm thinking that unless theres something Im going to reusing more than once in a document (which in this case I'm not) then its fine to have everything all in one png? And the only time I use the Common/Document Library is when i'm reusing things?
I'm just trying to wrap my head around what all my options are in Fireworks, as so far my experience is limited to just dragging around rectangles and shapes and stuff on one single canvas to create website mockups.

Why can't I save as my photoshop cs4 file to .png file? I don't see any option now?

Hi,
why can't I save as my photoshop cs4 file to .png file? I don't see any option for saving .png in Save As diolog box now? It was working fine until yesterday. Neither I can open a .png file nor save my psd file to png file?
Please help. I am using Microsoft Window XP Professional and Photoshop CS4.

In Photoshop CS4, .png open/save support was provided by a plug-in. It is possible the plug-in has been deleted or moved, or has become unavailable to Photoshop because of a change in file protections.
Do you have the file PNG.8BI on your system. It should be here on a 32 bit Windows system:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Plug-ins\File Formats\PNG.8BI
-Noel

Photoshop CS2 Cannot read PNG files--"Not Enough Memory"

Hi! I have a bit of a problem. I've scoured the interwebs for days but can't find a solution.
My copy of PSCS2 was able to open PNGs in the past, but it just up and decided it doesn't want to anymore. I'm serious--I can't think of any major overhaul or anything I did to cause it, but now it won't read them correctly. It says there's "not enough memory," which doesn't really make sense, when I have a Macbook Pro and nothing running in the background. On top of that, the particular files I've been trying to open are barely 100kb. I've used canvases upwards of ten thousand square pixels in dimension with no problem.
This is with any PNG file. It's not an "incorrect extension" problem, because I made these files and just need to reopen them to edit things.
Here are some screenshots that show what's been happening; nothing exciting, but just in case someone notices something I don't:
That's the picture I want to open.
And that's what pops up.
:/ I'm a little dumbfounded. Halp?

Now, this is strange.
I restarted my computer and now the message has changed--to a simple one, but albeit still confusing.
Sigh.
I didn't do anything but restart my computer.

Exporting Layers to PNG files using each layer name to create the file name??

Hi All
I'm trying to sort the following problem and was hoping somebody here could help with a scripting solution - my knowledge extends as far as actions unfortunately - which I don't think is appropriate for this.
I've created a User interface in Illustrator with many layers and have exported this as a psd with layers.
Basically what i'm wanting to do is export every layer as a png file while using the layer name to create the file name - each layer needs to be clipped.
There is no transparency in the png.
I've run the export to files script - but the names are too long and there is no anti aliasing.
I've tried running a script from Illustrator - but it doesn't see sub layers - and doesn't name the layers.
any help would be appreciated.
thanking you in advance
regards
nate

Hi,
We just released this tool: FERRY (http://ferry.thedamarmada.com). It does exactly what you want and a little bit more.
I think it's worth it a try.
It comes with a free demo that will export 5 layers.
Take a look and let us know if it's what you need.
It could be easily tweaked.
Jordi

Placing a PNG file with transparency

If I have a psd / Png file on Photoshop that has text with no background (transparent), and I do a Place of that file into Illustrator, I get a white background in additiotion to the Text.
How do I stop the white background from placing withing the Illustrator? I have Illustrator CS3 and Photoshop CS3
Thanks in advance.
Bob

Half a decade later, I am getting the same problem as the original poster (although I am using Illustrator CC 64bit on Windows 8).
I am trying to 'place' a PNG graphic in Illustrator, The PNG has a transparent background, which is being honoured fine in other programs (e.g. web browsers - even in its icon in Windows Explorer).
However when I place it in Illustrator, the transparency doesn't work: instead the background is displayed as an opaque colour. It stays that way if I output to a PDF from Illustrator.
The PNG in question is a 'paletted' type (I think it has a palette of 256 colours) - one of which is set to be transparent.
Does Adobe Illustrator not support transparency in paletted PNG files?
(I'm aware that you can generate a 24-bit PNG with the transparency done as an 'alpha channel'), but this is wasteful for many simple types of graphic, creating a much bigger PNG file size.

