CS4 eating Tiger HD

I know I'm not really supposed to be running CS4 on a 867 mhz G4 Tiger - so it's not surprising I'm having problems
and I keep asking my boss to buy me a new computer but so far no joy
Anyway when I open a large psd e.g. 1.5 gb it immediately eats up 10 gb of hard disk space on the start up HD.
Thing is I do not have my start up disk designated as a scatch disk.
Only my external FW which has about 800 gb spare.
I only have 20 gb spare on the start up HD so I keep getting warnings my start up disk is full.
Why is this happening when it is not a scratch disk?
thanks
Pete

Not sure what you mean by 'memory settings'.
I have maximum RAM installed for this computer which is 1.25 gig.
RAM usage set to 900 mb in Photoshop.
Yes there are 3 or 4 smart objects in each psd file.
Would this cause the problem?
thanks
Pete

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Premiere Pro CS4 eats my C: drive in Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1

I installed Premiere Pro CS4 this last weekend 11-12 April 2009.
I have a Quadcore 3.0GHz with 8Gb of RAM, a 150Gb C: drive fo rthe op sys Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1 and programs, a 500Go D: drive for general data and a K: drive 2Tb RAID0 volume useable about 1.8Gb.
My C: drive was healthy after installation of Premiere Pro with tens of gigabytes free at least. Then I started experimenting with building projects. I put my files on a mix of the D: and K: drives especially the AVCHD video assets on the K:.
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Support Center does not appear to let me open web support issues even though we are in the 90-day bug fix period and I have registered the product with the product key so that is another bug that gets in the way of fixing the first.
Any ideas please?
Thanks!
Peter.

Yeah, I did not take backups that often cos I did not intend putting the machine onto the net, then I got this device that said it would protect against everything by isolating my machine and making it invisible, I await the analysis by the company but it does appear not to have worked, the only thing that works is very real physical isolation and do not use the internet at all from the main machine. Like I say it simply is not confirmed yet but neither is it denied. You cannot actually go so far as to blame Adobe because stopping hackers is the job of the op sys vendor really so I blame Microsoft, the only blame for Adobe is the policy that some functions require internet connection in order to work when they know internet is not secure, so for instance if you want to use the emulators for things like these mobile phones they want you to be connected, I tried that one phone emulator and it said so, I wish they just put all documentation and all software on the DVD. I can roll back to an earlier Vista version from a USB backup disk that is always powered off, then rebuild as necessary, but I want the security firm to see if it is a trojan in fact first and to see if it can upgrade the security device and provide a roll out of the trojan's work. Right now I am still scripting the documentary and this second quarter is getting this Premiere Pro up ready for third quarter production so I can be philosophical for now, but yes later I will get more disciplined. But at least now I (almost) know the security device is not the all singing wonder they said it was. Oh well. I use a second machine too, a PS3 with Linux, that is what I am using now, this one doesn't seem to get hacked even though it is my sacrificial machine.
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Adobe deserves criticism for its shoddy QC, but not for maing you exposing your main machine at risk on the internet. I never do that, and I never have had a virus or malware on it--never in all the years I've been doing this. I have picked up a few on my internet machine, though, but they are easily fixed with the security scheme I use.
As for restore points possibly eating up disk space, which you alluded to earlieranother never for me. Restore points are a half assed measure at best. My security system is a full clone backup of my C drive starting the day I install and OS on it, and every time I add add a program, and every day when I am working a big complex project. Otherwise, once a week. It takes a few minutes only. That way I can restore everything in equally few minutes should anything bad happen, like poorly designed software affecting other software, a virus, malware, etc, and including drive failurewhich has happened twice over the years.
Don't get me wrong, a virus checker is very useful to a point, but real security design has to start long before you install one, especially if your machine is the heart of your business, as it is for me. What is that old saying? An ounce of prevention is worth..........
>

