Bridge displaying random image

I have a MacPro with 10.5.2 and CS3. I work mostly in the Horizontal Filmstrip mode and I am having serious issues with previews. I click on a thumbnail and a random image from a completely different folder shows in the large window. Anyone else have this issue? Suggestions? Thanks.

Yes, Scott is right. We either put up with spurious thumbnails or with blurry previews. Obviously the latter is the lesser of the two evils.
After
UNchecking High-quality Previews in Bridge, you need to quit and re-launch Bridge, then painstakingly Purge the Cache for each darned folder, one by one, through the Tools menu in Bridge.
DO NOT use the global Purge Cache command because that one is broken. If you use it, the cache will NOT rebuild properly.
Unfortunately, I've given up all hope of Adobe fixing it, as CS4 is around the corner, a version to which I have no plans to upgrade. :/

Similar Messages

Bridge displays incorrect image previews! (Bridge 2.1.1.9)

Hello,
I am running Bridge CS3 2.1.1.9 on Windows XP SP2 fully patched. I intermittently see a problem where when browsing directories containing Nikon Raw files (NEF) from the D300, Bridge displays the wrong preview image for the file I select. For example, if I click on an image icon in one directory, the preview displayed is for a file in a different directory.
I've tried clearing the cache, etc, and nothing seems to change this.
Is this a known bug and/or is there a workaround I can use?
Thanks
-Bill
p.s. this is in addition to the fact that Bridge crashes every few minutes when I run it, so I find myself needing to restart it routinely during each working session.

Check out these 2 posts to see if they help.
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b516f6/4
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b51375/1

Display random image

Hey all. Creating my first form in LiveCycle. Haven't a clue as to what I'm doing... maybe someone can help.
I don't know javascript, so I usually just use trial and error until I figure it out... but I just can't get this to work.
I have 20 images on my form (named ImageField#hg), invisible. I want to display a random image when I click a button.
Here is the code I thought would work.... it's placed in the Click script section on a button.
var one = "ImageField";
var two = "hg";
var rannumb = Math.floor(Math.random() * 19+1);
var showg = one + rannumb + two;
showg.presence = "visible";
If I test the output in a text box, I get ImageField#hg (# being the random number), so why doesn't it actually execute the .presence action?
Thank you.
-James

I've been trying to change my thinking on this and came up with different code, but it still won't work properly.
This frist script actually does change the images to visible... however, it's processing the variable for some reason and both images become visible on click. I didn't know variable would do anything unless called.
var one = ImageField1hg.presence = "visible";
var two = ImageField2hg.presence = "visible";
var rannumb = Math.floor(Math.random() * 19+1);
var newnumb = WordNum(rannumb);
testing.rawValue = newnumb; // test field to see output doesn't show anything
newnumb;
So I changed the script to the following and it does nothing.
var one = ImageField1hg.presence;
var two = ImageField2hg.presence;
var rannumb = Math.floor(Math.random() * 19+1);
var newnumb = WordNum(rannumb);
testing.rawValue = newnumb; // test field to see output doesn't show anything
newnumb = "visible";
Back to the drawing board...

Bridge displays color images as b&w

I assume this has something to do with settings in Bridge CS4, my platform is MacBook Pro OS 6.8.10.
This question might confuse some people. To beging with, I do shoot my images in RAW files, I even have Bridge convert them to DNG files.
Upon download the images are displayed in color as they should be for RAW files. After editing images in Camera RAW, I convert most all images to sRGB. When some of those edited images come back to Bridge, they might be presented in B&W, though no color is lost to the file upon displaying in Photoshop, and I did not edit the file to be a B&W image. I have DNG, Canon RAW, Tif and Jpeg files, and most of these are displayed in color, but some are not, and I have not figured out the missing link just yet. So to be clear, I have Jpeg color images, displaying as b&w images, but they are color images. Only b&w images should be displayed as b&w.
This problems started once I learned I could edit one image in photoshop out of a series of images, then after editing, i could bring the single photo file back to bridge, and then copy/paste image settings onto a groups of images in Bridge, and all those images would then have the same adjustments made to them as a batch edit adjustment.
But now sometimes I get a B&W display on some images even when I do not apply a Bridge settings edits, and when I never edited the image for a B&W display. I has to a setting somewhere in Bridge, and I just have not figured it out yet.
Thanks in advance for all suggestions:

