Develop module question

Adobe Lightroom 3.5
The tool bar for "lights" "highlights" "darks" "shadows" has disappeared from my develop toolbar. I'm sure this is something simple that I screwed up on, but I can't find the dran thing. I just updated to 3.5. I called customer service and they have those four sliders on 3.5. I don't know where they went. ANy ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Pete

See the little box with a curved line in the lower right corner of the Curve Panel? Clck on that to switch to the Parametric Curve.
Rich

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Learn how to create the highest quality photographs by taking advantage of new and improved global and local adjustments in the Lightroom 4 Develop module.
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load an image and open the tone curve panel (you already did this probably). at the lower right of the canvas you'll see a button with "!" on it. click the button to convert to "2012 process". wait. when it is done if you *still* don't see the channel dropdown click the "edit tone curve" button to hide the sliders and *then* you should see the channel dropdown.
I found this totally mystifying, but once I found it (luck) I get it...new features, new entries in the database or some other magic. anyway the video sure didn't give me a hint.
this will be my 5th try posting an answer to your question, hopefully this time it will work, no thanks to support, 5 times resetting the password, etc etc.

Purchased stand-alone copy of LR in 10/2013. Got a message that Development module is disabled.

I upgraded from LR 4 to LR5, purchasing a stand-alone version of Lightroom in 10/2014 (less than three months ago) for my PC. In accordance with instructions from Adobe HELP, I downloaded a second copy of the software to a new Mac in preparation for switching computers and discontinued using the original PC version. I had to hire a consultant to assist with the transfer of photos due to lack of specific instructions from Adobe regarding a PC to Mac transition, but by early December the transition had been accomplished and LR (now 5.7) was functioning for approximately two weeks. Shortly thereafter the Development module was disabled with a message that I needed to renew my membership to reactivate the Develop Module! I never had a membership... I purchased the stand-alone version of the software and wish to use it rather than the subscription version.
Added to all my problems with the transition is that we hosted guests for the holiday season and I was unable to show them any of my recent photographs due to the Develop module being disabled. (My guess is that Adobe is not going to compensate me for this inconvenience!)
As far as I can determine, this is nothing that I have brought on myself. Adobe allows the download of two copies of the LR software and I haven't exceeded that, and I called Adobe Help specifically to ask how to accomplish the PC to Mac transition and was told to download the LR software to the Mac.
So how do I reactivate the Development module without paying additional money for a subscription?

But to answer your question directly, you have installed the creative cloud installation of Lightroom which requires different licensing. You have to uninstall and then download from the standalone website.
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Third party plug-ins for develop module

It's been a while since this has been brought up, so I thought I'd restate this request in the current context.
One of the major things that's missing from the Lightroom ecosystem is a way for third parties to produce plug-ins/extensions for the develop module. The advantages would be numerous:
1) Ability to add exotic features that may not appeal to a large audience (although in combination all these features would), such as negative inversion, alternate tone curves, color correction and replacement tools.
2) Third-party versions of features that users have been clamoring for: color space clipping, lens/perspective correction, multi-parameter noise reduction.
3) Community buzz (if approached more openly than the Photoshop SDK)
As for the implementation, maybe it's a good idea to let developers use a combination of Lua and PixelBender (2.0)? The combination would allow for platform-independent code that is still fast. Also, the plug-ins should get to choose from (at least) two entry points: (1) after demosaicing but before color mixing (B&W) & tone curve, and (2) at the end of the pipeline.
Here's hoping for the SDK appearance in LR3!
Simon

There have been numerous requests for third party plugin (or some way to extend the Develop module) over the years. I agree it is a critical item that needs to be addressed ASAP. Hopefully in LR3.
What I find most interesting about this particular request is that Simon has pointed out that Adobe already have the technology (Pixel Bender) and just need to apply it. Its already in Photoshop CS4 and Flash 10, and is used for non-destructive editing in those apps. So I'd be extremely disappointed if it doesn't make it into the next major release of their workflow/non-destructive editing tool. You'd have to be an optimist to expect it anytime before LR3.
The only real question remaining is will Pixel Bender, as it currently stands, meet the full needs of the LR plugin developer community? e.g. Could Noise Ninja or Nik plugins be ported to Pixel Bender? My guess is "not yet". Then Adobe need to figure out how much to change LR, how much to change Pixel Bender, and indeed how big a first step they take when adding Develop module extensibility to LR3. Lets hope it is enough for developers of the most popular plugins to invest the time and effort to develop LR specific versions of their products.
My 2c worth.
Matt