CS4/G5/Tiger/OpenGL

It all started when I tried to use the feature in CS4 for changing the brush head size.
Instead of using the bracket keys, one is able to hold down Control+Alt and slide the mouse/pen. What then happens is the brush head size alters accordingly and is shown in Red. Accept when I do it, I can see the size of the brush enlarging or reducing, but there is no red colour. In fact there is no colour at all during the process, just a round circle.
Someone suggested that my Graphics card was not up to date, I checked and it is.
Next I updated my copy of CS4 to the current version.
I then went into preferences to enable OpenGL but It was 'Greyed Out'. I was told that I needed to upgrade from Tiger to Leopard or Snow Leopard for all the CS4 feature to work.
I didn't want to upgrade to Snow Leopard as I understand that there may still be some bugs. Secondly my G5 is not equipped with Intel, so wouldn't be compatible anyway.
I said that I would happily upgrade to Leopard, my local dealer told me to get in touch with Apple, pay £20.00 and they would send me the upgrade disk. Except when I tried to do this, they said that the upgrade is no longer available and, if I wanted to upgrade to Leopard it would cost me £83.00! I said how can you expect me to pay that amount for an OS that is actually an older version (Snow being the current), they couldn't or wouldn't answer. I then asked if, as I also owned a brand new MacBook Pro with Leopard, could I not use those disks on my G5 Desktop. After all the OS is mine! I bought it when I bought the MacBook Pro. Surely I can do what I like with it. I was told that the disks that come with the Laptop are different and I would not be able to use the MacBook Pro Leopard Disks on my G5 to go from Tiger up. I even offered to pay a fee for using my own Leopard disks on my other machine. But all I got was NO you have to buy a boxed version at £83.
Not only that, but if I did spend the £83 I not sure that will allow me to enable OpenGL anyway, and if does, will that cure my problem with the brush!
I also have a feeling that there are a number of other features in CS4 that I am unable to use, because of the lack of OpenGL. Such as being able to revolve the layer you are working on, if (for example) you were using a Pen tool and the angle was awkward, you could rotate or slide, move around the picture to assist you.
What's the general thinking guys? Would Leopard improve my G5? And could I use my MacBook Pro disks to install Leopard on my G5 or are they specific to the laptop?
Many thanks
Mark

I'm running CS4 (11.0.1) on a G5 Quad 2.5Ghz under Mac OS X 10.4.11 (i.e. Tiger), with an Nvidia GeForce 6600LE graphics card.
I can use the the OpenGL features fine, including changing the brush size as you describe. So I don't think it's necessarily an issue with it being a G5 or running Tiger, but might be a graphics card issue if it's not on the "approved list":
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405711.html
...and yes, I know my card isn't on the list.
Have to say that I normally run with OpenGL off as most of the "features" are either irrelevant to what I use Photoshop for, actually detremental for me (e.g. the way zoom levels are displayed) or cosmetic interface frippery...

PS CS4 eating memory and not responding

I have PS CS4 (11.0.1) and for the past month and a half, using PS has been excruciating. Whenever I open PS, my memory usage goes through the roof, hanging out consistently in the high 90% range. The program becomes almost unusable whenever I choose the text tool. After choosing the text tool, I get the continual spinning hour glass, the black bar at the top of the screen shows up with (not responding) and if I try to click anywhere the screen goes faded and it's a crap shoot whether or not it comes back or I get the "program is not responding" box. After closing PS, my memory almost instantly drops to it's normal levels of between 30 and 40%.
Like I said, this has only been happening for about a month (maybe less) or so. Is there anyone out there that can help?
Thanks, Dave

First of all, I want to say thanks for all the help so far.
OK, I called my brother-in-law and it turns out that he didn't install just a few fonts, he installed a few font packs, totalling about 4,000 fonts . I've gone through and deleted every one, other than system fonts, and the text tool responds a lot faster, but the memory issue is still plaguing me. Granted it's not nearly as bad as before, but it's still pretty slow. I checked the memory allocated to PS, and I've got 2 gigs total and a little less than 1 gig available to PS. My scratch disks (not really sure what those are) are my D and an external HD. Is there anything else I can check to speed this program up?

Printing too dark in CS4

I have CS4 on Tiger 10.4.11 on a completely color managed system, Epson 4800 printer. Printing seems to be broken in the new version. Prints are very dark. I know to select "Photoshop Manages Color" in Color Handling, and "No Color Management" in the printer color management dropdown. The procedure works fine in CS3.
That something is up is suggested by this wrinkle. In this case I am printing using advanced b/w. If under color handling I choose "Printer Manages Color" and go into the b/w advanced setup, it's still too dark. If instead I choose "No color management", then make my choices in advanced b/w, it works fine.
One would first think that it's a double color management problem, but I'm turning it off anywhere I can see it in CS4, and still having problems. Is there a new secret handshake I haven't puzzled out yet?