ssprengel wrote:
Yammer asked a pertinent question that remains unanswered—is that “settings” badge (small lines-triangles-in-a-circle) shown on the B/W image thumbnails (at least). If you’re not sure, then include a screenshot of a few Bridge thumbnails where some are color and some are B/W, using the little camera icon on the web version of the forum messages.
And the answer is NO!. I only have those showing up associated with the .DNG files (Camera RAW)
Another similar question would be if you see a B/W thumbnail in Bridge, try doing a right-click (or whatever the Mac equivalent is) and choose Open in Camera Raw. Is the image in B/W or color in Camera Raw.
A <Control Click> (on MAC), opens the .jpeg file in b&w, as shown in the thumbnail.
Can you upload three versions of one of the images that display as B/W: the original PSD/raw/TIF file, a normal Save As JPG that is in color, and a Save For Web JPG that is B/W? Use something like http://www.dropbox.com/ and post a public download link to the images, here.
NO, I thought I explained that real well. Only the .jpeg file that was saved through the "Save for Web" processing ( that is, the a jpeg the goes through greater compression to reduce image file size for web display), is the image file process that produces the b&w thumbnail in Bridge ONLY. All opened images, of various file formats (ie: DNG, Psd, Tif, Jpeg, & Jpeg for Web), all present Color presentations (for editing in Photoshop, and or in display browsers). It is only the thumbnail of that particular jpeg formatting processing for Web Images that produces the b&w image "THUMBNAIL" in Bridge.
When you Save As JPG or For Web, are you ever overwriting the original image with a new one or do you always save the PS-edited image with a new name?
No, never. I leave my RAW files, as RAW originals, and work on newly names images files.
A theory about what is happening is that Bridge uses Camera Raw to generate its thumbnails, and the images that are B/W have some embedded Camera Raw setting, perhaps pasted from a different filetype, that makes CR think the image should be rendered as B/W, but when you open the images on Photoshop, you are opening them directly, without using the Camera Raw plug-in, so any embedded settings are ignored, and the image displays in its original state without the settings having been applied.
It makes since, (what you are saying), and it certainly does respond in that fashion. Your suggestion to open Ctrl Click, or Right Click to open the thumbnail in Camera RAW, was an interesting test, and the response was to open the previously save color image with a b&w thumbnail, into Camera RAW as a b&w image. So Camera RAW is responding to what is in the xmp settings that describes this images thumbnail to be displayed b&w. It is weird that a browser does not.
As to what is in the window selections for the "Save for Web" editing windows, Presets for jpeg are :
Progressive
Optimize
Embed Color Profile
And I use Embed Color Profile.
Even the Preview button at the bottom of the window, shows the color image as displaying color.
I vaguely remember about a year ago doing some CS 4 Photoshop and Bridge web tutorials from an unnamed tutoring website and guy named D_k_ . It is his fault. Just kidding, I actually enjoy those tutorial.
**** Okay, this is perhaps originating from Camera RAW presets, where you can apply previously made settings to other images and then saved them as Presets. Though I don't have this checked in Camera RAW ( still something goofy is going on there), I did find that in Bridge I can reset the individual "saved for Web" image thumbnail back to the the color image by :
Right Click (Ctrl Click, MAC) on the thumbnail
menu down to the "Development Settings" and select :
"Previous Conversion", and this presents the color thumbnail.
I have now tested all the Camera RAW settings in Camera RAW, by opening an image in each one of these :
Image Settings
Camera RAW Defaults
Previous Conversion
Custom Settings
and then reducing image file size, and saving for the web, while changing file name, and each and every one of these Settings produces a Sepia Toned thumbnail. I found out the images were a subtle Sepia Toned image by enlarging the Bridge Thumbnails bigger for a better view. So I can correct the thumbnail after it has been created, but so far, I can't get the thumbnail to be correct on first creation of the web saved jpeg image file. Regular jpeg image file thumbnails save correctly.