Prority applying filters in Develope module

LR is one of the best tools for those who wnat quick ranking, metadata editing for copyright, sorting and processing LARGE quantities of files...
Among those photographers wedding, event and sport shooters are those who really need to fastly sort thigns outm they are most interested in using LR.
also, the same photographers work in the most critical lightning environments, very often we shoot in very bad lightning at very high ISO settings.
for us noise is a real pain.
as we all know, advanced processing of a very noisy raw material exponentially increase noise levels in the final product.
for this reason, inside PS, our workflow include NR filters among the first operations we do...
this way, working on a cleaner background, the noise is kept under a relative control.
often, at the end of our workflow we again trim the nise as a final touch...
back to lightroom, few questons and requests are born from this imediate reality we confront each day:
1. LR offers NO control regarding order develope adjustments are applied... this is sometimes good, other times a real pain...
2. there is no information regarding WHICH is the order those filtes are applied when developing RAW files... NONE.
we could guess the order they appear in XML files and inside develope module is the order they are considered when RAW information is processed?
that mean noise is indeed among the last filters applied, correct me if i am wrong.
3. how we could maximize our results? just make minimum adjustments in LR, go to PS, where we can control the order of applying filters, process and export from there???
not exactly compatible with our need for speed and easy processing large quantities of files that make us choose LR, isn't it?
not to mention RAW data offers much more "hidden" info we can bring to life thru processing compared to exported PS files, even 16 bit tiffs are not as "good" on this regard...this is the reason we shoot raw, to benefit from this better latitude of information raw's offers ....
4. now the requests themselves:
a} please allow us to choosethe order of applying these filters...maybe not all, not all are that critical, but things like NR we should be able to put among the first filters applied.
if Adobe already thought about this and NR is among the first on that list, please let us know. we NEED to know , we need that info, we need control.
b} please allow us to double the filter alteration.
as i said, we often apply a NR fiter at the beggining of the workflow and then again, another NR with softer settings at the end of the workflow, sometimes just before the final sharpening.
such flexibility and customization availability would really help us, especially those who really need lightroom and do not have the time to bring every picture in PS and tweak it...
imagine shooting 1000 pictures in one session with a delivery deadline of 24 hours...LR is great help, have a lot of great features and we really apreciate the wayit works, even this elastic way of applying filters inside develope module...
BUT it would be a much better tool with more flexibility available.
Thanks Adobe, i also compelted an official request form regarding this subject.
maybe someone who really knows how things work inside developing engine could bring some light in this regard, how things really work right now,even this info could be very helpfull.
regards ,Liviu