> So, Eric, you are saying we need to Convert to a space (or gamma) in
> Photoshop before Command+P -- because the Epson Adv B&W driver will
> assume a color space/gamma -- what would that assumption be based on
> (gamma of our Mac default MonitorRGB)? Assuming I am not talking
> about feeding the Epson grayscale.
Yes.
The ABW driver wants to be fed gamma 2.2-encoded image data.
This is why my standard recommendation for printing to the ABW driver __ONLY__ is to use:
Color Handling = Photoshop Manages Colors
Printer Profile = Adobe RGB
Rendering Intent = Relative Colorimetric
Black Point Compensation = Enabled
Why does this work? Because no matter what your image working space is (e.g., sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto RGB, Apple RGB, ColorMatch RGB, etc.), doing this will cause your image data to be encoded in gamma 2.2 before the data gets passed off to the driver. (Adobe RGB has a gamma encoding of 2.2.)
The same workflow will work in Lightroom, too. You just need to check the "Display Profiles" checkbox in Lightroom to access Adobe RGB when selecting a printer profile.
If you are in grayscale mode instead of RGB mode, choose "Gray Gamma 2.2" instead of "Adobe RGB" for the printer profile.
However, the catch is that -- as noted in this thread -- there is currently a glitch, which we (Adobe + Apple + Epson) are investigating. One of the symptoms of that glitch is that the above suggested workflow does not work on Leopard.
> Does this CS4-Apple-Epson issue have anything to do with some users
> reporting dark prints in Photoshop Manage Color - No Color
> Adjustment Epson workflow? -- For example, someone using 1.8 gamma
> Monitor RGB...
Unlikely.

Poor RAM management in Photoshop CS4 - need help!

I have done numerous hours of research over the years only to give up and come back to this subject later on. I will try again!
I must ask: is there ANY way to get Photoshop CS4 to automatically flush used RAM after closing image files? I'm tired and annoyed of CS4 eating more and more RAM without freeing anything after an image has been closed. An image shouldn't still eat up memory when it isn't even open anymore. It seems to be terrible RAM management of the program itself and how Adobe has forgotten to write that little snippit of code to clear the RAM after an image has been closed.
I know this is not because of:
Cache levels
Setting too large of a saved history state; purging history cache or any kind of cache still never frees RAM
A lack of updates; I have been up to date with CS4 very punctually as they were released
The computer I am on; this poor RAM management has been around since CS2 and it's the same on the last 4 computers I have used
Does CS5 still do this too?

Your historically conditioned to believe software apps should swap data a standard way. The way your using the system is probably not the most effective processing for your workflow.
- I have hundreds of TIFFS that take 60-120MB each in processing, and 8gb of RAM. The more total RAM actually usable that I can use the better. How the heck can using less of what is actually available RAM enhance my workflow? Standard are standards for a reason. The ink industry for printing is non-standardized and people waste $3-5 billion+ a year only increasing on unused ink that is still remaining in their cartridges, because there is no standard way of manufacturing ink, filling cartridges, or monitoring how much ink is actually left in a cartridge. I'd love for more standards in more markets. Unless natively stable, all other programs on my computer work flawlessly with said demonized traditional methods and standards, even in high bandwidth applications a hell of a lot more intensive than Photoshop CS4 will EVER be. Currently people keep disregarding the fact that in my situation CS DOESNT FREE THE RAM. CS4 is balloon. Balloon inflate. Never deflate even when emptied. Overflow into other rooms of critical OS space where balloon shouldn't be when it fill the room full. How many analogies must I give? Must I use sign language? Binary?
You don’t have enough experience with these topics. This is actually a
true statement. Most companies with systems large and small have to
think about what it costs to process specific jobs. If one in a thousand
jobs swap, a decision must be made to know how much it would cost to
retrofit a very expensive environment to keep that one job swap from
occurring. Most times it is better to let the swap happen for this
non-mission critical item than pay $50,000 to upgrade all systems.
I said NON EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. Emergencies are once in a while. You're repeating what I said like a parrot, but in different longer sentences with more words telling me I don't get what I'm talkinga bout. You're missing the full picture of what I am actually saying. That 1 in 1000 overflow would be exactly true in my situation with 7GB used, but it's not. Why not? Because the CS4 balloon will not deflate itself or reuse the empty space inside the balloon when it's needed, and the OS isn't given back any of the empty space to work with to know it doesn't need to page anything. In turn CS4 is going to try and scratch too when the OS is telling it that is has no more RAM left when indeed it does, but its hiding it in its own reserve balloon from itself. If a company needed just 700MB more room and either they spend $50k to upgrade to that, or get CS4 to release some space once in awhile, they'd sure as hell bother Adobe or write their own mod to force CS4 to release unused allocated RAM to get it.
Self inflicted only because I want to push the limit of what is actually usable on my machine, not some 'safe zone' with high tolerance. My system is tuned for a fine line of performance and I know what it can hande. I know what it uses and it does not spike usage for random OS operations. It can handle 7GB to 7.2GB of RAM of freely used RAM to one active program if it needs that big of a workspace to work. If CS4 isn't going to reuse the hollow areas in that balloon, then that's not my fault. My OS can handle the fine tuning, and CS4 is what cannot, obviously, since it can see that much RAM but not use the last %10 correctly.