Display Random Images in Website

I'm looking for a relatively simple way to randomize images
in a website. This would appear in the same spot on each web page.
I'm not a strong code-writer (yet). Thansk!

"tspencer" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:g3gd7h$34o$[email protected]..
> I'm looking for a relatively simple way to randomize
images in a website.
> This would appear in the same spot on each web page.
>
> I'm not a strong code-writer (yet). Thansk!
This guy sells a good script for this for $9.95 -
http://www.kaosweaver.com/extensions/details.php?id=5
It might be worth the $10, since it'll be way easier than
finding and
installing a free script.
Patty Ayers | www.WebDevBiz.com
Free Articles on the Business of Web Development
Web Design Contract, Estimate Request Form, Estimate
Worksheet

Random images display strong yellow/green cast

system - 24" intel iMac, 3ghz, 2gb, 500bg hd, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS with 512MB memory, OS 10.5.4. Just purchased.
System runs fine, and I love the machine. Problem is random images, jpegs, raw, illustrator files, display an awful yellowish tint, both in the preview and when opened in PS or preview. Just random, sometimes a whole folder of images, sometimes just a few. I, of course tested some of the same images on another mac, and they viewed correctly. If I save a copy to the desktop, the icon looks correct, but when opened it looks like puke. Also happens in front row when displaying certain album covers and video trailer art.
Anyone else run into this?
-h

Hello Double H Media
Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Unfortunately the OP and others appear to have the same issue possibly related to the GeForce 8800 GS, see the following thread!
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7224138&#7224138
Dennis

Random display of images!!

Hi
I'm following the previous post and accordingly i was able to display a image on the iView.
Now I've a list of images
say image1.jpg, image2.jpg, image3.jpg and so on..
Now i want to pick any one of them and display any one of them. how do i go about this.
Following is the code which i wrote can't find the error in it.
<script type="javascript">
var images = new Array();
images[0] = "/images/birds.jpg";
images[1] = "/images/child.jpg";
images[2] = "/images/dolphin1.jpg";
images[3] = "/images/dolphin2.jpg";
images[4] = "/images/fish.jpg";
images[5] = "/images/kayak.jpg";
images[6] = "/images/man.jpg";
images[7] = "/images/pasture1.jpg";
images[8] = "/images/pasture2.jpg";
images[9] = "/images/pasture3.jpg";
images[10] = "/images/runner.jpg";
var rannum = Math.floor(Math.random()*11)
var choice = images[rannum];
</script>
<% String image2 = componentRequest.getWebResourcePath() + "/images/insidetrack3.gif"; %>
<% String image1 = componentRequest.getWebResourcePath() + "/images/pasture1.jpg";%>
<IMG SRC="<%=image1%>" WIDTH="340" HEIGHT="238" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left">
<IMG SRC="<%=image2%>" WIDTH="360" HEIGHT="238" BORDER="0">
can anyone help me out.
Thanks in advance
Srikant