first i need to KNOW officially how thigns work, if ucan offer me a proof i'd gladly accept that.
second, as i said, adobe might have think about that, is a request area and i have theright to request what I think is usefull to me.
i ask for more CONTROL, what is wrong about that?
i also request for 2 alteration using the same filter, NR in this case, once at the beggining and one at the eng of the developing process, i am also entitled to ask for such a thing, right?
qith all due respect, if u do not have similar needs please allow me to ask , understand and not suppose adobe thought of everything and there is no better way, ok?
here is a quote from a XMP file, i PRESUME the order if operation inside that file is the one processes are piped, am i wrong again?
5.3
   As Shot
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   15
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   25
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   18
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   0
   0
   0
   0
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   0
   0
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   17
   -21
   29
   +10
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   +60
   0
   -24
   0
   +19
   0
   -24
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   0
   25
   50
   75
+1.0
   25
0
   0
   False
   Medium Contrast
     0, 0
     32, 22
     64, 56
     128, 128
     192, 196
     255, 255
   ACR 3.3
   8E1722706FEF96E97D62F657E50DF272
   True
   False
so ,as u see i spaced the noise reduction fucntions in order to make them more visible, i can;t use colors to underline what i consider important, ok?
SO, as u can see here, WB, exposure, contrast, SHARPNESS, brightness, SHADDOWS are ALL listed BEFORE noise reduction...
later on the end of the list there is ANOTHER sharpening listed, so double fiter IS ALREADY applied, thus possible, right???
again, ALL fiters applied BEFORE NR influences noise levels, all increse noise, more or less....
WB influences exposure, try to go 50000 and see where hystogram goes to the right...
exposure also increase noise in shaddow areas.
contrast increse noise.
brightness also influence noise.
Shaddows are working exactly on most noisiest levels, the shades...
sharpness before NR??? indeed, is "well thought"...
so, Lee jay, seems i am not that wrong after all, isn't it???
i really hope that order inside XMP to mean nothing but i really doubt is meaningless ...
and again, even if a were wrong, i am entitled to ask explanations as i pay for this product. I also am entitled to ask for what i consider improvements, if Adobe decide to implement or not is another discussion...
a little "friendlier" tone in your replies would also be apreciated, thank you in advance. i hope u do not work for Adobe ;)
so, i am waiting for documented proofs related to my questions, thank you Adobe.

"Edit in Photoshop Elements" an Option in Development Module?

In viewing the tutorials for Lightroom (while considering whether to purchase it), I noted that there was integration with PS CS2 (and soon, CS3) and that it works like this: In the "Develop" module select "Photo," then "Edit in Photoshop CS2;" the key here is that once editing in CS2 is complete the saved edits are automatically incorporated back into the Lightroom Library. Because I don't have, and may never need, CS2 (or CS3) along with Lightroom (if I get it) I'd hope that the exact same integration is possible with Photoshop Elements 5. So my question is simple: If PSE 5 is installed along with Lightroom will "Develop" and "Photo" include an option for "Edit in Photoshop Elements 5" and have the same automatic integration with the Lightroom Library? (Or, if PSE 5 is not a listed option but is accessible through the "edit with other" option, will the saved file still be integrated automatically into the Lightroom Library?)
Thanks. (And I did search the forum for this answer; sorry if it was there and I missed it.)

I had a demo copy of elements on my system when I installed the beta version of LR. Along side that I had my old and trusty PS 7.LR found PS7
and I set up Elements as a second option for editing. I bought LR and installed it over the beta version.From then on I was given the option to import from Elements in the file menu.PS7 was greyed outwhen I checked to see if I could still edit under PS7.
The demo of Elements expired so I uninstalled it.LR still offers me the option to import from Elements. I have tried the registry hack and all looks well but it is still grayed out in LR and it still "sees" a program which is no longer on my system. I have had a good look around the system including the registry for remnants of Elements that might still be around but cant see any.
Anyway it seems to me that LR can find Elements if it wants to even if it isnt't there and as I have said elsewhere on this forum, why do we have to hack the registry to get some parts this program to work? Adobe need to sort this and all the other bugs out. They owe it to all of us who have paid good money to them for what seems to be a poorly finished product.

Lightroom 4.1 Develop Module Preview Problems

Hi All,
I have been using LR4 and now 4.1 since beta and subsequently the first release and now 4.1RC. I too have been irritated by the lack of responsivness compared to LR3.6 but in 4.1 it does seem to have improved. BUT the problem I am seeing is that the preview image in develop module chnages to a lower res and muddier looking version as I drag most of the various adjustment sliders, once the slider is realeased the image refreshed to a better resolution version. This happens in all panels from Basic to Detail and even Effects. It is almost as if Adobe are increasing the apparent speed by applying the adjustment to a low res embedded file first and then to the full RAW data in the background. On detailed images it is more irritating that the slow develop module in LR4.0 as it makes adjustments impossible to preview until the slider has been deslected. The same occurs if you select the slider setting digits and advance using the cursors. Very frustrating indeed. I will be going back to LR4.0 and fingers crossed that this is resolved when LR4.1 is reeased in full.
My PC is fairly good, Win 7 64bit with Quad Intel 9550 cpu (2.83Ghz) with 8Gb ram, GTX-260. I have the same problem at work with a dual cpu (8 cores total) Zeon 5365 (3.0Ghz) and 12Gb Ram & Quadro FX4600. The problem does not seem to manifest in the second display preview but this is laggy and obviously not any use for setting local adjustments.
Anyone else had a similar issue to this? I cant find any reference to it on the web or these forums.
BGhibby