Is DW CS4 Mac super buggy?

Or do I need to reinstall it or something? Sometimes I can click on the css rule and click 'edit' and a window will come up. Other times it won't. Some times Live View will work sometimes not. And so on and so on.
Are there a slew of existing bugs with the Mac version? I've run all the diagnostic utilities and my computer is fine G5 10.4.11 4gb ram. Loads of drive space.
DW has been buggy since day 1. Yet the other programs in the package seem fine. Could it be that I never uninstalled DW 2004?
Would like to hear from other Mac users.

While 10.4.11 does meet the system requirements I will be honest that I've never had a problem with CS4 until I moved to a new Macbook Pro with Snow Leopard but those were patched by 10.6.2. With that said, I never ran CS4 in Tiger, only in Leopard and never had an issue.

Lösung zu CS4 Mac Datei Import Problemen z.B. (.bmp oder .gif)

Hallo an alle im Forum,
ich hatte bis jetzt Probleme beim einbinden von Dateien in Dreamweaver oder Photoshop,
da in der Mac Version einige Dateiformate standardmäßig blockiert sind,
und *.* wie bei Windows gibt es am Mac nicht.
Wenn man z.B. in Photoshop ein .gif aufmachen will ist immer nur ein Frame möglich,
und bei "Videoframes in Ebenen" lässt sich .gif nicht auswählen (ist grau unterlegt).
Im Internet findet man hier die Abenteuerlustigsten Anleitungen,
das .gif zuerst in ein Quicktime Format umzuwandeln und dann
nachträglich wieder in eine Frame Animation zu konvertieren,
das macht viel Arbeit und ist zumindest in CS4 unnötig.
Hier mein Lösungsansatz: (Als Beispiel, funktioniert auch in anderen Anwendungen)
Einfach auf "Datei" dann auf "Videoframes in Ebenen"
und anschließend im Suchfenster die gewünschte Dateiendung angeben:
Und siehe da:
Warum hier wohl Adobe dem Mac User Steine in den Weg legt?
Das selbe Problem hatte ich auch bei der Einbindung von .bmp Grafiken in Dreamweaver:
Lösung ist genau die selbe, einfach den gewünschten Dateinamen in das Suchfeld eingeben.
Ich hoffe ich kann mit diesem Thread anderen
die das selbe Problem haben ein wenig weiterhelfen.
Liebe Grüße, Markus

Hallo Markus,
ich denke mal, es ist im Sinne aller von diesen Problemen betroffenen Teilnehmer dieses Forums, Dir für diese Lösungsvorschläge herzlich zu danken, und als Belohung für die Super-Arbeit verleihe ich Dir den "assumed answered" - Stern ;-)
Günter
Message was edited by: Günter Schenk who says: "oops, das assumed answered - Feature scheint im Moment leider nicht verfügbar zu sein. OK, dann bekommst Du halt einen unsichtbaren Stern verpasst :-)"

Full version pshop CS (8), upgraded to CS4. Recieved the free upgrade to CS5... will this work?