Hi,
what are you trying to achieve?
You render static images on the page and some JavaScript
that holds a collection of URL's to other images.
From this collection you basically pick 1 with the Math.random() call and store the url in a variable choice. Well... storing a URL string in a variable does usually not make any Image Object visible.
If you want to apply the image to an existing image on the page you have to do that via JavaScript,
basically like this:
<script type="javascript">
var images = new Array();
images[0] = "/images/birds.jpg";
images[1] = "/images/child.jpg";
images[2] = "/images/dolphin1.jpg";
images[3] = "/images/dolphin2.jpg";
images[4] = "/images/fish.jpg";
images[5] = "/images/kayak.jpg";
images[6] = "/images/man.jpg";
images[7] = "/images/pasture1.jpg";
images[8] = "/images/pasture2.jpg";
images[9] = "/images/pasture3.jpg";
images[10] = "/images/runner.jpg";
var rannum = Math.floor(Math.random()*11)
var choice = images[rannum];
<b>document.getElementById("myimage1").src=choice;
document.getElementById("myimage2").src=choice;</b>
</script>
<% String image2 = componentRequest.getWebResourcePath() + "/images/insidetrack3.gif"; %>
<% String image1 = componentRequest.getWebResourcePath() + "/images/pasture1.jpg";%>
<IMG <b>id=myimage1</b> SRC="<%=image1%>" WIDTH="340" HEIGHT="238" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left">
<IMG <b>id=myimage2</b> SRC="<%=image2%>" WIDTH="360" HEIGHT="238" BORDER="0">
If you like to do the random part on the server side you should also have you Array of URL's and the random call on the server side.
Best Regards
Martin

Using PHP to display semi-random images?

Hello,
I'm looking for help using PHP and MySQL to generate semi-random images on my web site. Here's what I'm trying to do: I have 60 images, but I only want to display 16 at a time (for examlpe http://artisdead.net/antelopegardens.php).
The way I imagine this is, the design has 16 image placeholders. I want Placeholder 1 (the first image) to randomally pull record ID 1, 2, or 3 from the SQL database, while Placeholder 2 pulls record ID 4-6, etc. It's important that one of the first 3 images displays first, while one of the second 3 images displays next, etc.
I've found various ways to randomize all the images, but I'm not understanding how to constrain the randomization the way I'm looking to. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Alamo_Melt wrote:
The way I imagine this is, the design has 16 image placeholders. I want Placeholder 1 (the first image) to randomally pull record ID 1, 2, or 3 from the SQL database, while Placeholder 2 pulls record ID 4-6, etc. It's important that one of the first 3 images displays first, while one of the second 3 images displays next, etc.
Before offering a possible solution, I should point out that your plan has a minor flaw. If you display only 16 images, and want the random choice to come from incremental sets of three, the maximum number you can have in your set is 48. The final 12 images will never be selected. For 60 images, you need 20 placeholders. The alternative is to have a total set of 64 images, and make the random choice come from incremental sets of four images.
With that caveat, here's how I would do it. The primary keys of your records might not be consecutive, particularly if records are deleted and new ones added, so it might be a good idea to have a separate column with consecutive numbers from 1 to the the maximum. To select random numbers from incremental groups of three, use the following:
$id = array();
$min = 1;
$max = 3;
for ($i = 0; $i < 16; $i++) {
// generate random number from current set
$id[$i] = mt_rand($min, $max);
// increment the minimum and maximum numbers for the next set
$min += 3;
$max += 3;
// join the selected values as a comma-separated string
$vals = implode(',', $id);
$sql = "SELECT image FROM images WHERE id IN ($vals)";
// excecute the SQL query

Random Image not displaying in Live View.

My page is at:
www.andrewjamesartist.co.uk
There's a random image script on the front page.
<img src="randomimages/rotate.php" alt="A Sample Image from the work of Andrew James" />
That's how it is placed in the page.
It shows in preview in browser and it's OK live but it doesn't show in LiveView.
I use a testing server set up with virtual hosts.
Martin

My page is at:
www.andrewjamesartist.co.uk
There's a random image script on the front page.
<img src="randomimages/rotate.php" alt="A Sample Image from the work of Andrew James" />
That's how it is placed in the page.
It shows in preview in browser and it's OK live but it doesn't show in LiveView.
I use a testing server set up with virtual hosts.
Martin