I have exactly same symptoms as Dave Mayfield.
Except I moved images to sub-folders and renamed them, from within Lightroom.
After it locked up, it did not show sub-folders in Library and all the images have question marks on them. If I show it where the file is in Explorer, it does not show any changes.
I Imported one folder and it could see the images in the folder.
Some were without any changes.
Some were the final edited configuration, but not change history shows in Develop. It is if it kept an Exported fersion.
HELP!
Jack Lane

Sharpening and noise defaults in the Develop Module

Capture Sharpness
I’m getting my head around sharpening and am of the understanding that there are three distinct phases: Capture Sharpening, Creative Sharpening and Output sharpening
With regards to Capture Sharpening I’ve noticed that when I import a CR2 file into Lightroom 3.6 there is an Adobe pre-set in the Develop Module. Is this a form of Capture Sharpening default?
Sharpening
Amount: 25
Radius: 1.0
Detail: 25
Noise Reduction
Luminance: 0
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In Lr, "capture" sharpening is global sharpening, and "creative" sharpening is local sharpening (or sharpen masking on global basis but tailored to the image), or at least that's one way of looking at it.
in other words, if you're sharpening raw data non-destructively, such that first round of sharpening isn't being baked in, there is no need to separate capture sharpening from creative sharpening, in your mind, or in the software you use.
Put another way, the notion of capture sharpening comes from days when first round of sharpening was baked in, e.g. shooting jpegs, or in raw workflows where first pass yields a baseline tiff, and 2nd pass is artist's choice...
That said, what's needed for artistic sharpening (creative effects) can differ from what's need for baseline sharpening (initial "capture" sharpening, if you will).
Capture sharpening: just make stuff look reasonably sharp, since without it things don't.
Creative sharpening: sky's the limit... - some people consider Clarity to be a form of creative sharpening...
Note: since Lr's sharpening settings can't be varied (there is no way to apply high-radius sharpening in one region, and low-radius sharpening in another), and since its algorithm is aimed primarily at countering inherent and/or subtle/limited unsharpness, some people consider Lr's sharpening to be "capture-only". On the other hand, capture sharpening is, almost by definition, global, so since Lr supports local sharpening, and sharpen masking, those aspects can be considered "creative".
In my opinon, it's best not to get too hung up on semantics/terminology, but in a nutshell, conceptually:
* Capture sharpening needs to be done so stuff looks reasonably sharp, and is often done across the board, not dependent on image content (this is why most people apply a default amount of sharpening in Lightroom).
* Creative sharpening is going beyond initial/default sharpening, generally on an image-by-image basis, although not necessarily. Note: it may involve removing all global "capture" sharpening in favor of no sharpening, or local sharpening only (raw data required).
* Output sharpening depends on resolution and medium etc, and therefore needs to be done last - tailored to output device and such..
Sorry if this post had too high of an answer to question ratio .
Rob

LR5 upgraded catalog is only giving LR4 Develop module options - help!

After a successful upgrade to LR5 from LR4 on an old catalog I'm encountering an unusual situation:
when I use the Develop module the palette options are not LR5.
Instead of Shadows, for example, my LR5 catalog is showing Recover and Fill Light from LR4.
I'm working on a MacPro tower and the catalog in question is on an external hard drive.
I've checked the upgrade status and it is definitely a LR5 upgraded catalog.
I've upgraded many catalogs over the years from LR1 to now and this is the first time I've
seen this issue.
Any suggestions appreciated.