IMac boots to bit-mapped rows of diaganol lines across screen & then freeze

Im not sure where to post this. Unsure if it's a start-up or a display problem - or both ...
A friend of mine was trying to install boot camp on her 17" Early 2006 but the installation failed half-way through ...
Now, when the machine is switched back on - serious square or bit-mapped looking rows of diagonal lines appear from top to bottom on the screen at 30mm gaps ... it boots up OK to the grey Apple Screen with the spinning cog below - then the lines disappear and the blue start-up screen - looks like it's about to show the 'Starting Mac OS X' window - but then stops - and the cursor changes to a weird rectangular mess - and nothing else happens ... the cursor still moves - so I know the system is not completely frozen - it just won't boot past the blue screen ...
The only way I can get it to boot to the desktop is in Safe Mode (shift key at start-up) - but it boots all the way with the diagonal lines.
Here's what I have tried so far ...
* - reset pram
* - targeted it to another intel mac and used Disk Utility to zero the hard disk to a single Mac OS Extended (journaled) partition (erasing the previous XP portion created by the botched Boot Camp assistant).
* - a clean install of Mac OS X.4.6 via a 'C' boot.
* - restarted into safe mode holding the 'shift' key to get to the desktop.
* - run software update to see if there were any new EFI or Firmware updates.
all to no avail ...
I have also scanned the Apple downloads pages and here in the discussions.
And also the Boot Camp discussions - I can find only one other post with a similar issue - but there is no 'fix' or solution posted ...
My hunch is the firmware has been affected by the boot camp installer - or something to do with the EFI parameters on the video board.
I have tried everything Apple suggests - including an attempt to reinstall the firmware via a hard press of the power button and inserting a special install firmware install CD from Apple downloads - but I can't get the firmware bar to load at start up ...
If I try reinstalling the latest firmware update - I get a message saying "Your Firmware is up to date' - or 'This update is not needed on this machine' ...
Q: Is there a stand-alone installer that will reinstall the firmware - without doing a version check - and just do a fresh firmware install ... ?
Does anyone know a way around the version check.
I am convinced this issue is a software/firmware related problem - I sense the EFI settings have screwed up the video settings on the board - and I all i want to do is refresh them.
It's still under it's initial 1 year warranty - but I'm not sure a botched Boot Camp install is covered ...
Sorry for the long post - but I'm hoping a nice apple guru can help me out with this 'very hairy' problem ..
... macfinger - auckland city
17" intel imac early 2006 1.8GHZ 512RM

OK - here's the result of the rows of diagonal lines across the screen on the 17" Intel Core Duo iMac, which I posted last week ...
The logic board was definitely faulty - it could not be repaired by firmware or otherwise ... the service centre was very vague about which area or part of the board failed - but I suspect it was the embedded video board or VRAM ...
(actually - I still reckon it was a botched firmware - but seeing as Apple's 'Open Firmware' is nor strictly 'Closed Firmware' .... there was no way of actually testing that theory for sure ...
From what my friend has told me - she said this fault was the result of a botched Boot Camp XP installation when loading the Windows drivers from the Mac generated Drivers Install CD which froze - and then trying to boot back into Mac OS X by doing a hard restart, after it failed ...
A message to any future readers of this post:
If your machine shows signs of of the above symptoms - you'll have to return it to an Authorised Apple Service Centre to have the logic board replaced (hopefully under warranty) ...
BE SURE AND BACK UP ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL USER DATA FIRST - AS THERE WILL BE NO GUARANTEE YOUR USER FOLDER WILL BE RETAINED WHEN YOU GET YOUR MACHINE BACK ...
You can still access your HD by doing a safe boot: hold the 'Apple' & 'S' keys immediately after you hear the start-up 'chimes' ....
Once you're back to your desktop - use your machines internal CD-RW/DVD to copy your files to disk ... it's a bit tricky with all the lines across the screen - but persevere - 'cause that's what we did - and we know it can be done.
Good luck ...

Saving same png file gives me image with 10x smaller size

Hi.
I would appriciate if someone explained me what I'm doing wrong.
I have a png image, of 256x128 size. It has 8bits per pixel for color. Now this image's size is 97kB. I open it in photoshop, I save it as different png file, and then... this image is 7kB of size.
Can someone tell me what's wrong, or what I'm doing wrong?
Lucas

Ok guys, thanks a lot for patience. Below is the main cause why I started this topic, but I still can't figure it out. I thought the loss of size is the cause, but you say it's not :/
I'm not that skilled as you guys, so that's the primary reason why I'm here. I will be really gratefull if someone could give me a hint here, or some small help.
To cut to the chase, I'm trying to use a program that creates graphics for older games. This program edits particular files, that have different resolutions and different number of bits per pixel. The problem I have however is the transparency and color palette, as I never had dealings with that. The problem is, that someone created before a pictures that are very smooth, and this seems to be the cause of very smart using of transparency levels, for different colors in the palete. However, I have no idea how to achieve the same effect, I tried many things, but still can't figure this out. I will try to ilustrate the problem below.
Below is a screenshot from this application
[img]http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5396/41135434.png[/img]
On the right is the picture that is the root of my question here. It has to be in the format with palette of collors in amount of 16, although I have no idea where it stores the alpha channel information, as there are 4 bits for color per pixel. Well anyways, you can see on the right top corner the palette. It basicaly has only the shades of gray in this case. I can switch now to the alpha channel mask, and this is what I get:
[img]http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4089/69176653.png/img]
You can see that each of the colors in the palette has different alpha values. Now what I tried is, I exported the image, I opened it with photoshop, saved it, imported it in the program, and guess what I found in the alpha channel mask:
[img]http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/7104/51957014.png[/img]
All the information of the alpha channel for each color is gone!
Here are the examples with more colors(256):
[img]http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2108/84834785.png[/img]
The alpha channel mask
[img]http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/4944/25526459.png[/img]
And now, I do the same as before, export it, save it in photoshop, and guess what, all the info is gone again:
[img]http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/8991/50003321.png[/img]
Now loosing this information is not a problem, as I will be inputting different pictures, but my question is, how I can achieve the same effect in photoshop for my images that I will try to import. I would love to have as smooth edges as they are seen on those examples above.