ACR 6.3RC still makes Bridge display some TIFFs & JPGs overexposed

I had the same problem with TIFFs & JPGs after upgrading from ACR 6.1 to 6.2. My system is Win 7x64 and, of course, PsCS5 and Bridge 4.0.39. This time the upgrade was from ACR 6.1 to 6.3RC. Not all images are affected. The problem seems to be entirely random. The amount of overexposure seems to be in the order of 1 to 2 stops. The problem is limited in this way for me:
1. All the affected images display correctly exposed when opened in Ps and ACR 6.3RC (and ACR 6.2) hosted by Bridge.
2. Only TIFFs & JPGs (both B&W and Colour) "derived" ultimately from original TIFF scans (both B&W and Colour) made on a Nikon SuperCoolscan 5000 ED are affected. The original TIFF scans (99.99% are 16-bit) are all unaffected.
3. The problem does not occur with any TIFF or JPG file derived from native CRW or NEF raw files or from native JPG files produced in-camera (Canon EOS 300D and Nikon D700), all of which are themselves unaffected.
4. It does not matter were you might be in an image editing process. Some intermediate edits to TIFFs (I never make intermediate JPG edits) are affected, others are not. Editing might start with the TIFF and continue with edits to the TIFF, and only some of the subsequent TIFFs (or final JPGs derived from them) are affected. For example, there might be 6 distinct edits to a TIFF and only edits 3 through 6 are affected. Editing might procede immediately from the original TIFF scan to PSD, finalise with PSD, and then, AND sometimes only, any TIFF or JPG made from the final, flattened PSD produces a file which Bridge will display overexposed. Only some files in a batch of scans, all made at the same time and under exactly the same conditions (almost always with no adjustments made with the Nikon scanning software), are ever affected - never all of them.
5. Some of the edits to the original TIFF scans (where the edits were kept as TIFFs) were made with Picture Window Pro, some with Lightroom 1.3 (I think), some with ACR 4.x, ACR 5.x, but most were made with PS CS3, CS4 and CS5: it does not matter, there are some affected files from each. The problem certainly does occur with files which have never been opened, let alone edited, in any version of ACR.
6. I have several instances where simply making a copy of a TIFF scan in another folder (whether the copy was made by Bridge or with Windows Explorer has no influence) results in the copy only and not the original being displayed overexposed.
7. If a file is affected, all TIFFs AND all JPGs derived from it will be overexposed, never just one or the other.
The overexposure problem detailed above does not occur with ACR 6.1. All the files affected by ACR 6.2 and 6.3RC are displayed with correct exposure by Bridge when ACR 6.1 is installed.
I'm at a complete loss to understand what is going on. Any suggestions would be most welcome.
Has anyone else who was experiencing the Bridge/overexposure problem with either ACR 6.2 or 6.3RC found a solution?

This will be posted in both the ACR and Bridge User Forums
I've done some experimentation and found a workaround for, not the solution to, my problem with ACR 6.2 and 6.3RC causing Bridge to display random TIFFs and JPGs overexposed.
This is a temporary, and, if you have lots of affected files, a very laborious, individual file workaround. Unless Adobe investigates, finds and corrects the cause of the problem, it seems likely to re-occur. Only fixing the cause of the problem (which must lie in the new (different from ACR 6.1) code of ACR 6.2 and 6.3RC) could be be truly regarded as a solution.
Here is how I enabled Bridge to display my affected TIFFs and TPGs correctly, that is, with no amount of overexposure. These steps apply equally to B&W and Colour images.
For a 16-bit TIFF, duplicate it in Bridge (Edit/Duplicate) and then open the duplicate in ACR 6.2 or 6.3RC (ACR) hosted by Bridge. Make sure that all the sliders are zeroed in the Main panel and that the Amount slider in the Sharpening section of the Details panel is also set to zero (to avoid unwanted additional sharpening). Then open the image in Photoshop (Ps) and immediately save the image (Save As) over itself (yes, you're replacing the file) back in the folder from which you opened it into ACR, making sure to choose no compression. The resaved duplicate will now be displayed with its proper exposure in Bridge, and any further TIFFs or JPGs (whether 16-bit or 8-bit) derived from this file will also be displayed correctly. Following this procedure, my invariable experience is that I end up with a TIFF either the same size as or smaller than the affected TIFF.
Why no compression? Strangely, if you choose LZW compression (really the only logical alternative to "None") you end up with a larger file than you get with no compression. I have no idea why. Why not simply fix the affected file instead of a duplicate? No reason really, other than safety. If things go belly-up you still have your original, albeit, affected file. I also intend to keep my affected files for awhile just in case of some possible desire or need to re-examine them in the future.
For an 8-bit TIFF, although I don't have any which are affected, the procedure would be the same as for a 16-bit TIFF. You will need to conduct your own tests regarding compression/no compression and the resulting file size.
For a JPG, the procedure is pretty much the same (duplicating, opening in ACR, zeroing all sliders, opening in Ps and then saving over itself) but when saving try choosing Maximum Quality (12) which mostly, for me at least, produces a replacement JPG the same size as the original affected file. Of course, you can choose a greater level of compression if you wish, and my tests show that this will not adversely affect the outcome. You can use the replacement JPG to produce further, derivative 8-bit TIFFs or JPGs and all will display properly exposed in Bridge.