Hi,
Appologies if this seems like a stupid enquiry. I'll keep it quick and simple.
I had been running a full version of photoshop CS (aka photoshop version 8). I just bought the upgrade to CS4 and also (to answer other questions on this forum) I just received the free upgrade to CS5 from Adobe. Not having an intel Mac yet I plan to sit on my CS5 upgrade till I have the machine to run it. My question to anyone who knows/has done this, can I install my CS5 upgrade given that my original full copy of photoshop was version CS (ie. more than 3 versions back)...?
I have seen this discussion:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2734196#2734196
but it still leaves me unsure (would Tai Lao be able to install CS5 if he wanted too I wonder...???).
Before anyone asks I have asked Adobe via the customer support portal and they said that I 'could install CS5 upgrade from CS4 upgrade' (which still doesn't answer the question, does my having CS stop me upgrading to CS5 due to the "3 version back upgrade policy"...?
Thanks for the help!
Matt

Matt,
Focus for a second please:
All Adobe upgrades are FULL INSTALLERS. If the upgrade does not find a previous version installed, it will simply ask you for the old serial number as well. That's all.
You now have a valid CS4 serial number. When you install CS5, the installer will look for a previously installed version. If you have installed CS4, it will proceed automatically to install CS5. If you did not install CS4, just use its serial number when prompted. (NOTE: This is based on the assumption that CS was indeed a qualifying version to upgrade to CS4. I don't remember what the requirements were back then.)
I have Photoshop 7.0.1, 8 (CS), 9.0.2 (CS2), 10.1 (CS3) and 11.0.1 (CS4) installed on my machine. All those are upgrades from my original full version 4 of Photoshop from many, many years ago. I can run all of them on my machine, even simultaneously If I wanted to, by launching the older version(s) first. In practice, I have run two versions simultaneously without any problems.
Just have your CS4 serial number handy.
Now, be advised that an awful lot of users are having nightmarish difficulties with the CS5 installer. If you run into trouble, don't blame it on the serial number, just blame the extraordinarily incompetent members of the pathetic installer team. That's a team outside of the Photoshop engineering team that has proven a disgraceful embarrassment to Adobe engineers and executives. A senior program manager has even admitted in private correspondence that he can't write in public what he would like to do to the members of the installer team.
Matt J Dawson wrote:
… (would Tai Lao be able to install CS5 if he wanted too I wonder...???).
Of course I could, if I wanted to and had an Intel machine. However, I have rejected Leopard and Snow Leopard, and I will stay with CS4 and Tiger 10.0.4.11 for the foreseeable future, which means for the remainder of my life expectancy, as I can't afford a new machine.
Matt J Dawson wrote:
Before anyone asks I have asked Adobe via the customer support portal and they said that I 'could install CS5 upgrade from CS4 upgrade' (which still doesn't answer the question, does my having CS stop me upgrading to CS5 due to the "3 version back upgrade policy"...?
Matt, the "3 version back upgrade policy" simply means that you have to have a valid serial number for one of the three versions, and you do have a valid number for CS4, which in turn was based on your valid number for CS.
Stop tormenting yourself.
Wo Tai Lao Le
我太老了

Weiche Überblendungen in Premiere CS4 werden zu hartem Schnitt bei AVI-Export

Beim Export einer geschnittenen Sequenz mit dem Media Encoder werden die Titelüberblendungen "Schwarz überblenden" nicht gerendert, sondern zu harten Schnitten. Bei der Ansicht in Premiere werden die Überblendungen richtig angezeigt, beim fertigen AVI-File sind die Überblendungen verschwunden und sind harte Schnitte. Hat jemand eine Idee, woran das liegen könnte und - vor allem - wie man das behebt?

Woran es liegt kann ich leider nicht sagen, aber zwei Lösungsmöglichkeiten anbieten:
Im Media Encoder CS4 gibt es bei den Exporteinstellungen in Höhe der Registerkarten "Filter / Multiplexer / Video / Audio / Andere" am rechten Rand eine unscheinbare Schaltfläche über die man u.a. steuern kann, ob man bereits vorhanden Vorschaudateien verwenden will. Diesen Punkt mal aktivieren: erstens ist der MediaEncoder dann schneller fertig, weil die bereits in Premiere gerenderten Vorschaudateien genutzt werden und zweitens sollten dann auch alle Effekte wie gewünscht im Export-File vorhanden sein.
Aufgrund der diversen Schwierigkeiten mit Premiere CS4 und dem MediaEncoder CS4 nutze ich für mich persönlich einen ziemlich sicheren Umweg: Alles, wofür ich nicht unbedingt Premiere CS4 benötige, erstelle ich in Premiere CS3 und exportiere es von dort direkt (ohne MediaEncoder, das geht da nämlich glücklicherweise noch!) als AVI-File. Das finale AVI-File (mit allen Tricks, Effekten und Blenden) übergebe ich dann je nach Exportwunsch an den MediaEncoder von CS3 oder CS4 zur Weiterverarbeitung.

