CS6 Layers question

I thought I had this down pat but do not. I have text on a page and simply want to add a colored background to just that page. So I select the rectangle tool and create a square about half the page size then fill it with a color. I see that the text i had goes to the bottom of the page where the box ends as its on the same layer.
I tried various stacking methods and and send to back but still the text does not appear on top of the rect background like I want.
Any help?
R

Create a new layer on the bottom of the stack.
Lock all the other layers (tip: you can alt/opt click the lock area for
the layer you want to remain unlocked)
With the bottom layer being the only available layer you can easily draw
your frame and fill it with the color you want.
Alt/Opt click the lock for the background layer and all the other will
be unlocked and background will be locked.

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The information that shows up in windows explorer is the file name, album name, and contributing artists. Unless you enter a space after the information entered in the metadata columns, such as album name, windows cuts off the last letter. Is this a windows problem or a CS6 problem?
Is there somewhere in the metadata that you can enter the track no. so it will show up in windows explorer track no. column?
3.Is there anyway to have the marker names entered into the id3 title column and the xmp/rff name columns.?
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After I get the information in the metadata of the individual songs saved in a wave format. I then save a copy in the mp3 format . Even though the id3 information is in the meta data of the songs saved in a wave format when I save a copy in the mp3 format the information is no longer available, Why? Is there a way to convert a wave file with id3 information to an mp3 without having to re enter it all again?
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I've been doing some workflow rehearsals with Pl and Pr (Still more to try out) and I have shifted my thinking a bit on how to use these two programs together in the most useful way.
I have started thinking of Prelude as the "Turbocharged" version of Premiere's Project window, bins, browser and metadata panel. If you start to think of Pl as a break-out companion, and use the two in conjunction, I think it can make for a very powerful combo.
I know that it has been suggested to only flow in one direction - use Pl first and then switch over to Pr, but since Pl's capabilities for marking, adding and searching for metadata is stronger, i have been going back and forth a lot.
In your example above, you can mark your comment (marker) sections in Pl and send over the clips you are interested in. If you find you need more clips or a different "Answer1", pop back to Pl and do a search, find the clip, and send over to Pr. It's like going back to the well for more media only when you need it. The search is much better over at Pl (in my opinion)
There are still a lot of new features I would add to Pl to make it more robust, but for now it is working well as my Clip org and Search in place of the meager abilities in Pr.

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hi
i have a question about autoblend question
i have to say that autoblend in cs5 , cs6 work very well
but may i know which is the component that handles about blend many layers?
there is a script but there are few lines of code
is there a plugin ? in a components? in hardcoded in the program?
because it gives great results but i have not a lot of conrol in this process
i don't like hdr , i like blend many exposure
i know only photomatix that gives me some control and enfuse
but in photoshop i can 't find a way to control the blending process
thanks

I don't have a definitive answer, but I have a feeling that a student teacher version is not eligible for an upgrade discount. You own the CS5 perpetual license, and can install it on two computers at the same time as CS6, CC etc. That will be the case in perpetuity. (not sure why I didn't just type 'forever' back there, or alert the cliche police 'Going forward')
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Photoshop images with spot channels in Indesign CS6 (layout question)

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My question is, in Indesign when I'm laying this out should I have one layer with all the psd artwork (with no spot channels) and then a layer on top of that with the psd files with the psd layers turned off with the spot channel showing? I want to make this easy to print in the office so by doing it this way I could just turn the spot layer off and print.
Will this work for the printer?
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Besides the obvious extra work of tracking 2 images, there would be potential problems if the images needs to be scaled and moved, and you would have to assume people downstream would know what's going on—should the layer be on or off?
I would double check with the current printer—they should know the only way to view a spot is via Sep or Output preview by turning CMYK off—magenta could just as easily be process as spot.
Take a closer look at the Alias method. Here it is with your magenta defined SPOT VARNISH.
With SPOT VARNISH set as No Alias in Ink Manager and with Overprint turned on:
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Another CS6 build questions thread

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Am looking at following bits, but 1 question, a few years ago I had a dual Xeon system with a Canopus dvstorm card on I think premiere pro 1.5, and it was blazing fast lovely real time effects but more noticeable for me was the output render times, I've read a lot over the past three days and it seems that cs6 only uses the processor for output rendering, is this the case? Or am I missing something!?
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Are CS6 layers compatible with CS5?

We have recently updated to CS6. When I created layers on a photo in CS6 then went to open it on another computer that still had CS5 the layers would not open. Are the versions compatible in this way or do all the computers we use need to be updated to CS6?