JPG won't display in Image box.

Trying to add a logo in JPG format to the top of the form using the Image control, but it won't display the image nor print it. If I use a GIF file it works fine, but looks horrible. I'm new at this, any ideas?

I finally figured it out after posting another frustrating comment to this thread. I can't take the credit, however, as it was quickly solved by Irv Kanode in another thread. I have copied his exact post below. It solved this issue in seconds:
ADOBE SUPPORT REPLY:
Irv Kanode - 4:15pm May 5, 06 PST (#1 of 2)
Check some of your JPEGs for CMYK vs RGB.
Might the ones that fail be CMYK and the ones that work be RGB?
When images don't work are you seeing a broken image icon or...?
Irv
Adobe Support
USER FOLLOWUP TO ADOBE SUPPORT SUGGESTION:
Kurt Wedberg - 5:27pm May 5, 06 PST (#2 of 2)
Irv,
Thanks for the reply. The images that didn't work were CMYK. When I converted to RGB they worked.
The images that didn't work were coming up with random grey scale colors.
Thanks again,
Kurt
Hope this helps everyone!

Pull random images from iPhoto library folders

I'm trying to come up with a script to pull random images from my iPhoto library and copy them to another folder that I can then use with another program (GeekTool) to display them on my desktop.
What I'd like to be able to do is pull 30-50 of these images at a time. I can use GeekTool to call the script at a given interval (eg. every half hour) and have a completely different set of images everytime the script is run.
I'm a complete obliviot when it comes to applescripting, so I'm at the mercy of the experts. I've managed to find a couple of scripts that can do something similar with the screensaver, but I'm unable to figure out the script enough to make it do what I need.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
brad

You should post your question on the iPhoto forum.
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=143
Make sure you post your question in the appropriate iPhoto forum based on which version of iPhoto you have (4, 5 or 6).

Choose random image script

I'm creating a small movie with a set of random images that all appear in the same spot (no horizontal or vertical movement). I want each image to appear onscreen for two seconds, then be replaced by another randomly-chosen image. There are 17 images in the set. Here is the script I'm using:
on enterFrame
channel=random(17)
_movie.delay(2*60)
on exitFrame
go to the Frame
end
This script works well. However, because the population is small - only 17 - what happens when I run the script is that a little too often it randomly chooses the same image once, twice, sometimes up to five times in a row, which gives the effect that the movie is either stuck or not working properly. I would like to find out how to modify the script so that on exitFrame it chooses randomly any of the other 16 images but not the current image. At first I thought if the script read random(16) or random(17-1) that might work, but it doesn't.
Any thoughts would be welcome.
Dallas