PDF viewing is bit-mapping with new Retina laptop

I have a new Retina MacBook Pro and when I opened a PDF, it is displaying bit-mapped or "crunchy" looking. Do I need to change settings in Acrobat CC?... or in my Mac System Preferences somewhere?

If the mountain does not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad goes to the mountain.
On this basis I wrote a short perl script that increments a number, and constructs a new
filename from the original filename and the incremented number.
Then it copies the original file to the new name and runs Reader or Preview on the new file.
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Photoshop CC saves PNG files bigger than some PNG-specific tools

Hey,
as a web-developer i'm working with PNG files alot. Since the release of Photoshop CC i always need to go back to CS6 for saving what i did in CC. I thought maybe it's just an early bug which will be fixed soon but still nothing and annoying. Maybe i missed something and there is a benefit in this bigger files? So here is a short discription...
When saving a PNG file
( file > save as > PNG > Compression: Smallest/Slow and Interlaced: None )
the files saved in Photoshop CC are about 17kb bigger compared to the saving in Photoshop CS6
A former 0,3kb PNG file gets saved with 17kb in Photoshop CC.
I use the English Windows 64bit Version of Photoshop CS6 and CC.
A fix would be very appreciated.
Screenshot of both files:
Thanks,
Bye!

Chris and Idothings:
Here's a quick example that explains what I am talking about:
Download this 32bit png, and open in Photoshop:
http://www.estructor.biz/testje/heading.psd
In Photoshop, the only options in the save for web dialog I have for png are these:
and
Since I require the alpha channel to remain intact, I am forced to export to a 32bit png (png-24 with transparency checked). Png-8 would be a much better choice, since this image could be optimized with a limited colour palette, but Photoshop does not allow a full alpha channel to be included in that case. In short, a pixel's transparency is either on or off in 8bit png mode.
In Photoline I can choose a png with 32768 colours and full alpha transparency. This reduces the file size while I retain full visual quality.
Fireworks offers us an additional option:
Png 8 bit with Alpha Transparency. This gives us the power of full transparency and a limited index-based colour pallette. It also results in a much reduced file size.
Unfortunately, Fireworks' colour reduction algoritms are quite old, and you cannot really choose 128 colours: it wrecks the quality (in this case, at least). With manual colour choices this could be improved, but the time this would take kinda defeats the purpose of having a web optimization tool.
One other disadvantage to Fireworks: no further development. Adobe killed it.
Often 256 indexed colours are not enough. Color Quantize goes one step further, and allows for a limited colour palette of 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096:
This gives a web front end developer an incredible control over a limited colour palette, and yields the best balance between file size and visual quality, while retaining a full alpha channel. Color Quantizer also includes a very simple quality mask brush tool to paint over areas that must remain identical in quality. The colour reduction algoritms are top-notch, so with the sample image even 128 colours are visually quite acceptable.
Final results:
Photoshop: full 32bit png - 254kb
Photoline: 32768 colours 32bit png - 207kb
Photoline: 256 colours 32bit png - 170kb
Fireworks: 256 colour 8bit png + 8bit alpha channel - 54kb
Color Quantizer: 256 colour 8bit png + 8bit alpha channel: 50kb
Color Quantizer: 128 colour 8bit png+ 8bit alpha channel: 41kb
Do I really have to explain any further? You'd have to be mad as a hatter to continue to use Photoshop for png optimization once you start to realize how limited its png output options are. Luckily, Color Quantizer (and ImageAlpha for mac) is completely free: so export to a 32bit png, and optimize in those.It will save a LOT of bandwidth.
Chris, you are correct in stating the png export options have not changed since v5.5 - it shows. Photoshop is stuck in the nineties as far as web export is concerned.
Oh, and one more thing: Photoline, Color Quantizer and ImageAlpha offer a wealth of dithering algoritms. While Photoshop users are limited to diffusion, pattern and noise, in Color Quantizer I have six different options plus other options to control the final colour reduction.
PS I could not check ImageAlpha for the mac, since I work on a WIndows machine at home. In my classes I do demonstrate ImageAlpha to the students, and it gives comparable results to Color Quantizer (since both use, I believe, the same colour reduction algoritms) at a low 128 colours. I recall a file size of around 46kb.

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