Anyone else having a Problem with Leopard and Photoshop CS3?

I'm using CS3 with Leopard 10.5.4 at work and there are some very aggravating anomalies, that I'd like to nail down to a cause. Most frequently, when switching from apps to P'Shop, the menu bar stays for the previous app, i.e. when going from Finder to P'shop, the menu bar still says Finder and has Finder options. Changing from Lightwave to P'Shop, the menu bar remains Lightwave.
Occasionally, an Adobe app - P'Shop or InDesign - will simply disappear and not come back. The icon in the dock shows it as active, but no amount of clicking, Command-Tabbing will reveal the app and I have to Force Quit, losing unsaved changes.
I have a feeling it's Leopard, since, I've used CS3 on Tiger and CS4 on Tiger and never had a problem.
I'm wondering if upgrading to the latest Leopard would make much of a difference.
Has anyone come across this and found any kind of answers?
Thanks for any suggestions.
-Vincent

> Just because it doesn't happen to Phil (who may not use all of the same features of the Suite that others do anyway) does NOT mean that these problems are not real and are not mere PEBCAK.
Right. If someone is having a problem associated with Tiger, it's PEBAK. If Leopard is involved, it's automatically because of Leopard. Apparently, with Apple's latest OS, trouble shooting problems are no longer necessary - just blame it on Leopard and call it a day.
b FUD
I find the dynamics here really interesting. This thread would have been very different if Vincent had posted with problems involving Tiger. Would have gone something like this:
After admonishing him for not providing more information about his setup by posting the obnoxious big blue link on how to ask questions (ahem - we know NOTHING about his machine or configuration, such as which machine, how much RAM, scratch disk or attached peripherals), there'd be all kinds of trouble shooting advice given - "try a new user", "repair permissions", "run DiskWarrior, and on and on ...
But no, since he mentions Leopard, none of that is apparently necessary and the completely, utterly
b irresponsible
advice is given ... "that's just the way Leopard is".
Those are some serious problems he's reporting that have nothing to do with Leopard. Something is obviously hosed!
As for discounting my experience because I don't use every app in the suite as extensively as I do Photoshop, I'm FAR more qualified to discuss Leopard and CS issues than Ann or Neil who do not use Leopard at all (and have never used it as far as I know.)
"Others have problems with it", is their battle cry but it's extremely weak. Do I really need to remind you all that these forum are ALWAYS filled with people who have problems, regardless of version or OS? You act as if this forum was a ghost town when Tiger and CS3 were current!
Gee, Ann ... people are STILL reporting problems with 10.5 and CS3? How shocking! Guess what - people are STILL reporting problems with 10.4 and CS3 too! Let me make a prediction - people will have problems with 10.8 and CS9!
Vincent-
> I don't really deal with fonts anyway ...
Yes. You do. Even if you never type a single line of text, every application uses fonts to create menus and other GUI items. If one of those fonts are bad, it can create all kinds of problems, including the very problems you mention.
The fact that you don't seem aware of this and you're still using 10.5.4 leads me to believe you're not familiar with the basic practices of maintaining a healthy system. Again, how did you install Leopard on that machine?
Look, if you're simply trying to justify using CS4, go right ahead. It's a worthwhile upgrade in it's own right. However, if you install it on that machine in it's current state, CS4 will NOT fix your problems because you do NOT have a healthy system.
You asked for experiences with Leopard - I can launch every application in both CS3 and CS4 suites
i simultaneously,
and STILL not have your issues. I haven't experienced anything like your CS3 problems in Leopard - on both a 2006 Mac Pro and a 2008 Macbook.
If you'd like help to try and figure out the real problem, I'm more than happy to help. If not, Adobe will gladly take your money ...
-phil

How to get a hyperlink in ID into email?

In ID CS4 running Tiger on a G5 Mac, I have a doc which we can call, TestLinkFile.
I select a line of type in TestLinkFile, and using Type > Hyperlink & Cross-References > New Hyperlink, I create a hyperlink. It does not function as such until I export it as a PDF which is now TestLinkFile.pdf. The hyperlink I had made in ID does work properly in the PDF.
So far so good.
Then I attach that TestLinkFile.pdf, using either Mail or Entourage (which is my normal email app). I attach it using either the proper method in each program, or even by dragging the file in. BUT: Now the hyperlink is dead, dormant. If for a further test I email TestLinkFile.pdf to myself in an email, from either Mail or entourage, the dead link remains dead.
I realize we're nolonger in ID and this is the ID forum but it remains the best place to ask I think. So how do I get that hyperlink from ID into an email, preferably as a PDF TestLinkFile.pdf which anyone can open?
Thank you.