Hi Sean,
This randomizing project of mine is becoming more complex than I first realized and I now have another question that I hope you might be able to help me with.
The project breaks down into class, category, group and member. There are 9 classes (and perhaps a possibility in the future that further classes could be added). The structure and naming convention within each class is identical down to the member level. For example, Cat. 1 of Class 2 and Cat 1 of Class 7 both have the same names. Group 3 of Cat. 1 of Class 2 and Group 3 of Cat 1 of Class 6 both have the same names. However, the members of these groups do not have the same names.
In each class there are 4 categories, each with a different name. Each category contains a number of groups (each group has a different name). Each group contains a number of members. Each member in categories 1 and 2 is a bitmap image. The total number of bitmap members in the project is 21.
To give a fictionalized example (this project is not about clothing, but I'm using it as an example):
Class 1 = shirts
Class 2 = hats
Class 3 = pants
Class 4 = socks
Class 5 = shoes
etc.
Category 1 = British
Category 2 = Japanese
Category 3 = Turkish
Category 4 = Brazilian
Group 1 = Cotton
Group 2 = Synthetic
Group 3 = Speed
Group 4 = Sound
and so forth.
In Class 1 (shirts) there are British, Japanese, Turkish and Brazilian shirts and these could be made of either cotton or synthetic. In addition, there are a variety of speeds and sounds from which to choose when displaying the shirts.
In my project:
Cat. 1 has 7 groups and each group varies in the number of members with either 7, 14 or 21 (but no other alternative to these numbers).
Cat. 2 has 13 groups and each group has 7 members.
Cat. 3 does not randomize images but lets me choose any one of 12 different speeds for randomization in half-second increments.
Cat. 4 does not randomize images but lets me choose any one of 6 different sounds. Whenever the randomized image changes, this triggers the sound. The sound is not randomized but is consistent once the choice for what KIND of sound has been made. In short: tick, tick,tick, or tock, tock, tock but not tick, tock. It is possible that in the future more sounds could be added.
Navigation should allow me to start with any of the four categories. For randomization to work, I must choose within either Cat. 1 or Cat. 2 (but not both) and I must make a choice of some sort within Cat. 3 (speed of randomization) while Cat. 4 is entirely optional (sound on or off, but not required to be on and, if it's to be on then choice for which kind of sound).
There are also an additional two buttons for sound on or off than run the length of the score within any class, meaning that while randomization is occuring anywhere within a class, I can choose to turn the sound on if it's currently off or off if it's currently on. Turning it on while randomization is taking place will also probably require a choice of which kind of sound (meaning a floating window I suppose) so as not to exit the frame where randomization is taking place.
Now for my question: should I create one massive behaviour script for all classes that includes a series of nested if/else statements for each category, group and member, or should I create 4 large behavior scripts, one for each category with if/else instructions for its groups and members, or should I script at the group level, which will result in 180 separate behaviour scripts for image randomization plus additional scripts for speed and sound?
Further, I understand how to apply at the group level the script you gave me earlier (and it works beautifully), but if you think it would be more efficient now to work at the category or class level, I'm not sure how to script the if/else statements. I'm assuming that in whichever of these solutions turns out to be best, it is applied to a single sprite which will serve to display the randomly-chosen image. Bear in mind that the script you gave me randomizes the image change every two seconds. Now I'm looking to have a choice of it changing within a range of once every half-second to once every 5 seconds (e.g. 0.5 sceonds, 1 second, 1.5 seconds, 2 seconds, etc.).
An ancillary question: could this be done a different way? A friend suggested using subroutines but wasn't able to tell me how to do this because he doesn't know anything about Lingo. I was wondering whether the if/then syntax structure is Lingo's way of doing subroutines.
Your thoughts would be most welcome. If you think you can't help me with this, do you have any suggestions as to where I might turn for help (apart from the nuthouse at this point)?
Cheers,
Dallas