You are working with images that were processed with an older version of Lightroom and process 2010. Lightroom honors those previous adjustments and retains the 2010 process. To change to the new 2012 process go to the calibration tab in the develop module and make the appropriate choice.

Lightroom 2.2 Develop Module Lockup Problems

I have a Windows XP SP2 system with the following specs:
AMD 64 X2 4400+ processor
2GB of Ram
Nvidia 6600GT Graphics (128mB ram)
NView shut off
3D settings: performance
Norton Internet Security 2009 with Lightroom, cache and image file types excluded from scans
The problem that I am experiencing is as follows:
When I am editing an image in the develop module, the Lightroom application will randomly freeze. When the application freezes, the title bar of the Lightroom application window will revert to the blue bar that is the default for the active window within Windows and the cursor symbol will switch to the hourglass and the Lightroom will be completely unresponsive. Sometimes, the problem will clear itself in 30 60 seconds time and the program will become operational again. But, on other occasions it will remain completely locked up and will require a forced shutdown and restart of Lightroom using Control-Alt-Delete.
This problem started with Lightroom 2.0 but occurred infrequently. With Lightroom 2.1 and 2.2, the lockups occur much more often. Also, I have had one instance where the computer completely locked and I had to do a forced shutdown of the entire computer with the power button. When I attempted to restart Lightroom, it complained about not being able to read the database and shut itself down. I started the application again and it came up but appeared to have reverted to an older database backup as I lost all of the edits that I had made during this working session.
I havent been able to determine any specific task that triggers the lock up but I am using the develop module and am doing tasks like selecting another image on the filmstrip, making an adjustment or selecting another tab in the develop pane.
I have updated my nVidia driver to the latest released version as I thought that this might help but I didnt see any changes following the update.
This problem never occurred with Lightroom versions 1.x and my system is very stable otherwise. I treated the temporary lockups as an annoyance but having the database not be readable after the forced shut down of the computer is extremely concerning to me.
I love the idea of Lightroom and plan to stay with it but I need help in resolving this issues. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Dave Mayfield

I have exactly same symptoms as Dave Mayfield.
Except I moved images to sub-folders and renamed them, from within Lightroom.
After it locked up, it did not show sub-folders in Library and all the images have question marks on them. If I show it where the file is in Explorer, it does not show any changes.
I Imported one folder and it could see the images in the folder.
Some were without any changes.
Some were the final edited configuration, but not change history shows in Develop. It is if it kept an Exported fersion.
HELP!
Jack Lane

Color shift between Library and Develop module

Hi,
I recently noticed a color shift between in the image when going from the library to the develop module. Yes, I know this is mentioned in the FAQ, but I did not find the solutions given there to be satisfactory.
Let me explain what happens: I have taken Photos with my Canon EOS 300D, in Jpeg mode with Color Space in the Camera set to AdobeRGB. The photos I am talking about were taken with Tungsten light with auto white balance and have a distinct orange color cast. I use Windows XP and view my Photos on a LCD Display calibrated with the Pantone Huey system. The Lightroom Library Module and Photoshop CS2 both display the original image almost identically (there are no changes applied inside Lightroom or Photoshop, I view the original image in both applications). Photoshop is set to use the Adobe RGB Color space as its working Color space, Softproofing is switched off. However, when I switch to the Develop Module, the colors (especially the orange hues) shift very noticably toward pink. I can only assume that the Colorspace conversion or maybe some implicit soft proof used differs between the modules. So, to restate the problem: If I switch back and forth between Library and Develop, without changing anything and in 1:1 view to avoid errors introduced by different zooming methods, the colors shift quite drastically back and forth.
I have to say that this is really quite annoying. The whole point for me to use the develop module is to use it to make adjustments to the colors, and for this to work properly I have to see the same colors in both modules and in Photoshop. There is no point in correcting a pink color cast away in Develop that is not even there in either the library module or Photoshop (and that would then have a stronger orange tint because I tried to counter the pink tint in develop).
So this leads me to the final question: Is it possible to tell Develop to use the exact same color settings as the Library Module? Or is there another way to compensate for the color shift?
I hope I was clear in what happens and what I tried to do. If it helps I can gladly provide a sample photograph that clearly illustrates the point.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Daniel