> Did youexport a PDF, then attach that PDF to an email, then open the PDF in a program and then find the hyperlink does not work>?
I neveractually checked the pdf itself. I checked its image in the email. Reason being I wanted/want to avoid a reader having to take the extra step of opening the pdf. For one, it takes time. For another, not everyone knows how to do that. And for finally, some are afraid of attachments as carriers of viruses and won't open the attachment.
The link line, blue and underlined in the email I sent myself, was dead.
As I write this I am sending a new email to myself and here is the result of opening the pdf attachment: The link in the attachment does work properly.
But my goal was to make the link in the IMAGE of the pdf attachment live. I get many emails with all kinds of junk in them and they have images which, when you click on them, act as a link to go elsewhere. That is what I want to do. I want to just have someone click on the link in the pdf and go to the destination. I do NOT want them to HAVE TO open the pdf. If everyone else can do it, I ought to be able to???
Hope this was a bit clearer. Thanks again Scott.

Upgrading OSX to add longevity to machine

Hi, I've got a Mirror Door G4, and whilst it would be nice to have the latest Intel Mac Pro this is not a financial option. I am however trying to improve on what I've got to add longevity to the machine.
I've just put in 4x 512MB memory to bring it upto 2GB, the max for this machine and just put in a 500GB WD HD.
I use it for graphics and have Adobe CS1, I would like to upgrade to CS3 or 4, but undersatnd it won't run on OS X 10.3.9 which I have, will my machine take 10.5 happily? I've read 10.6 will be for Intel Mac only so this could be my last chance to bring it up to date.
My plan would be to install the new OS on the new 500GB HD, then load my software and finally move my files from my current 80GB then reformat this and use it elsewhere.... back up music or whatever!
I also quite fancy dabbling in a bit of amature Video - nothing more than iDVD and editing family camcorder stuff. To do so I will also need to put in a DVD writer as I currently only have a CD writer, but I'm comfortable doing that.
If I can get another few years out of it I'll be quite happy!

eddypeck wrote:
… I use it for graphics and have Adobe CS1, I would like to upgrade to CS3 or 4,
Your machine, as well as CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4, will run fine with Tiger. Mine does. Even Photoshop 7.0.1 runs well.
If you do upgrade to Leopard (I would definitely NOT recommend it), forget about any version earlier than CS3. They are not supported by Adobe under Leopard and have many incompatibilities with Leopard. Even CS4 has difficulties under Leopard, as it does not support Spaces. In this latter regard, Adobe simply tells you to +"contact Apple" to complain+.
What has helped me a lot is permanently disabling Spotlight and Dashboard.
I practically live in Photoshop. Disabling Spotlight and Dashboard permanently has helped a lot.
Photoshop 7.0.1 through 11 (CS4). Tiger 10.4.11. Dual bootable, DP MDD 1.25GHz G4 (2004), maxed out at 2GB of RAM, *both Spotlight and Dashboard disabled*, Photoshop primary scratch disk on dedicated 160GB internal drive, at least 100GB available on each of the four internal drives, up to 300GB on some. Counting external FW drives just over 1TB of drive space available. nVidia GeForce 7800 GS 425MHz 256 MB graphics display card. Processor napping enabled through CHUD 3.5.2.

Not compatible with this version of photoshop error

I have been working on a file all day, closed the file, when to open it again and Photoshop is telling me "Could not complete your request because the file is not compatible with this version of photoshop". HELP. Anyone know why it is giving me this error?
I am running CS4 and Tiger 10.5.6
I have tried restarting, runing disk repair and repaired premissions.