When editing a photo I was adding boxes and arrows. Each box or arrow is a
layer. I later went to another computer in the network that had not been
upgreaded to CS 6 and I could see that the layers that were created were
there but I could not view the edits that were made.

Photoshop CS6 nooby questions/how do i?

I have alot of quesstions and dont really see alot of clear forum posts on what im looking for. so ill make this discussion thread in hopes of getting responses here. Also if someone knows a better forum somewhere for topics or discussion like i ask here PLEASE direct me im open to looking other places.
For starters. I would liek to know if there is a way to get a more realistic oil painting look using brushes or a extension or combination in PS CS6. The filter is rubbish imo doesnt look liek oilpainting at all really. Looks more like a colorized embossing tool. I did find a program Autodesk Sketchbook 6 which has a more paint like look and sets of brushes to accompany. But alas its not got the precision and options that PS has. So if anyone knows how i can achieve this type of effect whiel just painting with a tool id appreciate a link to or explanation on how I have seen 'prfessionals' in videos doing the exact thigns im asking about. Yet they could have been using a custom built extension of some sort and assuredly running a older version of the program as it ahs been awhiel since i seen it. So hope its out there and someone directs me to it lol.

Simplify is my third most used Topaz product after Adjust and DeNoise, but I probably use the other two 100 times for every use of Simplify, and never to produce an oil paint look. So I just had a play, and it works pretty well with lots of presets, an plenty of sliders to fine tune. It doesn't produce brush strokes though, so Photoshop's Oil Paint filter is a useful tool to use after Simplify.
Last I looked you can get a 30 day fully function trial of the Topaz products, and they are realistically priced.
But I suspect some of the examples you have been looking at did not use Photoshop at all, but Corel Painter. Check out some of these links
Dys DeVictor wrote:
I have alot of quesstions and dont really see alot of clear forum posts on what im looking for. so ill make this discussion thread in hopes of getting responses here. Also if someone knows a better forum somewhere for topics or discussion like i ask here PLEASE direct me im open to looking other places.
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So if you have interesting questions, please ask them.

Photoshop cs6: Layers snapping to some grip or whatever...

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Go to View > Snap or Snap To.
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Your only real way is test for your self… In principle it should work but I've heard that a couple of times before. You will still have CS5?

Canon T3i metadata in PS CS6 ex question

Canon T3i metadata question:
In Photoshop CS3 the metadata of each photo displays the time to the second the picture was taken. But in Photoshop CS6 EX ( creative cloud ) the data only shows the minute the picture was taken. I need the timing down to the second. Is there a setting for this?
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CS6: layers panel glitch

This may sound trivial -- I'm posting about a missing cursor! But sometimes details do make a difference. In my workflow, I often copy objects from one layer to another in the layers panel. The UI provides visual feedback, the pointer acquiring a "+" sign to let me know that I'm copying, not moving, the objects.
Unfortunately this is no longer the case in CS6. Now the only visual cue is a generic black selection arrow, leaving one to hope or guess that the object is being copied rather than moved. I've posted some videos to explain my point:
http://www.aonguscollins.com/cursor.html
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Bleh. I see that too.
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Hi
i have a question about photoshop cs6 crop tool not classic
i really like the not classic crop tool
but i have a problem
the classic crop tool if i drag it to left photoshop moves the crop to the left , and if i drag to the right it moves to the right
but in the new version if i drag it to the left it moves to the right
ok ,it's just like lightroom
i tried to get used to the new behavior with no luck
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thanks
best regards

mantralightroom wrote:
…but i have a problem
the classic crop tool if i drag it to left photoshop moves the crop to the left , and if i drag to the right it moves to the right
but in the new version if i drag it to the left it moves to the right
If I understand what you're saying, what is confusing to you is that when you drag, you are moving the image itself underneath the selection, as opposed to moving the selection over the image. Drag to the left and you're moving the image to the left under the selection, so the selection remains stationary in its position relating to the window, but the selection is now positioned to the right of its original position relative to the image.
That's just the new behavior.
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If you play around with that a bit, you'll get the hang of itin no time.
mantralightroom wrote:
…i tried to get used to the new behavior with no luck…
Aaaaah, that is where your problem lies!
You either like the new Crop Tool, or you like the old, Classic mode. You can't have a little bit of one and another little bit of the other one.

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I am on PPRO CS6.03 on windows 7 and have a question regarding multicam.
I just finished watching the multicam section on the training at lynda.com, but it leaves me with one question though.
I saw how to select the primary angle, and that PPRO would use the audio from that angle to cover the whole edit.
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