Suddenly, Bridge displays photo colors wrong

I've been using Photoshop Elements for several years--frequently--like almost daily. I'm currently using elements 6.0 with Bridge. I always view my photos in bridge before doing anything else. All of a sudden, starting last week, when I open a folder in bridge, I can see in the thumbnails that the colors are OK, but very shortly thereafter, and/or when I click a thumbnail to preview an image, it drastically changes the colors in both the thumbnails and the preview. Like--a bright red rose becomes a dull muted red. A deep purple flower becomes bright blue. It's driving me nuts. I can't find anything in Bridge preferences. I am not a user who knows a thing about "color profiles" or anything else--I tweak photos individually using fairly simple features in Elements (use the Levels tool, adjust brightness and contrast, once in a while futz with hue or intensity for the photo, stuff like that).
I haven't to my knowledge set anything globally. I haven't that I can recall installed any automatic update to the adobe products. I'm using the same camera, the same memory cards. I've never had this happen in hundreds upon hundreds of uses of bridge & photoshop, and many thousands of photos, and now it's doing it constantly.
A week or two ago I was futzing with hue & saturation on some individual photos, but that batch of photos was all fine and I didn't notice that it affected anything other than the photo I was working on. Could I have set something somewhere accidentally and never known it? I've searched the help for bridge & elements, searched the forums and found some similar questions but they don't seem to be the same situations.
Help me, Mr/Ms Wizards!

Elf1elf wrote:
…All of a sudden, starting last week, when I open a folder in bridge, I can see in the thumbnails that the colors are OK, but very shortly thereafter, and/or when I click a thumbnail to preview an image, it drastically changes the colors in both the thumbnails and the preview.
What you're seeing in Bridge is perfectly normal, expected behavior.
Initially, Bridge displays a thumbnail straight from the in-camera converted and embedded JPEG preview embedded in the raw file. Then, Bridge calls upon Adobe Camera Raw to build its own rendering from the raw data themselves. Because the rendering criteria for ACR are not designed to emulate the in-camera raw-to-JPEG conversion, there will be a definite change in the images.
I cannot speak to Elements because I don't use it, nor are most regular posters familiar with that very limited, emasculated application. We use the full, professional-level version of Photoshop. Elements is not the same as Photoshop. The differences are great and varied. Last year I did buy a license for Elements to use on a laptop, but successfully demanded my money back from Adobe.
If you're seeing a marked difference in the display of the thumbnail and the final rendering of the same after a few seconds, check your preferences. Make sure that the box labeled "Apply Auto Tone Adjustments" is NOT checked in the Camera Raw preferences. This will minimize the differences.
You may want to trash your Bridge preferences first by launching Bridge while you hold down the Option key. Then make sure the "Apply auto tone adjustments box" is NOT checked.
Whenever an application begins to act weirdly "suddenly", that's a sign of corrupted preferences that need to be trashed.

Delay in displaying new images

Here's the situation.
Shooting tethered with a Nikon D800E. Using Nikon Camera Control Pro to operate the camera. Using Adobe Bridge CS6 to monitor the destination folder. There is often a delay before Bridge will display new images. For several exposures in a row Bridge will display new images as they are created. Eventually it get to the point where it will not display a new shot. When you take a second shot, both it and the preivious image will appear together. Some times two shots in a row will not apprear and upon taking a third shot all three will apprear. I've tried switching thumbnail options, Prefer Embedded, On Demand, HQ, it's a little more responsive when using the embeded thumnail but still has the issue.
I've tried two workstations. A MacPro 3.1 running OSX 10.6.8 and a Mini 6.2 running 10.8.3. Bridge has the same problem on both some what worse on the Mini.
Has anyone seen this problem when monitoring a folder that is activly receiving new images?
On a side note, it would be great if Bridge would scroll to display new images. Seems like it would have to auto select the newest image.
Thanks,
David

This is what I was thinking of. He speaks specifically of signal delays.
Helpful Equipment:
16′ or 25′ USB Booster Extension Cable
This is a must! Standard USB camera connection cables are too short for practical work. Since transfer speeds are slower over distance, typical USB extension cables are a poor choice. An “active” USB extension cable or “booster” cable is self powered through the connection, allows a cleaner signal, decreases the risk of corrupted files, and maintains a steady download speed. Active USB extension cables can be daisy chained up to 75.’
IOGEAR USB Extension at Amazon

Bridge displaying random image

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for