Corrupted PSD files can be caused by running NAV.
Norton is NASTY stuff in OS X. Stay away from anything with the Norton name if you're on any version of OS X, especially do NOT let anything with the Norton name (like Norton Anti Virus, File Saver) ever reside on your computer.
NAV (Norton Anti Virus) can lead to permanent file damage. Files damaged by NAV are not recoverable. NAV can also prevent many PostScript files from parsing, even if not damaged permanently.
Disk Doctor and Speed Disk are known to cause the kind of directory damage that can lead to kernel panics.
http://www.macmaps.com/kernelpanic.html
Another excellent reason to steer clear from all things Norton!
The kernel panic FAQ is divided by the order of most common occurrences of kernel panics:
• Directory
• Drivers
• Permissions
• RAM
1. A directory failure or user accidentally moving .kext files that should be left alone. The directory may fail, due to an accident caused by Norton Utilities or Systemworks, which may at random corrupt a directory even when trying to repair it. Norton Anti-Virus will not do this, but Norton Disk Doctor and Norton Speed Disk have a history of doing this. [emphasis mine]

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Ok usually I wouldn't mind losing a few points or so on an assignment but when I am a little more than 1% away from an A I am obligated to ask for help. So far I have completed 3/4 of my assignment but need to create one(1) last class to fully finish: the problem is stated below-
Problem: Write a test driver class that creates an array of type Animal. Instantiate Hippo, Lion, and Tiger objects in the array. Use a for loop(in the driver class) to cycle through the animals and their various behaviors.
I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP!
THANK YOU
The code I have so far is below
public abstract class Animal
     protected String name;
     protected int age;
     public Animal(String n, int a)
          name = n;
          age = a;
     }//Animal method
     public String getName(){return name;}
     public int getAge() {return age;}
     public void makeNoise()
          System.out.println("Generic animal noise");
     }//method makeNoise
     public abstract void eat();
     public abstract void sleep(int minutes);
     public void roam()
          System.out.println("Generic Animal roam");
     }//roam method
}//Animal classHippo Class
public class Hippo extends Animal
     private int bodyMass;
     public Hippo(String n, int a, int bm)
          super (n,a);
          bodyMass=bm;
     }//Hippo method
     public void eat()
          System.out.println(name + " is eating.");
     }//eat method
     public void sleep(int m)
          System.out.println(name + " is sleeping for "+m+" minutes.");
     }//sleep method
}//Hippo extends Animal classHippo Test Driver
public class HippoTest
     public static void main(String[] args)
          Hippo hippo=new Hippo("Big Boy", 4, 1250);
          hippo.eat();
          hippo.roam();
          hippo.makeNoise();
          hippo.sleep(22);
     }//main method
}//HippoTest classFeline Abstract Class extends Animal
public abstract class Feline extends Animal
     public Feline (String n, int a)
          super (n,a);
     }//feline class
     public void roam()
          System.out.println(name + " is roaming through the grass.");
     }//roam method
}//Feline classLion Class
public class Lion extends Feline
     public Lion(String n, int a)
          super(n,a);
     }//Lion method
     public void eat()
          System.out.println(name + " is eating fish.");
     }//eat method
     public void sleep(int m)
          System.out.println(name + " is taking a nap for " + m + " minutes.");
     }//sleep method
}//Lion extends Feline classLion Test Driver
public class LionTest
     public static void main(String[] args)
     Lion lion=new Lion("Mufasa", 19);
     lion.eat();
     lion.roam();
     lion.makeNoise();
     lion.sleep(60);
     }//main method
}//LionTest classTiger Class
public class Tiger extends Feline
     public Tiger(String n, int a)
          super(n,a);
     }//Tiger method
     public void eat()
          System.out.println(name + " is eating English homework.");
     public void sleep(int m)
          System.out.println(name + " is sleeping for " + m + " minutes.");
}//Tiger extends Feline classTiger Test Driver
public class TigerTest
     public static void main(String[] args)
     Tiger tiger=new Tiger("Tigger", 12);
     tiger.eat();
     tiger.sleep(300);
     tiger.roam();
     }//main method
}//TigerTest class

denxnis wrote:
Write a test driver class that creates an array of type Animal. Instantiate Hippo, Lion, and Tiger objects in the array. Use a for loop(in the driver class) to cycle through the animals and their various behaviors.According to your problem, you need a "test driver class" which contains an array of type Animal. The problem is simple enough to do. You have some test driver classes already, and they do not seem to use an array.
According to the description of the problem, you need something that would do the following:
- Declare an array of animals, initialize it to hold three Animal objects
- Instantiate the Hippo, Lion, and Tiger classes and store them in the array
- Use a for (or for-each) loop to call the various methods of each animal
denxnis wrote:
Can someone create a test Driver --- We are not here to do your homework/assignments for you, but if there is something that you do not understand, we can help with that (if you give enough information).

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