Thanks for your comments, Don and Fred. I hope that this issue will be worked on soon.
Fred, I have set the Preview Quality to High, but it doesn't seem to make any differences concerning the color shift. I have investigated this matter further by now and made the following observations:
*The color shift is a lot less noticable on my laptop (the laptop screen is also color profiled). On my laptop the change is more of a subtle shift in contrast than in color. This might be caused by the smaller color gammut of my laptop display though.
*I have uploaded a testimage so that others can check if this shift occurs at their workstations too - after all, it might be a misconfiguration of my color management software, though I doubt that (because Adobe already states that library and develop render different previews). I would be interested if the color shift I describe is noticable at other workstations too. The link to the testimage: http://www.danyx.com/colorshift.jpg (permission to use the image to test the color reproduction is of course granted hereby).
Thanks for your help, I hope Adobe will listen soon,
Daniel

In 3.2, adjustments don't appear when moving back to library module from develop module.

I just upgraded to 3.2. When I make a series of adjustments in the develop module, the adjustments do not carry over to the library module. This did not happen with 3.0. In 3.0, the most recent adjustment made would be how the image would appear in the library module. Now, only the original import, without adjustments, appears in the library module. Even if I make a snapshop to the image, the adjustments do not seem to carry over back to the library module. When I go back to the develop module, all of the adjustments are still there, but what is initially seen is the image as it had originally been imported. I shoot in RAW (NEF for Nikon), and have a MAC 10.6.4. Never had this problem before the upgrade. Help.

I will try these two suggestions, bur first two questions: Are you suggesting that I select the image in the library and then zoom in and out, or are you suggesting that I zoom in and out while the image is still in the develop module after I have made a series of adjustments to the image? Perhaps I am ignorant, but I am not sure what you mean by making a preview image. All of the images when imported into light room are standard previews. Thanks for your help.

Changes not showing in developer module

this just started, when I am in developer module and click on the "crop" the image goes gray until I click done on the crop. also when I make any adjustments, they show in the navigator and filmstrip but not on the image in the main developer window. if I click on another picture and then go back, the changes show up, but not when i do them. somehow I broke the program I guess, but don't know how to fix it.
lightroom 5
windows 7 pro
64bit machine

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which version of tomcat are you using? are you uploading the individual files or a war?

LR5Mac "develop module disabled. Renew membership to reactivate Develop." HOW?

How do I "renew membership" to reactivate Develop module, which has been disabled?. Why was it disabled?

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Lightroom 4 (and 5) Develop Module Preview Problem

The Develop module in Lightroom 4 (and 30 day trial of 5) is not updating/rendering the preview as I edit RAW image files. It also doesn't show the full size preview unless I zoom in on the image in the Library view first. I do have the latest RAW and the lrdata file is in the same folder as the catalog file. I have the RAW Cache set to 5gb and noticed there is nothing in the RAW Cache folder (doesn't seem to be important for editing anyway. The Navigator window and filmstrip versions do seem to update as I make changes.

Alright,
no replies so far! Anyways, here's some more information which is leading me to the conclusion that the bug causing the effect described above is a combination of Apple's SMB implementation of Mavericks and the way Lightroom is actually using SMB network access:
I did another trial by connecting a USB hard drive to the USB port of my router (Netgear). The connection is quite slow, but moving one of the folders in question (see my 1st post above) to the shared drive connected to the Router made Lightroom on my Windows machine to see the photos again, when I told Lightroom where to find the moved folder!
Everything was working as expected, on the Windows machine again! Moving the folder back again to the Mac Mini fileshare was causing Lightroom on the PC to get blind again for the pictures trying to sync or import. However, accessing and modifying a photo was possible again, like it was before the trial. So it's only the sync and import function having a problem!
I also did some trial in re-building ACLs and access rights on the file server with no luck. So there's got to be a functionality in sync and import of Lightroom which is using a certain SMB feature which is not supported by Apple's SMB implementation!
Any thoughts or hints?
Thanks!

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